Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Project
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 269 342
Rank change year-on-year -57 +73 -61
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 326 251 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.91% 0.59%
As % of the Applications category 13.36% 10.40% 9.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 175 112
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £507
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +3.58% +0.27%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £585
90th Percentile £714 £708 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £504
% change year-on-year -2.44% +1.75% +0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 10
10th Percentile £28.50 £24.40 £20.68
25th Percentile £30.00 £36.40 £26.50
Median hourly rate £39.04 £46.30 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.68% +26.85% -30.48%
75th Percentile £54.38 £48.15 £40.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £53.30 £53.96
UK median hourly rate £38.03 £46.30 £36.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +26.85% -30.48%

All Software Application Skills
England

Microsoft Project falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,441 2,413 2,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.41% 8.74% 6.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,345 1,375 1,207
10th Percentile £213 £200 £170
25th Percentile £325 £295 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £522
90th Percentile £644 £650 £632
UK median daily rate £445 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 324 373
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £11.79
25th Percentile £16.75 £15.84 £14.84
Median hourly rate £23.21 £23.05 £17.27
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +33.47% -31.26%
75th Percentile £39.50 £36.69 £42.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £60.88 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.68 £22.63 £18.00
% change year-on-year +0.22% +25.72% -28.00%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Project relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project within the England region over the 6 months to 4 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -44 131 £575 +8.49% 41
South East -16 79 £525 +5.00% 29
Midlands -62 35 £469 -13.43% 26
North of England -58 34 £450 -3.23% 19
South West -33 31 £410 -8.89% 13
West Midlands -73 26 £475 -12.16% 14
North West -47 17 £492 +3.47% 9
Yorkshire -47 14 £438 -5.66% 8
East Midlands -2 9 £425 -22.73% 12
East of England -17 7 £566 +36.04% 7
North East -39 3 £450 +36.36% 2
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 55 (16.87%) Confluence
2 51 (15.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
Applications
1 133 (40.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (19.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 46 (14.11%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.29%) MS Visio
5 12 (3.68%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.92%) Trello
6 3 (0.92%) Windchill
7 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (7.98%) Primavera
2 13 (3.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.84%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.23%) Loan IQ
4 4 (1.23%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.92%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.92%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.61%) BASE24
6 2 (0.61%) Endur
6 2 (0.61%) Findur
6 2 (0.61%) Maximo
6 2 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.31%) Actimize
7 1 (0.31%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.31%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 68 (20.86%) Azure
2 62 (19.02%) Power Platform
3 54 (16.56%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (8.59%) Smartsheet
5 22 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.76%) AWS
7 7 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.53%) Asana
10 3 (0.92%) GitHub
10 3 (0.92%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.92%) IaaS
10 3 (0.92%) OCI
10 3 (0.92%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.92%) SaaS
11 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.61%) GCP
12 1 (0.31%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.31%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.84%) WAN
2 5 (1.53%) Firewall
2 5 (1.53%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.23%) NAS
3 4 (1.23%) SAN
4 2 (0.61%) DNS
4 2 (0.61%) FTP
4 2 (0.61%) LAN
4 2 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.61%) Wireless
5 1 (0.31%) Broadband
5 1 (0.31%) DHCP
5 1 (0.31%) Internet
5 1 (0.31%) IPv4
5 1 (0.31%) IPv6
5 1 (0.31%) MPLS
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (19.02%) Power BI
2 7 (2.15%) Power Query
3 5 (1.53%) Tableau
4 2 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.61%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.61%) QlikView
4 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) DataStage
5 1 (0.31%) EDMS
5 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 145 (44.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 149 (45.71%) Finance
2 140 (42.94%) Social Skills
3 76 (23.31%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (15.64%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.75%) Banking
7 15 (4.60%) Manufacturing
7 15 (4.60%) Retail
8 14 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.07%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.45%) Legal
12 6 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.53%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.23%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.92%) Law
15 3 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (33.74%) Project Manager
2 40 (12.27%) Senior
3 37 (11.35%) Analyst
4 25 (7.67%) Senior Manager
5 22 (6.75%) Lead
5 22 (6.75%) PMO Analyst
5 22 (6.75%) Project Officer
6 19 (5.83%) IT Manager
6 19 (5.83%) Senior Project Manager
7 18 (5.52%) Coordinator
8 16 (4.91%) IT Project Manager
8 16 (4.91%) Programme Manager
8 16 (4.91%) Project Coordinator
9 15 (4.60%) Project Control Officer
10 13 (3.99%) Programme Planner
11 12 (3.68%) PMO Manager
11 12 (3.68%) Project Planner
11 12 (3.68%) Technical Manager
12 10 (3.07%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 10 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.84%) Middleware
2 3 (0.92%) ADO
3 2 (0.61%) .NET
4 1 (0.31%) FHIR
4 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.21%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.91%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.60%) Virtual Team
4 13 (3.99%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.99%) PMI
5 7 (2.15%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.84%) Operational Technology
6 6 (1.84%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.53%) FMCG
8 3 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.92%) Replication
9 2 (0.61%) CCTV
9 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.61%) Life Science
9 2 (0.61%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.61%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.53%) Linux
1 5 (1.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (50.61%) Project Management
2 161 (49.39%) Agile
3 151 (46.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 111 (34.05%) PRINCE2
5 109 (33.44%) Project Delivery
6 75 (23.01%) Waterfall
7 73 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 67 (20.55%) Decision-Making
9 65 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
10 60 (18.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 58 (17.79%) DevOps
12 47 (14.42%) Change Control
13 46 (14.11%) Change Management
14 41 (12.58%) Budget Management
14 41 (12.58%) Migration
15 36 (11.04%) Dependency Management
16 34 (10.43%) Programme Governance
17 33 (10.12%) Programme Management
17 33 (10.12%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.92%) Python
1 3 (0.92%) SQL
1 3 (0.92%) VBA
2 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 125 (38.34%) Degree
2 95 (29.14%) Security Cleared
3 55 (16.87%) PMI Certification
4 52 (15.95%) SC Cleared
5 47 (14.42%) PMP
6 46 (14.11%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.53%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.23%) CISA
10 4 (1.23%) CISSP
10 4 (1.23%) RIBA
11 3 (0.92%) APMP
11 3 (0.92%) CAPM
11 3 (0.92%) MBA
11 3 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.61%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (40.80%) PMO
2 19 (5.83%) QA
3 16 (4.91%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.68%) P3O
5 7 (2.15%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.92%) GDPR
6 3 (0.92%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.61%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.31%) Basel III
8 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.31%) GxP
8 1 (0.31%) HL7
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 155 (47.55%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.12%) SAP
3 26 (7.98%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.91%) Oracle
5 11 (3.37%) Planview
6 6 (1.84%) Adobe
6 6 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.53%) Wrike
8 4 (1.23%) Google
8 4 (1.23%) Xactly
9 3 (0.92%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.92%) IFS
9 3 (0.92%) NEC
10 2 (0.61%) Progress
10 2 (0.61%) Sage
10 2 (0.61%) VMware
10 2 (0.61%) Workday
11 1 (0.31%) BMC
11 1 (0.31%) Cerner
11 1 (0.31%) Siebel