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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 335 290
Rank change year-on-year +57 -45 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 274 196 323
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 0.63% 0.82%
As % of the Applications category 10.96% 9.32% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 128 234
10th Percentile £364 £324 £280
25th Percentile £447 £424 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £626 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £716 £671
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 8
10th Percentile £23.36 £20.75 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.25 £34.50
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £48.18
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -32.54% +13.31%
75th Percentile £51.56 £40.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.00 - £55.75
UK median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £48.18
% change year-on-year +21.32% -32.54% -14.35%

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 2,501 2,104 3,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.50% 6.77% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,435 1,227 2,047
10th Percentile £189 £174 £173
25th Percentile £294 £256 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £550
90th Percentile £649 £640 £652
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 211 256
10th Percentile £13.06 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.14
Median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -17.31% +5.78%
75th Percentile £33.75 £38.13 £46.32
90th Percentile £60.83 £60.00 £53.13
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £25.61
% change year-on-year +5.26% -16.03% +9.47%

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 2025. 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 +27 111 £598 +13.81% 99
Midlands +9 50 £545 +3.81% 20
South East +14 45 £484 -0.59% 75
West Midlands +6 41 £540 +1.41% 10
North of England -19 35 £464 +27.93% 25
Yorkshire -4 27 £463 -2.63% 5
South West +14 24 £550 +39.68% 31
East Midlands -8 9 £550 +40.58% 10
East of England -20 9 £404 -21.22% 26
North West -28 8 £475 +39.71% 16
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 51 (18.61%) Confluence
2 39 (14.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.09%) CMS
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.73%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.73%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 71 (25.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (20.07%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (13.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (10.58%) MS Visio
5 16 (5.84%) Trello
6 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.36%) Notion
Business Applications
1 21 (7.66%) Primavera
2 10 (3.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.82%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.46%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.46%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.73%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.36%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.36%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.36%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.14%) Power Platform
2 30 (10.95%) Azure
3 20 (7.30%) Smartsheet
4 15 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.11%) Asana
6 11 (4.01%) SaaS
7 10 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.92%) AWS
8 8 (2.92%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.19%) GCP
10 4 (1.46%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.09%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.09%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.73%) Contentstack
12 2 (0.73%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.73%) OCI
12 2 (0.73%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.73%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.19%) Firewall
2 4 (1.46%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (1.09%) LAN
3 3 (1.09%) VPN
3 3 (1.09%) WAN
4 2 (0.73%) DNS
4 2 (0.73%) Network Security
4 2 (0.73%) Softphone
5 1 (0.36%) Broadband
5 1 (0.36%) Internet
5 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.68%) Power BI
2 7 (2.55%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.46%) EDMS
3 4 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.46%) Tableau
4 3 (1.09%) Power Query
5 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.36%) Big Data
6 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.36%) DTS
6 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.36%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 111 (40.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 139 (50.73%) Social Skills
2 117 (42.70%) Finance
3 41 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.12%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (8.03%) Banking
6 17 (6.20%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.84%) Manufacturing
8 15 (5.47%) Legal
9 14 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (4.01%) Telecoms
11 10 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.92%) Marketing
14 6 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.82%) Front Office
15 5 (1.82%) Law
16 4 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.46%) Billing
17 3 (1.09%) Investment Banking
18 2 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 116 (42.34%) Project Manager
2 33 (12.04%) Analyst
3 27 (9.85%) Lead
4 26 (9.49%) Senior
5 18 (6.57%) Project Planner
6 15 (5.47%) Senior Manager
7 14 (5.11%) IT Manager
8 12 (4.38%) Business Analyst
8 12 (4.38%) IT Project Manager
8 12 (4.38%) Project Analyst
9 11 (4.01%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (3.65%) Business Manager
10 10 (3.65%) Business Project Manager
10 10 (3.65%) PMO Analyst
11 9 (3.28%) Programme Manager
12 8 (2.92%) Coordinator
12 8 (2.92%) Technical Manager
13 7 (2.55%) Data Analyst
13 7 (2.55%) Data Manager
13 7 (2.55%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.09%) ADO
1 3 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (1.09%) REST
1 3 (1.09%) SOAP
2 2 (0.73%) Middleware
2 2 (0.73%) React
2 2 (0.73%) Web Services
3 1 (0.36%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) ActiveX
3 1 (0.36%) EDI
3 1 (0.36%) FHIR
3 1 (0.36%) XML
3 1 (0.36%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.93%) Onboarding
1 19 (6.93%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (5.47%) PMI
3 14 (5.11%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.19%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.46%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.46%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.46%) SCADA
9 3 (1.09%) Derivative
9 3 (1.09%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.09%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.73%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.73%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.73%) Life Science
10 2 (0.73%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Unix
1 1 (0.36%) Windows
1 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (50.73%) Project Management
2 108 (39.42%) Agile
3 89 (32.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 85 (31.02%) PRINCE2
5 78 (28.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 67 (24.45%) Change Management
6 67 (24.45%) Project Delivery
7 54 (19.71%) Waterfall
8 43 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (14.60%) Migration
10 36 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
11 35 (12.77%) Decision-Making
12 30 (10.95%) Risk Management
13 29 (10.58%) Programme Management
14 28 (10.22%) Project Governance
15 27 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
16 26 (9.49%) Project Planning
16 26 (9.49%) Scrum
17 25 (9.12%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.55%) SQL
2 4 (1.46%) Korn
3 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 122 (44.53%) Degree
2 60 (21.90%) PMI Certification
3 54 (19.71%) PMP
4 53 (19.34%) Security Cleared
5 37 (13.50%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.01%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.82%) CISM
7 5 (1.82%) CISSP
7 5 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.46%) HNC
8 4 (1.46%) ISEB
8 4 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.09%) APMP
9 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.73%) MCP
10 2 (0.73%) MCSE
10 2 (0.73%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (24.45%) PMO
2 17 (6.20%) QA
3 13 (4.74%) P3O
4 7 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.55%) NIST
5 6 (2.19%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.46%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.46%) SLA
7 3 (1.09%) GDPR
7 3 (1.09%) GRC
8 2 (0.73%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.36%) Basel III
9 1 (0.36%) DO-254
9 1 (0.36%) GMP
9 1 (0.36%) HL7
9 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.73%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.36%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 104 (37.96%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.50%) SAP
3 20 (7.30%) ServiceNow
4 17 (6.20%) Oracle
5 10 (3.65%) Planview
6 8 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.55%) Workday
8 6 (2.19%) VMware
9 5 (1.82%) Citrix
10 4 (1.46%) Arista
10 4 (1.46%) Cisco
10 4 (1.46%) Google
10 4 (1.46%) Progress
11 2 (0.73%) Adobe
11 2 (0.73%) Databricks
11 2 (0.73%) HP
11 2 (0.73%) IFS
11 2 (0.73%) Siemens
11 2 (0.73%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.36%) Atlassian