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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 286 308
Rank change year-on-year -83 +22 -36
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 286 246 215
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.89% 0.67%
As % of the Applications category 10.87% 10.28% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 177 118
10th Percentile £315 £363 £319
25th Percentile £390 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £541 £507
Median % change year-on-year -7.66% +6.84% +1.37%
75th Percentile £590 £628 £592
90th Percentile £688 £726 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 12
10th Percentile £30.00 £22.30 £20.75
25th Percentile £33.51 £23.88 £24.88
Median hourly rate £42.50 £29.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +46.55% -7.20% -35.14%
75th Percentile £51.88 £44.88 £40.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £52.90 £51.70
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £56.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year -24.78% +80.80% -35.14%

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 2,631 2,392 2,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.65% 8.62% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,318 1,368 1,200
10th Percentile £206 £190 £176
25th Percentile £313 £295 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £535
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £428 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +0.72% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 300 235
10th Percentile £13.39 £13.73 £14.48
25th Percentile £14.82 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £18.50 £25.01 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.01% +47.09% -33.88%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £69.75 £59.60 £59.50
UK median hourly rate £17.71 £25.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -29.18% +47.06% -32.00%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -78 108 £526 -12.33% 97
South East -19 72 £515 +7.29% 48
North of England -78 34 £525 +13.82% 50
Midlands -64 27 £450 -16.67% 34
South West -39 24 £410 -25.45% 19
West Midlands -69 21 £495 -8.33% 18
Yorkshire -46 20 £500 +11.73% 14
East of England -19 13 £613 +50.31% 27
North West -45 12 £525 -0.94% 28
East Midlands -19 6 £402 -26.91% 16
North East - 2 £488 - 8
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 64 (22.38%) SharePoint
2 52 (18.18%) Confluence
3 2 (0.70%) CICS
4 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 133 (46.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (22.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 51 (17.83%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (4.55%) MS Visio
5 10 (3.50%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.05%) Trello
7 2 (0.70%) Windchill
8 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (6.64%) Primavera
2 6 (2.10%) SAP PP
2 6 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.40%) Changepoint
3 4 (1.40%) SAP MM
4 3 (1.05%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.70%) BASE24
5 2 (0.70%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.70%) Endur
5 2 (0.70%) Findur
5 2 (0.70%) Maximo
5 2 (0.70%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.35%) Actimize
6 1 (0.35%) ENOVIA
6 1 (0.35%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.35%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 53 (18.53%) Azure
2 46 (16.08%) Power Platform
3 45 (15.73%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (8.39%) Smartsheet
5 19 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.75%) AWS
9 4 (1.40%) Asana
10 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.05%) IaaS
10 3 (1.05%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.05%) SaaS
11 2 (0.70%) GCP
11 2 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.35%) dbt
12 1 (0.35%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.35%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.10%) Firewall
2 5 (1.75%) WAN
3 4 (1.40%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.40%) Wireless
4 3 (1.05%) IPv4
4 3 (1.05%) IPv6
4 3 (1.05%) LAN
4 3 (1.05%) Network Security
5 2 (0.70%) Broadband
5 2 (0.70%) Internet
5 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.70%) VPN
6 1 (0.35%) DNS
6 1 (0.35%) FTP
6 1 (0.35%) MPLS
6 1 (0.35%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (15.73%) Power BI
2 6 (2.10%) Power Query
3 4 (1.40%) Tableau
4 2 (0.70%) Db2
4 2 (0.70%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.35%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.35%) DataStage
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 111 (38.81%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
General
1 143 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 127 (44.41%) Finance
3 70 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (20.63%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.94%) Banking
6 17 (5.94%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.59%) Aerospace
8 12 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.85%) Retail
10 9 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.15%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.45%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.75%) Legal
13 3 (1.05%) Aviation
13 3 (1.05%) Electronics
14 2 (0.70%) Automotive
14 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 98 (34.27%) Project Manager
2 28 (9.79%) Project Officer
3 25 (8.74%) Senior
4 24 (8.39%) IT Manager
5 22 (7.69%) Analyst
5 22 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
6 16 (5.59%) Coordinator
6 16 (5.59%) Support Officer
7 15 (5.24%) PMO Planner
8 14 (4.90%) Project Control Officer
8 14 (4.90%) Senior Manager
9 13 (4.55%) Lead
9 13 (4.55%) PMO Analyst
9 13 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (4.20%) Programme Planner
10 12 (4.20%) Project Coordinator
10 12 (4.20%) Project Support Officer
11 10 (3.50%) PMO Manager
11 10 (3.50%) Programme Manager
12 9 (3.15%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.05%) Middleware
2 2 (0.70%) .NET
2 2 (0.70%) ADO
3 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.94%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.20%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.85%) Virtual Team
4 10 (3.50%) PMI
5 9 (3.15%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.40%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.05%) CCTV
8 3 (1.05%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.05%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.70%) CMDB
9 2 (0.70%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.70%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.70%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.70%) Linux
1 2 (0.70%) zOS
2 1 (0.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (51.75%) Project Management
2 135 (47.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 127 (44.41%) Agile
4 103 (36.01%) Project Delivery
5 98 (34.27%) PRINCE2
6 67 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (23.43%) Waterfall
7 59 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (17.48%) Decision-Making
8 50 (17.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 46 (16.08%) DevOps
10 43 (15.03%) Business Intelligence
11 42 (14.69%) Project Planning
12 37 (12.94%) Budget Management
12 37 (12.94%) Project Governance
13 36 (12.59%) Change Control
14 32 (11.19%) Dependency Management
15 30 (10.49%) Change Management
16 27 (9.44%) Risk Management
16 27 (9.44%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (1.05%) SQL
2 2 (0.70%) JCL
2 2 (0.70%) Python
3 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (36.71%) Degree
2 92 (32.17%) Security Cleared
3 51 (17.83%) PMI Certification
4 48 (16.78%) DV Cleared
5 46 (16.08%) SC Cleared
6 45 (15.73%) PMP
7 14 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (4.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (3.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (2.10%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.40%) CAPM
12 3 (1.05%) MBA
13 2 (0.70%) CISA
13 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.70%) CISSP
13 2 (0.70%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.70%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (38.11%) PMO
2 12 (4.20%) P3O
3 11 (3.85%) QA
4 8 (2.80%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.05%) NIST
7 2 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.70%) GDPR
7 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.70%) SLA
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.35%) GxP
8 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.70%) Control-M
2 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 170 (59.44%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.49%) SAP
3 20 (6.99%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.90%) Oracle
5 9 (3.15%) Planview
6 6 (2.10%) Wrike
7 5 (1.75%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.40%) Adobe
8 4 (1.40%) Google
8 4 (1.40%) IFS
8 4 (1.40%) Xactly
9 3 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.05%) Workday
10 2 (0.70%) Ariba
10 2 (0.70%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.70%) NEC
10 2 (0.70%) Sage
10 2 (0.70%) VMware
11 1 (0.35%) BMC
11 1 (0.35%) Temenos