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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 287 319
Rank change year-on-year -85 +32 -37
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 292 250 215
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.89% 0.67%
As % of the Applications category 10.84% 10.39% 9.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 183 120
10th Percentile £320 £368 £319
25th Percentile £400 £425 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.95% +0.05%
75th Percentile £588 £628 £585
90th Percentile £663 £725 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 14
10th Percentile £30.00 £22.30 £20.75
25th Percentile £35.27 £23.88 £26.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £29.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.55% -10.77% -24.73%
75th Percentile £56.25 £44.88 £40.00
90th Percentile £81.88 £52.90 £49.10
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £47.97 £32.50
% change year-on-year -11.39% +47.58% -24.73%

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 2,693 2,406 2,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.75% 8.55% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,300 1,373 1,218
10th Percentile £205 £188 £171
25th Percentile £313 £294 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.01% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £551 £541 £537
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £436 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +2.59% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 507 314 229
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.33 £14.97
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £18.24 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.41% +19.08% -23.08%
75th Percentile £34.25 £35.00 £36.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £62.17 £60.51
UK median hourly rate £17.69 £23.28 £20.12
% change year-on-year -24.00% +15.70% -21.75%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -97 105 £520 -13.42% 57
South East -18 77 £514 +7.03% 30
North of England -70 36 £513 +10.22% 21
Midlands -76 27 £450 -16.78% 15
South West -31 25 £410 -28.70% 2
Yorkshire -38 22 £516 +11.57% 6
West Midlands -69 20 £473 -12.50% 10
East of England -21 15 £510 +25.15% 4
North West -46 12 £513 -3.30% 13
East Midlands -19 7 £402 -26.91% 5
North East - 2 £488 - 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 60 (20.55%) SharePoint
2 58 (19.86%) Confluence
3 2 (0.68%) CICS
4 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 137 (46.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (21.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (17.12%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (5.14%) MS Visio
5 12 (4.11%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.68%) Trello
6 2 (0.68%) Windchill
7 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (6.16%) Primavera
2 8 (2.74%) SAP PP
3 5 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.37%) Changepoint
4 4 (1.37%) SAP MM
5 3 (1.03%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.68%) BASE24
6 2 (0.68%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.68%) Endur
6 2 (0.68%) Findur
6 2 (0.68%) Maximo
6 2 (0.68%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.34%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.34%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.23%) Azure
2 53 (18.15%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (14.04%) Power Platform
4 23 (7.88%) Smartsheet
5 19 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (2.05%) AWS
8 5 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.37%) SaaS
10 3 (1.03%) Asana
10 3 (1.03%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.03%) IaaS
10 3 (1.03%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.68%) Miro
11 2 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.34%) GCP
12 1 (0.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.05%) Firewall
2 5 (1.71%) IPv4
2 5 (1.71%) IPv6
2 5 (1.71%) WAN
3 4 (1.37%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.37%) Wireless
4 3 (1.03%) LAN
4 3 (1.03%) Network Security
5 2 (0.68%) Broadband
5 2 (0.68%) Internet
5 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.68%) VPN
6 1 (0.34%) DNS
6 1 (0.34%) FTP
6 1 (0.34%) MPLS
6 1 (0.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.70%) Power BI
2 6 (2.05%) Power Query
3 4 (1.37%) Tableau
4 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.68%) Db2
4 2 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.34%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.34%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.34%) DataStage
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.34%) QlikView
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 121 (41.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
General
1 153 (52.40%) Social Skills
2 141 (48.29%) Finance
3 73 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (20.55%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (7.88%) Public Sector
6 22 (7.53%) Banking
7 21 (7.19%) Aerospace
8 20 (6.85%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (4.11%) Telecoms
11 11 (3.77%) Retail
12 10 (3.42%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.71%) Legal
15 4 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (1.03%) Automotive
16 3 (1.03%) Aviation
16 3 (1.03%) Electronics
16 3 (1.03%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 105 (35.96%) Project Manager
2 28 (9.59%) Project Officer
2 28 (9.59%) Senior
3 27 (9.25%) IT Manager
4 25 (8.56%) IT Project Manager
5 22 (7.53%) Analyst
6 18 (6.16%) Senior Manager
7 17 (5.82%) Senior Project Manager
8 16 (5.48%) PMO Planner
8 16 (5.48%) Project Control Officer
9 15 (5.14%) Coordinator
10 14 (4.79%) Support Officer
11 13 (4.45%) Lead
11 13 (4.45%) Programme Manager
12 12 (4.11%) Delivery Manager
12 12 (4.11%) PMO Analyst
13 11 (3.77%) Programme Planner
13 11 (3.77%) Project Coordinator
14 10 (3.42%) Project Support Officer
14 10 (3.42%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.37%) ADO
2 2 (0.68%) .NET
2 2 (0.68%) Middleware
3 1 (0.34%) REST
3 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.82%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.45%) Virtual Team
3 12 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.42%) PMI
6 9 (3.08%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.37%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.03%) CCTV
9 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.03%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.68%) CMDB
10 2 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.68%) FMCG
10 2 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.68%) Linux
1 2 (0.68%) zOS
2 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (55.14%) Project Management
2 151 (51.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 135 (46.23%) Agile
4 109 (37.33%) Project Delivery
5 101 (34.59%) PRINCE2
6 69 (23.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 69 (23.63%) Waterfall
7 66 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (18.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 54 (18.49%) DevOps
10 53 (18.15%) Decision-Making
11 48 (16.44%) Project Planning
12 39 (13.36%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (13.01%) Project Governance
14 34 (11.64%) Budget Management
14 34 (11.64%) Change Control
14 34 (11.64%) Dependency Management
15 32 (10.96%) Programme Delivery
15 32 (10.96%) Risk Management
16 31 (10.62%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (1.03%) Python
1 3 (1.03%) SQL
2 2 (0.68%) JCL
3 1 (0.34%) C++
3 1 (0.34%) Java
3 1 (0.34%) Perl
3 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 100 (34.25%) Degree
2 94 (32.19%) Security Cleared
3 58 (19.86%) PMI Certification
4 54 (18.49%) PMP
5 52 (17.81%) DV Cleared
6 44 (15.07%) SC Cleared
7 16 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (4.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (3.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (2.05%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.05%) PgMP
11 5 (1.71%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.03%) CAPM
12 3 (1.03%) MBA
13 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.68%) CISA
13 2 (0.68%) CISSP
13 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.68%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (35.96%) PMO
2 11 (3.77%) P3O
2 11 (3.77%) QA
3 8 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.03%) NIST
6 2 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.34%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.68%) Control-M
2 1 (0.34%) Grafana
2 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 183 (62.67%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.30%) SAP
3 18 (6.16%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.79%) Oracle
5 9 (3.08%) Planview
6 6 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.05%) Wrike
7 4 (1.37%) Google
7 4 (1.37%) IFS
7 4 (1.37%) VMware
7 4 (1.37%) Xactly
8 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.03%) Workday
9 2 (0.68%) Adobe
9 2 (0.68%) Ariba
9 2 (0.68%) NEC
9 2 (0.68%) Sage
10 1 (0.34%) BMC
10 1 (0.34%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.34%) Temenos