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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 328 301
Rank change year-on-year +64 -27 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 306 201 293
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 0.65% 0.75%
As % of the Applications category 11.92% 9.44% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 130 215
10th Percentile £363 £320 £280
25th Percentile £447 £419 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £732 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 5
10th Percentile £24.20 £20.75 -
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -9.72% +10.63%
75th Percentile £67.13 £35.31 £43.86
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 £52.04
UK median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year +21.32% -9.72% -34.55%

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 2,567 2,130 3,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.41% 6.86% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,477 1,250 2,001
10th Percentile £195 £173 £165
25th Percentile £300 £263 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% +1.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £654
UK median daily rate £425 £401 £400
% change year-on-year +6.12% +0.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 207 252
10th Percentile £12.98 £15.17 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.44
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.09 £26.64
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% -17.08% +3.15%
75th Percentile £33.05 £40.00 £46.32
90th Percentile £52.80 £63.56 £50.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £22.56 £25.65
% change year-on-year -0.27% -12.03% +3.62%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +10 118 £581 +7.64% 74
Midlands -1 51 £526 +18.26% 24
South East +28 50 £500 +3.90% 38
South West +25 42 £725 +87.10% 23
West Midlands -1 41 £540 +10.77% 14
North of England -22 38 £460 +26.90% 21
Yorkshire -15 28 £461 -2.89% 8
East Midlands -7 10 £450 +5.88% 10
North West -18 10 £458 +34.56% 12
East of England -18 7 £408 -14.21% 17
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 71 (23.20%) Confluence
2 42 (13.73%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.98%) CMS
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.65%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 81 (26.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (24.84%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (13.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (10.13%) MS Visio
5 18 (5.88%) Trello
6 3 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.33%) Notion
Business Applications
1 22 (7.19%) Primavera
2 9 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.63%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.31%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.98%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.65%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.33%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.33%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.33%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 36 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 30 (9.80%) Azure
3 21 (6.86%) Smartsheet
4 16 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.59%) SaaS
7 10 (3.27%) Asana
8 9 (2.94%) AWS
9 7 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.29%) GCP
10 4 (1.31%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.31%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.98%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.98%) Miro
11 3 (0.98%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.98%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.65%) Contentstack
12 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.65%) OCI
12 2 (0.65%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.96%) Firewall
2 4 (1.31%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.31%) VPN
3 3 (0.98%) LAN
3 3 (0.98%) Softphone
3 3 (0.98%) WAN
4 2 (0.65%) DNS
4 2 (0.65%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) Broadband
5 1 (0.33%) HTTP
5 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.46%) Power BI
2 7 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.63%) Tableau
4 4 (1.31%) EDMS
4 4 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.98%) Power Query
6 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.33%) DTS
7 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.33%) Metadata
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 136 (44.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.65%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.33%) Ant
3 1 (0.33%) JUnit
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.33%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.33%) Toad
General
1 159 (51.96%) Social Skills
2 129 (42.16%) Finance
3 64 (20.92%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.48%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (8.17%) Banking
6 18 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.23%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.90%) Legal
9 14 (4.58%) Military
10 13 (4.25%) Telecoms
11 12 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.61%) Marketing
14 6 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.63%) Law
16 4 (1.31%) Billing
16 4 (1.31%) Front Office
17 3 (0.98%) Investment Banking
17 3 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 118 (38.56%) Project Manager
2 36 (11.76%) Analyst
3 30 (9.80%) Lead
4 28 (9.15%) Senior
5 19 (6.21%) Project Planner
6 17 (5.56%) Architect
6 17 (5.56%) Senior Manager
7 16 (5.23%) IT Manager
8 14 (4.58%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (4.25%) Business Analyst
9 13 (4.25%) Service Architect
10 12 (3.92%) Programme Manager
10 12 (3.92%) Project Analyst
10 12 (3.92%) Senior Project Manager
11 11 (3.59%) Coordinator
11 11 (3.59%) Technical Manager
12 10 (3.27%) Business Manager
12 10 (3.27%) Business Project Manager
12 10 (3.27%) PMO Analyst
12 10 (3.27%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.31%) SOAP
2 3 (0.98%) ADO
2 3 (0.98%) Middleware
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.98%) REST
3 2 (0.65%) React
3 2 (0.65%) Web Services
3 2 (0.65%) XML
4 1 (0.33%) .NET
4 1 (0.33%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.33%) EDI
4 1 (0.33%) FHIR
4 1 (0.33%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.33%) Kafka
4 1 (0.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.54%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.90%) PMI
5 13 (4.25%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.25%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.61%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.96%) Educational Technology
9 5 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.31%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.31%) SCADA
11 3 (0.98%) Derivative
11 3 (0.98%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.98%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.65%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.65%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.65%) Life Science
12 2 (0.65%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.98%) Unix
1 3 (0.98%) Windows
2 2 (0.65%) Linux
3 1 (0.33%) AIX
3 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (50.33%) Project Management
2 134 (43.79%) Agile
3 99 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 92 (30.07%) PRINCE2
5 79 (25.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 76 (24.84%) Project Delivery
7 70 (22.88%) Change Management
8 58 (18.95%) Waterfall
9 48 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (12.75%) Migration
12 38 (12.42%) Decision-Making
13 36 (11.76%) Risk Management
14 35 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (11.44%) Project Planning
15 31 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
16 30 (9.80%) Programme Management
16 30 (9.80%) Project Governance
17 29 (9.48%) Budget Management
18 28 (9.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.61%) SQL
2 5 (1.63%) Korn
3 2 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.33%) Java
4 1 (0.33%) Perl
4 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 146 (47.71%) Degree
2 73 (23.86%) Security Cleared
3 64 (20.92%) PMI Certification
4 59 (19.28%) PMP
5 56 (18.30%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.25%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.25%) TOGAF Certification
7 8 (2.61%) APMP
8 5 (1.63%) CISM
8 5 (1.63%) CISSP
8 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.31%) HNC
9 4 (1.31%) ISEB
9 4 (1.31%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.98%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.98%) MCP
10 3 (0.98%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (25.16%) PMO
2 20 (6.54%) QA
3 14 (4.58%) P3O
4 8 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.29%) NIST
6 5 (1.63%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.31%) GDPR
7 4 (1.31%) GRC
7 4 (1.31%) SLA
8 2 (0.65%) Basel III
8 2 (0.65%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.33%) DO-254
9 1 (0.33%) GMP
9 1 (0.33%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.33%) Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (4.25%) OPNET
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.98%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.33%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 109 (35.62%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.42%) SAP
3 35 (11.44%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.56%) Atlassian
4 17 (5.56%) Oracle
5 13 (4.25%) Remedy
6 9 (2.94%) Planview
7 8 (2.61%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.29%) Workday
9 4 (1.31%) Arista
9 4 (1.31%) Cisco
9 4 (1.31%) Google
9 4 (1.31%) Progress
10 2 (0.65%) Adobe
10 2 (0.65%) Databricks
10 2 (0.65%) HP
10 2 (0.65%) IFS
10 2 (0.65%) Siemens
10 2 (0.65%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.33%) UiPath