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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 281 313
Rank change year-on-year -80 +32 -28
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 294 251 219
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.90% 0.68%
As % of the Applications category 11.06% 10.43% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 183 119
10th Percentile £321 £364 £319
25th Percentile £400 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £504
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +4.23% +0.74%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £591
90th Percentile £667 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 13
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 £50.40
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £56.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -24.78% +73.85% -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 2,658 2,407 2,152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.71% 8.61% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,376 1,207
10th Percentile £206 £188 £172
25th Percentile £313 £295 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £557 £545 £535
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £435 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +2.35% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 480 308 233
10th Percentile £13.33 £13.43 £14.84
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £18.18 £25.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.29% +35.14% -28.04%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £36.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £60.19 £62.05
UK median hourly rate £17.60 £25.00 £18.88
% change year-on-year -29.60% +32.45% -24.50%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -73 110 £525 -12.50% 111
South East -22 76 £514 +7.03% 66
North of England -67 36 £513 +10.22% 59
Midlands -70 27 £450 -16.67% 41
South West -40 24 £410 -28.70% 17
Yorkshire -40 21 £482 +4.22% 19
West Midlands -71 21 £495 -8.33% 22
East of England -17 14 £510 +26.32% 27
North West -34 13 £525 -0.94% 33
East Midlands -19 6 £402 -26.91% 19
North East - 2 £488 - 7
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 62 (21.09%) SharePoint
2 56 (19.05%) Confluence
3 2 (0.68%) CICS
4 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 134 (45.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (20.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 51 (17.35%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.76%) MS Visio
5 11 (3.74%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.68%) Trello
6 2 (0.68%) Windchill
7 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Primavera
2 7 (2.38%) SAP PP
3 5 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.36%) Changepoint
4 4 (1.36%) SAP MM
5 3 (1.02%) 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%) Actimize
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 (21.09%) Azure
2 52 (17.69%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (14.63%) Power Platform
4 23 (7.82%) Smartsheet
5 18 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.70%) AWS
9 4 (1.36%) SaaS
10 3 (1.02%) Asana
10 3 (1.02%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.02%) IaaS
10 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.68%) GCP
11 2 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.34%) dbt
12 1 (0.34%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.34%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.34%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.04%) Firewall
2 5 (1.70%) IPv4
2 5 (1.70%) IPv6
2 5 (1.70%) WAN
3 4 (1.36%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.36%) Wireless
4 3 (1.02%) LAN
4 3 (1.02%) 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 42 (14.29%) Power BI
2 6 (2.04%) Power Query
3 4 (1.36%) Tableau
4 2 (0.68%) Db2
4 2 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.34%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.34%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.34%) DataStage
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.34%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 119 (40.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
General
1 149 (50.68%) Social Skills
2 137 (46.60%) Finance
3 71 (24.15%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (19.73%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.80%) Aerospace
7 19 (6.46%) Banking
7 19 (6.46%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.74%) Telecoms
10 10 (3.40%) Financial Institution
10 10 (3.40%) Retail
11 5 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.70%) Legal
12 3 (1.02%) Automotive
12 3 (1.02%) Aviation
12 3 (1.02%) Electronics
13 2 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 106 (36.05%) Project Manager
2 29 (9.86%) Senior
3 28 (9.52%) IT Manager
3 28 (9.52%) Project Officer
4 26 (8.84%) IT Project Manager
5 22 (7.48%) Analyst
6 19 (6.46%) Senior Manager
7 18 (6.12%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (5.10%) Coordinator
8 15 (5.10%) Project Control Officer
8 15 (5.10%) Support Officer
9 14 (4.76%) Lead
9 14 (4.76%) PMO Planner
10 12 (4.08%) PMO Analyst
10 12 (4.08%) Programme Manager
11 11 (3.74%) Programme Planner
11 11 (3.74%) Project Coordinator
11 11 (3.74%) Project Support Officer
12 10 (3.40%) Delivery Manager
12 10 (3.40%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.02%) 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 (5.78%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.08%) Virtual Team
3 11 (3.74%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.40%) PMI
5 9 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.36%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.36%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.02%) CCTV
9 3 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.02%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.02%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.68%) CMDB
10 2 (0.68%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.68%) Derivative
10 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.68%) FMCG
10 2 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.68%) Linux
1 2 (0.68%) zOS
2 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (54.08%) Project Management
2 147 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 135 (45.92%) Agile
4 112 (38.10%) Project Delivery
5 101 (34.35%) PRINCE2
6 71 (24.15%) Waterfall
7 69 (23.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (18.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 53 (18.03%) DevOps
11 52 (17.69%) Decision-Making
12 47 (15.99%) Project Planning
13 40 (13.61%) Business Intelligence
14 38 (12.93%) Project Governance
15 37 (12.59%) Change Control
16 34 (11.56%) Budget Management
16 34 (11.56%) Risk Management
17 31 (10.54%) Change Management
17 31 (10.54%) Dependency Management
18 30 (10.20%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (1.02%) SQL
2 2 (0.68%) JCL
2 2 (0.68%) Python
3 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 103 (35.03%) Degree
2 93 (31.63%) Security Cleared
3 57 (19.39%) PMI Certification
4 52 (17.69%) PMP
5 49 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 46 (15.65%) SC Cleared
7 15 (5.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (4.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (3.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (2.04%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.70%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.70%) PgMP
12 3 (1.02%) CAPM
12 3 (1.02%) MBA
13 2 (0.68%) CISA
13 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.68%) CISSP
13 2 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (35.37%) PMO
2 11 (3.74%) P3O
2 11 (3.74%) QA
3 8 (2.72%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.70%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.02%) NIST
6 2 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.68%) SLA
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 20022
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (1.02%) 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%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 180 (61.22%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.88%) SAP
3 19 (6.46%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.76%) Oracle
5 9 (3.06%) Planview
6 6 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.04%) Wrike
7 4 (1.36%) Adobe
7 4 (1.36%) Google
7 4 (1.36%) IFS
7 4 (1.36%) VMware
7 4 (1.36%) Xactly
8 3 (1.02%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.02%) Workday
9 2 (0.68%) Ariba
9 2 (0.68%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.68%) NEC
9 2 (0.68%) Sage
10 1 (0.34%) BMC
10 1 (0.34%) Temenos