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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 289 334
Rank change year-on-year -60 +45 -51
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 294 239 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.87% 0.65%
As % of the Applications category 11.26% 10.08% 9.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 168 118
10th Percentile £320 £363 £342
25th Percentile £393 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £541 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% +6.03% +2.00%
75th Percentile £598 £626 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £506 £502
% change year-on-year -1.23% +0.83% +5.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 10
10th Percentile £30.00 £22.30 £20.68
25th Percentile £31.76 £23.88 £22.13
Median hourly rate £42.50 £29.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +46.55% +0.87% -40.33%
75th Percentile £53.44 £44.88 £40.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £52.90 £53.96
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £56.50 £28.75
% change year-on-year -24.78% +96.52% -40.33%

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 2,611 2,370 2,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.61% 8.59% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 1,354 1,202
10th Percentile £206 £195 £178
25th Percentile £313 £300 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £534
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £430 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 419 291 243
10th Percentile £13.38 £14.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.89 £16.36 £15.62
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +41.18% -32.00%
75th Percentile £35.79 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.59 £58.50
UK median hourly rate £17.86 £23.28 £17.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% +36.91% -24.55%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -72 114 £527 -11.24% 102
South East -19 71 £515 +4.67% 62
North of England -72 37 £475 +2.98% 53
Midlands -70 28 £469 -13.31% 37
South West -38 23 £410 -25.45% 34
West Midlands -63 21 £495 -8.33% 22
Yorkshire -48 20 £500 +11.73% 20
North West -43 14 £500 -5.66% 27
East of England -21 12 £613 +50.31% 30
East Midlands -17 7 £402 -30.09% 15
North East - 3 £450 - 6
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 63 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 51 (17.35%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 132 (44.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (21.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (4.42%) MS Visio
5 9 (3.06%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.02%) Trello
7 2 (0.68%) Windchill
8 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Primavera
2 10 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.04%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.70%) SAP PP
5 4 (1.36%) Changepoint
5 4 (1.36%) SAP MM
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%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.34%) Actimize
7 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
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 56 (19.05%) Azure
2 50 (17.01%) Power Platform
3 48 (16.33%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (9.18%) Smartsheet
5 19 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.70%) AWS
9 4 (1.36%) Asana
10 3 (1.02%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.02%) IaaS
10 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.02%) SaaS
11 2 (0.68%) GCP
11 2 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.34%) dbt
12 1 (0.34%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.34%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.34%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.04%) Firewall
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%) IPv4
4 3 (1.02%) IPv6
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 49 (16.67%) Power BI
2 7 (2.38%) Power Query
3 4 (1.36%) Tableau
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%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.34%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 116 (39.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
General
1 142 (48.30%) Social Skills
2 130 (44.22%) Finance
3 72 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (20.75%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.12%) Banking
7 16 (5.44%) Manufacturing
8 15 (5.10%) Aerospace
9 12 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (4.08%) Retail
10 9 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.06%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.38%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.04%) Legal
13 5 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.02%) Aviation
15 3 (1.02%) Electronics
16 2 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
16 2 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 101 (34.35%) Project Manager
2 28 (9.52%) Senior
3 26 (8.84%) Project Officer
4 24 (8.16%) Analyst
4 24 (8.16%) IT Manager
5 22 (7.48%) IT Project Manager
6 16 (5.44%) Coordinator
7 15 (5.10%) PMO Analyst
7 15 (5.10%) PMO Planner
7 15 (5.10%) Senior Manager
7 15 (5.10%) Support Officer
8 13 (4.42%) Lead
8 13 (4.42%) PMO Manager
8 13 (4.42%) Programme Planner
8 13 (4.42%) Project Control Officer
8 13 (4.42%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (4.08%) Programme Manager
9 12 (4.08%) Project Coordinator
10 11 (3.74%) Project Support Officer
11 10 (3.40%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.36%) Middleware
2 2 (0.68%) .NET
2 2 (0.68%) ADO
3 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.78%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.40%) PMI
3 10 (3.40%) Virtual Team
4 9 (3.06%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.70%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.36%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.02%) CCTV
8 3 (1.02%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.02%) FMCG
8 3 (1.02%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.68%) CMDB
9 2 (0.68%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (51.36%) Project Management
2 139 (47.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 131 (44.56%) Agile
4 106 (36.05%) Project Delivery
5 97 (32.99%) PRINCE2
6 69 (23.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (22.79%) Waterfall
8 61 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (18.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 52 (17.69%) Decision-Making
11 49 (16.67%) DevOps
12 47 (15.99%) Business Intelligence
13 43 (14.63%) Project Planning
14 41 (13.95%) Change Control
15 39 (13.27%) Budget Management
16 37 (12.59%) Project Governance
17 34 (11.56%) Dependency Management
18 32 (10.88%) Change Management
19 29 (9.86%) Scrum
20 28 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (1.02%) SQL
2 2 (0.68%) Python
2 2 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 111 (37.76%) Degree
2 90 (30.61%) Security Cleared
3 54 (18.37%) PMI Certification
4 47 (15.99%) PMP
5 46 (15.65%) DV Cleared
5 46 (15.65%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 9 (3.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 6 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.70%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.36%) CAPM
11 3 (1.02%) CISA
11 3 (1.02%) CISSP
11 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.02%) MBA
12 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.68%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (40.14%) PMO
2 12 (4.08%) P3O
2 12 (4.08%) QA
3 9 (3.06%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.70%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.02%) NIST
6 2 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.68%) GDPR
6 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.34%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.34%) GxP
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.68%) 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 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 168 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.56%) SAP
3 21 (7.14%) 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%) 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
9 2 (0.68%) VMware
10 1 (0.34%) BMC
10 1 (0.34%) Temenos