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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 322 284
Rank change year-on-year +41 -38 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 259 206 350
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.65% 0.85%
As % of the Applications category 10.68% 9.60% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 124 254
10th Percentile £370 £319 £280
25th Percentile £434 £424 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £628 £595 £575
90th Percentile £725 £700 £656
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.05% +5.32% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 9
10th Percentile £22.83 £20.75 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.19 £26.25 £36.00
Median hourly rate £42.75 £32.50 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year +31.54% -25.90% -16.46%
75th Percentile £67.13 £40.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.10 - £55.50
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £43.86
% change year-on-year +73.85% -25.90% -26.90%

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 2,426 2,146 3,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.62% 6.79% 8.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,387 1,225 2,131
10th Percentile £187 £175 £174
25th Percentile £294 £258 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £403 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.46% -5.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £550
90th Percentile £649 £641 £654
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 221 261
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.00 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.10 £21.46 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% -16.53% +7.13%
75th Percentile £34.46 £36.75 £45.21
90th Percentile £63.40 £60.00 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £21.50 £25.38
% change year-on-year +6.98% -15.29% +12.34%

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 20 October 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 20 October 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 20 October 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 +27 102 £600 +14.29% 61
Midlands +14 53 £541 +14.00% 23
West Midlands +13 43 £541 +0.60% 12
South East +16 39 £482 +1.74% 52
North of England +2 35 £465 -2.11% 30
Yorkshire -4 27 £463 -2.63% 6
South West +1 23 £575 +46.03% 27
East Midlands -6 10 £550 +62.96% 11
East of England -8 8 £408 -25.91% 29
North West -12 8 £530 +13.07% 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 46 (17.76%) Confluence
2 32 (12.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.16%) CMS
5 2 (0.77%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.77%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 61 (23.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (18.53%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (13.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (10.42%) MS Visio
5 17 (6.56%) Trello
6 1 (0.39%) Notion
6 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (7.34%) Primavera
2 10 (3.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.93%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.54%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.54%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.54%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.77%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.77%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.39%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.39%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.36%) Azure
1 32 (12.36%) Power Platform
2 19 (7.34%) Smartsheet
3 13 (5.02%) Asana
4 12 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (4.25%) SaaS
6 8 (3.09%) AWS
7 7 (2.70%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.32%) GCP
9 5 (1.93%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.54%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.16%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.16%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.77%) Contentstack
12 2 (0.77%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.77%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.77%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.32%) Firewall
2 3 (1.16%) HTTP
2 3 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.77%) DNS
3 2 (0.77%) LAN
3 2 (0.77%) Network Security
3 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.77%) WAN
4 1 (0.39%) Broadband
4 1 (0.39%) Internet
4 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.39%) VPN
4 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.81%) Power BI
2 6 (2.32%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.16%) EDMS
4 3 (1.16%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.16%) Tableau
5 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.39%) Big Data
6 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.39%) DTS
6 1 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.39%) Metadata
6 1 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 107 (41.31%) JIRA
2 4 (1.54%) SoapUI
3 3 (1.16%) Ant
3 3 (1.16%) Toad
4 2 (0.77%) JUnit
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 132 (50.97%) Social Skills
2 115 (44.40%) Finance
3 36 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.88%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (8.49%) Banking
6 16 (6.18%) Legal
6 16 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.79%) Public Sector
8 12 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.47%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (3.09%) Marketing
10 8 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.93%) Front Office
11 5 (1.93%) Law
12 4 (1.54%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.54%) Billing
12 4 (1.54%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.16%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 108 (41.70%) Project Manager
2 30 (11.58%) Analyst
3 24 (9.27%) Lead
3 24 (9.27%) Senior
4 16 (6.18%) Project Planner
5 15 (5.79%) IT Manager
6 14 (5.41%) Senior Manager
7 13 (5.02%) IT Project Manager
8 12 (4.63%) Business Analyst
9 11 (4.25%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (3.86%) Business Manager
10 10 (3.86%) Business Project Manager
10 10 (3.86%) PMO Analyst
10 10 (3.86%) Project Analyst
11 9 (3.47%) Engagement Manager
11 9 (3.47%) Programme Manager
12 8 (3.09%) Coordinator
12 8 (3.09%) Technical Manager
13 7 (2.70%) Data Manager
13 7 (2.70%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.32%) SOAP
2 5 (1.93%) Middleware
3 4 (1.54%) EDI
3 4 (1.54%) XML
4 3 (1.16%) ADO
4 3 (1.16%) IBM Integration Bus
4 3 (1.16%) Kafka
4 3 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.16%) REST
5 2 (0.77%) React
5 2 (0.77%) Web Services
6 1 (0.39%) .NET
6 1 (0.39%) ActiveX
6 1 (0.39%) FHIR
6 1 (0.39%) HTML
6 1 (0.39%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.39%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.95%) Onboarding
1 18 (6.95%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (5.02%) PMI
3 11 (4.25%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.09%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.54%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.54%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.54%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.54%) SCADA
7 3 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.16%) Derivative
7 3 (1.16%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.16%) Market Risk
7 3 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.77%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.77%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.77%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.54%) Unix
1 4 (1.54%) Windows
2 3 (1.16%) AIX
2 3 (1.16%) Linux
3 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (50.97%) Project Management
2 103 (39.77%) Agile
3 87 (33.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 76 (29.34%) PRINCE2
5 73 (28.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 59 (22.78%) Change Management
7 58 (22.39%) Project Delivery
8 55 (21.24%) Waterfall
9 40 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (14.67%) Migration
11 33 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
12 31 (11.97%) Risk Management
13 27 (10.42%) Decision-Making
14 26 (10.04%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (10.04%) Programme Management
15 24 (9.27%) DevOps
15 24 (9.27%) ERP
15 24 (9.27%) Project Planning
15 24 (9.27%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.70%) Korn
1 7 (2.70%) SQL
2 3 (1.16%) Java
2 3 (1.16%) Perl
2 3 (1.16%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (43.63%) Degree
2 59 (22.78%) PMI Certification
3 54 (20.85%) PMP
4 42 (16.22%) Security Cleared
5 31 (11.97%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.09%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.93%) CISM
7 5 (1.93%) CISSP
8 4 (1.54%) HNC
8 4 (1.54%) ISEB
8 4 (1.54%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.77%) APMP
10 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.77%) MRICS
11 1 (0.39%) CAPM
11 1 (0.39%) ISEB Practitioner
11 1 (0.39%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (24.32%) PMO
2 19 (7.34%) QA
3 11 (4.25%) P3O
4 7 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.70%) NIST
5 6 (2.32%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.54%) SLA
7 3 (1.16%) GDPR
7 3 (1.16%) SEPA
8 2 (0.77%) GRC
8 2 (0.77%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.39%) Basel III
9 1 (0.39%) DO-254
9 1 (0.39%) GMP
9 1 (0.39%) HL7
9 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.39%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 95 (36.68%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.67%) SAP
3 16 (6.18%) Oracle
3 16 (6.18%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.86%) Planview
5 7 (2.70%) Workday
6 6 (2.32%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.32%) VMware
7 5 (1.93%) Citrix
8 4 (1.54%) Google
8 4 (1.54%) Progress
9 3 (1.16%) IBM
9 3 (1.16%) Perforce
10 2 (0.77%) Adobe
10 2 (0.77%) Arista
10 2 (0.77%) Cisco
10 2 (0.77%) Databricks
10 2 (0.77%) HP
10 2 (0.77%) Siemens
10 2 (0.77%) Sitecore