Microsoft Project Contracts in England

Microsoft Project
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Microsoft Project skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 324 280
Rank change year-on-year +25 -44 -40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 187 220 440
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.77% 0.60% 0.93%
As % of the Applications category 8.87% 7.97% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 124 291
10th Percentile £300 £328 £320
25th Percentile £406 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £574 £620 £603
90th Percentile £623 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -5.70% +0.74% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 18
10th Percentile £32.10 £26.66 £21.43
25th Percentile £38.00 £27.26 £40.31
Median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.75% -25.58% +20.79%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £71.88
90th Percentile £47.78 - £80.00
UK median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +15.75% -25.58% +20.79%

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 2,108 2,759 3,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.70% 7.51% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,210 1,420 2,373
10th Percentile £195 £165 £194
25th Percentile £263 £213 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% -8.57% -1.69%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 584 223
10th Percentile £14.21 £11.69 £14.27
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £18.37
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.04% -40.98% +22.77%
75th Percentile £44.25 £34.81 £49.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.45 £16.23 £27.50
% change year-on-year +44.49% -40.98% +27.91%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 May 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 +51 85 £500 -4.76% 96
Midlands +32 34 £489 +8.56% 43
West Midlands +25 26 £540 +13.68% 27
North of England +9 23 £450 -11.76% 48
South East +34 21 £480 -1.41% 72
South West +17 14 £375 -31.82% 21
North West +1 11 £475 -7.06% 26
Yorkshire +14 10 £413 -8.33% 18
East Midlands +16 8 £450 +66.67% 15
East of England +19 7 £425 -15.00% 33
North East +1 2 £330 -32.31% 4
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (8.56%) Confluence
2 14 (7.49%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.60%) MS Project Server
5 2 (1.07%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.07%) CMS
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 32 (17.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (14.97%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (12.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (8.56%) Trello
5 15 (8.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.28%) Primavera
3 6 (3.21%) SAP PS
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.53%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.90%) Azure
2 19 (10.16%) Power Platform
3 13 (6.95%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.88%) Asana
5 9 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.21%) AWS
6 6 (3.21%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.14%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.14%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.14%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.14%) SaaS
7 4 (2.14%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.60%) Azure API Management
8 3 (1.60%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.60%) GCP
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.53%) Miro
9 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) HTTP
1 3 (1.60%) Internet
2 2 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (1.07%) WAN
2 2 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.53%) ATM
3 1 (0.53%) DNS
3 1 (0.53%) LAN
3 1 (0.53%) MPLS
3 1 (0.53%) Network Security
3 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.53%) SWIFTNet
3 1 (0.53%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.56%) Power BI
2 4 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.60%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.60%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.60%) Tableau
4 2 (1.07%) Big Data
4 2 (1.07%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.07%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.07%) Looker
4 2 (1.07%) Metadata
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.53%) QlikView
5 1 (0.53%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 58 (31.02%) JIRA
2 3 (1.60%) Ant
2 3 (1.60%) SoapUI
2 3 (1.60%) Toad
3 2 (1.07%) JUnit
4 1 (0.53%) Git
4 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 92 (49.20%) Finance
2 85 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 26 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.63%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (8.02%) Banking
6 12 (6.42%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.81%) Legal
8 8 (4.28%) Aerospace
8 8 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.74%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.21%) Law
11 4 (2.14%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.60%) Back Office
12 3 (1.60%) Marketing
13 2 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.07%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.07%) Police
13 2 (1.07%) Retail
14 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 77 (41.18%) Project Manager
2 18 (9.63%) Lead
3 15 (8.02%) Senior
4 13 (6.95%) Analyst
4 13 (6.95%) Project Planner
4 13 (6.95%) Senior Manager
5 12 (6.42%) IT Manager
5 12 (6.42%) Senior Project Manager
6 10 (5.35%) IT Project Manager
6 10 (5.35%) PMO Analyst
7 8 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (3.21%) Business Manager
8 6 (3.21%) Business Project Manager
8 6 (3.21%) Consultant
8 6 (3.21%) Engagement Manager
8 6 (3.21%) Programme Planner
8 6 (3.21%) Project Officer
8 6 (3.21%) Project Support Officer
8 6 (3.21%) Support Officer
9 5 (2.67%) Lead Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.21%) ADO
2 4 (2.14%) Middleware
3 3 (1.60%) EDI
3 3 (1.60%) IBM Integration Bus
3 3 (1.60%) Kafka
3 3 (1.60%) SOAP
3 3 (1.60%) XML
4 2 (1.07%) HTML
5 1 (0.53%) ActiveX
5 1 (0.53%) CSS
5 1 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.53%) REST
5 1 (0.53%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.09%) PMI
2 8 (4.28%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.74%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.74%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.14%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.60%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.60%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.60%) Smartphone
5 3 (1.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.07%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.07%) IoT
6 2 (1.07%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.07%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.53%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.53%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.81%) Windows
2 3 (1.60%) AIX
2 3 (1.60%) Linux
2 3 (1.60%) Unix
3 1 (0.53%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (59.36%) Project Management
2 76 (40.64%) Agile
3 60 (32.09%) PRINCE2
4 58 (31.02%) Project Delivery
5 54 (28.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 41 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (21.93%) Waterfall
7 34 (18.18%) Project Planning
8 31 (16.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (14.97%) Change Management
10 25 (13.37%) Risk Management
11 23 (12.30%) Change Control
11 23 (12.30%) Project Governance
12 20 (10.70%) Resource Management
13 18 (9.63%) Budget Management
13 18 (9.63%) Resource Allocation
13 18 (9.63%) Scrum
14 17 (9.09%) Decision-Making
14 17 (9.09%) Migration
15 15 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.21%) SQL
2 4 (2.14%) Java
3 3 (1.60%) Korn
3 3 (1.60%) Perl
3 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.07%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.53%) Python
5 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 74 (39.57%) Degree
2 49 (26.20%) PMI Certification
3 39 (20.86%) PMP
4 36 (19.25%) Security Cleared
5 27 (14.44%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.35%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 6 (3.21%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (2.14%) APMP
10 4 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.60%) ISEB
12 2 (1.07%) APMG
13 1 (0.53%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.53%) CBAP
13 1 (0.53%) CISA
13 1 (0.53%) CISSP
13 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.53%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (21.39%) PMO
2 6 (3.21%) QA
3 4 (2.14%) SEPA
4 3 (1.60%) SLA
5 2 (1.07%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.07%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.53%) DO-254
6 1 (0.53%) EMIR
6 1 (0.53%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.53%) MiFID
6 1 (0.53%) NIST
6 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.53%) PMBOK
System Software
1 6 (3.21%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.60%) SCCM
2 1 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 75 (40.11%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.23%) SAP
3 6 (3.21%) Oracle
4 5 (2.67%) Citrix
4 5 (2.67%) Google
4 5 (2.67%) VMware
5 4 (2.14%) Planview
6 3 (1.60%) Adobe
6 3 (1.60%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.60%) IBM
6 3 (1.60%) Perforce
6 3 (1.60%) Reuters
7 2 (1.07%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.07%) Wrike
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco
8 1 (0.53%) Databricks
8 1 (0.53%) eFront
8 1 (0.53%) HP
8 1 (0.53%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.53%) Snow