Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Project
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 270 299
Rank change year-on-year -21 +29 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 127 85 86
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.69% 0.49%
As % of the Applications category 13.40% 8.69% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 55 63
10th Percentile £375 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £659 £597 £650
90th Percentile £750 £675 £710
England median daily rate £511 £493 £507
% change year-on-year +3.70% -2.73% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.35
25th Percentile - - £23.50
Median hourly rate - - £28.05
75th Percentile - - £32.89
90th Percentile - - £35.20
England median hourly rate £29.50 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -26.25% - -16.98%

All Software Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 948 978 1,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 5.27% 7.89% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 611 726
10th Percentile £265 £213 £188
25th Percentile £375 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -12.82%
75th Percentile £583 £597 £575
90th Percentile £675 £738 £712
England median daily rate £450 £415 £400
% change year-on-year +8.43% +3.75% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 51 81
10th Percentile £17.34 £15.84 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.89 £16.50 £16.24
Median hourly rate £28.55 £24.66 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.77% +17.43% -23.64%
75th Percentile £38.75 £34.34 £27.25
90th Percentile £51.50 £52.00 £50.00
England median hourly rate £21.61 £24.62 £16.23
% change year-on-year -12.24% +51.71% -52.61%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Project relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in London

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in London

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Central London -23 15 £500 +5.26% 8
East London -7 2 £495 +19.23% 1
West London -21 2 £421 -29.88% 1
South London - 2 £550 - 5
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 24 (18.90%) Confluence
2 17 (13.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 44 (34.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (22.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.94%) Trello
5 4 (3.15%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.79%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (9.45%) Loan IQ
2 6 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.79%) Actimize
4 1 (0.79%) Endur
4 1 (0.79%) Findur
4 1 (0.79%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.79%) Primavera
4 1 (0.79%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.05%) Azure
2 24 (18.90%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (11.02%) Power Platform
3 14 (11.02%) Smartsheet
4 10 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.72%) Asana
6 4 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.36%) GitHub
7 3 (2.36%) Google Ads
7 3 (2.36%) OCI
8 2 (1.57%) AWS
8 2 (1.57%) GCP
8 2 (1.57%) SaaS
9 1 (0.79%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.36%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.02%) Power BI
2 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.57%) QlikView
3 2 (1.57%) Tableau
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 81 (63.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) LSMW
General
1 65 (51.18%) Social Skills
2 51 (40.16%) Finance
3 25 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.60%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (11.02%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (9.45%) Banking
7 8 (6.30%) Retail
8 6 (4.72%) Legal
8 6 (4.72%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.15%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.36%) Publishing
11 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.57%) Law
12 1 (0.79%) Back Office
12 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (36.22%) Project Manager
2 27 (21.26%) Analyst
3 15 (11.81%) Transformation Analyst
4 14 (11.02%) Senior
5 12 (9.45%) Migration Analyst
6 9 (7.09%) Lead
6 9 (7.09%) PMO Analyst
7 8 (6.30%) Senior Manager
7 8 (6.30%) Technical Manager
8 6 (4.72%) Banking Analyst
8 6 (4.72%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.72%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (4.72%) IT Manager
8 6 (4.72%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (4.72%) PMO Manager
9 5 (3.94%) Planning Manager
9 5 (3.94%) Programme Manager
9 5 (3.94%) SAP Manager
9 5 (3.94%) Senior Technical Manager
10 4 (3.15%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.94%) ADO
3 4 (3.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.66%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.51%) Tandem
3 6 (4.72%) Reinsurance
4 5 (3.94%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.15%) FMCG
5 4 (3.15%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.57%) PMI
6 2 (1.57%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) CCTV
7 1 (0.79%) Life Science
7 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.79%) PropTech
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (59.06%) Agile
2 59 (46.46%) Project Management
3 57 (44.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (35.43%) Project Delivery
5 36 (28.35%) Waterfall
6 35 (27.56%) Migration
7 32 (25.20%) Decision-Making
8 29 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (21.26%) DevOps
10 27 (21.26%) PRINCE2
11 22 (17.32%) Risk Management
11 22 (17.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (16.54%) Change Management
13 20 (15.75%) Programme Management
13 20 (15.75%) User Acceptance Testing
14 17 (13.39%) Data Migration
14 17 (13.39%) Roadmaps
15 16 (12.60%) AI
15 16 (12.60%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.51%) SQL
2 4 (3.15%) Python
3 1 (0.79%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 39 (30.71%) Degree
2 20 (15.75%) PMI Certification
2 20 (15.75%) PMP
3 18 (14.17%) Security Cleared
4 16 (12.60%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.57%) RIBA
7 1 (0.79%) APMG
7 1 (0.79%) CAPM
7 1 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (32.28%) PMO
2 16 (12.60%) Data Quality
3 13 (10.24%) QA
4 2 (1.57%) GDPR
4 2 (1.57%) P3O
5 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.79%) GRC
5 1 (0.79%) GxP
5 1 (0.79%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.79%) NIST
5 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.15%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 38 (29.92%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.45%) Oracle
3 11 (8.66%) SAP
4 6 (4.72%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.94%) Planview
6 2 (1.57%) Adobe
6 2 (1.57%) Ariba
7 1 (0.79%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (0.79%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.79%) iManage
7 1 (0.79%) NEC
7 1 (0.79%) Progress
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.79%) Siebel
7 1 (0.79%) Snow
7 1 (0.79%) Splunk
7 1 (0.79%) Wrike