Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Project
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 156 140
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 44 23 78
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.13% 0.56% 1.44%
As % of the Applications category 13.66% 7.01% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 15 65
10th Percentile £409 £262 £280
25th Percentile £450 £356 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £528 £522 £538
90th Percentile £591 £583 £598
England median daily rate £525 £513 £475
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £21.25 £61.71 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.56% - -
England median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £48.18
% change year-on-year -21.63% -32.54% -8.23%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 322 328 597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.29% 7.92% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 176 388
10th Percentile £161 £170 £154
25th Percentile £215 £222 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £356
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +12.52% -6.45%
75th Percentile £509 £505 £500
90th Percentile £600 £588 £603
England median daily rate £425 £400 £420
% change year-on-year +6.25% -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 29 48
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.50 £22.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £15.63 £35.00 £22.62
Median % change year-on-year -55.36% +54.73% -5.75%
75th Percentile £22.50 £53.00 £37.81
90th Percentile £30.33 £58.54 £59.69
England median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -17.31% +5.50%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the South East over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the South East

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Thames Valley +11 23 £468 +3.89% 28
Berkshire +17 14 £450 +25.00% 25
Buckinghamshire +11 7 £475 +2.70% 2
West Sussex -3 7 £525 +28.05% 2
Hampshire -5 6 £475 -9.52% 4
Surrey +4 5 £500 +3.63% 6
Oxfordshire - 2 £675 - 2
Kent - 2 £519 - 3
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
Sussex - 1 - -
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (20.45%) SharePoint
2 6 (13.64%) Confluence
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (38.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (31.82%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Primavera
2 5 (11.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.27%) SAP HCM
3 1 (2.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (15.91%) Power Platform
2 5 (11.36%) Azure
3 3 (6.82%) AWS
3 3 (6.82%) GCP
3 3 (6.82%) Smartsheet
4 2 (4.55%) Contentstack
5 1 (2.27%) Asana
5 1 (2.27%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.27%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (2.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) Power BI
1 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) SoapUI
General
1 24 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.09%) Finance
3 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.55%) Marketing
7 1 (2.27%) Automotive
7 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Project Manager
2 9 (20.45%) Analyst
3 7 (15.91%) Senior
4 6 (13.64%) Senior Manager
5 5 (11.36%) Data Analyst
5 5 (11.36%) Project Planner
6 4 (9.09%) Data Centre Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 3 (6.82%) Engagement Manager
7 3 (6.82%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (6.82%) SAP Engagement Manager
7 3 (6.82%) SAP Manager
7 3 (6.82%) Senior Engagement Manager
8 2 (4.55%) IT Manager
8 2 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (4.55%) PMO Support Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Project Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Project Support Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (4.55%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) React
2 1 (2.27%) SOAP
2 1 (2.27%) XML
2 1 (2.27%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 4 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 4 (9.09%) PMI
2 3 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.27%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (61.36%) Project Management
2 23 (52.27%) PRINCE2
3 15 (34.09%) Change Management
4 14 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (29.55%) Agile
6 10 (22.73%) Budget Management
7 9 (20.45%) Migration
8 8 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (18.18%) Project Delivery
9 7 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (15.91%) CRM
9 7 (15.91%) Project Planning
9 7 (15.91%) Resource Allocation
9 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (13.64%) Decision-Making
10 6 (13.64%) Risk Analysis
11 5 (11.36%) Business Case
11 5 (11.36%) Impact Assessments
11 5 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (52.27%) Degree
2 17 (38.64%) Security Cleared
3 13 (29.55%) SC Cleared
4 12 (27.27%) PMI Certification
5 9 (20.45%) PMP
6 4 (9.09%) CISM
6 4 (9.09%) CISSP
6 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.27%) HNC
7 1 (2.27%) HND
7 1 (2.27%) ISEB
7 1 (2.27%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (2.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (40.91%) PMO
2 6 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.36%) NIST
4 4 (9.09%) P3O
5 3 (6.82%) QA
6 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.27%) GDPR
7 1 (2.27%) ISO 9001
7 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (34.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.91%) SAP
2 7 (15.91%) ServiceNow
3 5 (11.36%) Oracle
3 5 (11.36%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.27%) Citrix
4 1 (2.27%) Compaq
4 1 (2.27%) HP
4 1 (2.27%) IFS
4 1 (2.27%) Terracotta
4 1 (2.27%) VMware
4 1 (2.27%) webMethods
4 1 (2.27%) Workday