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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 141 122
Rank change year-on-year +9 -19 +38
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 36 36 86
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.99% 0.84% 1.56%
As % of the Applications category 12.08% 10.26% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 22 74
10th Percentile £358 £269 £280
25th Percentile £450 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £487 £443
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +10.03% -6.40%
75th Percentile £519 £516 £549
90th Percentile £609 £570 £625
England median daily rate £525 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +4.23% +0.74% -
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 £42.75 £32.50 £43.18
% change year-on-year +31.54% -24.73% -17.75%

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 298 351 637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.23% 8.19% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 191 412
10th Percentile £155 £170 £155
25th Percentile £208 £219 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -3.85%
75th Percentile £500 £510 £500
90th Percentile £600 £588 £623
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 30 54
10th Percentile £12.56 £18.48 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.50 £23.56 £15.50
Median hourly rate £16.36 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.26% +84.21% -14.61%
75th Percentile £29.61 £53.00 £32.30
90th Percentile £32.61 £58.04 £52.31
England median hourly rate £24.31 £20.87 £26.00
% change year-on-year +16.50% -19.74% +8.33%

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 16 October 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 16 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
Thames Valley +3 17 £450 -1.37% 9
Berkshire +21 12 £450 +25.00% 6
Surrey +7 5 £500 +3.63% 5
West Sussex -2 4 £500 +9.89% 2
Buckinghamshire -3 4 £413 -11.88% 3
Kent - 4 £480 - 2
Hampshire -4 3 £450 -13.63% 6
Oxfordshire - 1 £850 -
Sussex - 1 - - 1
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
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 5 (13.89%) Confluence
2 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Primavera
2 2 (5.56%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.78%) SAP HCM
3 1 (2.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 3 (8.33%) Asana
4 3 (8.33%) AWS
4 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.33%) GCP
4 3 (8.33%) Smartsheet
5 2 (5.56%) Contentstack
6 1 (2.78%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.78%) SaaS
6 1 (2.78%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) Broadband
2 1 (2.78%) Internet
2 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
1 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.78%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) SoapUI
General
1 21 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (36.11%) Finance
3 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.56%) Marketing
5 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.78%) Automotive
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Project Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Senior
3 5 (13.89%) Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Senior Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Data Centre Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Engagement Manager
5 3 (8.33%) SAP Engagement Manager
5 3 (8.33%) SAP Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Engagement Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Desktop Manager
6 2 (5.56%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Project Officer
6 2 (5.56%) Project Planner
6 2 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Support Officer
6 2 (5.56%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) React
2 1 (2.78%) SOAP
2 1 (2.78%) XML
2 1 (2.78%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.33%) PMI
3 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.78%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (63.89%) Project Management
2 16 (44.44%) PRINCE2
3 13 (36.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (30.56%) Change Management
4 11 (30.56%) Migration
5 9 (25.00%) Agile
5 9 (25.00%) Budget Management
6 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (19.44%) Resource Allocation
7 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (16.67%) Project Delivery
9 5 (13.89%) Business Case
9 5 (13.89%) Matrix Organization
9 5 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (11.11%) AI
10 4 (11.11%) Data Management
10 4 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
10 4 (11.11%) Project Planning
10 4 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) Degree
2 10 (27.78%) PMI Certification
2 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (19.44%) PMP
5 4 (11.11%) CISM
5 4 (11.11%) CISSP
6 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.78%) HNC
6 1 (2.78%) HND
6 1 (2.78%) ISEB
6 1 (2.78%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (2.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) PMO
2 6 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (13.89%) NIST
4 3 (8.33%) QA
5 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
6 1 (2.78%) GDPR
6 1 (2.78%) ISO 9001
6 1 (2.78%) P3O
6 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.89%) ServiceNow
3 4 (11.11%) SAP
4 3 (8.33%) Citrix
4 3 (8.33%) VMware
5 2 (5.56%) Oracle
5 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.78%) Compaq
6 1 (2.78%) HP
6 1 (2.78%) IFS
6 1 (2.78%) Terracotta
6 1 (2.78%) webMethods
6 1 (2.78%) Workday