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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 143 149
Rank change year-on-year +39 +6 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 77 24 54
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.75% 0.67% 1.10%
As % of the Applications category 21.27% 7.87% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 16 47
10th Percentile £351 £263 £280
25th Percentile £462 £363 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £455
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% +0.27% -9.00%
75th Percentile £536 £517 £518
90th Percentile £600 £588 £590
England median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -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 £27.24 £32.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -16.20% -9.72% +10.77%

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 362 305 505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.21% 8.52% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 163 325
10th Percentile £191 £171 £148
25th Percentile £300 £244 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £404 £318
Median % change year-on-year +17.72% +27.09% -9.29%
75th Percentile £535 £506 £500
90th Percentile £600 £570 £597
England median daily rate £450 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +9.89% +2.38% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 21 38
10th Percentile £12.50 £20.00 £14.88
25th Percentile £13.31 £30.41 £18.61
Median hourly rate £16.36 £35.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.26% +22.83% +5.58%
75th Percentile £22.50 £54.00 £43.60
90th Percentile £29.61 £57.54 £61.61
England median hourly rate £20.26 £25.00 £28.30
% change year-on-year -18.98% -11.66% -10.16%

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 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 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
Thames Valley +16 36 £500 +11.11% 7
Hampshire -2 28 £475 -7.72% 5
Berkshire +10 22 £500 +85.19% 3
Buckinghamshire +14 12 £484 -0.46% 2
Surrey +1 8 £575 +19.17% 6
West Sussex -3 8 £520 +26.71%
Oxfordshire - 2 £675 - 2
Kent -2 1 £613 +36.11% 1
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 12 (15.58%) SharePoint
2 9 (11.69%) Confluence
3 1 (1.30%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 29 (37.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (11.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Primavera
2 5 (6.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.30%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.88%) Power Platform
2 10 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.49%) Azure
4 4 (5.19%) AWS
4 4 (5.19%) GCP
5 2 (2.60%) Contentstack
5 2 (2.60%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) WAN
2 1 (1.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.88%) Power BI
2 5 (6.49%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.90%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (33.77%) JIRA
General
1 38 (49.35%) Finance
2 34 (44.16%) Social Skills
3 22 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.49%) Retail
6 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.60%) Marketing
7 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.30%) Automotive
8 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) Project Manager
2 16 (20.78%) Analyst
3 14 (18.18%) Project Planner
4 11 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
5 10 (12.99%) Senior
6 9 (11.69%) Senior Manager
7 7 (9.09%) Programme Planner
8 6 (7.79%) Lead
8 6 (7.79%) PMO Lead
9 5 (6.49%) Data Analyst
10 4 (5.19%) Data Centre Manager
10 4 (5.19%) Data Centre Project Manager
10 4 (5.19%) Engagement Manager
10 4 (5.19%) SAP Engagement Manager
10 4 (5.19%) SAP Manager
10 4 (5.19%) Senior Engagement Manager
10 4 (5.19%) Senior Project Manager
11 3 (3.90%) Project Officer
11 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 3 (3.90%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) React
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.49%) PMI
3 4 (5.19%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.19%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.30%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.30%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (68.83%) Project Management
2 38 (49.35%) PRINCE2
3 22 (28.57%) Agile
4 20 (25.97%) Change Management
5 18 (23.38%) Project Delivery
5 18 (23.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (22.08%) Budget Management
6 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (19.48%) Risk Management
8 13 (16.88%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (15.58%) Project Planning
10 11 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 11 (14.29%) Waterfall
11 10 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (12.99%) Dependency Management
12 9 (11.69%) Data Analysis
12 9 (11.69%) PRINCE
12 9 (11.69%) Resource Allocation
13 8 (10.39%) Migration
13 8 (10.39%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 33 (42.86%) Degree
2 25 (32.47%) Security Cleared
3 20 (25.97%) SC Cleared
4 15 (19.48%) PMI Certification
5 13 (16.88%) PMP
6 8 (10.39%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.19%) CISM
7 4 (5.19%) CISSP
8 1 (1.30%) HNC
8 1 (1.30%) HND
8 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (67.53%) PMO
2 5 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.19%) NIST
3 4 (5.19%) P3O
3 4 (5.19%) QA
4 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.30%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 23 (29.87%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.29%) SAP
3 8 (10.39%) ServiceNow
4 6 (7.79%) Oracle
5 5 (6.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.30%) BT
6 1 (1.30%) Workday