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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 141 125
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 +26
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 22 44 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.64% 0.96% 1.53%
As % of the Applications category 8.03% 12.68% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 75
10th Percentile £348 £282 £280
25th Percentile £409 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £463 £445
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% +3.93% -3.26%
75th Percentile £588 £517 £510
90th Percentile £641 £583 £625
England median daily rate £541 £510 £475
% change year-on-year +6.17% +7.37% -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 £29.00 £28.75 £43.86
% change year-on-year +0.87% -34.45% +3.15%

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 274 347 619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.97% 7.56% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 192 382
10th Percentile £153 £170 £158
25th Percentile £208 £218 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £387 £400 £373
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +7.11% -6.64%
75th Percentile £500 £510 £500
90th Percentile £600 £600 £623
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 31 57
10th Percentile £12.64 £11.71 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £19.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £15.25 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +66.67% -1.82%
75th Percentile £22.50 £52.04 £32.30
90th Percentile £32.28 £57.50 £51.75
England median hourly rate £25.00 £16.83 £23.24
% change year-on-year +48.59% -27.60% +5.64%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +6 9 £450 - 35
Berkshire +11 6 £450 +38.46% 27
Kent - 4 £480 - 1
Surrey +7 3 £625 +29.53% 5
Buckinghamshire 0 2 £350 -25.23% 4
Hampshire -5 2 £338 -34.43% 7
West Sussex -1 1 £575 +15.00% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £850 - 4
Sussex - 1 - - 2
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.55%) Primavera
1 1 (4.55%) SAP HCM
1 1 (4.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Asana
2 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Smartsheet
3 2 (9.09%) Contentstack
3 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) Broadband
2 1 (4.55%) Internet
2 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Power Query
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) SoapUI
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.09%) Marketing
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.55%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Data Centre Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Desktop Manager
3 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Project Officer
3 2 (9.09%) Project Support Officer
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Support Officer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Migration Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) React
2 1 (4.55%) SOAP
2 1 (4.55%) XML
2 1 (4.55%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
1 3 (13.64%) PMI
2 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.55%) Smartcard
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Project Management
2 8 (36.36%) Migration
3 7 (31.82%) PRINCE2
4 6 (27.27%) Agile
4 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (22.73%) Change Management
5 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
5 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (18.18%) Change Control
7 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
7 3 (13.64%) Business Case
7 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
7 3 (13.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (13.64%) Project Governance
7 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
7 3 (13.64%) Scrum
7 3 (13.64%) Software Delivery
8 2 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 6 (27.27%) PMI Certification
3 4 (18.18%) PMP
4 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.55%) HNC
4 1 (4.55%) HND
4 1 (4.55%) ISEB
4 1 (4.55%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) PMO
2 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Citrix
2 3 (13.64%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Compaq
3 1 (4.55%) HP
3 1 (4.55%) IFS
3 1 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Terracotta
3 1 (4.55%) webMethods
3 1 (4.55%) Workday