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 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 127 120 160
Rank change year-on-year -7 +40 -21
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 84 22 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.42% 0.74% 0.61%
As % of the Applications category 19.35% 9.61% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 15 20
10th Percentile £340 £310 £362
25th Percentile £414 £406 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £460
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.81%
75th Percentile £550 £552 £526
90th Percentile £610 £625 £601
England median daily rate £511 £493 £507
% change year-on-year +3.70% -2.73% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £46.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £29.50 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -26.25% - -16.98%

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 434 229 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.31% 7.66% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 121 203
10th Percentile £250 £150 £137
25th Percentile £339 £208 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £404 £340
Median % change year-on-year +17.72% +18.68% -13.60%
75th Percentile £547 £500 £475
90th Percentile £610 £599 £585
England median daily rate £450 £415 £400
% change year-on-year +8.43% +3.75% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 39 82
10th Percentile £12.26 £13.73 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.19 £14.20 £12.41
Median hourly rate £17.11 £19.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.93% +8.57% -34.27%
75th Percentile £33.00 £39.18 £26.88
90th Percentile £52.40 £59.50 £45.00
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 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 May 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 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
Thames Valley -21 42 £510 -5.99% 11
Hampshire +6 33 £488 +25.81% 2
Berkshire -10 22 £513 +17.82% 2
Buckinghamshire -21 20 £510 -5.99% 2
Surrey -3 10 £550 +10.00% 3
West Sussex - 4 £509 -
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 6 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.76%) Confluence
3 3 (3.57%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 24 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (11.90%) Primavera
2 3 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.24%) Power Platform
2 11 (13.10%) Azure
3 8 (9.52%) AWS
4 6 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.76%) GCP
6 3 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.19%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.76%) NAS
1 4 (4.76%) SAN
1 4 (4.76%) WAN
2 2 (2.38%) Firewall
3 1 (1.19%) DHCP
3 1 (1.19%) DNS
3 1 (1.19%) FTP
3 1 (1.19%) LAN
3 1 (1.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (20.24%) Power BI
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 31 (36.90%) JIRA
General
1 42 (50.00%) Finance
2 29 (34.52%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (29.76%) Social Skills
4 12 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 8 (9.52%) Retail
7 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (29.76%) Project Manager
2 17 (20.24%) Analyst
2 17 (20.24%) Project Planner
3 16 (19.05%) PMO Analyst
4 12 (14.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 11 (13.10%) Senior
6 8 (9.52%) Senior Manager
7 7 (8.33%) Lead
8 6 (7.14%) PMO Lead
8 6 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
9 5 (5.95%) Programme Planner
10 4 (4.76%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 4 (4.76%) Engagement Manager
10 4 (4.76%) Integration Analyst
11 3 (3.57%) SAP Engagement Manager
11 3 (3.57%) SAP Manager
11 3 (3.57%) Senior Project Planner
12 2 (2.38%) Digital Project Manager
12 2 (2.38%) Financial Analyst
12 2 (2.38%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) .NET
1 1 (1.19%) ADO
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 7 (8.33%) Virtual Team
2 5 (5.95%) PMI
3 4 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.57%) Replication
4 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.95%) Windows
2 4 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (73.81%) Project Management
2 34 (40.48%) Agile
3 31 (36.90%) PRINCE2
4 24 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (26.19%) Project Delivery
5 22 (26.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (26.19%) Waterfall
6 21 (25.00%) Change Management
7 18 (21.43%) Budget Management
8 17 (20.24%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (20.24%) Risk Management
9 13 (15.48%) Migration
10 12 (14.29%) Dependency Management
11 11 (13.10%) ITIL
11 11 (13.10%) Project Planning
12 10 (11.90%) Business Case
12 10 (11.90%) Change Control
12 10 (11.90%) Decision-Making
13 9 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 8 (9.52%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 31 (36.90%) SC Cleared
3 29 (34.52%) Degree
4 12 (14.29%) PMI Certification
5 11 (13.10%) DV Cleared
6 10 (11.90%) PMP
7 1 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.19%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (60.71%) PMO
2 4 (4.76%) QA
3 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.19%) GDPR
4 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.19%) NIST
4 1 (1.19%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 33 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.90%) SAP
3 9 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.95%) Oracle
5 2 (2.38%) VMware
6 1 (1.19%) Adobe
6 1 (1.19%) BT
6 1 (1.19%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.19%) Citrix
6 1 (1.19%) Commvault
6 1 (1.19%) EMC
6 1 (1.19%) NetApp
6 1 (1.19%) Veeam
6 1 (1.19%) Veritas