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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 146 165
Rank change year-on-year +42 +19 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 85 15 47
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.85% 0.47% 0.87%
As % of the Applications category 21.63% 5.54% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 10 41
10th Percentile £341 £256 £280
25th Percentile £450 £276 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £419 £460
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -8.96% -8.01%
75th Percentile £536 £509 £538
90th Percentile £600 £660 £588
England median daily rate £512 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +2.40% +5.26% -5.00%

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 393 271 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.57% 8.43% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 138 318
10th Percentile £208 £166 £148
25th Percentile £311 £241 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £414 £304
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% +36.21% -15.03%
75th Percentile £538 £493 £499
90th Percentile £610 £560 £595
England median daily rate £450 £409 £400
% change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 18 61
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.98 £12.00
25th Percentile £12.58 £24.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.50 £35.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -55.71% +80.65% -39.28%
75th Percentile £22.50 £43.75 £31.24
90th Percentile £29.61 £54.35 £55.00
England median hourly rate £19.00 £26.81 £21.06
% change year-on-year -29.14% +27.30% -36.17%

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 31 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 31 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 +13 39 £500 +86.92% 2
Hampshire +12 35 £475 +22.58% 4
Berkshire -3 24 £500 +86.92%
Buckinghamshire - 13 £484 - 1
Surrey -1 8 £575 +15.00% 3
West Sussex - 7 £514 - 2
Oxfordshire - 2 £675 - 1
Kent -4 1 £613 +36.11% 2
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 14 (16.47%) SharePoint
2 10 (11.76%) Confluence
3 3 (3.53%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 30 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (27.06%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (9.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (11.76%) Primavera
2 5 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (3.53%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 11 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.88%) Azure
4 4 (4.71%) AWS
4 4 (4.71%) GCP
5 2 (2.35%) Contentstack
6 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (20.00%) Power BI
2 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.71%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 31 (36.47%) JIRA
General
1 40 (47.06%) Finance
2 37 (43.53%) Social Skills
3 26 (30.59%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.24%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (8.24%) Retail
5 5 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.35%) Marketing
8 1 (1.18%) Automotive
8 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (23.53%) Analyst
2 19 (22.35%) Project Planner
3 17 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 14 (16.47%) PMO Analyst
5 11 (12.94%) Senior
6 8 (9.41%) Senior Manager
7 7 (8.24%) Lead
7 7 (8.24%) PMO Lead
7 7 (8.24%) Programme Planner
8 6 (7.06%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.71%) Data Centre Manager
9 4 (4.71%) Data Centre Project Manager
9 4 (4.71%) Engagement Manager
9 4 (4.71%) SAP Engagement Manager
9 4 (4.71%) SAP Manager
9 4 (4.71%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 4 (4.71%) Senior Engagement Manager
10 3 (3.53%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 3 (3.53%) Senior Project Manager
10 3 (3.53%) Senior Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) React
2 1 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.24%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.06%) PMI
2 6 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.71%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.71%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.71%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.18%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (70.59%) Project Management
2 41 (48.24%) PRINCE2
3 25 (29.41%) Agile
4 22 (25.88%) Change Management
5 21 (24.71%) Project Delivery
6 20 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (21.18%) Budget Management
7 18 (21.18%) Risk Management
8 17 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (18.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (16.47%) Decision-Making
10 14 (16.47%) Waterfall
11 13 (15.29%) Project Planning
12 12 (14.12%) Dependency Management
13 11 (12.94%) PRINCE
13 11 (12.94%) Resource Allocation
14 10 (11.76%) Earned Value Management
15 9 (10.59%) Data Analysis
15 9 (10.59%) Impact Assessments
15 9 (10.59%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (42.35%) Degree
2 30 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 24 (28.24%) SC Cleared
4 14 (16.47%) PMI Certification
5 12 (14.12%) PMP
6 10 (11.76%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.71%) CISM
7 4 (4.71%) CISSP
8 1 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (72.94%) PMO
2 5 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.88%) P3O
3 4 (4.71%) NIST
3 4 (4.71%) QA
4 2 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.18%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 25 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.12%) SAP
3 8 (9.41%) Oracle
3 8 (9.41%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.18%) BT