Microsoft Project Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Microsoft Project skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 258 191
Rank change year-on-year +45 -67 -29
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 127 142 291
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.99% 0.68% 1.21%
As % of the Applications category 10.02% 6.95% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 67 195
10th Percentile £250 £249 £281
25th Percentile £361 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £543 £575 £538
90th Percentile £588 £650 £603
UK median daily rate £489 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +0.31% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 11
10th Percentile - £26.66 £20.25
25th Percentile £31.25 £29.51 £26.29
Median hourly rate £37.00 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -22.73% +182.05%
75th Percentile £46.30 £43.75 £76.25
90th Percentile - £44.68 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £40.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -3.75% -8.80% -1.44%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,268 2,044 2,204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.91% 9.85% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 699 858 1,385
10th Percentile £160 £150 £164
25th Percentile £225 £200 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £390
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.26% +4.00%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £576 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 535 193
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.09 £13.33
25th Percentile £15.28 £13.75 £17.30
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £31.27
Median % change year-on-year +40.10% -48.64% +64.58%
75th Percentile £46.30 £38.75 £51.52
90th Percentile £76.25 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £35.75
% change year-on-year +33.13% -50.43% +66.28%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Midlands +40 36 £475 +22.58% 40
North of England +17 28 £450 -12.15% 45
West Midlands +26 26 £501 +29.29% 23
South East +41 20 £506 +11.27% 77
Scotland +13 20 £500 +20.48% 20
North West +9 16 £450 -12.15% 28
South West +18 14 £313 -45.05% 26
East Midlands - 10 £425 - 16
Yorkshire +5 9 £300 -40.00% 11
East of England +28 7 £425 -2.86% 22
North East -1 3 £450 -7.69% 7
Wales +4 1 £425 - 3
Northern Ireland -8 1 £375 +78.57% 11
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (10.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.94%) Confluence
3 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.79%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 25 (19.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (11.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (9.45%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (6.30%) Trello
5 5 (3.94%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.79%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.79%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Primavera
2 2 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.66%) Azure
2 8 (6.30%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.72%) Asana
4 5 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.94%) Smartsheet
5 4 (3.15%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.36%) AWS
6 3 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.36%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.36%) SaaS
7 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.57%) GCP
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.79%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.79%) OCI
8 1 (0.79%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.79%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.36%) Internet
1 3 (2.36%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (2.36%) WAN
2 2 (1.57%) LAN
2 2 (1.57%) WebEx
3 1 (0.79%) Firewall
3 1 (0.79%) MPLS
3 1 (0.79%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.79%) VPN
3 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) Power BI
2 2 (1.57%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.79%) Big Data
3 1 (0.79%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (0.79%) QlikView
3 1 (0.79%) Tableau
3 1 (0.79%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 21 (16.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
General
1 55 (43.31%) Finance
2 52 (40.94%) Social Skills
3 23 (18.11%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (14.96%) Public Sector
5 14 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.30%) Local Government
6 8 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.72%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.94%) Legal
9 4 (3.15%) Law
10 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.57%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.79%) Automotive
12 1 (0.79%) Banking
12 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.79%) Police
12 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (40.94%) Project Manager
2 13 (10.24%) Senior
3 10 (7.87%) Analyst
4 9 (7.09%) PMO Analyst
4 9 (7.09%) Project Planner
4 9 (7.09%) Senior Manager
5 8 (6.30%) Lead
5 8 (6.30%) Senior Project Manager
6 6 (4.72%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 6 (4.72%) Engagement Manager
6 6 (4.72%) IT Manager
6 6 (4.72%) Programme Planner
6 6 (4.72%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 6 (4.72%) Security Manager
6 6 (4.72%) Security Project Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Facilities Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Facilities Project Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (3.15%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.36%) ADO
3 1 (0.79%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.02%) PMI
2 8 (6.30%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.94%) NHS
4 3 (2.36%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.36%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.79%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.79%) IoT
6 1 (0.79%) Life Science
6 1 (0.79%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.79%) PDA
6 1 (0.79%) SCADA
6 1 (0.79%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.79%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (61.42%) Project Management
2 44 (34.65%) Project Delivery
3 42 (33.07%) PRINCE2
4 38 (29.92%) Agile
5 34 (26.77%) Project Planning
6 31 (24.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (20.47%) Waterfall
8 25 (19.69%) Risk Management
9 22 (17.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 18 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (13.39%) Change Management
11 17 (13.39%) Resource Management
12 14 (11.02%) Change Control
12 14 (11.02%) Contingency Planning
13 13 (10.24%) Decision-Making
13 13 (10.24%) Programme Management
13 13 (10.24%) Project Governance
14 12 (9.45%) Budget Management
14 12 (9.45%) Budgeting
14 12 (9.45%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 61 (48.03%) Degree
2 27 (21.26%) PMI Certification
3 21 (16.54%) Security Cleared
4 18 (14.17%) PMP
5 15 (11.81%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.51%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.51%) HNC
7 6 (4.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (3.94%) APMP
8 5 (3.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (3.15%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.36%) ISEB
11 2 (1.57%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.57%) HND
12 1 (0.79%) CISA
12 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.79%) CISM
12 1 (0.79%) CISSP
12 1 (0.79%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (28.35%) PMO
2 2 (1.57%) P3O
2 2 (1.57%) QA
3 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.79%) GDPR
3 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.79%) NIST
3 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.79%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.79%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.79%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 43 (33.86%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.66%) SAP
3 5 (3.94%) Oracle
4 4 (3.15%) Google
5 2 (1.57%) Adobe
5 2 (1.57%) Bomgar
5 2 (1.57%) Cisco
5 2 (1.57%) Planview
5 2 (1.57%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.79%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.79%) HP
6 1 (0.79%) NEC
6 1 (0.79%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.79%) Pega
6 1 (0.79%) Peregrine
6 1 (0.79%) Remedy
6 1 (0.79%) Snow
6 1 (0.79%) Workday