MS Project Server Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Project Server
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring MS Project Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 517 595
Rank change year-on-year -92 +78 +116
Contract jobs citing MS Project Server 3 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.003% 0.016%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.074% 0.029% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile £538 £386 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £423 £650
Median % change year-on-year +36.09% -35.00% +38.30%
75th Percentile £613 £459 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

MS Project Server falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,037 3,445 4,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.51% 11.65% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,797 2,211 2,852
10th Percentile £304 £256 £250
25th Percentile £404 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -4.12%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +4.40% +1.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 69 180
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.00 £13.85
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £41.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +60.78% +14.20%
75th Percentile £69.44 £63.75 £45.30
90th Percentile £81.00 £66.00 £68.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £42.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -3.53% +83.07% +5.52%

MS Project Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MS Project Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

MS Project Server job vacancy trend in the UK

MS Project Server
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MS Project Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MS Project Server

MS Project Server
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MS Project Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MS Project Server

MS Project Server
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Project Server within the UK over the 6 months to 10 March 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
England -86 3 £575 +36.09% 2
UK excluding London - 3 £575 - 2
South East - 3 £575 - 2

MS Project Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planner
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Control
1 3 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 3 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Earned Value Management
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) SAP