Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Project
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 338 292
Rank change year-on-year +51 -46 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 302 232 401
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.91% 0.62% 0.84%
As % of the Applications category 10.84% 9.08% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 131 288
10th Percentile £350 £320 £280
25th Percentile £420 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £580 £575
90th Percentile £725 £700 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £445
% change year-on-year +2.63% +6.74% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 10
10th Percentile £24.40 £20.75 £30.00
25th Percentile £32.97 £26.25 £37.00
Median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £43.18
Median % change year-on-year +73.85% -24.73% -28.03%
75th Percentile £62.57 £40.00 £54.69
90th Percentile £76.58 £49.10 £55.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.97 £32.50 £41.25
% change year-on-year +47.58% -21.21% +26.77%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,787 2,555 3,727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.39% 6.79% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,563 1,441 2,365
10th Percentile £188 £164 £173
25th Percentile £299 £250 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 244 288
10th Percentile £13.24 £14.89 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £16.68
Median hourly rate £23.54 £21.50 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +9.49% -16.37% +11.78%
75th Percentile £33.91 £36.94 £45.00
90th Percentile £59.37 £59.26 £53.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £18.63 £22.75
% change year-on-year +20.81% -18.13% +3.93%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 October 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
England +36 254 £540 +7.21% 157
UK excluding London +30 181 £488 +2.63% 140
London +28 103 £600 +14.46% 45
Work from Home +50 81 £550 +10.00% 109
Midlands +16 54 £541 +11.07% 23
West Midlands +10 44 £541 +3.00% 14
North of England +6 35 £465 -2.11% 22
South East +6 32 £480 -1.41% 43
Yorkshire +7 27 £463 -2.63% 6
Scotland +19 23 £445 -6.32% 7
South West -10 23 £575 +46.03% 28
East Midlands +2 10 £550 +62.96% 9
East of England -10 8 £408 -25.91% 10
North West -11 8 £530 +13.07% 12
Wales +8 7 £308 - 6
Northern Ireland - 5 £588 - 1

Microsoft Project
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:

Application Platforms
1 49 (16.23%) Confluence
2 39 (12.91%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.99%) CMS
5 2 (0.66%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.66%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 71 (23.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (16.56%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (14.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (10.26%) MS Visio
5 19 (6.29%) Trello
6 1 (0.33%) Notion
Business Applications
1 19 (6.29%) Primavera
2 12 (3.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.99%) SAP PS
4 5 (1.66%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.66%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.66%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.33%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.33%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.91%) Azure
2 34 (11.26%) Power Platform
3 21 (6.95%) Smartsheet
4 17 (5.63%) Asana
5 16 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.97%) SaaS
7 11 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.65%) AWS
8 8 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.32%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.32%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.32%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.99%) GCP
11 3 (0.99%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.99%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (0.99%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.99%) Viva Engage
12 2 (0.66%) Azure Storage
12 2 (0.66%) Contentstack
12 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.99%) Firewall
2 3 (0.99%) HTTP
2 3 (0.99%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.66%) DNS
3 2 (0.66%) Internet
3 2 (0.66%) LAN
3 2 (0.66%) Network Security
3 2 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.66%) WAN
3 2 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.33%) Broadband
4 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.60%) Power BI
2 3 (0.99%) EDMS
2 3 (0.99%) Oracle Database
2 3 (0.99%) Tableau
3 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.66%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.33%) Big Data
4 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.33%) DTS
4 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.33%) Metadata
4 1 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 118 (39.07%) JIRA
2 4 (1.32%) SoapUI
3 3 (0.99%) Ant
3 3 (0.99%) Toad
4 2 (0.66%) JUnit
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 152 (50.33%) Social Skills
2 132 (43.71%) Finance
3 41 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (9.27%) Banking
6 22 (7.28%) Public Sector
7 19 (6.29%) Manufacturing
8 17 (5.63%) Legal
9 14 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (3.64%) Telecoms
12 10 (3.31%) Aerospace
13 9 (2.98%) Marketing
14 8 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.66%) Front Office
15 5 (1.66%) Law
16 4 (1.32%) Billing
16 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
16 4 (1.32%) Investment Banking
16 4 (1.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 121 (40.07%) Project Manager
2 31 (10.26%) Analyst
2 31 (10.26%) Senior
3 29 (9.60%) Lead
4 17 (5.63%) Senior Manager
5 16 (5.30%) IT Manager
6 15 (4.97%) Project Planner
7 14 (4.64%) IT Project Manager
7 14 (4.64%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (3.97%) Business Analyst
8 12 (3.97%) Coordinator
8 12 (3.97%) PMO Analyst
8 12 (3.97%) Programme Manager
9 10 (3.31%) Engagement Manager
10 9 (2.98%) Project Analyst
11 8 (2.65%) Business Manager
11 8 (2.65%) Business Project Manager
11 8 (2.65%) Project Coordinator
11 8 (2.65%) Security Manager
11 8 (2.65%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.99%) Middleware
1 6 (1.99%) SOAP
2 5 (1.66%) ADO
3 4 (1.32%) EDI
3 4 (1.32%) XML
4 3 (0.99%) IBM Integration Bus
4 3 (0.99%) Kafka
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.99%) REST
5 2 (0.66%) React
5 2 (0.66%) Web Services
6 1 (0.33%) .NET
6 1 (0.33%) ActiveX
6 1 (0.33%) FHIR
6 1 (0.33%) HTML
6 1 (0.33%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.95%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.64%) PMI
4 12 (3.97%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.64%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.98%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.99%) Market Risk
8 6 (1.99%) NHS
9 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.32%) Derivative
9 4 (1.32%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.32%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.32%) SCADA
10 3 (0.99%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.99%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.99%) Windows
2 4 (1.32%) Unix
3 3 (0.99%) AIX
3 3 (0.99%) Linux
4 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (51.66%) Project Management
2 119 (39.40%) Agile
3 93 (30.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 83 (27.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 82 (27.15%) PRINCE2
6 72 (23.84%) Project Delivery
7 70 (23.18%) Change Management
8 63 (20.86%) Waterfall
9 49 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (15.89%) Migration
11 38 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (11.92%) Risk Management
13 32 (10.60%) ERP
14 31 (10.26%) DevOps
15 30 (9.93%) Business Intelligence
15 30 (9.93%) Project Governance
16 29 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
17 28 (9.27%) Programme Management
18 27 (8.94%) Project Planning
19 26 (8.61%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.65%) SQL
2 7 (2.32%) Korn
3 3 (0.99%) Java
3 3 (0.99%) Perl
3 3 (0.99%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.66%) Python
5 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 125 (41.39%) Degree
2 66 (21.85%) PMI Certification
3 62 (20.53%) PMP
4 42 (13.91%) Security Cleared
5 32 (10.60%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.65%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.32%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.32%) ISEB
8 5 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.66%) CISM
8 5 (1.66%) CISSP
8 5 (1.66%) HNC
9 3 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.66%) APMP
10 2 (0.66%) CCA
10 2 (0.66%) HND
10 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.66%) MRICS
11 1 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (25.17%) PMO
2 19 (6.29%) QA
3 9 (2.98%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.98%) P3O
4 7 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.32%) NIST
5 5 (1.66%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.32%) SLA
7 3 (0.99%) GDPR
7 3 (0.99%) SEPA
8 2 (0.66%) GRC
8 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.33%) Basel III
9 1 (0.33%) DO-254
9 1 (0.33%) GMP
9 1 (0.33%) HL7
9 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.33%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 119 (39.40%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.23%) SAP
3 14 (4.64%) ServiceNow
4 13 (4.30%) Oracle
4 13 (4.30%) Planview
5 7 (2.32%) Workday
6 6 (1.99%) VMware
7 5 (1.66%) Citrix
8 4 (1.32%) Google
8 4 (1.32%) Progress
9 3 (0.99%) IBM
9 3 (0.99%) Perforce
9 3 (0.99%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.66%) Adobe
10 2 (0.66%) Arista
10 2 (0.66%) Cisco
10 2 (0.66%) Databricks
10 2 (0.66%) HP
10 2 (0.66%) Siemens
10 2 (0.66%) Sitecore