Microsoft Project Contracts

Microsoft Project
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 367 282
Rank change year-on-year +80 -85 -29
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 274 226 509
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.52% 0.90%
As % of the Applications category 10.20% 7.17% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 122 366
10th Percentile £313 £326 £304
25th Percentile £406 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.20%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £588
90th Percentile £675 £657 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -3.25% +11.11% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 13
10th Percentile £31.13 £26.45 £40.25
25th Percentile £38.58 £34.25 £43.86
Median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.75% -27.27% +23.60%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £80.00
90th Percentile £48.15 £51.15 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.30 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.94% -22.73% +165.06%

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 2,685 3,151 4,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.43% 7.28% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 1,614 2,723
10th Percentile £195 £163 £185
25th Percentile £285 £225 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £545 £525 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £370 £390
% change year-on-year +8.11% -5.13% +3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 634 266
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.70 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.06 £16.88
Median hourly rate £24.66 £17.39 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +41.79% -32.35% +16.10%
75th Percentile £40.84 £37.31 £49.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £16.06 £22.53
% change year-on-year +40.91% -28.72% +15.66%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 17 Contract 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 6 July 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 +67 226 £502 +0.40% 595
UK excluding London +56 148 £484 -3.25% 363
London +61 102 £530 +3.92% 277
Work from Home +46 72 £501 +11.33% 293
Midlands +39 39 £540 +20.00% 61
West Midlands +29 33 £540 +13.68% 34
North of England +14 31 £463 -8.42% 68
South East +32 25 £500 +8.11% 105
Scotland +19 22 £475 +14.46% 30
Yorkshire +18 20 £464 +3.06% 29
South West +15 20 £450 -23.40% 32
North West +6 9 £450 -11.96% 34
East of England +20 6 £425 -15.00% 51
East Midlands +5 6 £450 +48.15% 27
Northern Ireland - 4 £588 - 7
Wales +10 3 £456 - 12
North East -1 2 £330 -32.31% 5

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (9.85%) Confluence
1 27 (9.85%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.46%) CMS
4 3 (1.09%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.73%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 44 (16.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (15.33%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (12.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (8.39%) Trello
5 21 (7.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (5.47%) Primavera
2 13 (4.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (2.92%) SAP PS
4 2 (0.73%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.36%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.36%) Shopify
5 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.04%) Azure
2 26 (9.49%) Power Platform
3 21 (7.66%) Asana
4 14 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.92%) SaaS
7 7 (2.55%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.19%) AWS
8 6 (2.19%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.19%) Smartsheet
9 5 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.82%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.82%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.09%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.09%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.09%) GCP
11 1 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.82%) Firewall
2 3 (1.09%) HTTP
2 3 (1.09%) Internet
2 3 (1.09%) WAN
2 3 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.73%) DNS
3 2 (0.73%) LAN
3 2 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.36%) ATM
4 1 (0.36%) MPLS
4 1 (0.36%) Network Security
4 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.36%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.36%) VPN
4 1 (0.36%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.39%) Power BI
2 4 (1.46%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.46%) Tableau
3 3 (1.09%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.09%) Metadata
3 3 (1.09%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.73%) Big Data
4 2 (0.73%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.73%) Looker
4 2 (0.73%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.36%) QlikView
5 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.36%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 87 (31.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.46%) SoapUI
3 3 (1.09%) Ant
3 3 (1.09%) Toad
4 2 (0.73%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Git
5 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 123 (44.89%) Finance
2 116 (42.34%) Social Skills
3 36 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.31%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (9.12%) Banking
6 22 (8.03%) Public Sector
7 17 (6.20%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (4.74%) Aerospace
9 11 (4.01%) Legal
10 9 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.55%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.55%) Law
12 6 (2.19%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.19%) Marketing
13 3 (1.09%) Back Office
13 3 (1.09%) Front Office
13 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.73%) Police
14 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 116 (42.34%) Project Manager
2 29 (10.58%) Lead
3 26 (9.49%) Analyst
4 25 (9.12%) Senior
5 21 (7.66%) Project Planner
6 17 (6.20%) IT Manager
7 15 (5.47%) IT Project Manager
7 15 (5.47%) Senior Manager
8 14 (5.11%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (4.38%) PMO Analyst
10 10 (3.65%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (3.65%) Security Manager
11 9 (3.28%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.28%) Business Manager
11 9 (3.28%) Business Project Manager
11 9 (3.28%) Coordinator
11 9 (3.28%) Programme Planner
11 9 (3.28%) Project Coordinator
11 9 (3.28%) Security Project Manager
12 8 (2.92%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.55%) ADO
2 5 (1.82%) Middleware
3 4 (1.46%) SOAP
3 4 (1.46%) XML
4 3 (1.09%) EDI
4 3 (1.09%) IBM Integration Bus
4 3 (1.09%) Kafka
5 2 (0.73%) HTML
5 2 (0.73%) REST
6 1 (0.36%) .NET
6 1 (0.36%) ActiveX
6 1 (0.36%) CSS
6 1 (0.36%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.36%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.36%) VML
6 1 (0.36%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.39%) PMI
2 12 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.28%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.28%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.19%) Market Risk
5 6 (2.19%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.82%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.46%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.09%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.09%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.09%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.73%) Derivative
9 2 (0.73%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.73%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.65%) Windows
2 4 (1.46%) Unix
3 3 (1.09%) AIX
3 3 (1.09%) Linux
4 1 (0.36%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (56.93%) Project Management
2 103 (37.59%) Agile
3 85 (31.02%) Project Delivery
4 72 (26.28%) PRINCE2
5 64 (23.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 59 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (20.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 54 (19.71%) Waterfall
9 52 (18.98%) Change Management
10 44 (16.06%) Project Planning
11 42 (15.33%) Risk Management
12 30 (10.95%) Migration
13 29 (10.58%) Project Governance
14 28 (10.22%) Resource Management
15 27 (9.85%) Resource Allocation
16 25 (9.12%) Change Control
16 25 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (9.12%) Decision-Making
16 25 (9.12%) Scrum
17 23 (8.39%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.92%) SQL
2 4 (1.46%) Java
3 3 (1.09%) Korn
3 3 (1.09%) Perl
3 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.09%) Python
4 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 109 (39.78%) Degree
2 69 (25.18%) PMI Certification
3 56 (20.44%) PMP
3 56 (20.44%) Security Cleared
4 41 (14.96%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.11%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.65%) Master's Degree
7 9 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.28%) ISEB
8 7 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.82%) APMP
9 5 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.73%) APMG
11 2 (0.73%) CCA
11 2 (0.73%) MRICS
12 1 (0.36%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.36%) CISSP
12 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (20.80%) PMO
2 11 (4.01%) QA
3 8 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.82%) P3O
5 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.09%) NIST
5 3 (1.09%) SEPA
5 3 (1.09%) SLA
6 2 (0.73%) GDPR
6 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.36%) Basel III
7 1 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.36%) DO-254
7 1 (0.36%) EMIR
7 1 (0.36%) GxP
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.36%) MiFID
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) PMBOK
System Software
1 7 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.09%) SCCM
2 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.36%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 106 (38.69%) Microsoft
2 32 (11.68%) SAP
3 6 (2.19%) Google
3 6 (2.19%) Oracle
4 5 (1.82%) Citrix
4 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
4 5 (1.82%) VMware
5 3 (1.09%) Adobe
5 3 (1.09%) Ariba
5 3 (1.09%) Bloomberg
5 3 (1.09%) HP
5 3 (1.09%) IBM
5 3 (1.09%) Perforce
5 3 (1.09%) Planview
5 3 (1.09%) Reuters
5 3 (1.09%) Sitecore
6 2 (0.73%) IFS
6 2 (0.73%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.73%) Workday
6 2 (0.73%) Wrike