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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 297 344
Rank change year-on-year -65 +47 -60
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 338 283 234
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.86% 0.61%
As % of the Applications category 11.51% 10.12% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 191 131
10th Percentile £318 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £510
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +3.92% +7.37%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £600
90th Percentile £700 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £488
% change year-on-year +4.17% -1.54% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 10
10th Percentile £30.00 £23.35 £20.68
25th Percentile £31.76 £26.50 £22.13
Median hourly rate £40.77 £56.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% +96.52% -34.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £63.08 £53.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £42.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.58% +22.14% -26.32%

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 2,937 2,796 2,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.40% 8.49% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,524 1,560 1,449
10th Percentile £206 £200 £168
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 462 348 280
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.96 £15.30
Median hourly rate £18.50 £23.54 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.41% +32.62% -21.11%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £55.87 £60.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.86 £22.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year -19.99% +37.49% -24.51%

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 13 September 2026.

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 13 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 17 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 13 September 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 -56 305 £500 -7.66% 171
UK excluding London -60 198 £500 +4.17% 124
London -78 116 £575 -1.50% 62
Work from Home -48 96 £475 -13.64% 75
South East -7 77 £525 +9.38% 30
North of England -59 41 £478 +4.20% 18
Midlands -62 29 £456 -15.74% 16
South West -46 22 £410 -25.45% 25
Yorkshire -41 20 £500 +13.64% 8
West Midlands -70 20 £463 -14.59% 8
North West -47 18 £483 -3.88% 8
Scotland -30 14 £480 +8.23% 12
East of England -14 12 £631 +54.91% 15
East Midlands -11 9 £425 -29.17% 8
North East - 3 £450 - 2
Wales -17 2 £450 +46.34% 4
Channel Islands - 2 £350 -

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 63 (18.64%) SharePoint
2 56 (16.57%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 142 (42.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (21.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 56 (16.57%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.14%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.07%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.89%) Trello
6 3 (0.89%) Windchill
7 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.62%) Primavera
2 12 (3.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.78%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.18%) Changepoint
4 4 (1.18%) SAP MM
4 4 (1.18%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.89%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.59%) BASE24
6 2 (0.59%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.59%) Endur
6 2 (0.59%) Findur
6 2 (0.59%) Maximo
6 2 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 71 (21.01%) Azure
2 59 (17.46%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (15.09%) Power Platform
4 33 (9.76%) Smartsheet
5 28 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (2.07%) SaaS
8 6 (1.78%) AWS
9 3 (0.89%) Asana
9 3 (0.89%) GitHub
9 3 (0.89%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.89%) IaaS
9 3 (0.89%) OCI
9 3 (0.89%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.59%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.30%) GCP
11 1 (0.30%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.96%) WAN
2 8 (2.37%) Firewall
3 6 (1.78%) Wireless
4 5 (1.48%) Network Security
4 5 (1.48%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.18%) LAN
5 4 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.89%) IPv4
6 3 (0.89%) IPv6
7 2 (0.59%) Broadband
7 2 (0.59%) FTP
7 2 (0.59%) Internet
7 2 (0.59%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) 4G
8 1 (0.30%) 5G
8 1 (0.30%) DNS
8 1 (0.30%) MPLS
8 1 (0.30%) NAS
8 1 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (14.79%) Power BI
2 8 (2.37%) Power Query
3 4 (1.18%) Tableau
4 2 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.59%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.30%) DataStage
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.30%) QlikView
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 138 (40.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 149 (44.08%) Finance
1 149 (44.08%) Social Skills
2 79 (23.37%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.21%) Banking
6 17 (5.03%) Manufacturing
7 15 (4.44%) Aerospace
8 13 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.85%) Retail
9 12 (3.55%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.37%) Legal
11 7 (2.07%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.18%) Advertising
13 4 (1.18%) Aviation
13 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.18%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 122 (36.09%) Project Manager
2 38 (11.24%) Senior
3 28 (8.28%) Analyst
4 24 (7.10%) IT Manager
5 22 (6.51%) IT Project Manager
5 22 (6.51%) Lead
5 22 (6.51%) Project Officer
6 21 (6.21%) Coordinator
6 21 (6.21%) Senior Manager
7 18 (5.33%) PMO Analyst
8 17 (5.03%) Programme Manager
8 17 (5.03%) Senior Project Manager
9 16 (4.73%) Project Coordinator
9 16 (4.73%) SC Cleared Project Manager
10 15 (4.44%) PMO Planner
11 14 (4.14%) Programme Planner
12 13 (3.85%) PMO Manager
12 13 (3.85%) Support Officer
13 12 (3.55%) Technical Manager
14 11 (3.25%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.48%) Middleware
2 2 (0.59%) .NET
2 2 (0.59%) ADO
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.03%) Onboarding
1 17 (5.03%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.25%) PMI
3 11 (3.25%) Virtual Team
4 10 (2.96%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.48%) Life Science
5 5 (1.48%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.18%) FMCG
6 4 (1.18%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.89%) CCTV
7 3 (0.89%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (0.89%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.59%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.59%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.66%) Linux
2 3 (0.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (50.59%) Project Management
2 161 (47.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 147 (43.49%) Agile
4 119 (35.21%) Project Delivery
5 106 (31.36%) PRINCE2
6 76 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 73 (21.60%) Waterfall
8 65 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (17.75%) Decision-Making
9 60 (17.75%) DevOps
10 56 (16.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 48 (14.20%) Business Intelligence
11 48 (14.20%) Change Control
12 47 (13.91%) Project Planning
13 40 (11.83%) Budget Management
13 40 (11.83%) Change Management
14 37 (10.95%) Dependency Management
14 37 (10.95%) Project Governance
15 36 (10.65%) Scrum
16 34 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.89%) SQL
1 3 (0.89%) VBA
2 2 (0.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 127 (37.57%) Degree
2 107 (31.66%) Security Cleared
3 66 (19.53%) SC Cleared
4 55 (16.27%) PMI Certification
5 49 (14.50%) PMP
6 45 (13.31%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 14 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.48%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.18%) CAPM
12 3 (0.89%) CISA
12 3 (0.89%) CISSP
12 3 (0.89%) MBA
13 2 (0.59%) APMP
13 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.59%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (36.98%) PMO
2 14 (4.14%) P3O
3 13 (3.85%) QA
4 10 (2.96%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.78%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.89%) NIST
7 2 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.59%) GDPR
7 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.59%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 194 (57.40%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.54%) SAP
3 26 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 18 (5.33%) Oracle
5 9 (2.66%) Planview
6 6 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.48%) Adobe
7 5 (1.48%) IFS
7 5 (1.48%) Wrike
8 4 (1.18%) Google
8 4 (1.18%) Xactly
9 3 (0.89%) Ariba
9 3 (0.89%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.89%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.89%) Workday
10 2 (0.59%) NEC
10 2 (0.59%) Sage
11 1 (0.30%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.30%) Splunk
11 1 (0.30%) VMware