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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 292 343
Rank change year-on-year -72 +51 -62
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 353 284 227
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.87% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 12.06% 10.18% 9.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 194 123
10th Percentile £320 £350 £346
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £510
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +3.92% +7.37%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £680
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 6 10
10th Percentile £28.95 £23.88 £20.68
25th Percentile £30.00 £32.38 £22.13
Median hourly rate £38.03 £53.25 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.58% +85.22% -34.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £59.56 £40.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £62.57 £53.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.04 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.92% +42.86% -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 2,928 2,789 2,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.38% 8.52% 6.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,538 1,560 1,418
10th Percentile £209 £200 £170
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £404
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +5.20% -4.94%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £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 432 346 274
10th Percentile £13.33 £13.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.89 £16.01 £15.12
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.31 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.84% +38.91% -22.22%
75th Percentile £34.47 £35.00 £35.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £56.12 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £22.50 £16.23
% change year-on-year -17.78% +38.63% -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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -43 317 £500 -7.66% 205
UK excluding London -68 204 £500 +4.17% 152
London -72 120 £560 -3.45% 81
Work from Home -54 97 £475 -13.64% 89
South East -10 81 £515 +7.29% 39
North of England -56 42 £478 +4.20% 24
Midlands -67 30 £456 -15.74% 17
South West -51 22 £410 -25.45% 31
West Midlands -68 21 £463 -14.59% 9
Yorkshire -36 20 £500 +13.64% 12
North West -40 19 £483 -3.88% 10
Scotland -33 14 £480 +7.02% 17
East of England -18 12 £613 +47.15% 16
East Midlands -10 9 £425 -29.17% 8
North East - 3 £450 - 2
Wales -19 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 62 (17.56%) SharePoint
2 58 (16.43%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 146 (41.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (21.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 59 (16.71%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (4.53%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.85%) Trello
6 3 (0.85%) Windchill
7 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (6.23%) Primavera
2 13 (3.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.70%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.42%) SAP MM
5 4 (1.13%) Changepoint
6 3 (0.85%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.85%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.57%) BASE24
7 2 (0.57%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.57%) Endur
7 2 (0.57%) Findur
7 2 (0.57%) Maximo
7 2 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.28%) Actimize
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.28%) ENOVIA
8 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 73 (20.68%) Azure
2 60 (17.00%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (14.73%) Power Platform
4 35 (9.92%) Smartsheet
5 28 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (2.27%) SaaS
7 7 (1.98%) AWS
7 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (0.85%) Asana
8 3 (0.85%) GitHub
8 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.85%) IaaS
8 3 (0.85%) OCI
8 3 (0.85%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.57%) Azure AI
9 2 (0.57%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.28%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.68%) Firewall
2 11 (3.12%) WAN
3 6 (1.70%) SD-WAN
3 6 (1.70%) Wireless
4 5 (1.42%) LAN
4 5 (1.42%) Network Security
5 4 (1.13%) NAS
5 4 (1.13%) SAN
5 4 (1.13%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.85%) IPv4
6 3 (0.85%) IPv6
7 2 (0.57%) Broadband
7 2 (0.57%) DNS
7 2 (0.57%) FTP
7 2 (0.57%) Internet
7 2 (0.57%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) 4G
8 1 (0.28%) MPLS
8 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (14.45%) Power BI
2 8 (2.27%) Power Query
3 4 (1.13%) Tableau
4 2 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.57%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.28%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.28%) DataStage
5 1 (0.28%) EDMS
5 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.28%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 145 (41.08%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 157 (44.48%) Finance
2 152 (43.06%) Social Skills
3 82 (23.23%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (18.41%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (8.50%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.52%) Banking
7 17 (4.82%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.25%) Retail
9 14 (3.97%) Aerospace
9 14 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (3.12%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.55%) Legal
13 8 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.98%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.42%) Advertising
15 5 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.42%) Public Speaking
16 4 (1.13%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 129 (36.54%) Project Manager
2 39 (11.05%) Senior
3 29 (8.22%) Analyst
4 25 (7.08%) IT Manager
4 25 (7.08%) Lead
5 23 (6.52%) Coordinator
5 23 (6.52%) IT Project Manager
5 23 (6.52%) Senior Manager
6 20 (5.67%) Project Officer
7 18 (5.10%) PMO Analyst
7 18 (5.10%) Programme Manager
7 18 (5.10%) Project Coordinator
7 18 (5.10%) Senior Project Manager
8 17 (4.82%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 16 (4.53%) Programme Planner
10 15 (4.25%) PMO Planner
11 14 (3.97%) Technical Manager
12 13 (3.68%) PMO Manager
13 12 (3.40%) Project Planner
13 12 (3.40%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.70%) Middleware
2 5 (1.42%) ADO
3 2 (0.57%) .NET
4 1 (0.28%) FHIR
4 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.82%) Onboarding
1 17 (4.82%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.97%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.97%) PMI
3 11 (3.12%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.12%) Virtual Team
4 6 (1.70%) Life Science
5 5 (1.42%) FMCG
5 5 (1.42%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.13%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.85%) CCTV
7 3 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (0.85%) Replication
8 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.57%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.12%) Linux
2 5 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (50.14%) Project Management
2 169 (47.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 157 (44.48%) Agile
4 119 (33.71%) Project Delivery
5 113 (32.01%) PRINCE2
6 77 (21.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 77 (21.81%) Waterfall
7 69 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (17.56%) Decision-Making
8 62 (17.56%) DevOps
9 57 (16.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (14.45%) Change Control
11 49 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
12 46 (13.03%) Project Planning
13 44 (12.46%) Change Management
14 42 (11.90%) Budget Management
15 38 (10.76%) Cybersecurity
15 38 (10.76%) Scrum
16 37 (10.48%) Dependency Management
17 36 (10.20%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.13%) SQL
2 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (0.85%) Python
2 3 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 134 (37.96%) Degree
2 111 (31.44%) Security Cleared
3 68 (19.26%) SC Cleared
4 62 (17.56%) PMI Certification
5 53 (15.01%) PMP
6 45 (12.75%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (4.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.42%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.42%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.13%) CAPM
11 3 (0.85%) CISA
11 3 (0.85%) CISSP
11 3 (0.85%) MBA
12 2 (0.57%) APMP
12 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.57%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (35.98%) PMO
2 14 (3.97%) P3O
2 14 (3.97%) QA
3 12 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.13%) NIST
6 3 (0.85%) GDPR
6 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.57%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) HL7
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 195 (55.24%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.61%) SAP
3 32 (9.07%) ServiceNow
4 18 (5.10%) Oracle
5 9 (2.55%) Planview
6 6 (1.70%) Adobe
6 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.42%) IFS
7 5 (1.42%) Wrike
8 4 (1.13%) Google
8 4 (1.13%) Xactly
9 3 (0.85%) Ariba
9 3 (0.85%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.85%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.85%) Workday
10 2 (0.57%) NEC
10 2 (0.57%) Sage
10 2 (0.57%) VMware
11 1 (0.28%) Splunk
11 1 (0.28%) Veeam