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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 291 361
Rank change year-on-year -56 +70 -86
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 353 289 217
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.88% 0.56%
As % of the Applications category 12.37% 10.19% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 203 113
10th Percentile £325 £315 £322
25th Percentile £400 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £595 £603 £588
90th Percentile £700 £710 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 10
10th Percentile £28.80 £24.40 £20.68
25th Percentile £30.00 £36.40 £22.13
Median hourly rate £39.04 £46.30 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.68% +26.85% -24.24%
75th Percentile £48.75 £48.15 £40.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £53.30 £53.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.77 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.94% +15.75% -23.81%

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 2,854 2,835 2,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.33% 8.65% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,587 1,404
10th Percentile £213 £200 £166
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 377 369
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.60 £11.79
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.84 £14.84
Median hourly rate £21.50 £22.90 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% +30.86% -22.33%
75th Percentile £36.70 £35.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.29 £21.70 £16.23
% change year-on-year -6.49% +33.67% -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 21 August 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 21 August 2026.

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 21 August 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 -60 323 £505 -4.72% 116
UK excluding London -62 197 £500 +5.26% 103
London -69 127 £560 -1.75% 26
Work from Home -48 94 £475 -11.63% 54
South East -12 78 £525 +9.38% 24
North of England -72 38 £483 +4.72% 19
Midlands -62 33 £463 -14.59% 14
South West -43 27 £410 -8.89% 23
West Midlands -69 24 £469 -13.31% 11
Yorkshire -42 19 £550 +19.57% 8
North West -37 17 £478 +0.63% 11
East of England -11 10 £566 +36.04% 10
Scotland -25 10 £500 +8.11% 7
East Midlands -13 9 £425 -27.66% 3
Wales -19 2 £450 +46.34% 7
North East -36 2 £413 +25.00%

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 57 (16.15%) Confluence
2 56 (15.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 141 (39.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (19.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 55 (15.58%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.25%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.55%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.13%) Trello
7 3 (0.85%) Windchill
8 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 29 (8.22%) Primavera
2 14 (3.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.70%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.13%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.85%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.85%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.85%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.85%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.57%) BASE24
6 2 (0.57%) Endur
6 2 (0.57%) Findur
6 2 (0.57%) Maximo
6 2 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.28%) Actimize
7 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.28%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 74 (20.96%) Azure
2 59 (16.71%) Azure DevOps
3 53 (15.01%) Power Platform
4 32 (9.07%) Smartsheet
5 26 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.55%) AWS
7 8 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.98%) SaaS
9 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.13%) Asana
11 3 (0.85%) GitHub
11 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.85%) IaaS
11 3 (0.85%) OCI
11 3 (0.85%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.57%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.57%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
13 1 (0.28%) GCP
13 1 (0.28%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.83%) Firewall
1 10 (2.83%) WAN
2 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.13%) LAN
3 4 (1.13%) NAS
3 4 (1.13%) SAN
3 4 (1.13%) Wireless
4 3 (0.85%) IPv4
4 3 (0.85%) IPv6
4 3 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.57%) Broadband
5 2 (0.57%) DNS
5 2 (0.57%) FTP
5 2 (0.57%) Internet
5 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.28%) 4G
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) MPLS
6 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (15.01%) Power BI
2 7 (1.98%) 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
1 143 (40.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 154 (43.63%) Finance
2 149 (42.21%) Social Skills
3 79 (22.38%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (17.00%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (7.93%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.52%) Banking
7 17 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (4.53%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.97%) Aerospace
9 14 (3.97%) Retail
10 12 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.40%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.83%) Legal
12 7 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.70%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.42%) Advertising
14 5 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.42%) Public Speaking
15 4 (1.13%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (34.28%) Project Manager
2 42 (11.90%) Senior
3 29 (8.22%) Analyst
4 26 (7.37%) Lead
5 25 (7.08%) Senior Manager
6 24 (6.80%) IT Manager
7 22 (6.23%) Coordinator
7 22 (6.23%) Project Officer
8 21 (5.95%) IT Project Manager
9 19 (5.38%) Senior Project Manager
10 18 (5.10%) Project Coordinator
11 17 (4.82%) Programme Manager
11 17 (4.82%) Programme Planner
11 17 (4.82%) Project Planner
12 16 (4.53%) PMO Analyst
13 14 (3.97%) PMO Manager
13 14 (3.97%) Technical Manager
14 13 (3.68%) SC Cleared Project Manager
15 12 (3.40%) PMO Planner
15 12 (3.40%) Project Control 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 16 (4.53%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.25%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.25%) PMI
3 13 (3.68%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.40%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.40%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.70%) Life Science
6 6 (1.70%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.42%) FMCG
7 5 (1.42%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) Replication
10 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.57%) CCTV
10 2 (0.57%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.57%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.98%) Linux
2 5 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (48.16%) Project Management
2 165 (46.74%) Agile
3 160 (45.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 119 (33.71%) Project Delivery
5 117 (33.14%) PRINCE2
6 80 (22.66%) Waterfall
7 78 (22.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 64 (18.13%) Decision-Making
9 62 (17.56%) DevOps
9 62 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (17.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (14.45%) Business Intelligence
11 48 (13.60%) Change Control
12 46 (13.03%) Change Management
13 45 (12.75%) Project Planning
14 42 (11.90%) Migration
15 40 (11.33%) Budget Management
16 38 (10.76%) Dependency Management
17 36 (10.20%) Scrum
18 35 (9.92%) Programme 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
3 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 135 (38.24%) Degree
2 104 (29.46%) Security Cleared
3 63 (17.85%) PMI Certification
4 62 (17.56%) SC Cleared
5 52 (14.73%) PMP
6 45 (12.75%) DV Cleared
7 16 (4.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 15 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.42%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.42%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.85%) 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
1 126 (35.69%) PMO
2 16 (4.53%) QA
3 14 (3.97%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.40%) P3O
5 7 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.85%) GDPR
6 3 (0.85%) NIST
7 2 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
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
1 182 (51.56%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.33%) SAP
3 30 (8.50%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.53%) Oracle
5 10 (2.83%) Planview
6 6 (1.70%) Adobe
6 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.42%) Wrike
8 4 (1.13%) Google
8 4 (1.13%) IFS
8 4 (1.13%) Xactly
9 3 (0.85%) Ariba
9 3 (0.85%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.85%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.85%) NEC
10 2 (0.57%) Progress
10 2 (0.57%) Sage
10 2 (0.57%) VMware
10 2 (0.57%) Workday
11 1 (0.28%) Snow