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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 291 347
Rank change year-on-year -90 +56 -56
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 323 291 229
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.88% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 10.78% 10.42% 8.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 198 127
10th Percentile £310 £350 £341
25th Percentile £390 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year - -0.10% +5.37%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £591
90th Percentile £688 £713 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 10
10th Percentile £30.00 £23.35 £20.68
25th Percentile £33.51 £26.50 £22.13
Median hourly rate £42.50 £56.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.78% +96.52% -40.33%
75th Percentile £51.88 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £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 2,996 2,794 2,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.46% 8.48% 6.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,521 1,572 1,440
10th Percentile £204 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £543 £525
90th Percentile £638 £649 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.06% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 344 262
10th Percentile £13.28 £13.52 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.85 £23.54 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.17% +38.47% -24.55%
75th Percentile £33.81 £33.91 £35.00
90th Percentile £69.38 £56.37 £58.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £22.41 £16.23
% change year-on-year -21.90% +38.06% -26.23%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -85 290 £500 -6.54% 317
UK excluding London -81 186 £500 +4.17% 246
London -78 112 £526 -11.41% 107
Work from Home -54 92 £472 -9.01% 169
South East -23 71 £515 +7.29% 56
North of England -61 35 £513 +11.11% 48
Midlands -68 27 £450 -16.78% 36
South West -39 23 £410 -25.45% 30
West Midlands -67 21 £495 -8.33% 22
Yorkshire -37 20 £500 +11.73% 16
Scotland -33 15 £480 +7.38% 30
North West -46 13 £513 -3.30% 27
East of England -22 12 £613 +50.31% 26
East Midlands -17 6 £402 -30.09% 14
Wales -14 2 £450 +46.34% 12
North East - 2 £488 - 5
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 67 (20.74%) SharePoint
2 52 (16.10%) Confluence
3 1 (0.31%) CICS
3 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 143 (44.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (21.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 54 (16.72%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.33%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.79%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.24%) Trello
7 2 (0.62%) Windchill
8 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.88%) Primavera
2 10 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.86%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.55%) SAP PP
5 4 (1.24%) Changepoint
5 4 (1.24%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.62%) BASE24
6 2 (0.62%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.62%) Endur
6 2 (0.62%) Findur
6 2 (0.62%) Maximo
6 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.31%) Actimize
7 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.31%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.65%) Azure
2 50 (15.48%) Power Platform
3 48 (14.86%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (10.22%) Smartsheet
5 23 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.55%) AWS
8 5 (1.55%) SaaS
9 4 (1.24%) Asana
10 3 (0.93%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.93%) IaaS
10 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.62%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.62%) GCP
11 2 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.31%) Copilot Studio
12 1 (0.31%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.31%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.48%) Firewall
1 8 (2.48%) WAN
2 6 (1.86%) Wireless
3 5 (1.55%) LAN
3 5 (1.55%) Network Security
4 4 (1.24%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.93%) IPv4
5 3 (0.93%) IPv6
6 2 (0.62%) Broadband
6 2 (0.62%) Internet
6 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.62%) VPN
7 1 (0.31%) 4G
7 1 (0.31%) 5G
7 1 (0.31%) DNS
7 1 (0.31%) FTP
7 1 (0.31%) MPLS
7 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.31%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (15.17%) Power BI
2 6 (1.86%) Power Query
3 4 (1.24%) Tableau
4 2 (0.62%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) DataStage
5 1 (0.31%) Db2
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.31%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 131 (40.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 153 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 139 (43.03%) Finance
3 77 (23.84%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (20.12%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.57%) Manufacturing
7 17 (5.26%) Banking
8 16 (4.95%) Aerospace
9 12 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.72%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.41%) Retail
11 8 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.17%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.17%) Legal
13 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.24%) Aviation
14 4 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.93%) Automotive
15 3 (0.93%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 114 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 30 (9.29%) Senior
3 27 (8.36%) Project Officer
4 26 (8.05%) IT Manager
5 25 (7.74%) Analyst
6 24 (7.43%) IT Project Manager
7 20 (6.19%) Coordinator
8 17 (5.26%) PMO Analyst
9 16 (4.95%) Support Officer
10 15 (4.64%) Lead
10 15 (4.64%) PMO Planner
10 15 (4.64%) Programme Planner
10 15 (4.64%) Project Coordinator
10 15 (4.64%) Senior Manager
11 14 (4.33%) Senior Project Manager
12 13 (4.02%) PMO Manager
12 13 (4.02%) Project Control Officer
13 12 (3.72%) Project Support Officer
14 11 (3.41%) Programme Manager
14 11 (3.41%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.93%) Middleware
2 2 (0.62%) .NET
2 2 (0.62%) ADO
3 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.72%) PMI
5 11 (3.41%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.41%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.55%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.24%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.93%) CCTV
9 3 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (0.93%) Life Science
9 3 (0.93%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.62%) CMDB
10 2 (0.62%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.62%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.62%) FMCG
10 2 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (51.08%) Project Management
2 152 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 136 (42.11%) Agile
4 120 (37.15%) Project Delivery
5 107 (33.13%) PRINCE2
6 71 (21.98%) Waterfall
7 70 (21.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (16.72%) Decision-Making
10 53 (16.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 49 (15.17%) DevOps
11 49 (15.17%) Project Planning
12 47 (14.55%) Business Intelligence
13 45 (13.93%) Change Control
14 39 (12.07%) Project Governance
15 38 (11.76%) Budget Management
15 38 (11.76%) Dependency Management
16 35 (10.84%) Change Management
17 34 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
18 33 (10.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.93%) SQL
2 2 (0.62%) Python
3 1 (0.31%) JCL
3 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 120 (37.15%) Degree
2 102 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 58 (17.96%) PMI Certification
3 58 (17.96%) SC Cleared
4 49 (15.17%) PMP
5 46 (14.24%) DV Cleared
6 15 (4.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 14 (4.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.55%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.24%) CAPM
12 3 (0.93%) MBA
13 2 (0.62%) CISA
13 2 (0.62%) CISSP
13 2 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.62%) PgMP
13 2 (0.62%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (38.39%) PMO
2 14 (4.33%) P3O
3 11 (3.41%) QA
4 8 (2.48%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.93%) NIST
7 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.62%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.62%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.31%) GxP
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) Control-M
1 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 190 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.76%) SAP
3 23 (7.12%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.33%) Oracle
5 9 (2.79%) Planview
6 6 (1.86%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.86%) Wrike
7 5 (1.55%) IFS
8 4 (1.24%) Adobe
8 4 (1.24%) Google
8 4 (1.24%) Xactly
9 3 (0.93%) Ariba
9 3 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.93%) Workday
10 2 (0.62%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.62%) NEC
10 2 (0.62%) Sage
10 2 (0.62%) VMware
11 1 (0.31%) BMC
11 1 (0.31%) Temenos