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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 303 333
Rank change year-on-year +2 +30 -45
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 377 235 254
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.81% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 13.63% 9.55% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 158 146
10th Percentile £350 £261 £319
25th Percentile £405 £382 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -
75th Percentile £612 £575 £600
90th Percentile £738 £608 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +0.53% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 12
10th Percentile £22.50 £30.75 £26.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £32.44 £27.11
Median hourly rate £29.50 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.25% - -23.81%
75th Percentile £36.78 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £43.90 £46.67 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.25% -5.88% -20.93%

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 2,766 2,461 3,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.73% 8.46% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,600 1,427 1,680
10th Percentile £247 £188 £165
25th Percentile £337 £262 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £568 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 266 627
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.20 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.72 £22.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +32.35% -46.74%
75th Percentile £34.78 £43.94 £38.59
90th Percentile £70.95 £68.75 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.35 £21.70 £16.06
% change year-on-year -6.20% +35.09% -40.24%

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 May 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 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 15 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 May 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 +23 349 £510 +2.72% 76
UK excluding London -20 224 £478 +0.53% 66
London -17 125 £571 +14.28% 25
Work from Home -9 108 £523 +4.50% 42
South East +4 80 £500 +4.17% 22
Midlands -47 45 £446 -10.98% 15
South West -4 44 £725 +110.91% 7
North of England -50 42 £450 -5.26% 9
West Midlands -52 30 £456 -15.51% 8
Yorkshire -40 20 £425 - 3
North West -32 19 £473 -0.42% 5
East Midlands -22 15 £376 -16.56% 7
Scotland -13 11 £417 -12.32% 5
East of England -25 8 £600 +44.40% 6
North East -22 3 £450 +36.36% 2

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 89 (23.61%) Confluence
2 43 (11.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.80%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Umbraco
Applications
1 111 (29.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (15.12%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (14.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.65%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.12%) Trello
6 7 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.27%) InDesign
8 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (6.10%) Primavera
2 19 (5.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.92%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.59%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.80%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.27%) Actimize
7 1 (0.27%) Endur
7 1 (0.27%) Findur
7 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 64 (16.98%) Azure
2 60 (15.92%) Power Platform
3 47 (12.47%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.31%) Smartsheet
6 14 (3.71%) AWS
7 11 (2.92%) Asana
7 11 (2.92%) SaaS
8 7 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.86%) GCP
9 5 (1.33%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.06%) Collibra
10 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.80%) GitHub
11 3 (0.80%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.80%) OCI
12 2 (0.53%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.53%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.53%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.92%) WAN
2 7 (1.86%) Firewall
3 6 (1.59%) NAS
3 6 (1.59%) SAN
4 5 (1.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.27%) Broadband
5 1 (0.27%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) DNS
5 1 (0.27%) FTP
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) LAN
5 1 (0.27%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (15.92%) Power BI
2 4 (1.06%) Big Data
2 4 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.06%) Hadoop
2 4 (1.06%) Metadata
2 4 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.80%) Power Query
3 3 (0.80%) Tableau
4 2 (0.53%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.53%) QlikView
4 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.27%) EDMS
5 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 210 (55.70%) JIRA
2 4 (1.06%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) LSMW
General
1 167 (44.30%) Finance
2 159 (42.18%) Social Skills
3 97 (25.73%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.88%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (8.75%) Banking
6 31 (8.22%) Public Sector
7 21 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.04%) Retail
9 18 (4.77%) Military
10 14 (3.71%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.92%) Legal
12 8 (2.12%) Corporate Banking
12 8 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.12%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.59%) Public Speaking
15 5 (1.33%) Advertising
15 5 (1.33%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.33%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.06%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 135 (35.81%) Project Manager
2 57 (15.12%) Analyst
3 42 (11.14%) Senior
4 32 (8.49%) PMO Analyst
5 24 (6.37%) Lead
5 24 (6.37%) Senior Manager
6 23 (6.10%) Project Planner
7 19 (5.04%) SAP Manager
8 18 (4.77%) Architect
9 17 (4.51%) Service Architect
10 16 (4.24%) Senior Project Manager
11 15 (3.98%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.98%) Programme Manager
11 15 (3.98%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 14 (3.71%) IT Project Manager
12 14 (3.71%) PMO Manager
12 14 (3.71%) Technical Manager
12 14 (3.71%) Transformation Analyst
13 13 (3.45%) Coordinator
13 13 (3.45%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (2.12%) ADO
3 7 (1.86%) Middleware
4 2 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.27%) .NET
5 1 (0.27%) FHIR
5 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.02%) Product Ownership
2 27 (7.16%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.31%) PMI
4 18 (4.77%) Virtual Team
5 15 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.92%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.86%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.86%) Life Science
8 7 (1.86%) Tandem
9 6 (1.59%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.33%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.06%) FMCG
11 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.06%) Reference Data
12 3 (0.80%) Replication
13 2 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.86%) Windows
2 4 (1.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (53.05%) Agile
2 194 (51.46%) Project Management
3 155 (41.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 107 (28.38%) PRINCE2
5 105 (27.85%) Project Delivery
6 92 (24.40%) Waterfall
7 76 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (19.10%) Change Management
9 71 (18.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 69 (18.30%) Decision-Making
11 68 (18.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 65 (17.24%) Migration
13 59 (15.65%) Business Intelligence
13 59 (15.65%) DevOps
14 53 (14.06%) Risk Management
15 50 (13.26%) Budget Management
16 45 (11.94%) ITIL
17 42 (11.14%) Change Control
17 42 (11.14%) Project Planning
18 34 (9.02%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.86%) SQL
2 4 (1.06%) Python
3 3 (0.80%) VBA
4 2 (0.53%) ABAP
5 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 171 (45.36%) Degree
2 101 (26.79%) Security Cleared
3 86 (22.81%) SC Cleared
4 70 (18.57%) PMI Certification
5 64 (16.98%) PMP
6 17 (4.51%) DV Cleared
6 17 (4.51%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.12%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.12%) MBA
9 7 (1.86%) SAFe Agilist
10 6 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.06%) APMP
11 4 (1.06%) CISSP
12 3 (0.80%) CISA
12 3 (0.80%) RIBA
13 2 (0.53%) CAPM
13 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.53%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (36.07%) PMO
2 30 (7.96%) QA
3 26 (6.90%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.39%) GDPR
5 7 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.86%) Basel III
6 6 (1.59%) P3O
7 3 (0.80%) NIST
8 2 (0.53%) GRC
8 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.53%) PSD2
8 2 (0.53%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.27%) GxP
9 1 (0.27%) HL7
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.27%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (4.51%) OPNET
2 3 (0.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 120 (31.83%) Microsoft
2 47 (12.47%) ServiceNow
3 44 (11.67%) SAP
4 22 (5.84%) Oracle
5 19 (5.04%) Atlassian
6 17 (4.51%) Remedy
7 9 (2.39%) Planview
8 6 (1.59%) Adobe
9 3 (0.80%) Ariba
9 3 (0.80%) NEC
10 2 (0.53%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.53%) Google
10 2 (0.53%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.53%) VMware
11 1 (0.27%) BT
11 1 (0.27%) Cerner
11 1 (0.27%) Commvault
11 1 (0.27%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.27%) NetApp
11 1 (0.27%) Veritas