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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 305 342
Rank change year-on-year -27 +37 -71
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 336 229 249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.80% 0.58%
As % of the Applications category 12.41% 9.37% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 153 139
10th Percentile £341 £253 £323
25th Percentile £400 £385 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £504
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -5.70% +0.74%
75th Percentile £589 £575 £607
90th Percentile £694 £611 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 13
10th Percentile £22.50 £32.10 £26.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.00 £27.26
Median hourly rate £29.50 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.29% +15.75% -25.58%
75th Percentile £36.78 - £43.75
90th Percentile £43.90 £47.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.29% +8.94% -22.73%

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 2,707 2,445 3,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.54% 8.50% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,556 1,408 1,655
10th Percentile £228 £190 £165
25th Percentile £331 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £351
% change year-on-year +13.33% +6.99% -10.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 278 633
10th Percentile £13.21 £14.20 £11.54
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.01 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% +47.94% -44.19%
75th Percentile £34.46 £43.75 £37.50
90th Percentile £70.95 £67.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.35 £22.75 £16.06
% change year-on-year -10.55% +41.66% -39.35%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -12 309 £500 +4.17% 91
UK excluding London -30 196 £463 -2.63% 80
London -55 113 £569 +13.75% 29
Work from Home -8 100 £500 - 50
South East -7 75 £500 +4.17% 24
Midlands -46 43 £445 -8.90% 17
North of England -59 39 £450 -5.26% 12
West Midlands -55 28 £463 -14.35% 13
South West -17 23 £410 +9.33% 10
North West -28 18 £446 -6.21% 6
Yorkshire -50 18 £430 -10.65% 5
East Midlands -20 15 £398 -11.67% 4
Scotland -14 11 £417 -12.32% 6
East of England -28 9 £600 +41.18% 7
North East -29 3 £450 +36.36% 1

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 69 (20.54%) Confluence
2 40 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.19%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.89%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 102 (30.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (13.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 41 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.98%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (2.08%) Trello
6 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (6.85%) Primavera
2 18 (5.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.68%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.79%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.89%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.60%) BASE24
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.60%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.60%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) Endur
7 1 (0.30%) Findur
7 1 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.45%) Azure
2 58 (17.26%) Power Platform
3 47 (13.99%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (5.65%) Smartsheet
6 12 (3.57%) AWS
7 11 (3.27%) SaaS
8 9 (2.68%) Asana
9 6 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.49%) GCP
11 4 (1.19%) Collibra
11 4 (1.19%) Google Ads
11 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.89%) GitHub
12 3 (0.89%) OCI
12 3 (0.89%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.60%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.60%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.27%) WAN
2 8 (2.38%) Firewall
3 6 (1.79%) NAS
3 6 (1.79%) SAN
4 5 (1.49%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.60%) LAN
6 1 (0.30%) Broadband
6 1 (0.30%) DHCP
6 1 (0.30%) DNS
6 1 (0.30%) FTP
6 1 (0.30%) Internet
6 1 (0.30%) MPLS
6 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (17.26%) Power BI
2 4 (1.19%) Big Data
2 4 (1.19%) Hadoop
2 4 (1.19%) Metadata
3 3 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.89%) Power Query
3 3 (0.89%) Tableau
4 2 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.60%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.60%) QlikView
4 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.30%) EDMS
5 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 173 (51.49%) JIRA
2 4 (1.19%) Git
General
1 160 (47.62%) Finance
2 126 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 74 (22.02%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.61%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (9.52%) Banking
6 27 (8.04%) Public Sector
7 19 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (5.65%) Retail
8 14 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.27%) Legal
10 7 (2.08%) Corporate Banking
10 7 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.08%) Retail Banking
11 6 (1.79%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.79%) Public Speaking
12 5 (1.49%) Advertising
13 4 (1.19%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.89%) Law
Job Titles
1 129 (38.39%) Project Manager
2 57 (16.96%) Analyst
3 39 (11.61%) Senior
4 32 (9.52%) PMO Analyst
5 23 (6.85%) Project Planner
6 22 (6.55%) Lead
6 22 (6.55%) Senior Manager
7 16 (4.76%) IT Manager
7 16 (4.76%) SAP Manager
8 15 (4.46%) IT Project Manager
8 15 (4.46%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (3.57%) PMO Manager
9 12 (3.57%) Programme Manager
9 12 (3.57%) Project Officer
9 12 (3.57%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 12 (3.57%) Technical Manager
9 12 (3.57%) Transformation Analyst
10 11 (3.27%) Programme Planner
11 10 (2.98%) Delivery Manager
11 10 (2.98%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.38%) ADO
2 5 (1.49%) Middleware
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.30%) .NET
4 1 (0.30%) FHIR
4 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.85%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.65%) PMI
3 17 (5.06%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.06%) Virtual Team
4 16 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.27%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.08%) Life Science
8 6 (1.79%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.49%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.49%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.49%) Tandem
10 4 (1.19%) FMCG
10 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.19%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.89%) Replication
12 2 (0.60%) EMV
12 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.08%) Windows
2 4 (1.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (52.38%) Project Management
2 167 (49.70%) Agile
3 143 (42.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 102 (30.36%) PRINCE2
5 101 (30.06%) Project Delivery
6 87 (25.89%) Waterfall
7 71 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (18.75%) Decision-Making
9 62 (18.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 61 (18.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 59 (17.56%) Change Management
12 57 (16.96%) Business Intelligence
13 56 (16.67%) Migration
14 55 (16.37%) DevOps
15 44 (13.10%) Budget Management
15 44 (13.10%) Risk Management
16 39 (11.61%) Change Control
17 35 (10.42%) Project Planning
18 31 (9.23%) Roadmaps
19 30 (8.93%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.79%) SQL
2 4 (1.19%) Python
3 3 (0.89%) VBA
4 2 (0.60%) ABAP
5 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 141 (41.96%) Degree
2 71 (21.13%) Security Cleared
3 69 (20.54%) PMI Certification
4 62 (18.45%) PMP
5 57 (16.96%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.46%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.08%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.08%) MBA
8 7 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.79%) SAFe Agilist
10 5 (1.49%) CISSP
11 4 (1.19%) RIBA
12 3 (0.89%) CISA
13 2 (0.60%) APMP
13 2 (0.60%) CAPM
13 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.60%) PgMP
13 2 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (38.39%) PMO
2 26 (7.74%) QA
3 23 (6.85%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.38%) GDPR
5 7 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.08%) P3O
6 6 (1.79%) Basel III
7 4 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.89%) NIST
9 2 (0.60%) GRC
9 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.60%) PSD2
9 2 (0.60%) SLA
10 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.30%) GxP
10 1 (0.30%) HL7
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.30%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.30%) OPNET
Vendors
1 111 (33.04%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.20%) SAP
3 29 (8.63%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.57%) Oracle
5 9 (2.68%) Planview
6 5 (1.49%) Adobe
7 3 (0.89%) NEC
8 2 (0.60%) Ariba
8 2 (0.60%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.60%) Google
8 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.60%) VMware
9 1 (0.30%) BT
9 1 (0.30%) Cerner
9 1 (0.30%) Citrix
9 1 (0.30%) Commvault
9 1 (0.30%) EMC
9 1 (0.30%) NetApp
9 1 (0.30%) Remedy
9 1 (0.30%) Veritas