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

 6 months to
25 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 292 365
Rank change year-on-year -46 +73 -87
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 338 250 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.83% 0.54%
As % of the Applications category 12.13% 9.84% 7.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 170 129
10th Percentile £338 £300 £333
25th Percentile £400 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £698 £639 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 13
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.33
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £27.26
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £51.56 - £43.75
90th Percentile £82.50 £48.15 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%

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 2,787 2,541 3,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.48% 8.44% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,589 1,465 1,631
10th Percentile £220 £194 £164
25th Percentile £325 £275 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £541 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £422 £393 £369
% change year-on-year +7.39% +6.42% -7.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 299 653
10th Percentile £13.23 £14.20 £11.70
25th Percentile £16.02 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +48.02% -37.08%
75th Percentile £34.23 £43.13 £36.75
90th Percentile £67.60 £60.25 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £23.55 £16.06
% change year-on-year -6.58% +46.64% -35.76%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -31 312 £500 - 56
UK excluding London -61 187 £450 -6.25% 49
London -38 125 £575 +9.52% 18
Work from Home -25 95 £494 -1.25% 28
South East -15 72 £502 +0.30% 22
Midlands -55 41 £447 -11.88% 4
North of England -61 36 £450 +0.33% 10
West Midlands -60 28 £463 -9.76% 4
South West -42 21 £410 -8.89% 6
North West -30 18 £473 +5.11% 5
Yorkshire -51 15 £425 +3.03% 5
East Midlands -10 13 £398 -11.67%
Scotland -20 11 £417 -12.32% 4
East of England -22 10 £600 +41.18% 2
North East -34 3 £450 +36.36%

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 66 (19.53%) Confluence
2 40 (11.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.59%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 114 (33.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (16.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 44 (13.02%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (3.55%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.37%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.78%) Trello
7 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.59%) Windchill
8 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 27 (7.99%) Primavera
2 18 (5.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.66%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.78%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.78%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.59%) BASE24
6 2 (0.59%) Endur
6 2 (0.59%) Findur
6 2 (0.59%) Maximo
6 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 67 (19.82%) Azure
1 67 (19.82%) Power Platform
2 51 (15.09%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (5.92%) Smartsheet
5 13 (3.85%) AWS
6 10 (2.96%) SaaS
7 8 (2.37%) Asana
7 8 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.48%) GCP
8 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.18%) Collibra
9 4 (1.18%) Google Ads
10 3 (0.89%) GitHub
10 3 (0.89%) OCI
11 2 (0.59%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.59%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.59%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.96%) WAN
2 8 (2.37%) Firewall
3 6 (1.78%) NAS
3 6 (1.78%) SAN
4 5 (1.48%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.59%) LAN
6 1 (0.30%) 4G
6 1 (0.30%) 5G
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
6 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (19.82%) Power BI
2 5 (1.48%) Power Query
3 4 (1.18%) Big Data
3 4 (1.18%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.18%) Metadata
4 3 (0.89%) Tableau
5 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (0.59%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.59%) QlikView
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.30%) DataStage
6 1 (0.30%) EDMS
6 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 163 (48.22%) JIRA
2 4 (1.18%) Git
3 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 155 (45.86%) Finance
2 133 (39.35%) Social Skills
3 66 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (12.72%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (9.76%) Public Sector
6 28 (8.28%) Banking
7 20 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.62%) Retail
9 18 (5.33%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.96%) Legal
11 7 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.78%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.78%) Corporate Banking
12 6 (1.78%) Public Speaking
13 5 (1.48%) Advertising
13 5 (1.48%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.48%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.48%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.18%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 57 (16.86%) Analyst
3 41 (12.13%) Senior
4 32 (9.47%) PMO Analyst
5 25 (7.40%) Senior Manager
6 24 (7.10%) Lead
7 17 (5.03%) IT Manager
7 17 (5.03%) Project Planner
7 17 (5.03%) Senior Project Manager
8 16 (4.73%) Project Officer
8 16 (4.73%) SAP Manager
9 15 (4.44%) IT Project Manager
10 14 (4.14%) Programme Manager
11 13 (3.85%) Technical Manager
12 12 (3.55%) PMO Manager
12 12 (3.55%) Programme Planner
12 12 (3.55%) Transformation Analyst
13 11 (3.25%) Coordinator
13 11 (3.25%) Project Coordinator
13 11 (3.25%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.66%) ADO
2 5 (1.48%) Middleware
3 1 (0.30%) .NET
3 1 (0.30%) FHIR
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.10%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.73%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.73%) PMI
3 15 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.44%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.55%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.55%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.07%) Life Science
6 6 (1.78%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.48%) FMCG
7 5 (1.48%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.48%) Tandem
8 4 (1.18%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.18%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.18%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.89%) Replication
10 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.07%) Windows
2 4 (1.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (51.18%) Project Management
2 163 (48.22%) Agile
3 152 (44.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 105 (31.07%) PRINCE2
5 102 (30.18%) Project Delivery
6 84 (24.85%) Waterfall
7 68 (20.12%) Decision-Making
8 65 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
9 63 (18.64%) Migration
9 63 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
10 61 (18.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 60 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (17.16%) DevOps
13 57 (16.86%) Change Management
14 45 (13.31%) Change Control
15 43 (12.72%) Budget Management
16 40 (11.83%) Risk Management
17 34 (10.06%) Programme Management
18 32 (9.47%) Dependency Management
19 31 (9.17%) AI
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.48%) SQL
2 4 (1.18%) Python
2 4 (1.18%) VBA
3 1 (0.30%) ABAP
3 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 142 (42.01%) Degree
2 80 (23.67%) Security Cleared
3 65 (19.23%) PMI Certification
4 58 (17.16%) PMP
4 58 (17.16%) SC Cleared
5 24 (7.10%) DV Cleared
6 15 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.48%) CISSP
8 5 (1.48%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.48%) MBA
9 4 (1.18%) CISA
9 4 (1.18%) RIBA
9 4 (1.18%) SAFe Agilist
10 3 (0.89%) APMP
10 3 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.59%) CAPM
11 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.59%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (36.39%) PMO
2 26 (7.69%) QA
3 24 (7.10%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.37%) GDPR
4 8 (2.37%) P3O
5 7 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.18%) Basel III
6 4 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.89%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) GRC
8 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.59%) PSD2
8 2 (0.59%) SLA
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.30%) HL7
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.30%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 124 (36.69%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.31%) SAP
3 29 (8.58%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.14%) Oracle
5 8 (2.37%) Planview
6 6 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.48%) Adobe
7 5 (1.48%) Wrike
8 4 (1.18%) Xactly
9 3 (0.89%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.89%) IFS
9 3 (0.89%) NEC
10 2 (0.59%) Ariba
10 2 (0.59%) Google
10 2 (0.59%) Sage
10 2 (0.59%) VMware
11 1 (0.30%) BMC
11 1 (0.30%) Cerner
11 1 (0.30%) Commvault
11 1 (0.30%) NetApp
66 Microsoft Project jobs Nationwide