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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 287 367
Rank change year-on-year -67 +80 -104
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 353 290 213
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.88% 0.55%
As % of the Applications category 12.39% 10.21% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 206 111
10th Percentile £325 £319 £336
25th Percentile £400 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £588
90th Percentile £700 £706 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +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 2,849 2,840 2,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.32% 8.65% 6.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 1,591 1,403
10th Percentile £213 £200 £165
25th Percentile £320 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £633
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 373 380
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.60 £11.79
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.84 £14.96
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.90 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +28.65% -22.27%
75th Percentile £36.86 £35.00 £41.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.76 £22.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -5.66% +35.55% -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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -55 325 £500 -5.66% 133
UK excluding London -50 197 £500 +2.56% 115
London -60 128 £560 -0.88% 47
Work from Home -46 93 £475 -13.64% 67
South East -22 78 £525 +3.70% 29
North of England -73 37 £478 +3.35% 18
Midlands -52 34 £469 -13.43% 15
South West -37 28 £410 -8.89% 20
West Midlands -72 25 £475 -12.16% 13
Yorkshire -43 18 £538 +16.53% 7
North West -47 17 £478 +0.63% 11
East of England -24 10 £566 +36.04% 10
East Midlands -10 9 £425 -27.66% 2
Scotland -22 9 £513 +7.89% 13
Wales -18 2 £450 +46.34% 8
North East -38 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
1 142 (40.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (19.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 54 (15.30%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.25%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.83%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.13%) Trello
7 3 (0.85%) Windchill
8 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 29 (8.22%) Primavera
2 15 (4.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.70%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.13%) Loan IQ
4 4 (1.13%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.85%) Changepoint
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%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.28%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
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 5 (1.42%) 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
2 9 (2.55%) WAN
3 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.13%) LAN
4 4 (1.13%) NAS
4 4 (1.13%) SAN
4 4 (1.13%) Wireless
5 3 (0.85%) IPv4
5 3 (0.85%) IPv6
5 3 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.57%) Broadband
6 2 (0.57%) DNS
6 2 (0.57%) FTP
6 2 (0.57%) Internet
6 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.28%) 4G
7 1 (0.28%) 5G
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) MPLS
7 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
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
2 151 (42.78%) Social Skills
3 78 (22.10%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (17.28%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (7.93%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.23%) Banking
7 18 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (4.82%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.97%) Aerospace
10 13 (3.68%) Retail
11 12 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.40%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.83%) Legal
13 7 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.70%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.42%) Advertising
15 5 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.42%) Public Speaking
16 4 (1.13%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 119 (33.71%) Project Manager
2 42 (11.90%) Senior
3 30 (8.50%) Analyst
4 25 (7.08%) Lead
4 25 (7.08%) Senior Manager
5 24 (6.80%) IT Manager
6 23 (6.52%) Project Officer
7 21 (5.95%) Coordinator
7 21 (5.95%) IT Project Manager
8 19 (5.38%) Senior Project Manager
9 18 (5.10%) Programme Manager
9 18 (5.10%) Project Coordinator
10 17 (4.82%) Programme Planner
10 17 (4.82%) Project Planner
11 16 (4.53%) PMO Analyst
12 14 (3.97%) PMO Manager
12 14 (3.97%) Technical Manager
13 13 (3.68%) Project Control Officer
14 12 (3.40%) PMO Planner
14 12 (3.40%) Support 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 14 (3.97%) Virtual Team
4 13 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.12%) Data Centre
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%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.57%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.57%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.70%) Linux
2 5 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (49.01%) Project Management
2 164 (46.46%) Agile
3 162 (45.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 120 (33.99%) Project Delivery
5 119 (33.71%) PRINCE2
6 79 (22.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 78 (22.10%) Waterfall
8 65 (18.41%) Decision-Making
9 64 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (17.56%) DevOps
11 61 (17.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 51 (14.45%) Business Intelligence
13 48 (13.60%) Change Control
14 46 (13.03%) Change Management
15 44 (12.46%) Project Planning
16 42 (11.90%) Migration
17 40 (11.33%) Budget Management
18 38 (10.76%) Dependency Management
19 35 (9.92%) Programme Governance
20 34 (9.63%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.85%) Python
1 3 (0.85%) SQL
1 3 (0.85%) VBA
2 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 135 (38.24%) Degree
2 103 (29.18%) Security Cleared
3 64 (18.13%) PMI Certification
4 60 (17.00%) SC Cleared
5 53 (15.01%) PMP
6 46 (13.03%) 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%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.57%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (36.26%) PMO
2 16 (4.53%) QA
3 15 (4.25%) 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 41 (11.61%) 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