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

 6 months to
9 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 288 381
Rank change year-on-year -59 +93 -98
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 341 278 225
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.86% 0.52%
As % of the Applications category 12.08% 10.21% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 191 121
10th Percentile £350 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £597 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.97% -2.50% +12.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 13
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.45
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £34.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £48.15 £51.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -35.21% +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 2,823 2,723 3,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.38% 8.43% 7.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,583 1,556 1,622
10th Percentile £215 £195 £163
25th Percentile £325 £281 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.21% +3.77% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £542 £525
90th Percentile £630 £649 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £399 £373
% change year-on-year +4.01% +7.11% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 327 632
10th Percentile £13.38 £14.20 £11.70
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £14.04
Median hourly rate £22.66 £24.22 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +40.18% -32.80%
75th Percentile £34.52 £38.06 £37.50
90th Percentile £68.75 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.57 £22.63 £16.06
% change year-on-year -0.29% +40.91% -28.65%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -50 314 £500 -0.40% 121
UK excluding London -71 187 £473 -2.97% 87
London -49 128 £575 +9.00% 49
Work from Home -29 90 £494 -1.45% 51
South East -11 69 £510 +2.00% 39
Midlands -60 40 £450 -16.67% 11
North of England -70 40 £450 -2.70% 13
West Midlands -69 29 £463 -14.35% 6
South West -29 25 £410 -8.89% 15
North West -29 21 £492 +9.22% 8
Yorkshire -54 16 £430 -7.28% 3
East Midlands -8 11 £402 -10.67% 5
Scotland -18 11 £425 -10.53% 4
East of England -23 6 £613 +44.12% 3
North East -31 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 62 (18.18%) Confluence
2 48 (14.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.29%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 121 (35.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (14.37%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.11%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.93%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.17%) Trello
7 3 (0.88%) Windchill
8 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 28 (8.21%) Primavera
2 17 (4.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.64%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.76%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.76%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.88%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.88%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.59%) BASE24
6 2 (0.59%) Endur
6 2 (0.59%) Findur
6 2 (0.59%) Maximo
6 2 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.29%) Actimize
7 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.29%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 71 (20.82%) Azure
2 60 (17.60%) Power Platform
3 55 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.16%) Smartsheet
5 20 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.81%) AWS
7 10 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.64%) SaaS
9 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.76%) Asana
11 5 (1.47%) GCP
12 4 (1.17%) Collibra
13 3 (0.88%) GitHub
13 3 (0.88%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.88%) OCI
13 3 (0.88%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.59%) Azure AI
14 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
14 2 (0.59%) Google Ads
14 2 (0.59%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.93%) WAN
2 8 (2.35%) Firewall
3 6 (1.76%) NAS
3 6 (1.76%) SAN
4 5 (1.47%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.59%) FTP
5 2 (0.59%) LAN
6 1 (0.29%) 4G
6 1 (0.29%) 5G
6 1 (0.29%) Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) DHCP
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) Internet
6 1 (0.29%) MPLS
6 1 (0.29%) Network Security
6 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.60%) Power BI
2 7 (2.05%) Power Query
3 4 (1.17%) Big Data
3 4 (1.17%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.17%) Metadata
4 3 (0.88%) Tableau
5 2 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (0.59%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.59%) QlikView
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.29%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.29%) DataStage
6 1 (0.29%) EDMS
6 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 154 (45.16%) JIRA
2 4 (1.17%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 155 (45.45%) Finance
2 132 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 71 (20.82%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.78%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.62%) Banking
7 20 (5.87%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.57%) Manufacturing
9 17 (4.99%) Retail
10 11 (3.23%) Legal
11 9 (2.64%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.76%) Public Speaking
15 5 (1.47%) Advertising
15 5 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (1.17%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (35.48%) Project Manager
2 49 (14.37%) Analyst
3 43 (12.61%) Senior
4 26 (7.62%) Senior Manager
5 25 (7.33%) PMO Analyst
6 23 (6.74%) Lead
7 19 (5.57%) IT Manager
8 18 (5.28%) Project Officer
8 18 (5.28%) Senior Project Manager
9 17 (4.99%) Project Planner
10 16 (4.69%) IT Project Manager
11 15 (4.40%) Programme Manager
12 14 (4.11%) Coordinator
12 14 (4.11%) SAP Manager
13 13 (3.81%) Programme Planner
13 13 (3.81%) Project Coordinator
14 12 (3.52%) PMO Manager
14 12 (3.52%) Technical Manager
14 12 (3.52%) Transformation Analyst
15 11 (3.23%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.76%) ADO
2 5 (1.47%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) FHIR
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.29%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.74%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.99%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.99%) Virtual Team
3 15 (4.40%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.81%) PMI
5 12 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.35%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.05%) Life Science
8 6 (1.76%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.76%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.47%) FMCG
9 5 (1.47%) Tandem
10 4 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.17%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.88%) Replication
12 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.59%) EMV
12 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.05%) Windows
2 4 (1.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (48.97%) Project Management
2 165 (48.39%) Agile
3 156 (45.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 111 (32.55%) Project Delivery
5 107 (31.38%) PRINCE2
6 80 (23.46%) Waterfall
7 72 (21.11%) Decision-Making
8 70 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (19.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 63 (18.48%) DevOps
12 59 (17.30%) Migration
13 58 (17.01%) Business Intelligence
14 53 (15.54%) Change Management
15 50 (14.66%) Change Control
16 42 (12.32%) Budget Management
17 39 (11.44%) Risk Management
18 37 (10.85%) Dependency Management
19 34 (9.97%) AI
19 34 (9.97%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.17%) VBA
2 3 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (0.88%) Python
2 3 (0.88%) SQL
3 1 (0.29%) ABAP
3 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 141 (41.35%) Degree
2 88 (25.81%) Security Cleared
3 63 (18.48%) PMI Certification
4 58 (17.01%) PMP
4 58 (17.01%) SC Cleared
5 32 (9.38%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.47%) CISA
8 5 (1.47%) CISSP
9 4 (1.17%) RIBA
10 3 (0.88%) APMP
10 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.59%) CAPM
11 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.59%) MBA
11 2 (0.59%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (37.54%) PMO
2 26 (7.62%) QA
3 24 (7.04%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.23%) P3O
5 8 (2.35%) GDPR
6 7 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.88%) NIST
9 2 (0.59%) GRC
9 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.59%) PSD2
9 2 (0.59%) SLA
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.29%) GxP
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 142 (41.64%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.32%) SAP
3 30 (8.80%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.69%) Oracle
5 10 (2.93%) Planview
6 6 (1.76%) Adobe
6 6 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.47%) Wrike
8 4 (1.17%) Xactly
9 3 (0.88%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.88%) Google
9 3 (0.88%) IFS
9 3 (0.88%) NEC
10 2 (0.59%) Sage
10 2 (0.59%) VMware
11 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.29%) Progress
11 1 (0.29%) Siebel
11 1 (0.29%) Tanium
11 1 (0.29%) Veeam
138 Microsoft Project jobs Nationwide