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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 294 356
Rank change year-on-year -36 +62 -70
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 344 250 240
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.84% 0.55%
As % of the Applications category 12.41% 9.87% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 171 132
10th Percentile £340 £300 £326
25th Percentile £400 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £691 £650 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 14
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.37
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £26.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +19.48% -29.55%
75th Percentile £43.90 - £43.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £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 2,771 2,532 3,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.47% 8.48% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,580 1,464 1,655
10th Percentile £223 £192 £165
25th Percentile £331 £270 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £540 £535
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £387 £369
% change year-on-year +9.96% +4.66% -5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 297 651
10th Percentile £13.19 £14.20 £11.68
25th Percentile £16.20 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +51.94% -38.75%
75th Percentile £34.52 £43.75 £35.78
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.40 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £23.10 £16.06
% change year-on-year -2.60% +43.84% -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -14 318 £500 - 54
UK excluding London -54 195 £450 -5.26% 50
London -45 123 £569 +7.31% 19
Work from Home -21 98 £500 - 29
South East -5 79 £502 +0.30% 20
Midlands -54 42 £446 -11.16% 5
North of England -62 37 £450 +0.33% 7
West Midlands -62 28 £463 -9.76% 5
South West -26 21 £410 -8.89% 6
North West -35 18 £473 +5.11% 4
Yorkshire -55 16 £430 +4.24% 3
East Midlands -10 14 £393 -15.03%
Scotland -19 11 £417 -12.32% 6
East of England -30 9 £600 +41.18% 3
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 67 (19.48%) Confluence
2 40 (11.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.58%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 115 (33.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (15.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 44 (12.79%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (3.49%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.74%) Trello
7 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.58%) Windchill
8 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 27 (7.85%) Primavera
2 18 (5.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.62%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.74%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.74%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.58%) BASE24
6 2 (0.58%) Endur
6 2 (0.58%) Findur
6 2 (0.58%) Maximo
6 2 (0.58%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.29%) Actimize
7 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.29%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 69 (20.06%) Power Platform
2 67 (19.48%) Azure
3 51 (14.83%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.81%) Smartsheet
6 13 (3.78%) AWS
7 10 (2.91%) SaaS
8 8 (2.33%) Asana
8 8 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.45%) GCP
9 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.16%) Collibra
10 4 (1.16%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.87%) GitHub
11 3 (0.87%) OCI
12 2 (0.58%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.58%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.58%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.20%) WAN
2 8 (2.33%) Firewall
3 6 (1.74%) NAS
3 6 (1.74%) SAN
4 5 (1.45%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.58%) 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%) FTP
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 69 (20.06%) Power BI
2 5 (1.45%) Power Query
3 4 (1.16%) Big Data
3 4 (1.16%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.16%) Metadata
4 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.87%) Tableau
5 2 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (0.58%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.58%) QlikView
5 2 (0.58%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.29%) Data Mart
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
1 166 (48.26%) JIRA
2 4 (1.16%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 158 (45.93%) Finance
2 133 (38.66%) Social Skills
3 73 (21.22%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.21%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (9.30%) Public Sector
6 29 (8.43%) Banking
7 20 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (5.23%) Manufacturing
8 18 (5.23%) Retail
9 10 (2.91%) Legal
10 7 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.74%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.74%) Corporate Banking
11 6 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.74%) Public Speaking
11 6 (1.74%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.45%) Advertising
12 5 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.16%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.16%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 129 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 59 (17.15%) Analyst
3 40 (11.63%) Senior
4 34 (9.88%) PMO Analyst
5 24 (6.98%) Lead
5 24 (6.98%) Senior Manager
6 21 (6.10%) Project Planner
7 17 (4.94%) IT Manager
8 16 (4.65%) Project Officer
8 16 (4.65%) SAP Manager
8 16 (4.65%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (4.36%) IT Project Manager
10 14 (4.07%) Programme Manager
11 13 (3.78%) Technical Manager
12 12 (3.49%) PMO Manager
12 12 (3.49%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 12 (3.49%) Transformation Analyst
13 11 (3.20%) Coordinator
13 11 (3.20%) Programme Planner
13 11 (3.20%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.62%) ADO
2 5 (1.45%) 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 (6.69%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.23%) PMI
3 16 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.65%) Virtual Team
4 15 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.49%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.03%) Life Science
7 6 (1.74%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.45%) FMCG
8 5 (1.45%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.45%) Tandem
9 4 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.16%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.87%) Replication
11 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.58%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.03%) Windows
2 4 (1.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (52.03%) Project Management
2 163 (47.38%) Agile
3 150 (43.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 109 (31.69%) PRINCE2
5 100 (29.07%) Project Delivery
6 84 (24.42%) Waterfall
7 70 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (19.77%) Decision-Making
9 67 (19.48%) Business Intelligence
10 63 (18.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 61 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 61 (17.73%) Migration
12 58 (16.86%) DevOps
13 57 (16.57%) Change Management
14 44 (12.79%) Budget Management
15 43 (12.50%) Change Control
15 43 (12.50%) Risk Management
16 35 (10.17%) Programme Management
17 32 (9.30%) Dependency Management
18 31 (9.01%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.45%) SQL
2 4 (1.16%) Python
2 4 (1.16%) VBA
3 1 (0.29%) ABAP
3 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 142 (41.28%) Degree
2 79 (22.97%) Security Cleared
3 66 (19.19%) PMI Certification
4 59 (17.15%) PMP
4 59 (17.15%) SC Cleared
5 24 (6.98%) DV Cleared
6 15 (4.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.74%) MBA
9 5 (1.45%) CISSP
9 5 (1.45%) SAFe Agilist
10 4 (1.16%) CISA
10 4 (1.16%) RIBA
11 3 (0.87%) APMP
11 3 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.58%) CAPM
12 2 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.58%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (37.21%) PMO
2 27 (7.85%) QA
3 25 (7.27%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.33%) GDPR
4 8 (2.33%) P3O
5 7 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.45%) Basel III
7 4 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.87%) NIST
9 2 (0.58%) GRC
9 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.58%) PSD2
9 2 (0.58%) SLA
10 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.29%) GxP
10 1 (0.29%) HL7
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 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 123 (35.76%) Microsoft
2 44 (12.79%) SAP
3 29 (8.43%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.07%) Oracle
5 8 (2.33%) Planview
6 5 (1.45%) Adobe
6 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.16%) Wrike
8 3 (0.87%) CheckPoint
8 3 (0.87%) NEC
8 3 (0.87%) Xactly
9 2 (0.58%) Ariba
9 2 (0.58%) Google
9 2 (0.58%) IFS
9 2 (0.58%) Sage
9 2 (0.58%) VMware
10 1 (0.29%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.29%) Snow
10 1 (0.29%) Workday