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

 6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 293 363
Rank change year-on-year -63 +70 -84
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 353 291 217
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.89% 0.56%
As % of the Applications category 12.32% 10.33% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 205 112
10th Percentile £321 £325 £320
25th Percentile £400 £406 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £708 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +6.74%
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 2,865 2,817 2,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.34% 8.61% 6.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,515 1,580 1,425
10th Percentile £210 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £542 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 373 344
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.60 £11.71
25th Percentile £15.14 £15.84 £14.79
Median hourly rate £20.29 £22.63 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.35% +31.19% -23.81%
75th Percentile £35.78 £34.68 £36.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.35 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.41 £21.33 £16.23
% change year-on-year -9.00% +31.42% -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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -52 320 £510 -3.32% 99
UK excluding London -52 203 £500 +5.26% 82
London -66 120 £568 -0.44% 26
Work from Home -42 94 £475 -12.64% 45
South East -15 79 £525 +9.38% 13
North of England -69 40 £483 +5.29% 17
Midlands -66 33 £463 -14.59% 10
South West -39 26 £410 -18.00% 20
West Midlands -77 24 £469 -13.43% 7
Yorkshire -40 21 £550 +22.91% 7
North West -44 17 £478 +0.63% 8
East of England -19 12 £613 +47.15% 13
Scotland -24 12 £488 +6.85% 5
East Midlands -10 9 £425 -27.66% 3
Wales -17 2 £450 +46.34% 5
North East -41 2 £413 +25.00% 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 58 (16.43%) Confluence
2 55 (15.58%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 143 (40.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (20.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 57 (16.15%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.25%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.55%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.13%) Trello
7 3 (0.85%) Windchill
8 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 28 (7.93%) Primavera
2 13 (3.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.70%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.13%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.85%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.85%) Loan IQ
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%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
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 31 (8.78%) Smartsheet
5 25 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.55%) AWS
7 8 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.70%) SaaS
10 4 (1.13%) 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%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.28%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.12%) Firewall
2 10 (2.83%) 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%) Internet
5 3 (0.85%) IPv4
5 3 (0.85%) IPv6
5 3 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.57%) Broadband
6 2 (0.57%) DNS
6 2 (0.57%) FTP
6 2 (0.57%) Network Security
6 2 (0.57%) VPN
7 1 (0.28%) 5G
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) MPLS
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
1 145 (41.08%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 155 (43.91%) Finance
2 150 (42.49%) Social Skills
3 80 (22.66%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (17.56%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (7.93%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.52%) Banking
7 17 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (4.53%) Manufacturing
9 15 (4.25%) Retail
10 14 (3.97%) Aerospace
11 12 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.40%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.83%) Legal
13 7 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.70%) Financial Institution
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
1 121 (34.28%) Project Manager
2 41 (11.61%) Senior
3 29 (8.22%) Analyst
4 25 (7.08%) Lead
5 24 (6.80%) IT Manager
5 24 (6.80%) Senior Manager
6 22 (6.23%) Coordinator
6 22 (6.23%) Project Officer
7 21 (5.95%) IT Project Manager
8 19 (5.38%) Programme Manager
8 19 (5.38%) Senior Project Manager
9 18 (5.10%) Project Coordinator
10 17 (4.82%) Programme Planner
11 16 (4.53%) PMO Analyst
11 16 (4.53%) Project Planner
12 15 (4.25%) SC Cleared Project Manager
13 13 (3.68%) PMO Manager
13 13 (3.68%) PMO Planner
13 13 (3.68%) Technical Manager
14 12 (3.40%) Project Control 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 17 (4.82%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.53%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.25%) PMI
4 13 (3.68%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.68%) Virtual Team
5 12 (3.40%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.70%) Life Science
7 6 (1.70%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.42%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.13%) FMCG
9 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.85%) Replication
11 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.57%) CCTV
11 2 (0.57%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.57%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.55%) Linux
2 5 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (49.01%) Project Management
2 164 (46.46%) Agile
3 160 (45.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 119 (33.71%) Project Delivery
5 117 (33.14%) PRINCE2
6 81 (22.95%) Waterfall
7 78 (22.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 64 (18.13%) Decision-Making
8 64 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (17.28%) DevOps
9 61 (17.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (14.45%) Business Intelligence
11 48 (13.60%) Change Control
12 46 (13.03%) Change Management
12 46 (13.03%) Project Planning
13 42 (11.90%) Migration
14 39 (11.05%) Budget Management
15 37 (10.48%) Dependency Management
16 36 (10.20%) Scrum
17 35 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.13%) SQL
2 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (0.85%) Python
2 3 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 134 (37.96%) Degree
2 108 (30.59%) Security Cleared
3 66 (18.70%) SC Cleared
4 63 (17.85%) PMI Certification
5 52 (14.73%) PMP
6 45 (12.75%) 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
1 127 (35.98%) PMO
2 15 (4.25%) QA
3 14 (3.97%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.12%) P3O
5 7 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.13%) NIST
7 3 (0.85%) GDPR
7 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.57%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.28%) GxP
9 1 (0.28%) HL7
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 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
1 185 (52.41%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.33%) SAP
3 31 (8.78%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.53%) Oracle
5 8 (2.27%) 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%) Sage
10 2 (0.57%) VMware
10 2 (0.57%) Workday
11 1 (0.28%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.28%) Snow
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