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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 346 307
Rank change year-on-year +66 -39 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 339 211 355
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 0.58% 0.76%
As % of the Applications category 11.74% 8.62% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 134 256
10th Percentile £350 £322 £280
25th Percentile £430 £414 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% +5.32% -4.04%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £725 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +8.11% +2.78% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 5
10th Percentile - £20.75 -
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.32% -9.72% -34.55%
75th Percentile £62.57 £40.00 £43.86
90th Percentile £93.75 £41.88 £52.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +73.85% +8.33% -31.46%

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 2,888 2,447 3,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.22% 6.74% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,637 1,424 2,322
10th Percentile £190 £163 £164
25th Percentile £300 £250 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £412 £375 £365
% change year-on-year +9.87% +2.74% -6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 225 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.00 £14.15
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.06
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.56 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% -11.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £32.75 £40.00 £45.21
90th Percentile £50.00 £63.07 £50.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £21.48 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.07% -14.08% +11.11%

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025. 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 +38 292 £525 +2.44% 211
UK excluding London +48 202 £500 +8.11% 138
London +21 116 £598 +10.65% 90
Work from Home +34 94 £544 +5.12% 109
Midlands -1 51 £540 +21.35% 26
South East +24 47 £492 +2.23% 44
West Midlands -5 42 £540 +10.77% 12
North of England -15 37 £461 +13.54% 20
South West +22 34 £725 +87.10% 27
Yorkshire -10 27 £463 -2.63% 6
Scotland +13 22 £445 -6.32% 5
North West -24 10 £458 +34.56% 11
East Midlands -9 9 £450 +5.88% 14
Wales +7 7 £308 -41.43% 2
East of England -22 7 £408 -14.21% 16
Northern Ireland - 4 £588 - 1

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 69 (20.35%) Confluence
2 52 (15.34%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.88%) CMS
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.59%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 94 (27.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (20.94%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (14.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (10.03%) MS Visio
5 20 (5.90%) Trello
6 3 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.29%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (7.08%) Primavera
2 10 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.47%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.47%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.18%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 42 (12.39%) Power Platform
2 35 (10.32%) Azure
3 23 (6.78%) Smartsheet
4 17 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.13%) Asana
7 12 (3.54%) SaaS
8 9 (2.65%) AWS
9 7 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.06%) GCP
10 5 (1.47%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.47%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.18%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.88%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.88%) Miro
12 3 (0.88%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.59%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.59%) OCI
13 2 (0.59%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.59%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.77%) Firewall
2 5 (1.47%) VPN
3 4 (1.18%) LAN
3 4 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.18%) WAN
4 3 (0.88%) Softphone
5 2 (0.59%) DNS
5 2 (0.59%) Network Security
6 1 (0.29%) Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.29%) HTTP
6 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.29%) MPLS
6 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.21%) Power BI
2 7 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.47%) Tableau
4 4 (1.18%) EDMS
5 3 (0.88%) Power Query
6 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.29%) DTS
7 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.29%) Metadata
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 138 (40.71%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.29%) Ant
3 1 (0.29%) JUnit
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.29%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.29%) Toad
General
1 168 (49.56%) Social Skills
2 143 (42.18%) Finance
3 63 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.85%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (8.55%) Banking
6 26 (7.67%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.31%) Manufacturing
8 17 (5.01%) Legal
9 15 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (4.42%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.95%) Military
12 9 (2.65%) Marketing
13 7 (2.06%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.47%) Law
16 4 (1.18%) Billing
16 4 (1.18%) Front Office
16 4 (1.18%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 132 (38.94%) Project Manager
2 42 (12.39%) Analyst
3 34 (10.03%) Lead
3 34 (10.03%) Senior
4 20 (5.90%) Senior Manager
5 19 (5.60%) Project Planner
6 16 (4.72%) IT Manager
7 15 (4.42%) Senior Project Manager
8 14 (4.13%) Business Analyst
8 14 (4.13%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (3.83%) Coordinator
9 13 (3.83%) PMO Analyst
9 13 (3.83%) Programme Manager
10 12 (3.54%) Architect
10 12 (3.54%) Project Analyst
11 10 (2.95%) Business Manager
11 10 (2.95%) Business Project Manager
11 10 (2.95%) Project Officer
11 10 (2.95%) Technical Manager
12 9 (2.65%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.18%) ADO
1 4 (1.18%) Middleware
1 4 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (1.18%) SOAP
2 3 (0.88%) REST
3 2 (0.59%) React
3 2 (0.59%) Web Services
3 2 (0.59%) XML
4 1 (0.29%) .NET
4 1 (0.29%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.29%) EDI
4 1 (0.29%) FHIR
4 1 (0.29%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.29%) Kafka
4 1 (0.29%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.49%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (4.72%) PMI
4 15 (4.42%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.54%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.95%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.77%) Educational Technology
9 6 (1.77%) NHS
10 5 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.47%) Market Risk
11 4 (1.18%) Derivative
11 4 (1.18%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.18%) SCADA
12 3 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.88%) Learning Management System
13 2 (0.59%) Credit Risk
13 2 (0.59%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.47%) Windows
2 3 (0.88%) Unix
3 2 (0.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.29%) AIX
4 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (50.74%) Project Management
2 140 (41.30%) Agile
3 106 (31.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 99 (29.20%) PRINCE2
5 91 (26.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 87 (25.66%) Project Delivery
7 83 (24.48%) Change Management
8 64 (18.88%) Waterfall
9 53 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (13.27%) Migration
11 42 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (12.09%) Risk Management
13 39 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
13 39 (11.50%) Decision-Making
14 36 (10.62%) Project Governance
14 36 (10.62%) Project Planning
15 35 (10.32%) Programme Management
16 33 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
16 33 (9.73%) Scrum
17 32 (9.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.65%) SQL
2 5 (1.47%) Korn
3 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.59%) Python
4 1 (0.29%) Java
4 1 (0.29%) Perl
4 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 153 (45.13%) Degree
2 68 (20.06%) Security Cleared
3 66 (19.47%) PMI Certification
4 62 (18.29%) PMP
5 50 (14.75%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.83%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.06%) APMP
7 7 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (1.77%) ISEB
8 6 (1.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.47%) CISM
9 5 (1.47%) CISSP
9 5 (1.47%) HNC
9 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.88%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.88%) MCP
11 3 (0.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (25.96%) PMO
2 20 (5.90%) QA
3 15 (4.42%) P3O
4 7 (2.06%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.06%) NIST
5 5 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.18%) GRC
6 4 (1.18%) SLA
7 3 (0.88%) GDPR
8 2 (0.59%) Basel III
8 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.29%) DO-254
9 1 (0.29%) GMP
9 1 (0.29%) HL7
9 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.29%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.06%) OPNET
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.88%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.29%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 127 (37.46%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.86%) SAP
3 30 (8.85%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.60%) Oracle
5 13 (3.83%) Planview
6 10 (2.95%) Atlassian
7 9 (2.65%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.06%) Remedy
8 7 (2.06%) Workday
9 5 (1.47%) Cisco
10 4 (1.18%) Arista
10 4 (1.18%) Google
10 4 (1.18%) Progress
11 2 (0.59%) Adobe
11 2 (0.59%) Databricks
11 2 (0.59%) HP
11 2 (0.59%) IFS
11 2 (0.59%) Siemens
11 2 (0.59%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.29%) Compaq