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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 300 333
Rank change year-on-year +28 +33 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 415 236 268
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 0.80% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 14.13% 10.10% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 158 169
10th Percentile £350 £250 £306
25th Percentile £417 £366 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £574 £610
90th Percentile £738 £650 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £435 £471
% change year-on-year +14.94% -7.64% +4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 14
10th Percentile - - £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £27.94
Median hourly rate £29.00 £34.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.55% -4.79% -26.16%
75th Percentile £44.09 £42.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £46.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.72 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +6.82% -13.33% -31.82%

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 2,936 2,336 3,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.80% 7.96% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,716 1,426 1,912
10th Percentile £206 £181 £160
25th Percentile £325 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £358 £350
% change year-on-year +18.72% +2.29% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 219 627
10th Percentile £13.07 £14.84 £11.50
25th Percentile £15.65 £16.30 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £26.34 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -24.40% +35.92% -46.18%
75th Percentile £29.24 £46.24 £42.88
90th Percentile £60.00 £76.25 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £27.13 £17.80
% change year-on-year -29.95% +52.39% -50.56%

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 March 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 17 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 17 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 March 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 +30 383 £510 +3.45% 90
UK excluding London +5 258 £500 +14.94% 75
London -1 133 £550 +4.76% 27
Work from Home +9 106 £543 +3.33% 51
South East +36 99 £500 -1.23% 24
South West +21 60 £725 +129.25% 5
Midlands -47 42 £425 - 18
North of England -65 36 £473 +17.22% 16
West Midlands -64 23 £500 +17.65% 9
East Midlands -23 19 £356 -18.16% 9
North West -36 18 £460 +14.06% 9
Yorkshire -47 16 £488 +62.50% 4
Scotland +6 14 £425 -12.82% 8
East of England -28 11 £520 +15.56% 5
Wales -10 2 £433 -8.84% 1
North East -12 2 £450 - 3
Northern Ireland - 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
1 118 (28.43%) Confluence
2 45 (10.84%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.72%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.48%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 125 (30.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (22.41%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (12.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (4.82%) MS Visio
5 12 (2.89%) Trello
6 9 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.24%) InDesign
8 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (7.47%) Primavera
2 13 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (2.89%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.72%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.48%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 59 (14.22%) Power Platform
2 49 (11.81%) Azure
3 32 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (4.10%) Smartsheet
6 13 (3.13%) Asana
7 12 (2.89%) AWS
8 10 (2.41%) SaaS
9 7 (1.69%) GCP
10 6 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.20%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.96%) Collibra
12 4 (0.96%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.96%) OCI
13 3 (0.72%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.72%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.48%) GitHub
14 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.48%) Miro
14 2 (0.48%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.89%) WAN
2 6 (1.45%) Firewall
3 5 (1.20%) LAN
3 5 (1.20%) NAS
3 5 (1.20%) SAN
4 4 (0.96%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.96%) VPN
5 3 (0.72%) Softphone
5 3 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.24%) DHCP
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.24%) FTP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.24%) Internet
6 1 (0.24%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (13.73%) Power BI
2 9 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.96%) Big Data
4 4 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.96%) EDMS
4 4 (0.96%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.96%) Metadata
4 4 (0.96%) Tableau
5 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.48%) Power Query
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.24%) QlikView
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 233 (56.14%) JIRA
2 4 (0.96%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) Ant
3 1 (0.24%) JUnit
3 1 (0.24%) LSMW
3 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 211 (50.84%) Social Skills
2 181 (43.61%) Finance
3 127 (30.60%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.64%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (8.19%) Public Sector
6 32 (7.71%) Military
7 31 (7.47%) Banking
8 17 (4.10%) Retail
9 16 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (3.13%) Legal
10 13 (3.13%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.41%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.17%) Corporate Banking
13 9 (2.17%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.96%) Law
14 4 (0.96%) Local Government
14 4 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 138 (33.25%) Project Manager
2 63 (15.18%) Analyst
3 38 (9.16%) Lead
4 32 (7.71%) Senior
5 31 (7.47%) Architect
5 31 (7.47%) Project Planner
6 30 (7.23%) PMO Analyst
6 30 (7.23%) Service Architect
7 19 (4.58%) Senior Manager
8 17 (4.10%) SAP Manager
9 16 (3.86%) PMO Lead
9 16 (3.86%) Programme Manager
10 15 (3.61%) Coordinator
10 15 (3.61%) Project Officer
10 15 (3.61%) Technical Manager
11 14 (3.37%) Project Coordinator
12 13 (3.13%) Programme Planner
13 12 (2.89%) Migration Analyst
13 12 (2.89%) Transformation Analyst
14 11 (2.65%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.93%) ADO
3 7 (1.69%) Middleware
4 2 (0.48%) FHIR
4 2 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.48%) SOAP
5 1 (0.24%) EDI
5 1 (0.24%) IBM Integration Bus
5 1 (0.24%) Kafka
5 1 (0.24%) REST
5 1 (0.24%) Web Services
5 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.08%) Product Ownership
2 30 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.54%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.54%) PMI
4 16 (3.86%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.61%) Virtual Team
6 14 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.69%) Tandem
8 6 (1.45%) NHS
9 5 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.20%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.96%) Life Science
10 4 (0.96%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.72%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.72%) FMCG
12 2 (0.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.45%) Windows
2 4 (0.96%) Linux
3 2 (0.48%) Unix
4 1 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (53.25%) Project Management
2 218 (52.53%) Agile
3 162 (39.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 129 (31.08%) PRINCE2
5 116 (27.95%) Project Delivery
6 96 (23.13%) Change Management
7 90 (21.69%) Waterfall
8 83 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 78 (18.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 76 (18.31%) Decision-Making
11 65 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 64 (15.42%) Migration
13 57 (13.73%) Budget Management
13 57 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
14 55 (13.25%) Risk Management
15 51 (12.29%) ITIL
16 49 (11.81%) Project Planning
17 47 (11.33%) DevOps
18 45 (10.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 43 (10.36%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.89%) SQL
2 4 (0.96%) Korn
2 4 (0.96%) Python
3 2 (0.48%) ABAP
3 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.24%) Java
4 1 (0.24%) Perl
4 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.24%) Ruby
4 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 204 (49.16%) Degree
2 123 (29.64%) Security Cleared
3 98 (23.61%) SC Cleared
4 73 (17.59%) PMI Certification
5 69 (16.63%) PMP
6 30 (7.23%) TOGAF Certification
7 22 (5.30%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.65%) APMP
8 11 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.41%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.17%) MBA
11 8 (1.93%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (1.69%) CISSP
13 6 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (1.20%) CISM
15 3 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
15 3 (0.72%) MCSE
15 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (34.94%) PMO
2 31 (7.47%) QA
3 23 (5.54%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.17%) P3O
5 8 (1.93%) Basel III
5 8 (1.93%) GDPR
5 8 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.45%) GRC
6 6 (1.45%) NIST
7 4 (0.96%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.48%) HL7
9 2 (0.48%) PSD2
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.24%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (7.23%) OPNET
2 3 (0.72%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.72%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 125 (30.12%) Microsoft
2 58 (13.98%) ServiceNow
3 37 (8.92%) SAP
4 36 (8.67%) Atlassian
5 34 (8.19%) Oracle
6 30 (7.23%) Remedy
7 13 (3.13%) Planview
8 7 (1.69%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.20%) Cisco
10 4 (0.96%) Adobe
10 4 (0.96%) Arista
11 2 (0.48%) Ariba
12 1 (0.24%) BT
12 1 (0.24%) Cerner
12 1 (0.24%) Commvault
12 1 (0.24%) NEC
12 1 (0.24%) NetApp
12 1 (0.24%) Nokia
12 1 (0.24%) Perforce
12 1 (0.24%) Veritas