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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 291 340
Rank change year-on-year -94 +49 -53
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 323 298 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.90% 0.62%
As % of the Applications category 10.68% 10.65% 9.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 207 129
10th Percentile £316 £350 £320
25th Percentile £393 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £588
90th Percentile £661 £725 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 12
10th Percentile £30.00 £23.35 £20.75
25th Percentile £35.27 £26.50 £24.88
Median hourly rate £42.50 £56.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.78% +80.80% -35.14%
75th Percentile £50.31 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.08 £51.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £42.75 £36.25
% change year-on-year -0.58% +17.93% -23.68%

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 3,023 2,798 2,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.51% 8.46% 6.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,507 1,576 1,436
10th Percentile £200 £195 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £525
90th Percentile £638 £641 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 530 353 256
10th Percentile £13.30 £13.51 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.46 £16.06 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.65 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.42% +42.86% -30.00%
75th Percentile £30.28 £33.91 £35.25
90th Percentile £62.30 £57.42 £58.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £22.63 £16.23
% change year-on-year -22.67% +39.43% -27.87%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -76 290 £500 -7.41% 328
UK excluding London -83 189 £500 +4.17% 256
London -75 112 £526 -12.33% 109
Work from Home -59 88 £475 -11.63% 161
South East -21 72 £515 +7.29% 61
North of England -71 34 £525 +13.51% 60
Midlands -74 27 £450 -16.67% 36
South West -35 24 £410 -25.45% 20
West Midlands -61 21 £495 -8.33% 19
Yorkshire -44 20 £500 +10.19% 18
Scotland -30 15 £480 +7.38% 25
East of England -18 14 £561 +37.73% 28
North West -44 12 £525 -0.94% 31
East Midlands -17 6 £402 -26.91% 17
Wales -17 2 £450 +46.34% 16
North East - 2 £488 - 11
Channel Islands - 2 £350 -

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 68 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 54 (16.72%) Confluence
3 3 (0.93%) CICS
4 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 145 (44.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (21.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 55 (17.03%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.33%) MS Visio
5 10 (3.10%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.24%) Trello
7 2 (0.62%) Windchill
8 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.88%) Primavera
2 6 (1.86%) SAP PP
2 6 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.24%) Changepoint
3 4 (1.24%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.62%) BASE24
4 2 (0.62%) CA PPM
4 2 (0.62%) Endur
4 2 (0.62%) Findur
4 2 (0.62%) Maximo
4 2 (0.62%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.31%) Actimize
5 1 (0.31%) ENOVIA
5 1 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 60 (18.58%) Azure
2 51 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (14.24%) Power Platform
4 30 (9.29%) Smartsheet
5 23 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.55%) AWS
8 5 (1.55%) SaaS
9 4 (1.24%) Asana
10 3 (0.93%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.93%) IaaS
10 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.62%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.62%) GCP
11 2 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.31%) Copilot Studio
12 1 (0.31%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.48%) Firewall
1 8 (2.48%) WAN
2 6 (1.86%) Wireless
3 5 (1.55%) LAN
3 5 (1.55%) Network Security
4 4 (1.24%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.93%) IPv4
5 3 (0.93%) IPv6
6 2 (0.62%) Broadband
6 2 (0.62%) Internet
6 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.62%) VPN
7 1 (0.31%) 4G
7 1 (0.31%) 5G
7 1 (0.31%) DNS
7 1 (0.31%) FTP
7 1 (0.31%) MPLS
7 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.31%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (13.93%) Power BI
2 6 (1.86%) Power Query
3 4 (1.24%) Tableau
4 3 (0.93%) Db2
5 2 (0.62%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.31%) DataStage
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.31%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 131 (40.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 155 (47.99%) Social Skills
2 142 (43.96%) Finance
3 76 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (20.12%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 18 (5.57%) Aerospace
8 17 (5.26%) Banking
9 12 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.72%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.41%) Retail
11 10 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.17%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.17%) Legal
14 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.24%) Aviation
16 3 (0.93%) Automotive
16 3 (0.93%) Electronics
16 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 116 (35.91%) Project Manager
2 32 (9.91%) Senior
3 31 (9.60%) IT Manager
4 29 (8.98%) IT Project Manager
4 29 (8.98%) Project Officer
5 25 (7.74%) Analyst
6 20 (6.19%) Coordinator
7 18 (5.57%) Senior Manager
8 17 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
8 17 (5.26%) Support Officer
9 16 (4.95%) PMO Analyst
10 15 (4.64%) Lead
10 15 (4.64%) PMO Planner
10 15 (4.64%) Project Coordinator
11 14 (4.33%) Programme Planner
11 14 (4.33%) Project Control Officer
12 13 (4.02%) Project Support Officer
13 11 (3.41%) Project Planner
13 11 (3.41%) SC Cleared Project Manager
14 10 (3.10%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.93%) Middleware
2 2 (0.62%) .NET
2 2 (0.62%) ADO
3 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.72%) PMI
4 12 (3.72%) Virtual Team
5 11 (3.41%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.24%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.24%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.24%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.93%) CCTV
8 3 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.62%) CMDB
9 2 (0.62%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.62%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.48%) Linux
2 3 (0.93%) zOS
3 2 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (52.01%) Project Management
2 156 (48.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 140 (43.34%) Agile
4 124 (38.39%) Project Delivery
5 110 (34.06%) PRINCE2
6 75 (23.22%) Waterfall
7 71 (21.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 55 (17.03%) Decision-Making
9 55 (17.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 52 (16.10%) DevOps
11 51 (15.79%) Project Planning
12 43 (13.31%) Business Intelligence
12 43 (13.31%) Change Control
13 40 (12.38%) Project Governance
14 37 (11.46%) Budget Management
15 36 (11.15%) Change Management
16 35 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
16 35 (10.84%) Dependency Management
17 33 (10.22%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.93%) JCL
1 3 (0.93%) SQL
2 2 (0.62%) Python
3 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 115 (35.60%) Degree
2 105 (32.51%) Security Cleared
3 59 (18.27%) PMI Certification
3 59 (18.27%) SC Cleared
4 52 (16.10%) PMP
5 48 (14.86%) DV Cleared
6 15 (4.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 14 (4.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.55%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.24%) CAPM
11 4 (1.24%) PgMP
12 3 (0.93%) MBA
13 2 (0.62%) CISA
13 2 (0.62%) CISSP
13 2 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.62%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (36.53%) PMO
2 14 (4.33%) P3O
3 11 (3.41%) QA
4 8 (2.48%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.24%) NIST
7 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.62%) GDPR
8 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.31%) GxP
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.93%) Control-M
2 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 198 (61.30%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.84%) SAP
3 24 (7.43%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.33%) Oracle
5 9 (2.79%) Planview
6 6 (1.86%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.86%) Wrike
7 5 (1.55%) IFS
8 4 (1.24%) Adobe
8 4 (1.24%) Google
8 4 (1.24%) Xactly
9 3 (0.93%) Ariba
9 3 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.93%) Workday
10 2 (0.62%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.62%) NEC
10 2 (0.62%) Sage
10 2 (0.62%) VMware
11 1 (0.31%) BMC
11 1 (0.31%) Temenos