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

 6 months to
25 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 290 367
Rank change year-on-year -53 +77 -94
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 363 288 219
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.88% 0.54%
As % of the Applications category 12.88% 10.34% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 197 120
10th Percentile £339 £320 £324
25th Percentile £389 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.05% +0.05%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £591
90th Percentile £700 £675 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £484 £474
% change year-on-year -1.81% +1.98% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 10
10th Percentile £28.50 £24.75 £25.63
25th Percentile £28.88 £26.44 £29.01
Median hourly rate £37.02 £46.30 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.04% +19.48% -26.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £47.23 £42.81
90th Percentile £77.50 £52.48 £53.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.02 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.04% +15.75% -25.58%

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 2,818 2,784 2,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.32% 8.51% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,579 1,579 1,514
10th Percentile £213 £197 £163
25th Percentile £325 £295 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £420 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £525
90th Percentile £626 £641 £626
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -0.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 350 470
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.18 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.31 £15.84 £14.44
Median hourly rate £22.68 £22.74 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% +28.30% -29.12%
75th Percentile £36.78 £35.38 £40.75
90th Percentile £74.25 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £22.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year +1.41% +37.49% -26.23%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -36 333 £500 -3.61% 73
UK excluding London -52 201 £475 -1.81% 63
London -42 132 £564 +6.49% 29
Work from Home -46 95 £475 -5.00% 37
South East -19 79 £514 +2.75% 21
Midlands -58 39 £463 -14.35% 12
North of England -72 38 £450 -2.96% 9
South West -23 30 £410 -8.89% 8
West Midlands -64 30 £469 -13.19% 8
North West -44 18 £492 +6.27% 7
Yorkshire -54 16 £430 -7.28% 2
Scotland -26 12 £425 -10.53% 8
East Midlands -9 9 £425 -22.73% 4
East of England -16 7 £566 +37.27% 3
North East -40 4 £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 60 (16.53%) Confluence
2 49 (13.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 141 (38.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (18.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (14.33%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (4.41%) MS Visio
5 11 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.10%) Trello
7 3 (0.83%) Windchill
8 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 29 (7.99%) Primavera
2 17 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.65%) Loan IQ
3 6 (1.65%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.38%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.83%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.83%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.55%) BASE24
6 2 (0.55%) Endur
6 2 (0.55%) Findur
6 2 (0.55%) Maximo
6 2 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.28%) Actimize
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.28%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 76 (20.94%) Azure
2 62 (17.08%) Power Platform
3 57 (15.70%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (8.26%) Smartsheet
5 25 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.58%) AWS
7 9 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.20%) SaaS
9 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.65%) Asana
11 5 (1.38%) GCP
12 4 (1.10%) Collibra
13 3 (0.83%) GitHub
13 3 (0.83%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.83%) IaaS
13 3 (0.83%) OCI
13 3 (0.83%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.55%) Azure AI
14 2 (0.55%) Entra ID
14 2 (0.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.48%) WAN
2 8 (2.20%) Firewall
3 6 (1.65%) NAS
3 6 (1.65%) SAN
4 5 (1.38%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.55%) FTP
5 2 (0.55%) LAN
5 2 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.55%) Wireless
6 1 (0.28%) 4G
6 1 (0.28%) 5G
6 1 (0.28%) Broadband
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) DNS
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) MPLS
6 1 (0.28%) Network Security
6 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (17.08%) Power BI
2 7 (1.93%) Power Query
3 5 (1.38%) Tableau
4 4 (1.10%) Big Data
4 4 (1.10%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.10%) Metadata
5 2 (0.55%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (0.55%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.55%) QlikView
5 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.28%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.28%) DataStage
6 1 (0.28%) EDMS
6 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 156 (42.98%) JIRA
2 4 (1.10%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 163 (44.90%) Finance
2 146 (40.22%) Social Skills
3 75 (20.66%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (14.60%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (9.37%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.44%) Banking
7 20 (5.51%) Manufacturing
7 20 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.23%) Retail
9 12 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.03%) Aerospace
11 10 (2.75%) Legal
12 8 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.65%) Public Speaking
14 5 (1.38%) Advertising
14 5 (1.38%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.38%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.10%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 128 (35.26%) Project Manager
2 45 (12.40%) Analyst
2 45 (12.40%) Senior
3 28 (7.71%) Senior Manager
4 26 (7.16%) PMO Analyst
5 25 (6.89%) Lead
6 22 (6.06%) IT Manager
7 21 (5.79%) Project Officer
7 21 (5.79%) Senior Project Manager
8 19 (5.23%) Coordinator
8 19 (5.23%) IT Project Manager
9 17 (4.68%) Project Coordinator
10 15 (4.13%) Programme Manager
10 15 (4.13%) Project Planner
11 14 (3.86%) Programme Planner
11 14 (3.86%) Project Control Officer
11 14 (3.86%) SAP Manager
12 13 (3.58%) PMO Manager
12 13 (3.58%) Technical Manager
13 11 (3.03%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.65%) Middleware
2 5 (1.38%) ADO
3 2 (0.55%) .NET
4 1 (0.28%) FHIR
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.61%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.23%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.23%) Virtual Team
3 16 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.13%) PMI
5 12 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.93%) Life Science
8 6 (1.65%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.65%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.38%) FMCG
9 5 (1.38%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.10%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.83%) Replication
11 3 (0.83%) Tandem
12 2 (0.55%) CCTV
12 2 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.55%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.93%) Windows
2 4 (1.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (49.04%) Project Management
2 171 (47.11%) Agile
3 167 (46.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 118 (32.51%) PRINCE2
5 117 (32.23%) Project Delivery
6 83 (22.87%) Waterfall
7 76 (20.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 74 (20.39%) Decision-Making
9 69 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 64 (17.63%) DevOps
12 60 (16.53%) Business Intelligence
13 59 (16.25%) Change Management
14 54 (14.88%) Migration
15 50 (13.77%) Change Control
16 44 (12.12%) Budget Management
17 40 (11.02%) Dependency Management
18 39 (10.74%) Project Planning
19 35 (9.64%) Risk Management
19 35 (9.64%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.83%) Python
1 3 (0.83%) SQL
1 3 (0.83%) VBA
2 1 (0.28%) ABAP
2 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 151 (41.60%) Degree
2 100 (27.55%) Security Cleared
3 65 (17.91%) PMI Certification
4 61 (16.80%) SC Cleared
5 56 (15.43%) PMP
6 41 (11.29%) DV Cleared
7 16 (4.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 12 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.38%) CISA
9 5 (1.38%) CISSP
10 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.10%) RIBA
11 3 (0.83%) APMP
11 3 (0.83%) CAPM
11 3 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.55%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (38.29%) PMO
2 25 (6.89%) QA
3 23 (6.34%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.03%) P3O
5 7 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.93%) GDPR
6 3 (0.83%) NIST
7 2 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.55%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Basel III
8 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) HL7
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 161 (44.35%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.85%) SAP
3 33 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 17 (4.68%) Oracle
5 12 (3.31%) Planview
6 6 (1.65%) Adobe
6 6 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.38%) Wrike
8 4 (1.10%) Google
8 4 (1.10%) IFS
8 4 (1.10%) Xactly
9 3 (0.83%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.83%) NEC
10 2 (0.55%) Progress
10 2 (0.55%) Sage
10 2 (0.55%) VMware
10 2 (0.55%) Workday
11 1 (0.28%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.28%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.28%) Snow
90 Microsoft Project jobs Nationwide