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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 303 334
Rank change year-on-year +19 +31 -32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 409 240 260
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 0.82% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 14.24% 9.92% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 157 146
10th Percentile £350 £260 £300
25th Percentile £413 £386 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £485 £481
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% +0.78% -3.75%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £611
90th Percentile £738 £619 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.17% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 12
10th Percentile £21.88 - £26.66
25th Percentile £26.99 £31.25 £27.11
Median hourly rate £29.00 £38.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% -3.75% -8.80%
75th Percentile £39.38 £45.66 £43.75
90th Percentile £66.75 £46.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -20.27% -12.94% -22.73%

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 2,872 2,420 3,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.08% 8.27% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 1,436 1,743
10th Percentile £240 £188 £163
25th Percentile £350 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £565 £545 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £434 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +15.60% +7.14% -10.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 257 633
10th Percentile £13.34 £14.20 £11.54
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £23.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +33.13% -52.43%
75th Percentile £33.03 £43.75 £39.92
90th Percentile £68.23 £71.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £22.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year -11.51% +40.10% -50.43%

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 May 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 May 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 1 May 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 +32 382 £513 +2.50% 89
UK excluding London -5 244 £500 +11.11% 65
London -8 137 £560 +6.67% 30
Work from Home +8 114 £515 +0.88% 45
South East +13 89 £500 -1.23% 19
South West +16 60 £725 +132.00% 5
North of England -52 42 £430 -4.44% 11
Midlands -70 42 £445 -6.32% 17
West Midlands -61 27 £463 -7.68% 10
North West -36 21 £418 -7.11% 5
Yorkshire -43 18 £421 +40.33% 5
East Midlands -25 15 £356 -16.24% 7
Scotland -14 10 £417 -16.70% 6
East of England -26 8 £600 +41.18% 6
North East -19 3 £450 - 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
1 106 (25.92%) Confluence
2 42 (10.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.73%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 122 (29.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (20.05%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (14.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.93%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.44%) Trello
6 9 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.49%) 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 26 (6.36%) Primavera
2 18 (4.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (2.93%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.22%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.73%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.24%) Actimize
7 1 (0.24%) Endur
7 1 (0.24%) Findur
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 67 (16.38%) Azure
2 61 (14.91%) Power Platform
3 48 (11.74%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (4.65%) Smartsheet
6 15 (3.67%) AWS
7 12 (2.93%) Asana
8 11 (2.69%) SaaS
9 8 (1.96%) GCP
10 7 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.22%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.98%) Collibra
12 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.73%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.73%) GitHub
13 3 (0.73%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.73%) OCI
14 2 (0.49%) Azure AI
15 1 (0.24%) Azure API Management
15 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.44%) WAN
2 6 (1.47%) Firewall
2 6 (1.47%) NAS
2 6 (1.47%) SAN
3 4 (0.98%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.24%) DHCP
4 1 (0.24%) DNS
4 1 (0.24%) FTP
4 1 (0.24%) HTTP
4 1 (0.24%) Internet
4 1 (0.24%) LAN
4 1 (0.24%) Softphone
4 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (14.91%) Power BI
2 4 (0.98%) Big Data
2 4 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.98%) Hadoop
2 4 (0.98%) Metadata
2 4 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.73%) Power Query
3 3 (0.73%) Tableau
4 2 (0.49%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.49%) QlikView
4 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.24%) EDMS
5 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 236 (57.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.98%) 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
1 186 (45.48%) Social Skills
2 175 (42.79%) Finance
3 119 (29.10%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.00%) Organisational Skills
5 36 (8.80%) Banking
6 31 (7.58%) Military
7 30 (7.33%) Public Sector
8 22 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (4.65%) Retail
10 13 (3.18%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.93%) Legal
12 9 (2.20%) Corporate Banking
12 9 (2.20%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.47%) Public Speaking
15 5 (1.22%) Advertising
16 4 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 139 (33.99%) Project Manager
2 58 (14.18%) Analyst
3 44 (10.76%) Senior
4 31 (7.58%) Architect
4 31 (7.58%) PMO Analyst
5 30 (7.33%) Service Architect
6 27 (6.60%) Lead
7 26 (6.36%) Project Planner
7 26 (6.36%) Senior Manager
8 18 (4.40%) SAP Manager
9 17 (4.16%) Programme Manager
9 17 (4.16%) Technical Manager
10 16 (3.91%) Coordinator
10 16 (3.91%) Project Officer
10 16 (3.91%) Senior Project Manager
11 15 (3.67%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.67%) Project Coordinator
11 15 (3.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 15 (3.67%) Transformation Analyst
12 14 (3.42%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.96%) ADO
2 8 (1.96%) Middleware
3 2 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.24%) FHIR
4 1 (0.24%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.24%) Kafka
4 1 (0.24%) SOAP
4 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.74%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.85%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.38%) PMI
4 18 (4.40%) Virtual Team
5 15 (3.67%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.93%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.71%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.71%) Life Science
7 7 (1.71%) Tandem
8 6 (1.47%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.47%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.98%) FMCG
9 4 (0.98%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.98%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.73%) Replication
11 2 (0.49%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.20%) Windows
2 6 (1.47%) Linux
3 2 (0.49%) Unix
4 1 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (54.77%) Agile
2 210 (51.34%) Project Management
3 160 (39.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 114 (27.87%) Project Delivery
5 113 (27.63%) PRINCE2
6 95 (23.23%) Waterfall
7 81 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (19.32%) Change Management
9 75 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (17.85%) Decision-Making
11 71 (17.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 68 (16.63%) Migration
13 61 (14.91%) DevOps
14 59 (14.43%) Business Intelligence
15 58 (14.18%) ITIL
16 54 (13.20%) Budget Management
17 53 (12.96%) Risk Management
18 50 (12.22%) Project Planning
19 47 (11.49%) Acceptance Criteria
20 44 (10.76%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.20%) SQL
2 4 (0.98%) Python
3 3 (0.73%) VBA
4 2 (0.49%) ABAP
5 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.24%) Java
5 1 (0.24%) Korn
5 1 (0.24%) Perl
5 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 195 (47.68%) Degree
2 123 (30.07%) Security Cleared
3 105 (25.67%) SC Cleared
4 73 (17.85%) PMI Certification
5 68 (16.63%) PMP
6 30 (7.33%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (4.89%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.44%) APMP
10 9 (2.20%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.20%) MBA
11 8 (1.96%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.98%) CISSP
14 3 (0.73%) CISA
15 2 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.49%) PgMP
15 2 (0.49%) RIBA
16 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (35.45%) PMO
2 33 (8.07%) QA
3 26 (6.36%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.44%) GDPR
5 8 (1.96%) Basel III
5 8 (1.96%) P3O
6 6 (1.47%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.73%) GRC
7 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.73%) NIST
7 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.49%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.24%) GxP
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.24%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (7.33%) OPNET
2 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 124 (30.32%) Microsoft
2 61 (14.91%) ServiceNow
3 42 (10.27%) SAP
4 35 (8.56%) Atlassian
5 30 (7.33%) Remedy
6 22 (5.38%) Oracle
7 9 (2.20%) Planview
8 5 (1.22%) Adobe
9 3 (0.73%) Ariba
9 3 (0.73%) NEC
10 2 (0.49%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.49%) VMware
11 1 (0.24%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.24%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.24%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.24%) iManage
11 1 (0.24%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.24%) Snow
11 1 (0.24%) Wrike