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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 340 301
Rank change year-on-year +77 -39 +20
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 365 226 339
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.01% 0.62% 0.75%
As % of the Applications category 12.35% 8.88% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 149 249
10th Percentile £360 £320 £280
25th Percentile £444 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -4.52%
75th Percentile £663 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £726 £653
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 5
10th Percentile - £20.75 -
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.19 £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 £33.75 £43.86
90th Percentile £93.75 £41.13 £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 2,955 2,546 3,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.18% 6.94% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,698 1,476 2,239
10th Percentile £192 £165 £164
25th Percentile £300 £254 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £400 £402
Median % change year-on-year +7.43% -0.44% -10.67%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £375 £365
% change year-on-year +10.00% +2.74% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 238 279
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.18 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.63 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -9.13% +4.44%
75th Percentile £31.40 £41.88 £45.61
90th Percentile £50.00 £64.13 £50.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.33 £22.53 £25.25
% change year-on-year -9.79% -10.77% +5.21%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +68 321 £535 +5.89% 121
UK excluding London +52 221 £500 +11.11% 104
London +19 123 £581 +6.61% 33
Work from Home +39 102 £538 +3.86% 50
South West +33 53 £725 +104.95% 15
South East +20 49 £500 +9.59% 38
Midlands -3 49 £540 +20.00% 18
West Midlands -12 38 £540 +8.00% 12
North of England -19 38 £460 +30.96% 19
Yorkshire -15 28 £461 +19.03% 9
Scotland +11 20 £450 -5.26% 5
East Midlands -5 11 £480 +12.94% 6
North West -26 10 £458 +34.56% 9
Wales +5 7 £308 -41.43%
East of England -20 7 £408 -7.49% 14
Northern Ireland - 3 £588 -

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 87 (23.84%) Confluence
2 49 (13.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) CMS
4 2 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 103 (28.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (24.66%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (14.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (9.04%) MS Visio
5 21 (5.75%) Trello
6 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.27%) Notion
Business Applications
1 23 (6.30%) Primavera
2 9 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.37%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.37%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.82%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.82%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.55%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.41%) Power Platform
2 35 (9.59%) Azure
3 24 (6.58%) Smartsheet
4 16 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (3.84%) Asana
5 14 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.29%) SaaS
7 9 (2.47%) AWS
7 9 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.92%) GCP
9 4 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.10%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.10%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.82%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.82%) Miro
10 3 (0.82%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.55%) Contentstack
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.55%) OCI
11 2 (0.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.64%) Firewall
2 5 (1.37%) VPN
3 4 (1.10%) LAN
3 4 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.10%) WAN
4 3 (0.82%) Softphone
5 2 (0.55%) Network Security
6 1 (0.27%) Broadband
6 1 (0.27%) DNS
6 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.27%) HTTP
6 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.27%) MPLS
6 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.86%) Power BI
2 7 (1.92%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.37%) Tableau
5 4 (1.10%) EDMS
6 3 (0.82%) Power Query
7 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.27%) DTS
8 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.27%) Metadata
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 162 (44.38%) JIRA
2 2 (0.55%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.27%) Ant
3 1 (0.27%) JUnit
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.27%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 195 (53.42%) Social Skills
2 147 (40.27%) Finance
3 85 (23.29%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (7.67%) Banking
6 26 (7.12%) Public Sector
7 23 (6.30%) Military
8 17 (4.66%) Manufacturing
9 16 (4.38%) Legal
9 16 (4.38%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.47%) Marketing
13 6 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.37%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.37%) Law
15 4 (1.10%) Billing
15 4 (1.10%) Front Office
15 4 (1.10%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 133 (36.44%) Project Manager
2 43 (11.78%) Analyst
3 38 (10.41%) Lead
4 33 (9.04%) Senior
5 25 (6.85%) Architect
6 21 (5.75%) Service Architect
7 20 (5.48%) Project Planner
7 20 (5.48%) Senior Manager
8 17 (4.66%) Coordinator
8 17 (4.66%) IT Manager
9 15 (4.11%) IT Project Manager
9 15 (4.11%) Senior Project Manager
10 14 (3.84%) Business Analyst
10 14 (3.84%) Programme Manager
11 13 (3.56%) Project Coordinator
12 12 (3.29%) PMO Analyst
12 12 (3.29%) PMO Lead
12 12 (3.29%) Project Analyst
12 12 (3.29%) Project Officer
12 12 (3.29%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.10%) ADO
2 4 (1.10%) Middleware
2 4 (1.10%) SOAP
3 3 (0.82%) REST
4 2 (0.55%) React
4 2 (0.55%) Web Services
4 2 (0.55%) XML
5 1 (0.27%) .NET
5 1 (0.27%) ActiveX
5 1 (0.27%) EDI
5 1 (0.27%) FHIR
5 1 (0.27%) IBM Integration Bus
5 1 (0.27%) Kafka
5 1 (0.27%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.12%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.58%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.38%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.38%) PMI
5 14 (3.84%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.47%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.64%) Educational Technology
8 6 (1.64%) NHS
9 4 (1.10%) Derivative
9 4 (1.10%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.10%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.10%) SCADA
10 3 (0.82%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.55%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.55%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.55%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.37%) Windows
2 3 (0.82%) Unix
3 2 (0.55%) Linux
4 1 (0.27%) AIX
4 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (50.96%) Project Management
2 163 (44.66%) Agile
3 114 (31.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 103 (28.22%) PRINCE2
5 98 (26.85%) Project Delivery
6 92 (25.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 86 (23.56%) Change Management
8 69 (18.90%) Waterfall
9 56 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
10 46 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (12.60%) Migration
11 44 (12.05%) Risk Management
12 42 (11.51%) Decision-Making
13 40 (10.96%) Project Governance
13 40 (10.96%) Project Planning
14 37 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
15 36 (9.86%) Programme Management
16 33 (9.04%) Budget Management
16 33 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
16 33 (9.04%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.19%) SQL
2 5 (1.37%) Korn
3 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.27%) Java
4 1 (0.27%) Perl
4 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 171 (46.85%) Degree
2 88 (24.11%) Security Cleared
3 69 (18.90%) PMI Certification
3 69 (18.90%) SC Cleared
4 65 (17.81%) PMP
5 21 (5.75%) TOGAF Certification
6 15 (4.11%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.47%) APMP
8 6 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.37%) CISM
9 5 (1.37%) CISSP
9 5 (1.37%) HNC
9 5 (1.37%) ISEB
9 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.82%) MCP
11 3 (0.82%) MCSE
11 3 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (25.75%) PMO
2 20 (5.48%) QA
3 15 (4.11%) P3O
4 8 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.92%) NIST
6 5 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.10%) GDPR
7 4 (1.10%) GRC
7 4 (1.10%) SLA
8 2 (0.55%) Basel III
8 2 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.27%) DO-254
9 1 (0.27%) GMP
9 1 (0.27%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.75%) OPNET
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.82%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.27%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 133 (36.44%) Microsoft
2 47 (12.88%) SAP
3 44 (12.05%) ServiceNow
4 26 (7.12%) Atlassian
5 21 (5.75%) Remedy
6 20 (5.48%) Oracle
7 12 (3.29%) Planview
8 9 (2.47%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.92%) Workday
10 5 (1.37%) Cisco
11 4 (1.10%) Arista
11 4 (1.10%) Google
11 4 (1.10%) Progress
12 2 (0.55%) Adobe
12 2 (0.55%) Databricks
12 2 (0.55%) HP
12 2 (0.55%) IFS
12 2 (0.55%) Siemens
12 2 (0.55%) Sitecore
13 1 (0.27%) Compaq