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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 304 340
Rank change year-on-year -1 +36 -57
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 374 229 253
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.80% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 13.47% 9.47% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 153 144
10th Percentile £350 £253 £316
25th Percentile £405 £375 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £610 £575 £602
90th Percentile £738 £606 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 12
10th Percentile £22.50 £33.08 £26.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £39.00 £27.11
Median hourly rate £29.50 £43.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.63% +7.88% -23.81%
75th Percentile £36.78 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £43.90 £47.41 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £43.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year -31.63% +1.53% -20.93%

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 2,777 2,418 3,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.72% 8.45% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,604 1,405 1,672
10th Percentile £250 £188 £165
25th Percentile £339 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £565 £539 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 256 628
10th Percentile £13.37 £14.20 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.72 £22.27 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year -2.49% +33.67% -48.12%
75th Percentile £34.48 £44.63 £37.73
90th Percentile £72.05 £67.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.35 £20.97 £16.06
% change year-on-year -2.96% +30.57% -41.06%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +14 346 £500 +4.17% 89
UK excluding London -19 221 £475 - 79
London -30 125 £569 +13.75% 28
Work from Home 0 108 £523 +4.50% 54
South East -10 80 £500 +4.17% 23
Midlands -58 46 £447 -14.20% 19
North of England -53 42 £450 -5.26% 10
South West -7 40 £725 +93.33% 10
West Midlands -55 31 £463 -14.59% 11
Yorkshire -49 20 £425 - 4
North West -30 19 £473 -0.42% 5
East Midlands -25 15 £376 -16.56% 8
Scotland -12 11 £417 -12.32% 7
East of England -31 8 £600 +41.18% 7
North East -25 3 £450 +36.36% 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 86 (22.99%) Confluence
2 43 (11.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.80%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Umbraco
Applications
1 109 (29.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (13.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.41%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.14%) Trello
6 7 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.27%) InDesign
8 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (6.15%) Primavera
2 19 (5.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.41%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.60%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.80%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.27%) Actimize
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.27%) Endur
7 1 (0.27%) Findur
7 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 63 (16.84%) Azure
2 59 (15.78%) Power Platform
3 46 (12.30%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.35%) Smartsheet
6 14 (3.74%) AWS
7 11 (2.94%) Asana
7 11 (2.94%) SaaS
8 7 (1.87%) GCP
9 6 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.34%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.07%) Collibra
11 4 (1.07%) Google Ads
11 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.80%) GitHub
12 3 (0.80%) OCI
13 2 (0.53%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.53%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.53%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.21%) WAN
2 8 (2.14%) Firewall
3 6 (1.60%) NAS
3 6 (1.60%) SAN
4 5 (1.34%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.53%) LAN
6 1 (0.27%) Broadband
6 1 (0.27%) DHCP
6 1 (0.27%) DNS
6 1 (0.27%) FTP
6 1 (0.27%) Internet
6 1 (0.27%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (15.78%) Power BI
2 4 (1.07%) Big Data
2 4 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.07%) Hadoop
2 4 (1.07%) Metadata
3 3 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.80%) Power Query
3 3 (0.80%) Tableau
4 2 (0.53%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.53%) QlikView
4 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.27%) EDMS
5 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 205 (54.81%) JIRA
2 4 (1.07%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) LSMW
General
1 167 (44.65%) Finance
2 154 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 94 (25.13%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.70%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (8.82%) Banking
6 31 (8.29%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.08%) Retail
9 15 (4.01%) Military
10 14 (3.74%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.94%) Legal
12 8 (2.14%) Corporate Banking
12 8 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.14%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.60%) Public Speaking
15 5 (1.34%) Advertising
15 5 (1.34%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.34%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.07%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (36.63%) Project Manager
2 56 (14.97%) Analyst
3 43 (11.50%) Senior
4 32 (8.56%) PMO Analyst
5 25 (6.68%) Senior Manager
6 23 (6.15%) Lead
6 23 (6.15%) Project Planner
7 19 (5.08%) SAP Manager
8 17 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (4.01%) Architect
9 15 (4.01%) IT Manager
9 15 (4.01%) SC Cleared Project Manager
10 14 (3.74%) IT Project Manager
10 14 (3.74%) PMO Manager
10 14 (3.74%) Programme Manager
10 14 (3.74%) Service Architect
11 13 (3.48%) Coordinator
11 13 (3.48%) Project Officer
11 13 (3.48%) Technical Manager
12 12 (3.21%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (2.14%) ADO
3 7 (1.87%) Middleware
4 2 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.27%) .NET
5 1 (0.27%) FHIR
5 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.29%) Product Ownership
2 27 (7.22%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.35%) PMI
4 18 (4.81%) Virtual Team
5 16 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.48%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.21%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.87%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.87%) Life Science
9 6 (1.60%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.34%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.34%) Tandem
11 4 (1.07%) FMCG
11 4 (1.07%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.07%) Reference Data
12 3 (0.80%) Replication
13 2 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.53%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.87%) Windows
2 4 (1.07%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (52.67%) Agile
2 192 (51.34%) Project Management
3 154 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 106 (28.34%) PRINCE2
5 104 (27.81%) Project Delivery
6 91 (24.33%) Waterfall
7 76 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (19.25%) Change Management
9 70 (18.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 68 (18.18%) Decision-Making
10 68 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 63 (16.84%) Migration
12 58 (15.51%) Business Intelligence
12 58 (15.51%) DevOps
13 51 (13.64%) Risk Management
14 50 (13.37%) Budget Management
15 43 (11.50%) Change Control
15 43 (11.50%) ITIL
16 42 (11.23%) Project Planning
17 34 (9.09%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.87%) SQL
2 4 (1.07%) Python
3 3 (0.80%) VBA
4 2 (0.53%) ABAP
5 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 169 (45.19%) Degree
2 99 (26.47%) Security Cleared
3 83 (22.19%) SC Cleared
4 70 (18.72%) PMI Certification
5 64 (17.11%) PMP
6 18 (4.81%) DV Cleared
7 14 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (3.74%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (2.14%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.14%) MBA
9 7 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (1.87%) SAFe Agilist
10 5 (1.34%) CISSP
11 4 (1.07%) RIBA
12 3 (0.80%) APMP
12 3 (0.80%) CISA
13 2 (0.53%) CAPM
13 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.53%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (36.90%) PMO
2 30 (8.02%) QA
3 25 (6.68%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.41%) GDPR
5 7 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.87%) Basel III
5 7 (1.87%) P3O
6 3 (0.80%) NIST
7 2 (0.53%) GRC
7 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.53%) PSD2
7 2 (0.53%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.27%) GxP
8 1 (0.27%) HL7
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.27%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (3.74%) OPNET
2 3 (0.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 118 (31.55%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.03%) ServiceNow
3 44 (11.76%) SAP
4 21 (5.61%) Oracle
5 15 (4.01%) Atlassian
6 14 (3.74%) Remedy
7 9 (2.41%) Planview
8 6 (1.60%) Adobe
9 3 (0.80%) Ariba
9 3 (0.80%) NEC
10 2 (0.53%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.53%) Google
10 2 (0.53%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.53%) VMware
11 1 (0.27%) BT
11 1 (0.27%) Cerner
11 1 (0.27%) Commvault
11 1 (0.27%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.27%) NetApp
11 1 (0.27%) Veritas