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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 287 340
Rank change year-on-year -105 +53 -58
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 315 298 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.90% 0.62%
As % of the Applications category 10.41% 10.67% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 209 128
10th Percentile £321 £350 £320
25th Percentile £400 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £588
90th Percentile £652 £715 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 14
10th Percentile £30.00 £23.35 £20.75
25th Percentile £37.02 £26.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £56.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.78% +73.85% -24.73%
75th Percentile £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.08 £49.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £42.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year -0.58% +31.54% -21.21%

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 3,027 2,793 2,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.55% 8.42% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,463 1,567 1,455
10th Percentile £200 £188 £164
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +0.12% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 557 365 255
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.25 £14.52
25th Percentile £14.31 £16.06 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.50 £23.45 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.37% +23.42% -24.00%
75th Percentile £30.28 £33.91 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.74 £57.25 £59.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -24.44% +32.35% -24.44%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -87 284 £500 -4.76% 338
UK excluding London -81 192 £500 +2.56% 253
London -92 102 £525 -12.50% 113
Work from Home -61 82 £475 -12.64% 155
South East -18 76 £514 +7.03% 65
North of England -64 35 £500 +7.53% 59
Midlands -68 26 £450 -16.67% 39
South West -28 24 £410 -28.70% 16
Yorkshire -40 21 £482 +4.22% 21
West Midlands -68 20 £473 -12.50% 23
East of England -22 14 £510 +25.15% 26
Scotland -34 14 £478 +6.82% 28
North West -46 12 £513 -3.30% 30
East Midlands -20 6 £402 -26.91% 16
Wales -15 2 £450 +46.34% 12
North East - 2 £488 - 8
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 62 (19.68%) SharePoint
2 57 (18.10%) Confluence
3 3 (0.95%) CICS
4 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 143 (45.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (21.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 53 (16.83%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.76%) MS Visio
5 11 (3.49%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.63%) Trello
6 2 (0.63%) Windchill
7 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (6.03%) Primavera
2 7 (2.22%) SAP PP
3 6 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.27%) Changepoint
4 4 (1.27%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.95%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.63%) BASE24
6 2 (0.63%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.63%) Endur
6 2 (0.63%) Findur
6 2 (0.63%) Maximo
6 2 (0.63%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.32%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.32%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 61 (19.37%) Azure
2 51 (16.19%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (12.70%) Power Platform
4 30 (9.52%) Smartsheet
5 22 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.27%) AWS
8 4 (1.27%) SaaS
9 3 (0.95%) Asana
9 3 (0.95%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.95%) IaaS
9 3 (0.95%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.63%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.32%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.32%) GCP
11 1 (0.32%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.32%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.54%) Firewall
1 8 (2.54%) WAN
2 6 (1.90%) Wireless
3 5 (1.59%) IPv4
3 5 (1.59%) IPv6
3 5 (1.59%) LAN
3 5 (1.59%) Network Security
4 4 (1.27%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.63%) Broadband
5 2 (0.63%) Internet
5 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.63%) VPN
6 1 (0.32%) 4G
6 1 (0.32%) 5G
6 1 (0.32%) DNS
6 1 (0.32%) FTP
6 1 (0.32%) MPLS
6 1 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.32%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.38%) Power BI
2 6 (1.90%) Power Query
3 4 (1.27%) Tableau
4 3 (0.95%) Db2
5 2 (0.63%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.32%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.32%) DataStage
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.32%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 131 (41.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
General
1 160 (50.79%) Social Skills
2 147 (46.67%) Finance
3 75 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.67%) Aerospace
6 21 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 19 (6.03%) Banking
8 14 (4.44%) Telecoms
9 13 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (3.17%) Retail
12 9 (2.86%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.22%) Legal
14 5 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.27%) Automotive
15 4 (1.27%) Aviation
16 3 (0.95%) Electronics
17 2 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 112 (35.56%) Project Manager
2 32 (10.16%) Senior
3 29 (9.21%) IT Manager
3 29 (9.21%) Project Officer
4 27 (8.57%) IT Project Manager
5 24 (7.62%) Analyst
6 19 (6.03%) Coordinator
6 19 (6.03%) Senior Manager
7 18 (5.71%) Senior Project Manager
8 16 (5.08%) Support Officer
9 15 (4.76%) Lead
9 15 (4.76%) PMO Analyst
9 15 (4.76%) Project Control Officer
10 14 (4.44%) PMO Planner
10 14 (4.44%) Project Coordinator
11 13 (4.13%) Programme Planner
12 12 (3.81%) Programme Manager
12 12 (3.81%) Project Support Officer
13 11 (3.49%) SC Cleared Project Manager
14 10 (3.17%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.95%) ADO
2 2 (0.63%) .NET
2 2 (0.63%) Middleware
3 1 (0.32%) REST
3 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.40%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.13%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.81%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.49%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.49%) PMI
6 6 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.27%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.95%) CCTV
9 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.95%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (0.95%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.95%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.63%) CMDB
10 2 (0.63%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.63%) Derivative
10 2 (0.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.63%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.54%) Linux
2 3 (0.95%) zOS
3 2 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (53.33%) Project Management
2 161 (51.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 136 (43.17%) Agile
4 122 (38.73%) Project Delivery
5 108 (34.29%) PRINCE2
6 70 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (22.22%) Waterfall
7 67 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (17.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 53 (16.83%) Project Planning
10 52 (16.51%) Decision-Making
10 52 (16.51%) DevOps
11 41 (13.02%) Project Governance
12 39 (12.38%) Change Control
13 38 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
14 36 (11.43%) Change Management
15 35 (11.11%) Dependency Management
16 34 (10.79%) Budget Management
16 34 (10.79%) Risk Management
17 33 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.95%) JCL
1 3 (0.95%) SQL
2 2 (0.63%) Python
3 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 108 (34.29%) Degree
2 103 (32.70%) Security Cleared
3 59 (18.73%) PMI Certification
4 56 (17.78%) SC Cleared
5 53 (16.83%) PMP
6 49 (15.56%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (1.90%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.59%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.59%) PgMP
12 3 (0.95%) CAPM
12 3 (0.95%) MBA
13 2 (0.63%) CISA
13 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.63%) CISSP
13 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.63%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (35.24%) PMO
2 13 (4.13%) P3O
3 10 (3.17%) QA
4 8 (2.54%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.59%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.95%) NIST
7 2 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.32%) GDPR
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.95%) Control-M
2 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 200 (63.49%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.75%) SAP
3 22 (6.98%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.44%) Oracle
5 9 (2.86%) Planview
6 6 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.90%) Wrike
7 5 (1.59%) IFS
8 4 (1.27%) Google
8 4 (1.27%) VMware
8 4 (1.27%) Xactly
9 3 (0.95%) Ariba
9 3 (0.95%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.95%) Workday
10 2 (0.63%) Adobe
10 2 (0.63%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.63%) NEC
10 2 (0.63%) Sage
11 1 (0.32%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.32%) MuleSoft