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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 311 350
Rank change year-on-year +31 +39 -40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 412 243 249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.90% 0.83% 0.57%
As % of the Applications category 14.33% 9.96% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 162 154
10th Percentile £341 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £382 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £574 £623
90th Percentile £738 £637 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 12
10th Percentile £23.68 - £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £27.11
Median hourly rate £29.00 £38.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% -3.75% -19.08%
75th Percentile £30.00 £45.66 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.75 £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 2,875 2,440 3,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.26% 8.33% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 1,479 1,774
10th Percentile £220 £190 £162
25th Percentile £335 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £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 326 238 630
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.20 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £24.21 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.93% +35.98% -49.14%
75th Percentile £32.44 £44.31 £39.98
90th Percentile £67.75 £74.13 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.42 £24.21 £16.06
% change year-on-year -19.79% +50.72% -49.47%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +39 385 £520 +5.48% 77
UK excluding London -5 244 £500 +11.11% 58
London -1 141 £560 +6.67% 27
Work from Home 0 112 £533 +2.01% 47
South East +21 94 £500 -1.23% 17
South West +17 60 £725 +132.00% 7
Midlands -63 39 £428 +0.59% 12
North of England -64 38 £441 +9.36% 11
West Midlands -60 24 £493 +6.49% 8
North West -32 22 £433 +7.25% 7
East Midlands -27 15 £356 -16.24% 4
Yorkshire -51 13 £425 +41.67% 3
Scotland -4 11 £425 -15.00% 5
East of England -35 9 £600 +33.33% 5
North East -17 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
1 104 (25.24%) Confluence
2 46 (11.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.97%) 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
1 133 (32.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (21.84%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (15.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (3.64%) MS Visio
5 11 (2.67%) Trello
6 9 (2.18%) 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 27 (6.55%) Primavera
2 17 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (2.91%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.97%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.97%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.73%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.49%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.49%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.24%) Actimize
8 1 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 60 (14.56%) Azure
1 60 (14.56%) Power Platform
2 41 (9.95%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.61%) Smartsheet
5 14 (3.40%) AWS
6 12 (2.91%) Asana
6 12 (2.91%) SaaS
7 8 (1.94%) GCP
8 6 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.21%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.21%) OpenShift
10 4 (0.97%) Collibra
10 4 (0.97%) OCI
11 3 (0.73%) GitHub
11 3 (0.73%) Google Ads
12 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.49%) Miro
12 2 (0.49%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.24%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.67%) WAN
2 6 (1.46%) Firewall
2 6 (1.46%) NAS
2 6 (1.46%) SAN
3 5 (1.21%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.97%) VPN
5 3 (0.73%) LAN
5 3 (0.73%) Softphone
6 1 (0.24%) DHCP
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.24%) FTP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.24%) Internet
6 1 (0.24%) MPLS
6 1 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.56%) Power BI
2 6 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.21%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.97%) Big Data
4 4 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.97%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.97%) Metadata
4 4 (0.97%) Power Query
5 3 (0.73%) Tableau
6 2 (0.49%) EDMS
6 2 (0.49%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.24%) QlikView
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 232 (56.31%) JIRA
2 4 (0.97%) 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
1 190 (46.12%) Social Skills
2 173 (41.99%) Finance
3 124 (30.10%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.17%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (8.25%) Banking
6 31 (7.52%) Military
6 31 (7.52%) Public Sector
7 20 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (4.61%) Retail
9 11 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.43%) Legal
11 9 (2.18%) Corporate Banking
11 9 (2.18%) Retail Banking
11 9 (2.18%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.46%) Public Speaking
14 5 (1.21%) Advertising
15 4 (0.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 137 (33.25%) Project Manager
2 63 (15.29%) Analyst
3 40 (9.71%) Senior
4 32 (7.77%) PMO Analyst
5 31 (7.52%) Architect
5 31 (7.52%) Lead
6 30 (7.28%) Service Architect
7 29 (7.04%) Project Planner
8 24 (5.83%) Senior Manager
9 18 (4.37%) SAP Manager
10 17 (4.13%) Project Officer
11 16 (3.88%) Programme Manager
11 16 (3.88%) Technical Manager
12 15 (3.64%) Coordinator
13 14 (3.40%) Programme Planner
13 14 (3.40%) Project Coordinator
13 14 (3.40%) Senior Project Manager
14 13 (3.16%) IT Manager
14 13 (3.16%) SC Cleared Project Manager
14 13 (3.16%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.94%) ADO
2 8 (1.94%) 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 46 (11.17%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.80%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.10%) PMI
4 19 (4.61%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.64%) Virtual Team
6 13 (3.16%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.70%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.70%) Life Science
7 7 (1.70%) Tandem
8 5 (1.21%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.21%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.97%) FMCG
9 4 (0.97%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.97%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.73%) Replication
11 2 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.18%) Windows
2 5 (1.21%) Linux
3 2 (0.49%) Unix
4 1 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (53.16%) Agile
2 212 (51.46%) Project Management
3 151 (36.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 118 (28.64%) Project Delivery
5 116 (28.16%) PRINCE2
6 87 (21.12%) Change Management
6 87 (21.12%) Waterfall
7 81 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (18.45%) Decision-Making
9 74 (17.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 69 (16.75%) Migration
11 68 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
13 55 (13.35%) ITIL
14 54 (13.11%) Budget Management
14 54 (13.11%) DevOps
15 53 (12.86%) Risk Management
16 51 (12.38%) Project Planning
17 44 (10.68%) Analytical Thinking
18 43 (10.44%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.67%) SQL
2 4 (0.97%) Python
3 3 (0.73%) VBA
4 2 (0.49%) ABAP
4 2 (0.49%) 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
1 199 (48.30%) Degree
2 127 (30.83%) Security Cleared
3 105 (25.49%) SC Cleared
4 68 (16.50%) PMI Certification
5 63 (15.29%) PMP
6 30 (7.28%) TOGAF Certification
7 21 (5.10%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.43%) APMP
10 8 (1.94%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.94%) MBA
10 8 (1.94%) SAFe Agilist
11 6 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.97%) CISSP
13 3 (0.73%) CISA
13 3 (0.73%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.73%) MCSE
13 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (36.41%) PMO
2 31 (7.52%) QA
3 23 (5.58%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.18%) GDPR
4 9 (2.18%) P3O
5 8 (1.94%) Basel III
6 4 (0.97%) GRC
7 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.73%) NIST
7 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.49%) PSD2
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 11 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (7.28%) OPNET
2 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.49%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 128 (31.07%) Microsoft
2 62 (15.05%) ServiceNow
3 41 (9.95%) SAP
4 35 (8.50%) Atlassian
5 30 (7.28%) Remedy
6 29 (7.04%) Oracle
7 9 (2.18%) Planview
8 5 (1.21%) Adobe
8 5 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.73%) Cisco
10 2 (0.49%) Ariba
10 2 (0.49%) Arista
10 2 (0.49%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.24%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.24%) Cerner
11 1 (0.24%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.24%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.24%) iManage
11 1 (0.24%) Snow