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

 6 months to
14 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 297 340
Rank change year-on-year -69 +43 -55
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 334 282 234
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.86% 0.61%
As % of the Applications category 11.45% 10.16% 9.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 191 132
10th Percentile £322 £350 £346
25th Percentile £400 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £507
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +4.57% +6.70%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £600
90th Percentile £694 £713 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 10
10th Percentile £30.00 £23.35 £20.68
25th Percentile £31.76 £26.50 £22.13
Median hourly rate £40.77 £56.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% +96.52% -34.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £63.08 £53.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £42.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.58% +22.14% -26.32%

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 2,917 2,776 2,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.39% 8.49% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,511 1,551 1,446
10th Percentile £206 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.38% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 344 279
10th Percentile £13.30 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.50 £23.54 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.41% +34.51% -22.22%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £54.97 £60.51
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.86 £22.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year -19.99% +37.49% -24.51%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -61 302 £500 -7.66% 245
UK excluding London -68 195 £500 +4.17% 176
London -71 116 £575 -2.13% 99
Work from Home -44 95 £475 -13.64% 112
South East +1 77 £525 +9.38% 40
North of England -68 38 £450 -1.91% 30
Midlands -66 29 £456 -15.74% 19
South West -50 22 £410 -25.45% 32
Yorkshire -36 20 £500 +13.64% 14
West Midlands -70 20 £463 -14.59% 11
North West -46 15 £450 -10.40% 14
Scotland -28 14 £480 +7.38% 23
East of England -23 12 £631 +54.91% 20
East Midlands -11 9 £425 -29.17% 8
North East - 3 £450 - 2
Wales -15 2 £450 +46.34% 5
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 63 (18.86%) SharePoint
2 53 (15.87%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 141 (42.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (21.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 55 (16.47%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.19%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.10%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.90%) Trello
6 3 (0.90%) Windchill
7 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.69%) Primavera
2 12 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.80%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.20%) Changepoint
4 4 (1.20%) SAP MM
4 4 (1.20%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.60%) BASE24
6 2 (0.60%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.60%) Endur
6 2 (0.60%) Findur
6 2 (0.60%) Maximo
6 2 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 68 (20.36%) Azure
2 56 (16.77%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (15.27%) Power Platform
4 33 (9.88%) Smartsheet
5 28 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.80%) AWS
8 6 (1.80%) SaaS
9 3 (0.90%) Asana
9 3 (0.90%) GitHub
9 3 (0.90%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.90%) IaaS
9 3 (0.90%) OCI
9 3 (0.90%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.60%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.30%) GCP
11 1 (0.30%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.99%) WAN
2 8 (2.40%) Firewall
3 6 (1.80%) Wireless
4 5 (1.50%) Network Security
4 5 (1.50%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.20%) LAN
5 4 (1.20%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.90%) IPv4
6 3 (0.90%) IPv6
7 2 (0.60%) Broadband
7 2 (0.60%) FTP
7 2 (0.60%) Internet
7 2 (0.60%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) 4G
8 1 (0.30%) 5G
8 1 (0.30%) DNS
8 1 (0.30%) MPLS
8 1 (0.30%) NAS
8 1 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (14.97%) Power BI
2 8 (2.40%) Power Query
3 4 (1.20%) Tableau
4 2 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.60%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.30%) DataStage
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.30%) QlikView
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 135 (40.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 149 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 146 (43.71%) Finance
3 79 (23.65%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (19.46%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (7.78%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.99%) Banking
7 17 (5.09%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.49%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.89%) Retail
10 12 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.59%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.40%) Legal
12 7 (2.10%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.20%) Aviation
14 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.90%) Automotive
15 3 (0.90%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 121 (36.23%) Project Manager
2 38 (11.38%) Senior
3 28 (8.38%) Analyst
4 24 (7.19%) IT Manager
5 22 (6.59%) IT Project Manager
5 22 (6.59%) Project Officer
6 21 (6.29%) Coordinator
6 21 (6.29%) Senior Manager
7 19 (5.69%) Lead
8 18 (5.39%) PMO Analyst
9 17 (5.09%) Senior Project Manager
10 16 (4.79%) Project Coordinator
10 16 (4.79%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 15 (4.49%) PMO Planner
12 14 (4.19%) Programme Manager
12 14 (4.19%) Programme Planner
13 13 (3.89%) PMO Manager
13 13 (3.89%) Support Officer
14 12 (3.59%) Technical Manager
15 11 (3.29%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.50%) Middleware
2 2 (0.60%) .NET
2 2 (0.60%) ADO
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.09%) Onboarding
1 17 (5.09%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.89%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.29%) PMI
3 11 (3.29%) Virtual Team
4 10 (2.99%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.50%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.20%) FMCG
7 4 (1.20%) Life Science
7 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.90%) CCTV
8 3 (0.90%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.90%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.60%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.69%) Linux
2 3 (0.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (50.00%) Project Management
2 158 (47.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 144 (43.11%) Agile
4 119 (35.63%) Project Delivery
5 106 (31.74%) PRINCE2
6 76 (22.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 70 (20.96%) Waterfall
8 65 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (17.37%) Decision-Making
10 57 (17.07%) DevOps
11 56 (16.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 48 (14.37%) Business Intelligence
12 48 (14.37%) Change Control
13 47 (14.07%) Project Planning
14 38 (11.38%) Change Management
15 37 (11.08%) Budget Management
15 37 (11.08%) Dependency Management
15 37 (11.08%) Project Governance
16 36 (10.78%) Scrum
17 34 (10.18%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.90%) SQL
1 3 (0.90%) VBA
2 2 (0.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 126 (37.72%) Degree
2 107 (32.04%) Security Cleared
3 66 (19.76%) SC Cleared
4 55 (16.47%) PMI Certification
5 49 (14.67%) PMP
6 45 (13.47%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 14 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.50%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.20%) CAPM
12 3 (0.90%) CISA
12 3 (0.90%) CISSP
12 3 (0.90%) MBA
13 2 (0.60%) APMP
13 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.60%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (37.43%) PMO
2 14 (4.19%) P3O
3 13 (3.89%) QA
4 10 (2.99%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.90%) NIST
7 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.60%) GDPR
7 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 193 (57.78%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.68%) SAP
3 26 (7.78%) ServiceNow
4 18 (5.39%) Oracle
5 9 (2.69%) Planview
6 6 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.50%) Adobe
7 5 (1.50%) IFS
7 5 (1.50%) Wrike
8 4 (1.20%) Google
8 4 (1.20%) Xactly
9 3 (0.90%) Ariba
9 3 (0.90%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.90%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.90%) Workday
10 2 (0.60%) NEC
10 2 (0.60%) Sage
11 1 (0.30%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.30%) Splunk
11 1 (0.30%) VMware
310 Microsoft Project jobs Nationwide