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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 292 366
Rank change year-on-year -66 +74 -81
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 328 258 228
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.84% 0.53%
As % of the Applications category 11.74% 9.97% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 178 124
10th Percentile £350 £313 £340
25th Percentile £400 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -1.95% -
75th Percentile £590 £588 £600
90th Percentile £705 £641 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 13
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.33
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £27.26
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £48.15 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%

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 2,795 2,587 3,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.45% 8.45% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,585 1,476 1,604
10th Percentile £213 £195 £164
25th Percentile £325 £281 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +3.77% -5.88%
75th Percentile £558 £541 £531
90th Percentile £638 £649 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £400 £365
% change year-on-year +3.75% +9.59% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 312 645
10th Percentile £13.26 £14.20 £11.69
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +51.94% -36.87%
75th Percentile £34.34 £41.71 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.75 £61.13 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £23.05 £16.06
% change year-on-year -4.56% +43.52% -29.06%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -38 303 £500 - 58
UK excluding London -62 179 £463 -3.65% 52
London -61 123 £575 +9.52% 19
Work from Home -25 93 £500 - 26
South East -21 68 £510 +2.00% 23
Midlands -56 40 £449 -12.49% 6
North of England -67 37 £450 -2.17% 7
West Midlands -57 28 £463 -12.11% 5
South West -27 21 £410 -8.89% 7
North West -36 19 £478 +6.22% 5
Yorkshire -54 15 £425 -7.86% 2
East Midlands -10 12 £402 -10.67% 1
Scotland -23 10 £417 -12.32% 4
East of England -25 7 £606 +42.65% 2
North East -33 3 £450 +36.36%

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 (19.21%) Confluence
2 42 (12.80%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.22%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.61%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 110 (33.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (17.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 45 (13.72%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (3.96%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.52%) Trello
7 3 (0.91%) Windchill
8 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 28 (8.54%) Primavera
2 17 (5.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.74%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.83%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.83%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.91%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.61%) BASE24
6 2 (0.61%) Endur
6 2 (0.61%) Findur
6 2 (0.61%) Maximo
6 2 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 67 (20.43%) Azure
2 62 (18.90%) Power Platform
3 51 (15.55%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (6.10%) Smartsheet
6 13 (3.96%) AWS
7 9 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.74%) SaaS
8 7 (2.13%) Asana
9 5 (1.52%) GCP
9 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.22%) Collibra
11 3 (0.91%) GitHub
11 3 (0.91%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.91%) OCI
12 2 (0.61%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.61%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.61%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.05%) WAN
2 8 (2.44%) Firewall
3 6 (1.83%) NAS
3 6 (1.83%) SAN
4 5 (1.52%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.61%) FTP
5 2 (0.61%) LAN
6 1 (0.30%) 4G
6 1 (0.30%) 5G
6 1 (0.30%) Broadband
6 1 (0.30%) DHCP
6 1 (0.30%) DNS
6 1 (0.30%) Internet
6 1 (0.30%) MPLS
6 1 (0.30%) Network Security
6 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (18.90%) Power BI
2 5 (1.52%) Power Query
3 4 (1.22%) Big Data
3 4 (1.22%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.22%) Metadata
4 3 (0.91%) Tableau
5 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (0.61%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.61%) QlikView
5 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.30%) DataStage
6 1 (0.30%) EDMS
6 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 155 (47.26%) JIRA
2 4 (1.22%) Git
3 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 151 (46.04%) Finance
2 128 (39.02%) Social Skills
3 68 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.80%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.54%) Banking
5 28 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (5.79%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.88%) Retail
9 11 (3.35%) Legal
10 7 (2.13%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.83%) Public Speaking
12 5 (1.52%) Advertising
12 5 (1.52%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (1.52%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.22%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.22%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 123 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 52 (15.85%) Analyst
3 41 (12.50%) Senior
4 27 (8.23%) PMO Analyst
5 25 (7.62%) Senior Manager
6 23 (7.01%) Lead
7 18 (5.49%) IT Manager
7 18 (5.49%) Project Planner
8 17 (5.18%) Senior Project Manager
9 16 (4.88%) IT Project Manager
9 16 (4.88%) Project Officer
10 15 (4.57%) SAP Manager
11 14 (4.27%) Programme Manager
12 13 (3.96%) Technical Manager
13 12 (3.66%) PMO Manager
13 12 (3.66%) Programme Planner
13 12 (3.66%) Transformation Analyst
14 11 (3.35%) Coordinator
14 11 (3.35%) Project Coordinator
14 11 (3.35%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.44%) ADO
2 5 (1.52%) Middleware
3 1 (0.30%) .NET
3 1 (0.30%) FHIR
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.32%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.57%) PMI
3 15 (4.57%) Virtual Team
4 14 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.66%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.05%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.13%) Life Science
8 6 (1.83%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.52%) FMCG
9 5 (1.52%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.52%) Tandem
10 4 (1.22%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.22%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.91%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.91%) Replication
12 2 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.13%) Windows
2 4 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (51.52%) Project Management
2 160 (48.78%) Agile
3 150 (45.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 102 (31.10%) PRINCE2
4 102 (31.10%) Project Delivery
5 81 (24.70%) Waterfall
6 66 (20.12%) Decision-Making
7 64 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (18.29%) Business Intelligence
9 60 (18.29%) Migration
9 60 (18.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 58 (17.68%) DevOps
11 53 (16.16%) Change Management
12 45 (13.72%) Change Control
13 42 (12.80%) Budget Management
14 38 (11.59%) Risk Management
15 33 (10.06%) Programme Management
16 32 (9.76%) AI
17 31 (9.45%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.52%) SQL
2 4 (1.22%) Python
2 4 (1.22%) VBA
3 1 (0.30%) ABAP
3 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 137 (41.77%) Degree
2 78 (23.78%) Security Cleared
3 63 (19.21%) PMI Certification
4 56 (17.07%) PMP
4 56 (17.07%) SC Cleared
5 24 (7.32%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.52%) CISSP
9 4 (1.22%) CISA
9 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.22%) MBA
9 4 (1.22%) RIBA
10 3 (0.91%) APMP
10 3 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.91%) SAFe Agilist
11 2 (0.61%) CAPM
11 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.61%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (35.67%) PMO
2 26 (7.93%) QA
3 24 (7.32%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.44%) GDPR
4 8 (2.44%) P3O
5 7 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.91%) Basel III
7 3 (0.91%) NIST
8 2 (0.61%) GRC
8 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.61%) PSD2
8 2 (0.61%) SLA
9 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.30%) GxP
9 1 (0.30%) HL7
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.30%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 122 (37.20%) Microsoft
2 43 (13.11%) SAP
3 29 (8.84%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.96%) Oracle
5 7 (2.13%) Planview
6 6 (1.83%) Adobe
6 6 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.52%) Wrike
8 4 (1.22%) Xactly
9 3 (0.91%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.91%) IFS
9 3 (0.91%) NEC
10 2 (0.61%) Google
10 2 (0.61%) Sage
10 2 (0.61%) VMware
11 1 (0.30%) Progress
11 1 (0.30%) Siebel
11 1 (0.30%) Splunk
11 1 (0.30%) TSYS
11 1 (0.30%) Veeam