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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 343 299
Rank change year-on-year +56 -44 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 328 207 366
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 0.57% 0.79%
As % of the Applications category 11.29% 8.49% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 131 262
10th Percentile £350 £326 £280
25th Percentile £424 £419 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £725 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.11% +5.56% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 6
10th Percentile £25.05 £20.75 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.25 £31.50
Median hourly rate £34.22 £32.50 £39.93
Median % change year-on-year +5.28% -18.61% -25.71%
75th Percentile £59.56 £40.00 £52.22
90th Percentile £68.00 £41.88 £56.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.97 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +47.58% -1.52% -24.61%

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 2,905 2,439 3,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.26% 6.73% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,647 1,417 2,316
10th Percentile £190 £163 £165
25th Percentile £295 £250 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% -8.33%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £371
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.19% -4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 229 283
10th Percentile £12.96 £15.00 £14.03
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.09 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -11.64% +4.17%
75th Percentile £33.05 £37.50 £45.11
90th Percentile £50.00 £60.15 £52.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.27 £21.46 £23.06
% change year-on-year -0.89% -6.92% +4.80%

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 16 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 12 November 2025. 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 +49 280 £525 +2.44% 200
UK excluding London +48 194 £490 +3.11% 133
London +26 114 £598 +13.81% 78
Work from Home +28 90 £550 +6.33% 91
Midlands +1 50 £540 +10.77% 20
South East +26 43 £500 +3.90% 38
West Midlands -3 42 £540 +2.86% 9
North of England -20 36 £463 +27.59% 25
South West +13 28 £600 +54.84% 26
Yorkshire -7 27 £463 -2.63% 5
Scotland +21 23 £440 -7.37% 5
East of England -20 9 £404 -21.22% 19
North West -22 9 £466 +37.13% 15
East Midlands -6 8 £525 +23.53% 11
Wales +3 7 £308 -41.43% 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £588 -

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 60 (18.29%) Confluence
2 50 (15.24%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.91%) CMS
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.30%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 93 (28.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (19.82%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (14.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (10.06%) MS Visio
5 19 (5.79%) Trello
6 3 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.30%) Notion
Business Applications
1 23 (7.01%) Primavera
2 10 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.52%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.52%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.22%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.30%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 41 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 32 (9.76%) Azure
3 23 (7.01%) Smartsheet
4 17 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (3.96%) Asana
7 12 (3.66%) SaaS
8 9 (2.74%) AWS
9 7 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.13%) GCP
10 5 (1.52%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.52%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.22%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.91%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.61%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.61%) Miro
13 2 (0.61%) OCI
13 2 (0.61%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.61%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.61%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.83%) Firewall
2 5 (1.52%) VPN
3 4 (1.22%) LAN
3 4 (1.22%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.22%) WAN
4 3 (0.91%) Softphone
5 2 (0.61%) DNS
5 2 (0.61%) Network Security
6 1 (0.30%) Broadband
6 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.30%) Internet
6 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.30%) MPLS
6 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.28%) Power BI
2 7 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.22%) EDMS
4 4 (1.22%) Tableau
5 3 (0.91%) Power Query
6 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.30%) Big Data
7 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.30%) DTS
7 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 126 (38.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 164 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 136 (41.46%) Finance
3 55 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.15%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (8.23%) Banking
6 25 (7.62%) Public Sector
7 19 (5.79%) Manufacturing
8 17 (5.18%) Legal
9 15 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (4.27%) Telecoms
11 12 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.74%) Marketing
14 8 (2.44%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.52%) Front Office
16 5 (1.52%) Law
16 5 (1.52%) Military
17 4 (1.22%) Billing
17 4 (1.22%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (39.02%) Project Manager
2 43 (13.11%) Analyst
3 33 (10.06%) Lead
3 33 (10.06%) Senior
4 21 (6.40%) Project Planner
5 19 (5.79%) Senior Manager
6 15 (4.57%) IT Manager
7 14 (4.27%) Business Analyst
7 14 (4.27%) PMO Analyst
7 14 (4.27%) Programme Manager
7 14 (4.27%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (3.96%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (3.66%) Coordinator
9 12 (3.66%) Project Analyst
10 10 (3.05%) Business Manager
10 10 (3.05%) Business Project Manager
10 10 (3.05%) Project Officer
10 10 (3.05%) Technical Manager
11 9 (2.74%) Data Analyst
11 9 (2.74%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.22%) ADO
1 4 (1.22%) Middleware
1 4 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.91%) REST
2 3 (0.91%) SOAP
3 2 (0.61%) React
3 2 (0.61%) Web Services
4 1 (0.30%) .NET
4 1 (0.30%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.30%) EDI
4 1 (0.30%) FHIR
4 1 (0.30%) XML
4 1 (0.30%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.40%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (4.88%) PMI
4 15 (4.57%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.05%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.83%) Educational Technology
8 6 (1.83%) NHS
9 5 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.52%) Market Risk
9 5 (1.52%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.22%) Derivative
10 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.22%) SCADA
11 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.91%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.91%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.61%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.22%) Windows
2 2 (0.61%) Unix
3 1 (0.30%) Linux
3 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (51.83%) Project Management
2 133 (40.55%) Agile
3 105 (32.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 99 (30.18%) PRINCE2
5 90 (27.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 85 (25.91%) Project Delivery
7 81 (24.70%) Change Management
8 65 (19.82%) Waterfall
9 53 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (13.72%) Migration
11 39 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 38 (11.59%) Decision-Making
12 38 (11.59%) Risk Management
13 37 (11.28%) Business Intelligence
14 36 (10.98%) Project Governance
15 34 (10.37%) Programme Management
15 34 (10.37%) Project Planning
16 32 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (9.76%) ERP
16 32 (9.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.44%) SQL
2 4 (1.22%) Korn
3 2 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 144 (43.90%) Degree
2 66 (20.12%) PMI Certification
3 63 (19.21%) Security Cleared
4 61 (18.60%) PMP
5 45 (13.72%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.96%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.83%) APMP
8 6 (1.83%) ISEB
8 6 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.52%) CISM
9 5 (1.52%) CISSP
9 5 (1.52%) HNC
9 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.91%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.91%) MCP
10 3 (0.91%) MCSE
10 3 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.61%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (25.61%) PMO
2 19 (5.79%) QA
3 14 (4.27%) P3O
4 7 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.13%) NIST
5 5 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.22%) SLA
7 3 (0.91%) GDPR
7 3 (0.91%) GRC
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.30%) Basel III
9 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.30%) DO-254
9 1 (0.30%) GMP
9 1 (0.30%) HL7
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.61%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.30%) OPNET
3 1 (0.30%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 128 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 47 (14.33%) SAP
3 23 (7.01%) ServiceNow
4 18 (5.49%) Oracle
5 13 (3.96%) Planview
6 9 (2.74%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.13%) Workday
8 5 (1.52%) Cisco
9 4 (1.22%) Arista
9 4 (1.22%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.22%) Google
9 4 (1.22%) Progress
10 2 (0.61%) Adobe
10 2 (0.61%) Databricks
10 2 (0.61%) HP
10 2 (0.61%) IFS
10 2 (0.61%) Siemens
10 2 (0.61%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.30%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.30%) Terracotta