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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 297 350
Rank change year-on-year -74 +53 -68
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 331 286 229
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.87% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 11.30% 10.30% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 193 128
10th Percentile £319 £350 £342
25th Percentile £390 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £502
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.56% +5.70%
75th Percentile £589 £619 £589
90th Percentile £688 £713 £691
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 £53.44 £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 2,928 2,778 2,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.39% 8.43% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 1,555 1,439
10th Percentile £206 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £543 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 466 344 275
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.48
Median hourly rate £18.50 £23.82 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +36.09% -22.33%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £56.37 £59.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £22.41 £16.23
% change year-on-year -20.55% +38.06% -25.38%

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 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 16 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 16 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 -82 299 £500 -7.66% 383
UK excluding London -72 193 £500 +4.17% 280
London -79 114 £550 -8.33% 135
Work from Home -38 95 £475 -11.63% 170
South East -19 74 £525 +9.38% 67
North of England -69 38 £450 -1.91% 50
Midlands -64 29 £463 -14.59% 37
South West -48 23 £410 -25.45% 40
West Midlands -77 21 £463 -14.35% 20
Yorkshire -47 20 £500 +13.64% 21
North West -38 15 £450 -10.40% 24
Scotland -30 14 £480 +7.38% 31
East of England -15 12 £631 +54.91% 35
East Midlands -6 8 £445 -25.88% 17
North East - 3 £450 - 5
Wales -14 2 £450 +46.34% 11
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 64 (19.34%) SharePoint
2 53 (16.01%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 144 (43.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (21.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 53 (16.01%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.23%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.42%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.91%) Trello
7 2 (0.60%) Windchill
8 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.74%) Primavera
2 11 (3.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.81%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.21%) Changepoint
4 4 (1.21%) SAP MM
4 4 (1.21%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.60%) BASE24
5 2 (0.60%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.60%) Endur
5 2 (0.60%) Findur
5 2 (0.60%) Maximo
5 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.30%) Actimize
6 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
6 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 65 (19.64%) Azure
2 53 (16.01%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (15.71%) Power Platform
4 33 (9.97%) Smartsheet
5 24 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.11%) AWS
7 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.81%) SaaS
9 3 (0.91%) Asana
9 3 (0.91%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.91%) IaaS
9 3 (0.91%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.60%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.60%) GCP
10 2 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.30%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.30%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.72%) WAN
2 8 (2.42%) Firewall
3 6 (1.81%) Wireless
4 5 (1.51%) LAN
4 5 (1.51%) Network Security
5 4 (1.21%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.91%) IPv4
6 3 (0.91%) IPv6
6 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.60%) Broadband
7 2 (0.60%) Internet
7 2 (0.60%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) 4G
8 1 (0.30%) DNS
8 1 (0.30%) FTP
8 1 (0.30%) MPLS
8 1 (0.30%) NAS
8 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (15.41%) Power BI
2 8 (2.42%) Power Query
3 4 (1.21%) 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
1 136 (41.09%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 151 (45.62%) Social Skills
2 145 (43.81%) Finance
3 80 (24.17%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (20.24%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.04%) Banking
7 17 (5.14%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.53%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.63%) Retail
10 12 (3.63%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.42%) Legal
12 7 (2.11%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.21%) Aviation
14 4 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.91%) Advertising
15 3 (0.91%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 120 (36.25%) Project Manager
2 36 (10.88%) Senior
3 28 (8.46%) Analyst
4 25 (7.55%) IT Manager
5 23 (6.95%) IT Project Manager
5 23 (6.95%) Project Officer
6 21 (6.34%) Coordinator
7 19 (5.74%) Senior Manager
8 18 (5.44%) PMO Analyst
9 17 (5.14%) Lead
9 17 (5.14%) Senior Project Manager
10 16 (4.83%) Project Coordinator
11 15 (4.53%) PMO Planner
11 15 (4.53%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 14 (4.23%) Programme Planner
13 13 (3.93%) PMO Manager
13 13 (3.93%) Programme Manager
13 13 (3.93%) Support Officer
14 12 (3.63%) Project Control Officer
15 10 (3.02%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.21%) Middleware
2 2 (0.60%) .NET
2 2 (0.60%) ADO
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.14%) Onboarding
1 17 (5.14%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.93%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.63%) Virtual Team
4 11 (3.32%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.32%) PMI
5 9 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.51%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.21%) Life Science
7 4 (1.21%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.91%) CCTV
8 3 (0.91%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.91%) FMCG
8 3 (0.91%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.72%) Linux
2 3 (0.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (50.45%) Project Management
2 156 (47.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 143 (43.20%) Agile
4 123 (37.16%) Project Delivery
5 105 (31.72%) PRINCE2
6 75 (22.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (21.45%) Waterfall
8 65 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (17.82%) Decision-Making
10 55 (16.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 54 (16.31%) DevOps
12 50 (15.11%) Project Planning
13 49 (14.80%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (13.90%) Change Control
15 38 (11.48%) Change Management
15 38 (11.48%) Project Governance
16 37 (11.18%) Budget Management
16 37 (11.18%) Dependency Management
17 35 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
18 34 (10.27%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.91%) SQL
1 3 (0.91%) VBA
2 2 (0.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 125 (37.76%) Degree
2 107 (32.33%) Security Cleared
3 64 (19.34%) SC Cleared
4 57 (17.22%) PMI Certification
5 49 (14.80%) PMP
6 46 (13.90%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 14 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.51%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.21%) CAPM
13 3 (0.91%) CISA
13 3 (0.91%) CISSP
13 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.91%) MBA
14 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
14 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.60%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (38.37%) PMO
2 14 (4.23%) P3O
3 12 (3.63%) QA
4 9 (2.72%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.91%) 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 4 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 192 (58.01%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.48%) SAP
3 27 (8.16%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.83%) Oracle
5 9 (2.72%) Planview
6 6 (1.81%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.51%) IFS
7 5 (1.51%) Wrike
8 4 (1.21%) Adobe
8 4 (1.21%) Google
8 4 (1.21%) Xactly
9 3 (0.91%) Ariba
9 3 (0.91%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.91%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.91%) Workday
10 2 (0.60%) NEC
10 2 (0.60%) Sage
10 2 (0.60%) VMware
11 1 (0.30%) BMC
11 1 (0.30%) Temenos