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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 296 355
Rank change year-on-year -49 +59 -73
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 352 279 225
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.86% 0.54%
As % of the Applications category 12.58% 10.10% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 193 122
10th Percentile £350 £315 £326
25th Percentile £400 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £587
90th Percentile £700 £675 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 11
10th Percentile - £24.25 £26.25
25th Percentile £28.50 £26.38 £30.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -25.58%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £47.78 £53.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -25.58%

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 2,799 2,762 2,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.31% 8.48% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,563 1,568 1,554
10th Percentile £213 £195 £163
25th Percentile £325 £292 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% +4.81% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £525
90th Percentile £625 £641 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +3.13% +6.67% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 346 502
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.20 £11.77
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.84 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.68 £23.05 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +30.08% -29.12%
75th Percentile £35.78 £35.50 £40.56
90th Percentile £73.73 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £22.50 £16.23
% change year-on-year +0.58% +38.63% -26.23%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -19 323 £500 -1.23% 76
UK excluding London -74 191 £475 -1.04% 63
London -37 132 £569 +7.31% 24
Work from Home -38 92 £488 -2.50% 32
South East -24 74 £515 +2.99% 25
North of England -66 38 £450 -2.70% 13
Midlands -52 37 £456 -15.51% 12
West Midlands -62 29 £463 -14.35% 7
South West -30 28 £410 -8.89% 6
North West -38 18 £492 +9.22% 10
Yorkshire -57 16 £430 -7.28% 3
Scotland -26 12 £425 -10.53% 6
East Midlands -8 8 £425 -22.73% 5
East of England -21 6 £613 +48.48% 1
North East -40 4 £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 60 (17.05%) Confluence
2 48 (13.64%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.28%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 133 (37.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (19.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (14.77%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (4.55%) MS Visio
5 11 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.14%) Trello
7 3 (0.85%) Windchill
8 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 28 (7.95%) Primavera
2 17 (4.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.99%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.70%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.70%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.85%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.85%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.57%) BASE24
6 2 (0.57%) Endur
6 2 (0.57%) Findur
6 2 (0.57%) Maximo
6 2 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.28%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 76 (21.59%) Azure
2 59 (16.76%) Power Platform
3 57 (16.19%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (7.95%) Smartsheet
5 24 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.69%) AWS
7 9 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.56%) SaaS
8 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (1.70%) Asana
10 5 (1.42%) GCP
11 4 (1.14%) Collibra
12 3 (0.85%) GitHub
12 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.85%) IaaS
12 3 (0.85%) OCI
12 3 (0.85%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.57%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.57%) Google Ads
13 2 (0.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.56%) WAN
2 8 (2.27%) Firewall
3 6 (1.70%) NAS
3 6 (1.70%) SAN
4 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.57%) FTP
5 2 (0.57%) LAN
6 1 (0.28%) 4G
6 1 (0.28%) 5G
6 1 (0.28%) Broadband
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) DNS
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) MPLS
6 1 (0.28%) Network Security
6 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (16.76%) Power BI
2 7 (1.99%) Power Query
3 4 (1.14%) Big Data
3 4 (1.14%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.14%) Metadata
3 4 (1.14%) Tableau
4 2 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.57%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.57%) QlikView
4 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.28%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.28%) DataStage
5 1 (0.28%) EDMS
5 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 157 (44.60%) JIRA
2 4 (1.14%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 154 (43.75%) Finance
2 138 (39.20%) Social Skills
3 76 (21.59%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.35%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (8.81%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.39%) Banking
7 19 (5.40%) Manufacturing
7 19 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (5.40%) Retail
8 10 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.84%) Legal
9 9 (2.56%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.70%) Public Speaking
12 5 (1.42%) Advertising
12 5 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.14%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 123 (34.94%) Project Manager
2 47 (13.35%) Senior
3 46 (13.07%) Analyst
4 29 (8.24%) Senior Manager
5 26 (7.39%) PMO Analyst
6 24 (6.82%) Lead
7 22 (6.25%) IT Manager
8 21 (5.97%) Senior Project Manager
9 19 (5.40%) IT Project Manager
9 19 (5.40%) Project Officer
10 18 (5.11%) Coordinator
11 16 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
11 16 (4.55%) Project Planner
12 15 (4.26%) Programme Manager
13 14 (3.98%) Programme Planner
13 14 (3.98%) SAP Manager
14 13 (3.69%) Technical Manager
15 12 (3.41%) PMO Manager
16 11 (3.13%) Project Control Officer
16 11 (3.13%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.42%) ADO
1 5 (1.42%) Middleware
2 1 (0.28%) .NET
2 1 (0.28%) FHIR
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.82%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.40%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.40%) Virtual Team
3 16 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.98%) PMI
5 12 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.99%) Life Science
8 6 (1.70%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.70%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.42%) FMCG
10 4 (1.14%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.14%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.14%) Tandem
11 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.85%) Replication
12 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.57%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.99%) Windows
2 4 (1.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (48.58%) Agile
1 171 (48.58%) Project Management
2 161 (45.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (32.67%) Project Delivery
4 112 (31.82%) PRINCE2
5 84 (23.86%) Waterfall
6 76 (21.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (20.17%) Decision-Making
8 70 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (18.47%) DevOps
10 64 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 57 (16.19%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (15.91%) Change Management
12 56 (15.91%) Migration
13 49 (13.92%) Change Control
14 42 (11.93%) Budget Management
15 39 (11.08%) Dependency Management
15 39 (11.08%) Project Planning
16 36 (10.23%) Scrum
17 35 (9.94%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.85%) VBA
2 2 (0.57%) Python
2 2 (0.57%) SQL
3 1 (0.28%) ABAP
3 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 144 (40.91%) Degree
2 91 (25.85%) Security Cleared
3 66 (18.75%) PMI Certification
4 57 (16.19%) PMP
5 56 (15.91%) SC Cleared
6 35 (9.94%) DV Cleared
7 14 (3.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 13 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.42%) CISA
9 5 (1.42%) CISSP
10 4 (1.14%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.14%) RIBA
11 3 (0.85%) APMP
11 3 (0.85%) CAPM
11 3 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.57%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (38.92%) PMO
2 26 (7.39%) QA
3 23 (6.53%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.13%) P3O
5 7 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.99%) GDPR
6 3 (0.85%) NIST
7 2 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.57%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Basel III
8 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) HL7
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 161 (45.74%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.93%) SAP
3 32 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.98%) Oracle
5 12 (3.41%) Planview
6 6 (1.70%) Adobe
6 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.42%) Wrike
8 4 (1.14%) Google
8 4 (1.14%) IFS
8 4 (1.14%) Xactly
9 3 (0.85%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.85%) NEC
10 2 (0.57%) Progress
10 2 (0.57%) Sage
10 2 (0.57%) VMware
10 2 (0.57%) Workday
11 1 (0.28%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.28%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.28%) Snow