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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 296 353
Rank change year-on-year +25 +57 -40
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 420 236 250
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.95% 0.81% 0.56%
As % of the Applications category 14.44% 10.07% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 158 155
10th Percentile £350 £287 £313
25th Percentile £416 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £609
90th Percentile £738 £650 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 14
10th Percentile - - £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £27.94
Median hourly rate £29.00 £34.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.55% -4.79% -16.78%
75th Percentile £44.09 £44.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £46.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.72 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +6.82% -13.33% -31.82%

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 2,909 2,344 3,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.60% 8.08% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 1,439 1,855
10th Percentile £213 £188 £158
25th Percentile £335 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £409 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 234 623
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.72 £11.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.06 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £26.33 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -24.38% +39.08% -45.91%
75th Percentile £29.50 £45.98 £42.64
90th Percentile £60.16 £75.88 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.04 £26.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -28.17% +49.55% -46.30%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 27 March 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 +20 391 £515 +3.00% 86
UK excluding London +1 257 £500 +11.11% 71
London -12 138 £550 +4.76% 30
Work from Home +3 114 £543 +3.33% 45
South East +24 98 £500 -1.23% 22
South West +25 60 £725 +132.00% 1
Midlands -58 42 £456 +4.89% 17
North of England -63 39 £450 +0.67% 17
West Midlands -59 23 £500 +8.11% 10
North West -34 21 £418 -6.49% 12
East Midlands -22 19 £376 -13.68% 7
Yorkshire -48 15 £488 +62.50% 2
Scotland -5 11 £392 -21.70% 8
East of England -31 11 £520 +15.56% 5
North East -12 3 £450 - 3
Wales -10 2 £433 -8.84% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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
1 113 (26.90%) Confluence
2 45 (10.71%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.71%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 132 (31.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 88 (20.95%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (4.76%) MS Visio
5 12 (2.86%) Trello
6 9 (2.14%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.24%) InDesign
8 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (6.90%) Primavera
2 17 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (2.86%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.71%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.71%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.48%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 63 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 58 (13.81%) Azure
3 39 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (5.00%) Smartsheet
6 14 (3.33%) AWS
7 12 (2.86%) Asana
8 10 (2.38%) SaaS
9 7 (1.67%) GCP
10 6 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.19%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.19%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.95%) Collibra
12 4 (0.95%) OCI
13 3 (0.71%) GitHub
13 3 (0.71%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.48%) Miro
14 2 (0.48%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.10%) WAN
2 6 (1.43%) Firewall
2 6 (1.43%) NAS
2 6 (1.43%) SAN
3 5 (1.19%) LAN
3 5 (1.19%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.95%) VPN
5 3 (0.71%) Softphone
5 3 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.24%) DHCP
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.24%) FTP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.24%) Internet
6 1 (0.24%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (14.52%) Power BI
2 9 (2.14%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (1.67%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.95%) Big Data
4 4 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.95%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.95%) Metadata
4 4 (0.95%) Power Query
4 4 (0.95%) Tableau
5 3 (0.71%) EDMS
6 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.48%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.24%) QlikView
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 236 (56.19%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) Ant
3 1 (0.24%) JUnit
3 1 (0.24%) LSMW
3 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 205 (48.81%) Social Skills
2 184 (43.81%) Finance
3 128 (30.48%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.48%) Organisational Skills
5 35 (8.33%) Banking
6 32 (7.62%) Public Sector
7 31 (7.38%) Military
8 18 (4.29%) Retail
9 17 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.86%) Legal
10 12 (2.86%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.38%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.14%) Corporate Banking
13 9 (2.14%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.95%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.95%) Public Speaking
15 4 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 139 (33.10%) Project Manager
2 66 (15.71%) Analyst
3 40 (9.52%) Senior
4 38 (9.05%) Lead
5 32 (7.62%) PMO Analyst
6 31 (7.38%) Architect
6 31 (7.38%) Project Planner
7 30 (7.14%) Service Architect
8 24 (5.71%) Senior Manager
9 18 (4.29%) Programme Manager
9 18 (4.29%) SAP Manager
10 16 (3.81%) Technical Manager
11 15 (3.57%) Coordinator
11 15 (3.57%) PMO Lead
11 15 (3.57%) Project Officer
12 14 (3.33%) Project Coordinator
12 14 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
13 13 (3.10%) Programme Planner
13 13 (3.10%) SC Cleared Project Manager
13 13 (3.10%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.90%) ADO
3 7 (1.67%) Middleware
4 2 (0.48%) FHIR
4 2 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.24%) IBM Integration Bus
5 1 (0.24%) Kafka
5 1 (0.24%) SOAP
5 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.95%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.38%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.48%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.48%) PMI
4 15 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 14 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.67%) Tandem
7 5 (1.19%) Life Science
7 5 (1.19%) NHS
7 5 (1.19%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.95%) FMCG
8 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.95%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.95%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.14%) Windows
2 5 (1.19%) Linux
3 2 (0.48%) Unix
4 1 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (53.57%) Agile
2 219 (52.14%) Project Management
3 162 (38.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 122 (29.05%) PRINCE2
5 120 (28.57%) Project Delivery
6 95 (22.62%) Change Management
7 89 (21.19%) Waterfall
8 83 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 78 (18.57%) Decision-Making
11 68 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 66 (15.71%) Migration
13 60 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
14 55 (13.10%) ITIL
15 54 (12.86%) Budget Management
15 54 (12.86%) DevOps
15 54 (12.86%) Risk Management
16 51 (12.14%) Project Planning
17 45 (10.71%) Programme Management
18 44 (10.48%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.62%) SQL
2 4 (0.95%) Python
3 3 (0.71%) Korn
3 3 (0.71%) VBA
4 2 (0.48%) ABAP
4 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.24%) Java
5 1 (0.24%) Perl
5 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 203 (48.33%) Degree
2 127 (30.24%) Security Cleared
3 102 (24.29%) SC Cleared
4 72 (17.14%) PMI Certification
5 67 (15.95%) PMP
6 30 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
7 23 (5.48%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.38%) APMP
9 10 (2.38%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.14%) MBA
11 8 (1.90%) SAFe Agilist
12 5 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.95%) CISSP
14 3 (0.71%) CISA
14 3 (0.71%) MCSE
14 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.48%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (35.48%) PMO
2 31 (7.38%) QA
3 23 (5.48%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.14%) P3O
5 8 (1.90%) Basel III
5 8 (1.90%) GDPR
6 6 (1.43%) GRC
7 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.48%) HL7
8 2 (0.48%) NIST
8 2 (0.48%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (7.14%) OPNET
2 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.71%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 132 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 65 (15.48%) ServiceNow
3 41 (9.76%) SAP
4 35 (8.33%) Atlassian
5 34 (8.10%) Oracle
6 30 (7.14%) Remedy
7 13 (3.10%) Planview
8 8 (1.90%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.19%) Cisco
10 4 (0.95%) Arista
11 3 (0.71%) Adobe
12 2 (0.48%) Ariba
13 1 (0.24%) BT
13 1 (0.24%) Cerner
13 1 (0.24%) CheckPoint
13 1 (0.24%) Commvault
13 1 (0.24%) NEC
13 1 (0.24%) NetApp
13 1 (0.24%) Nokia
13 1 (0.24%) Veritas