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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 337 299
Rank change year-on-year +79 -38 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 397 221 342
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.09% 0.61% 0.76%
As % of the Applications category 13.32% 8.69% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 143 246
10th Percentile £364 £319 £280
25th Percentile £450 £407 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £668 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £710 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £448 £450
% change year-on-year +14.53% -0.56% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 5
10th Percentile - £20.75 -
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.13 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.32% -9.72% +10.63%
75th Percentile £62.57 £36.88 £43.86
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.75 £52.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +73.85% +8.33% -7.81%

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 2,980 2,544 3,591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.18% 7.07% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,722 1,479 2,205
10th Percentile £191 £165 £164
25th Percentile £301 £251 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -3.03% -7.30%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £365 £360
% change year-on-year +15.07% +1.39% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 238 283
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -8.75% +6.45%
75th Percentile £31.00 £43.44 £45.11
90th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £23.83 £26.00
% change year-on-year -16.45% -8.35% +5.61%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 +81 351 £545 +9.00% 112
UK excluding London +55 244 £513 +14.53% 107
London +33 132 £578 +5.09% 24
Work from Home +38 108 £550 +6.33% 52
South West +46 66 £725 +126.56% 11
South East +31 58 £500 +9.59% 38
Midlands -13 50 £513 +14.06% 18
North of England -30 39 £461 +35.66% 17
West Midlands -9 38 £540 +8.00% 11
Yorkshire -13 28 £461 +53.75% 10
Scotland +16 21 £450 -5.26% 10
East Midlands -9 12 £450 +5.88% 7
North West -29 11 £466 +37.13% 7
Wales +4 7 £308 -41.43%
East of England -17 7 £408 -7.49% 15
Northern Ireland - 3 £588 - 2

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 98 (24.69%) Confluence
2 51 (12.85%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.01%) CMS
4 2 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 113 (28.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (25.19%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (15.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (7.30%) MS Visio
5 21 (5.29%) Trello
6 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.25%) InDesign
7 1 (0.25%) Notion
7 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 23 (5.79%) Primavera
2 10 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.26%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.26%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.76%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.76%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.50%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.25%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 40 (10.08%) Power Platform
2 36 (9.07%) Azure
3 25 (6.30%) Smartsheet
4 16 (4.03%) Asana
4 16 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.02%) SaaS
7 11 (2.77%) AWS
8 9 (2.27%) GCP
9 8 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.01%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.01%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.01%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.76%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.76%) Miro
11 3 (0.76%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.76%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.50%) Contentstack
12 2 (0.50%) OCI
12 2 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.76%) Firewall
2 5 (1.26%) VPN
2 5 (1.26%) WAN
3 4 (1.01%) LAN
3 4 (1.01%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.76%) Softphone
5 2 (0.50%) Network Security
6 1 (0.25%) Broadband
6 1 (0.25%) DNS
6 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.25%) HTTP
6 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.25%) MPLS
6 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.57%) Power BI
2 8 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (1.76%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.26%) Tableau
5 4 (1.01%) EDMS
6 3 (0.76%) Power Query
7 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.25%) DTS
8 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.25%) Metadata
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 187 (47.10%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.25%) Ant
3 1 (0.25%) JUnit
3 1 (0.25%) LSMW
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.25%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 213 (53.65%) Social Skills
2 155 (39.04%) Finance
3 99 (24.94%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.33%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (8.31%) Military
6 28 (7.05%) Public Sector
7 25 (6.30%) Banking
8 17 (4.28%) Legal
9 16 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (4.03%) Manufacturing
9 16 (4.03%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.02%) Marketing
13 6 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.26%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.01%) Billing
15 4 (1.01%) Front Office
15 4 (1.01%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.01%) Law
Job Titles
1 142 (35.77%) Project Manager
2 40 (10.08%) Analyst
3 38 (9.57%) Senior
4 35 (8.82%) Lead
5 34 (8.56%) Architect
6 30 (7.56%) Service Architect
7 23 (5.79%) Senior Manager
8 20 (5.04%) Project Planner
9 18 (4.53%) IT Manager
10 17 (4.28%) Coordinator
10 17 (4.28%) Senior Project Manager
11 16 (4.03%) IT Project Manager
12 15 (3.78%) Programme Manager
13 13 (3.27%) PMO Analyst
13 13 (3.27%) Technical Manager
14 12 (3.02%) Planning Manager
14 12 (3.02%) PMO Lead
14 12 (3.02%) Project Coordinator
14 12 (3.02%) Project Officer
15 10 (2.52%) Programme Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.76%) Middleware
3 4 (1.01%) SOAP
4 3 (0.76%) REST
5 2 (0.50%) ADO
5 2 (0.50%) React
5 2 (0.50%) Web Services
5 2 (0.50%) XML
6 1 (0.25%) .NET
6 1 (0.25%) EDI
6 1 (0.25%) FHIR
6 1 (0.25%) IBM Integration Bus
6 1 (0.25%) Kafka
6 1 (0.25%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.07%) Product Ownership
2 26 (6.55%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (4.28%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.28%) PMI
5 16 (4.03%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.77%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.76%) NHS
9 6 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.51%) Educational Technology
10 4 (1.01%) Derivative
10 4 (1.01%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.01%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.01%) SCADA
11 3 (0.76%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.76%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.50%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.26%) Windows
2 3 (0.76%) Unix
3 2 (0.50%) Linux
4 1 (0.25%) AIX
4 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (49.87%) Project Management
2 186 (46.85%) Agile
3 123 (30.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (28.21%) PRINCE2
5 100 (25.19%) Project Delivery
6 96 (24.18%) Change Management
7 94 (23.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 72 (18.14%) Waterfall
9 61 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (13.35%) Migration
11 51 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (12.59%) Project Planning
13 49 (12.34%) Risk Management
14 44 (11.08%) Decision-Making
15 40 (10.08%) Budget Management
15 40 (10.08%) ERP
15 40 (10.08%) Programme Management
16 39 (9.82%) ITIL
16 39 (9.82%) Project Governance
17 38 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.27%) SQL
2 5 (1.26%) Korn
3 2 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.25%) Java
4 1 (0.25%) Perl
4 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 196 (49.37%) Degree
2 106 (26.70%) Security Cleared
3 86 (21.66%) SC Cleared
4 75 (18.89%) PMI Certification
5 72 (18.14%) PMP
6 30 (7.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 17 (4.28%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.52%) APMP
9 7 (1.76%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (1.26%) CISM
11 5 (1.26%) CISSP
11 5 (1.26%) HNC
11 5 (1.26%) ISEB
12 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.76%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.76%) MBA
13 3 (0.76%) MCP
13 3 (0.76%) MCSE
13 3 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (26.70%) PMO
2 22 (5.54%) QA
3 15 (3.78%) P3O
4 9 (2.27%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.51%) NIST
7 5 (1.26%) GDPR
8 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.01%) GRC
8 4 (1.01%) SLA
9 3 (0.76%) Basel III
10 2 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.25%) GMP
11 1 (0.25%) HL7
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (7.56%) OPNET
2 3 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.76%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.25%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.25%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 137 (34.51%) Microsoft
2 57 (14.36%) ServiceNow
3 51 (12.85%) SAP
4 36 (9.07%) Atlassian
5 30 (7.56%) Oracle
5 30 (7.56%) Remedy
6 12 (3.02%) Planview
7 9 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.51%) Workday
9 5 (1.26%) Cisco
10 4 (1.01%) Arista
10 4 (1.01%) Google
10 4 (1.01%) Progress
11 3 (0.76%) Adobe
12 2 (0.50%) Databricks
12 2 (0.50%) HP
12 2 (0.50%) IFS
12 2 (0.50%) Siemens
12 2 (0.50%) Sitecore
13 1 (0.25%) Terracotta
125 Microsoft Project jobs Nationwide