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

 6 months to
8 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 294 380
Rank change year-on-year -61 +86 -93
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 339 275 226
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.86% 0.52%
As % of the Applications category 12.02% 10.17% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 190 122
10th Percentile £350 £313 £326
25th Percentile £400 £406 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £598 £597
90th Percentile £700 £675 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.77% -2.50% +12.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 13
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.45
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £34.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £48.15 £51.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -35.21% +8.94% -22.73%

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 2,821 2,705 3,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.41% 8.47% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,582 1,550 1,614
10th Percentile £215 £195 £163
25th Percentile £325 £285 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £416 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% +4.08% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £543 £525
90th Percentile £631 £649 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £400 £369
% change year-on-year +3.63% +8.32% -5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 324 634
10th Percentile £13.26 £14.20 £11.70
25th Percentile £15.86 £15.84 £14.06
Median hourly rate £22.66 £24.40 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year -7.15% +40.30% -32.35%
75th Percentile £34.55 £38.79 £37.31
90th Percentile £68.75 £60.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £22.63 £16.06
% change year-on-year -0.57% +40.91% -28.65%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -35 313 £500 -1.43% 109
UK excluding London -72 185 £474 -2.77% 84
London -46 128 £575 +8.49% 39
Work from Home -28 89 £494 -1.45% 68
South East -20 69 £510 +2.00% 36
Midlands -59 40 £450 -16.67% 12
North of England -70 40 £450 -2.70% 14
West Midlands -63 29 £463 -14.35% 7
South West -31 24 £410 -8.89% 11
North West -36 21 £492 +9.22% 9
Yorkshire -45 16 £430 -7.28% 3
East Midlands -8 11 £402 -10.67% 5
Scotland -24 10 £417 -12.32% 5
East of England -25 6 £613 +44.12% 4
North East -36 3 £450 +36.36% 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 62 (18.29%) Confluence
2 47 (13.86%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.59%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 119 (35.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (18.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 48 (14.16%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (3.83%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.95%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.18%) Trello
7 3 (0.88%) Windchill
8 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 27 (7.96%) Primavera
2 17 (5.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.65%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.77%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.77%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.88%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.88%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.59%) BASE24
6 2 (0.59%) Endur
6 2 (0.59%) Findur
6 2 (0.59%) Maximo
6 2 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.29%) Actimize
7 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.29%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 71 (20.94%) Azure
2 60 (17.70%) Power Platform
3 55 (16.22%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.19%) Smartsheet
5 20 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.83%) AWS
7 10 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.65%) SaaS
9 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.77%) Asana
11 5 (1.47%) GCP
12 4 (1.18%) Collibra
13 3 (0.88%) GitHub
13 3 (0.88%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.88%) OCI
13 3 (0.88%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.59%) Azure AI
14 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
14 2 (0.59%) Google Ads
14 2 (0.59%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.95%) WAN
2 8 (2.36%) Firewall
3 6 (1.77%) NAS
3 6 (1.77%) SAN
4 5 (1.47%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.59%) FTP
5 2 (0.59%) LAN
6 1 (0.29%) 4G
6 1 (0.29%) 5G
6 1 (0.29%) Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) DHCP
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) Internet
6 1 (0.29%) MPLS
6 1 (0.29%) Network Security
6 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.70%) Power BI
2 7 (2.06%) Power Query
3 4 (1.18%) Big Data
3 4 (1.18%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.18%) Metadata
4 3 (0.88%) Tableau
5 2 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (0.59%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.59%) QlikView
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.29%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.29%) DataStage
6 1 (0.29%) EDMS
6 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 154 (45.43%) JIRA
2 4 (1.18%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 154 (45.43%) Finance
2 132 (38.94%) Social Skills
3 70 (20.65%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.86%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.67%) Banking
7 20 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.60%) Manufacturing
9 17 (5.01%) Retail
10 11 (3.24%) Legal
11 9 (2.65%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.77%) Public Speaking
15 5 (1.47%) Advertising
15 5 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (1.18%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (35.69%) Project Manager
2 49 (14.45%) Analyst
3 43 (12.68%) Senior
4 26 (7.67%) Senior Manager
5 25 (7.37%) PMO Analyst
6 23 (6.78%) Lead
7 19 (5.60%) IT Manager
8 18 (5.31%) Project Officer
8 18 (5.31%) Senior Project Manager
9 16 (4.72%) IT Project Manager
9 16 (4.72%) Project Planner
10 15 (4.42%) Programme Manager
11 14 (4.13%) SAP Manager
12 13 (3.83%) Coordinator
12 13 (3.83%) Programme Planner
12 13 (3.83%) Project Coordinator
13 12 (3.54%) PMO Manager
13 12 (3.54%) Technical Manager
13 12 (3.54%) Transformation Analyst
14 11 (3.24%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.77%) ADO
2 5 (1.47%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) FHIR
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.29%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.78%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.01%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.01%) Virtual Team
3 14 (4.13%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.83%) PMI
4 13 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.06%) Life Science
7 6 (1.77%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.77%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.47%) FMCG
8 5 (1.47%) Tandem
9 4 (1.18%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.18%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.88%) Replication
11 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.59%) EMV
11 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.59%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.06%) Windows
2 4 (1.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (49.26%) Project Management
2 164 (48.38%) Agile
3 155 (45.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 110 (32.45%) Project Delivery
5 106 (31.27%) PRINCE2
6 79 (23.30%) Waterfall
7 72 (21.24%) Decision-Making
8 67 (19.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (19.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 63 (18.58%) DevOps
12 59 (17.40%) Migration
13 58 (17.11%) Business Intelligence
14 52 (15.34%) Change Management
15 51 (15.04%) Change Control
16 43 (12.68%) Budget Management
17 39 (11.50%) Risk Management
18 37 (10.91%) Dependency Management
19 34 (10.03%) AI
19 34 (10.03%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.18%) VBA
2 3 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (0.88%) Python
2 3 (0.88%) SQL
3 1 (0.29%) ABAP
3 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 140 (41.30%) Degree
2 88 (25.96%) Security Cleared
3 63 (18.58%) PMI Certification
4 58 (17.11%) PMP
4 58 (17.11%) SC Cleared
5 32 (9.44%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.47%) CISA
8 5 (1.47%) CISSP
9 4 (1.18%) RIBA
10 3 (0.88%) APMP
10 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.59%) CAPM
11 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.59%) MBA
11 2 (0.59%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (38.05%) PMO
2 26 (7.67%) QA
3 24 (7.08%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.24%) P3O
5 8 (2.36%) GDPR
6 7 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.88%) NIST
9 2 (0.59%) GRC
9 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.59%) PSD2
9 2 (0.59%) SLA
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) Basel III
10 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.29%) HL7
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 140 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.39%) SAP
3 30 (8.85%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.72%) Oracle
5 10 (2.95%) Planview
6 6 (1.77%) Adobe
6 6 (1.77%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.47%) Wrike
8 4 (1.18%) Xactly
9 3 (0.88%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.88%) Google
9 3 (0.88%) IFS
9 3 (0.88%) NEC
10 2 (0.59%) Sage
10 2 (0.59%) VMware
11 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.29%) Progress
11 1 (0.29%) Siebel
11 1 (0.29%) Tanium
11 1 (0.29%) Veeam
129 Microsoft Project jobs Nationwide