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

 6 months to
23 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 307 336
Rank change year-on-year +36 +29 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 397 229 278
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 0.75% 0.62%
As % of the Applications category 13.81% 9.67% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 153 185
10th Percentile £350 £301 £277
25th Percentile £425 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £600
90th Percentile £738 £650 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £455
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.10% -0.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 12
10th Percentile - £28.13 £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £27.11
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -10.34% +11.40%
75th Percentile £62.57 £38.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year +21.32% -10.34% +11.40%

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 2,875 2,369 3,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.07% 7.76% 8.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,678 1,416 2,021
10th Percentile £203 £175 £161
25th Percentile £315 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £356 £356
% change year-on-year +19.38% +0.14% -11.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 198 550
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.39 £12.11
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.91 £27.35 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year -27.20% +31.68% -36.09%
75th Percentile £29.50 £44.31 £43.75
90th Percentile £62.44 £77.18 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £27.35 £20.71
% change year-on-year -30.53% +32.09% -36.29%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 +41 360 £503 +0.60% 74
UK excluding London +44 258 £500 +11.11% 56
London -5 119 £550 +2.80% 30
Work from Home +25 108 £535 +2.49% 40
South East +49 92 £500 -2.44% 19
South West +29 63 £725 +126.56% 7
Midlands -39 46 £463 +3.35% 6
North of England -49 32 £449 +27.76% 14
West Midlands -51 27 £500 - 5
Scotland +16 21 £425 -15.00% 2
East Midlands -17 19 £356 -18.16% 1
North West -36 15 £433 +19.38% 12
Yorkshire -49 15 £461 +53.75% 2
East of England -29 10 £538 +13.16% 6
Wales -6 2 £433 -8.84% 3
North East -15 2 £450 - 1
Northern Ireland - 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
1 112 (28.21%) Confluence
2 43 (10.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.76%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.50%) CMS
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 123 (30.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 91 (22.92%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (13.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (5.54%) MS Visio
5 15 (3.78%) Trello
6 7 (1.76%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.25%) InDesign
7 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (5.29%) Primavera
2 13 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.27%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.50%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.25%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.36%) Power Platform
2 42 (10.58%) Azure
3 22 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (4.28%) Smartsheet
6 15 (3.78%) AWS
7 13 (3.27%) GCP
8 12 (3.02%) Asana
9 9 (2.27%) SaaS
10 6 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.26%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.01%) Collibra
12 4 (1.01%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.76%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.76%) Miro
13 3 (0.76%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.76%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.50%) Contentstack
14 2 (0.50%) OCI
14 2 (0.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.27%) WAN
2 4 (1.01%) LAN
2 4 (1.01%) VPN
3 3 (0.76%) Softphone
3 3 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.50%) NAS
4 2 (0.50%) SAN
5 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.25%) Firewall
5 1 (0.25%) HTTP
5 1 (0.25%) MPLS
5 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (13.85%) Power BI
2 9 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.26%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.01%) Big Data
4 4 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.01%) EDMS
4 4 (1.01%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.01%) Metadata
4 4 (1.01%) Tableau
5 2 (0.50%) Power Query
6 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.25%) QlikView
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 219 (55.16%) JIRA
2 4 (1.01%) Git
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%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.25%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 208 (52.39%) Social Skills
2 179 (45.09%) Finance
3 124 (31.23%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.58%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (8.06%) Military
5 32 (8.06%) Public Sector
6 28 (7.05%) Banking
7 14 (3.53%) Retail
8 13 (3.27%) Legal
8 13 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.27%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.52%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.02%) Corporate Banking
12 8 (2.02%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.01%) Local Government
14 3 (0.76%) Billing
14 3 (0.76%) Publishing
15 2 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 132 (33.25%) Project Manager
2 61 (15.37%) Analyst
3 32 (8.06%) Architect
4 30 (7.56%) Lead
4 30 (7.56%) Service Architect
5 29 (7.30%) PMO Analyst
6 28 (7.05%) Senior
7 27 (6.80%) Project Planner
8 20 (5.04%) SAP Manager
9 18 (4.53%) Coordinator
10 17 (4.28%) Senior Manager
11 16 (4.03%) PMO Lead
12 15 (3.78%) Project Officer
13 13 (3.27%) Project Coordinator
14 12 (3.02%) Engagement Manager
15 11 (2.77%) Business Analyst
15 11 (2.77%) Programme Manager
15 11 (2.77%) Technical Manager
16 10 (2.52%) IT Manager
16 10 (2.52%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.51%) Middleware
3 5 (1.26%) ADO
4 3 (0.76%) SOAP
5 2 (0.50%) React
5 2 (0.50%) REST
5 2 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.50%) Web Services
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
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.09%) Product Ownership
2 36 (9.07%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.04%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.04%) PMI
4 14 (3.53%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.53%) Virtual Team
5 13 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.76%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.51%) Tandem
8 5 (1.26%) NHS
9 4 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.01%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.76%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.50%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.50%) Derivative
11 2 (0.50%) Life Science
11 2 (0.50%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.01%) Windows
2 2 (0.50%) Linux
2 2 (0.50%) Unix
3 1 (0.25%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (54.41%) Project Management
2 201 (50.63%) Agile
3 150 (37.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 113 (28.46%) PRINCE2
5 109 (27.46%) Project Delivery
6 97 (24.43%) Change Management
7 80 (20.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 80 (20.15%) Waterfall
8 79 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (16.12%) Decision-Making
11 58 (14.61%) Migration
11 58 (14.61%) Risk Management
12 56 (14.11%) Business Intelligence
13 55 (13.85%) Budget Management
13 55 (13.85%) Project Planning
14 44 (11.08%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 43 (10.83%) Analytical Thinking
15 43 (10.83%) Project Governance
16 41 (10.33%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.02%) SQL
2 4 (1.01%) Korn
3 3 (0.76%) Python
4 2 (0.50%) ABAP
4 2 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.25%) Java
5 1 (0.25%) Perl
5 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 198 (49.87%) Degree
2 119 (29.97%) Security Cleared
3 98 (24.69%) SC Cleared
4 66 (16.62%) PMI Certification
5 65 (16.37%) PMP
6 30 (7.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 19 (4.79%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.52%) APMP
8 10 (2.52%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.27%) MBA
10 8 (2.02%) SAFe Agilist
11 7 (1.76%) CISSP
12 6 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (1.26%) CISM
14 3 (0.76%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.76%) MCSE
14 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.50%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (34.51%) PMO
2 32 (8.06%) QA
3 18 (4.53%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.27%) P3O
5 8 (2.02%) Basel III
6 7 (1.76%) GDPR
6 7 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.51%) GRC
8 5 (1.26%) NIST
9 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.76%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.50%) PSD2
12 1 (0.25%) HL7
12 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 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
Vendors
1 126 (31.74%) Microsoft
2 58 (14.61%) ServiceNow
3 50 (12.59%) SAP
4 36 (9.07%) Atlassian
5 32 (8.06%) Oracle
6 30 (7.56%) Remedy
7 12 (3.02%) Planview
8 7 (1.76%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.26%) Cisco
10 4 (1.01%) Arista
11 2 (0.50%) Adobe
11 2 (0.50%) Ariba
12 1 (0.25%) BT
12 1 (0.25%) Genesys
12 1 (0.25%) IBM
12 1 (0.25%) Juniper
12 1 (0.25%) Nokia
12 1 (0.25%) Perforce
12 1 (0.25%) Siemens
12 1 (0.25%) VMware
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