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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 352 296
Rank change year-on-year +69 -56 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 325 213 378
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 0.58% 0.81%
As % of the Applications category 11.33% 8.68% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 137 269
10th Percentile £350 £326 £280
25th Percentile £425 £419 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -3.31%
75th Percentile £622 £594 £575
90th Percentile £713 £705 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 8
10th Percentile £24.63 £20.75 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.25 £34.50
Median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £48.18
Median % change year-on-year +21.32% -32.54% -14.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £40.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £70.86 £42.63 £55.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.97 £32.50 £44.25
% change year-on-year +47.58% -26.55% +35.99%

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 2,869 2,455 3,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.30% 6.72% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,627 1,420 2,312
10th Percentile £188 £163 £170
25th Percentile £293 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 226 280
10th Percentile £13.05 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £25.61
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -16.03% +9.47%
75th Percentile £33.75 £38.44 £45.41
90th Percentile £56.25 £58.77 £53.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.16 £20.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +10.79% -20.00% +13.64%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 5 November 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 +57 274 £500 -1.96% 234
UK excluding London +42 194 £488 +2.63% 179
London +27 111 £598 +13.81% 94
Work from Home +27 92 £544 +6.88% 112
Midlands +9 50 £545 +3.81% 20
South East +14 45 £484 -0.59% 70
West Midlands +6 41 £540 +1.41% 10
North of England -19 35 £464 +27.93% 25
Yorkshire -4 27 £463 -2.63% 5
Scotland +18 25 £445 -6.32% 4
South West +14 24 £550 +39.68% 29
East Midlands -8 9 £550 +40.58% 10
East of England -20 9 £404 -21.22% 27
North West -28 8 £475 +39.71% 16
Wales +8 7 £308 -41.43% 2
Northern Ireland - 5 £588 - 3

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 56 (17.23%) Confluence
2 49 (15.08%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.92%) CMS
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.62%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.62%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 89 (27.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (18.46%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (14.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (9.85%) MS Visio
5 19 (5.85%) Trello
6 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.31%) Notion
Business Applications
1 23 (7.08%) Primavera
2 10 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.54%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.54%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.23%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.31%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.31%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.31%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.31%) Power Platform
2 35 (10.77%) Azure
3 23 (7.08%) Smartsheet
4 18 (5.54%) Asana
5 16 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.69%) SaaS
8 8 (2.46%) AWS
8 8 (2.46%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.85%) GCP
11 5 (1.54%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.54%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.92%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.62%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.62%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.62%) OCI
13 2 (0.62%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.62%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.85%) Firewall
2 4 (1.23%) LAN
2 4 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.23%) VPN
2 4 (1.23%) WAN
3 2 (0.62%) DNS
3 2 (0.62%) Network Security
3 2 (0.62%) Softphone
4 1 (0.31%) Broadband
4 1 (0.31%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.31%) Internet
4 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.31%) MPLS
4 1 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.08%) Power BI
2 7 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.23%) EDMS
4 4 (1.23%) Tableau
5 3 (0.92%) Power Query
6 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) Big Data
7 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.31%) DTS
7 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.31%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 125 (38.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 164 (50.46%) Social Skills
2 134 (41.23%) Finance
3 52 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.85%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.62%) Banking
6 25 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 19 (5.85%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.92%) Legal
9 15 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (4.31%) Telecoms
11 13 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.77%) Marketing
14 8 (2.46%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.54%) Front Office
16 5 (1.54%) Law
17 4 (1.23%) Billing
17 4 (1.23%) Investment Banking
17 4 (1.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 132 (40.62%) Project Manager
2 41 (12.62%) Analyst
3 34 (10.46%) Lead
4 33 (10.15%) Senior
5 19 (5.85%) Project Planner
6 18 (5.54%) Senior Manager
7 15 (4.62%) IT Manager
8 14 (4.31%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (4.00%) Business Analyst
9 13 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (4.00%) PMO Analyst
10 12 (3.69%) Coordinator
10 12 (3.69%) Programme Manager
10 12 (3.69%) Project Analyst
11 10 (3.08%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.08%) Business Project Manager
11 10 (3.08%) Data Analyst
12 9 (2.77%) PMO Lead
12 9 (2.77%) Project Officer
13 8 (2.46%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.23%) ADO
1 4 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.92%) Middleware
2 3 (0.92%) REST
2 3 (0.92%) SOAP
3 2 (0.62%) React
3 2 (0.62%) Web Services
4 1 (0.31%) .NET
4 1 (0.31%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.31%) EDI
4 1 (0.31%) FHIR
4 1 (0.31%) XML
4 1 (0.31%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.77%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (4.92%) PMI
4 15 (4.62%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.69%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.85%) Educational Technology
8 6 (1.85%) Market Risk
8 6 (1.85%) NHS
9 5 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.23%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.23%) Derivative
10 4 (1.23%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.23%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.23%) SCADA
11 3 (0.92%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.92%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.62%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.92%) Windows
2 1 (0.31%) Unix
2 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (52.00%) Project Management
2 126 (38.77%) Agile
3 100 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 97 (29.85%) PRINCE2
5 91 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 84 (25.85%) Change Management
7 83 (25.54%) Project Delivery
8 62 (19.08%) Waterfall
9 52 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (15.08%) Migration
11 40 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
13 36 (11.08%) Decision-Making
13 36 (11.08%) Risk Management
14 35 (10.77%) Project Governance
15 34 (10.46%) Programme Management
16 32 (9.85%) ERP
17 31 (9.54%) Scrum
18 30 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
19 29 (8.92%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.46%) SQL
2 4 (1.23%) Korn
3 2 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 140 (43.08%) Degree
2 68 (20.92%) PMI Certification
3 64 (19.69%) PMP
4 57 (17.54%) Security Cleared
5 40 (12.31%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.69%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.46%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.15%) ISEB
9 6 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.54%) CISM
10 5 (1.54%) CISSP
10 5 (1.54%) HNC
11 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.92%) APMP
12 3 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.62%) CCA
13 2 (0.62%) HND
13 2 (0.62%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (25.23%) PMO
2 17 (5.23%) QA
3 14 (4.31%) P3O
4 9 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.15%) NIST
6 5 (1.54%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.23%) SLA
8 3 (0.92%) GDPR
8 3 (0.92%) GRC
9 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.31%) Basel III
10 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.31%) DO-254
10 1 (0.31%) GMP
10 1 (0.31%) HL7
10 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.92%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.62%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.31%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 128 (39.38%) Microsoft
2 46 (14.15%) SAP
3 21 (6.46%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.85%) Oracle
5 13 (4.00%) Planview
6 9 (2.77%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.15%) Workday
8 6 (1.85%) VMware
9 5 (1.54%) Cisco
9 5 (1.54%) Citrix
10 4 (1.23%) Arista
10 4 (1.23%) Google
10 4 (1.23%) Progress
11 2 (0.62%) Adobe
11 2 (0.62%) Databricks
11 2 (0.62%) HP
11 2 (0.62%) IFS
11 2 (0.62%) Siemens
11 2 (0.62%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.31%) Compaq