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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 303 357
Rank change year-on-year -55 +54 -68
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 354 285 224
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.86% 0.58%
As % of the Applications category 12.36% 10.07% 8.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 200 119
10th Percentile £319 £325 £343
25th Percentile £400 £411 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -3.19% +7.37%
75th Percentile £589 £606 £600
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 10
10th Percentile £28.95 £23.35 £20.68
25th Percentile £30.00 £26.50 £22.13
Median hourly rate £38.03 £50.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.94% +58.73% -34.62%
75th Percentile £48.75 £58.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £59.30 £53.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.04 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -21.92% +25.00% -23.81%

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 2,865 2,831 2,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.33% 8.59% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,508 1,594 1,428
10th Percentile £210 £200 £168
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.71% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £545 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 363 317
10th Percentile £13.49 £13.65 £12.57
25th Percentile £15.03 £15.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.90 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% +30.86% -22.29%
75th Percentile £35.78 £34.57 £36.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £56.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.41 £22.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -11.77% +35.55% -24.51%

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 31 August 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 31 August 2026.

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 31 August 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 -42 320 £500 -7.41% 117
UK excluding London -40 205 £500 +5.26% 108
London -60 119 £555 -3.48% 36
Work from Home -31 94 £475 -6.63% 48
South East -9 80 £520 +8.33% 24
North of England -62 41 £473 +2.83% 22
Midlands -64 33 £463 -14.59% 10
South West -38 25 £410 -18.00% 24
West Midlands -64 24 £469 -13.43% 5
Yorkshire -46 21 £550 +22.91% 8
North West -39 18 £478 -4.88% 10
Scotland -26 13 £480 +5.21% 11
East of England -11 12 £613 +47.15% 10
East Midlands -8 9 £425 -27.66% 5
Wales -17 2 £450 +46.34% 6
North East -36 2 £413 +25.00% 4

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 60 (16.95%) SharePoint
2 59 (16.67%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 146 (41.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (20.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 59 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (4.52%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.13%) Trello
7 3 (0.85%) Windchill
8 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (7.34%) Primavera
2 13 (3.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.69%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.41%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.85%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.85%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.85%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.56%) BASE24
6 2 (0.56%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.56%) Endur
6 2 (0.56%) Findur
6 2 (0.56%) Maximo
6 2 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.28%) Actimize
7 1 (0.28%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.28%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 74 (20.90%) Azure
2 61 (17.23%) Azure DevOps
3 54 (15.25%) Power Platform
4 32 (9.04%) Smartsheet
5 28 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (1.98%) AWS
7 7 (1.98%) SaaS
8 4 (1.13%) Asana
9 3 (0.85%) GitHub
9 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.85%) IaaS
9 3 (0.85%) OCI
9 3 (0.85%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.56%) Azure AI
10 2 (0.56%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.28%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.39%) Firewall
2 10 (2.82%) WAN
3 5 (1.41%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.41%) Wireless
4 4 (1.13%) LAN
4 4 (1.13%) NAS
4 4 (1.13%) SAN
4 4 (1.13%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.85%) Internet
5 3 (0.85%) IPv4
5 3 (0.85%) IPv6
5 3 (0.85%) Network Security
6 2 (0.56%) Broadband
6 2 (0.56%) DNS
6 2 (0.56%) FTP
6 2 (0.56%) VPN
7 1 (0.28%) 5G
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.97%) Power BI
2 8 (2.26%) Power Query
3 4 (1.13%) Tableau
4 2 (0.56%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.56%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.28%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.28%) DataStage
5 1 (0.28%) EDMS
5 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.28%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 145 (40.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 158 (44.63%) Finance
2 153 (43.22%) Social Skills
3 81 (22.88%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (18.08%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.21%) Banking
7 17 (4.80%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.24%) Retail
9 14 (3.95%) Aerospace
10 13 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.39%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.54%) Legal
13 7 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.69%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.41%) Advertising
15 5 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.41%) Public Speaking
16 4 (1.13%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 127 (35.88%) Project Manager
2 41 (11.58%) Senior
3 28 (7.91%) Analyst
4 26 (7.34%) IT Manager
5 25 (7.06%) Lead
6 24 (6.78%) Senior Manager
7 23 (6.50%) IT Project Manager
8 22 (6.21%) Coordinator
9 21 (5.93%) Project Officer
10 19 (5.37%) Senior Project Manager
11 18 (5.08%) Programme Manager
11 18 (5.08%) Project Coordinator
12 17 (4.80%) Programme Planner
13 16 (4.52%) PMO Analyst
13 16 (4.52%) SC Cleared Project Manager
14 15 (4.24%) PMO Planner
15 14 (3.95%) Technical Manager
16 13 (3.67%) PMO Manager
16 13 (3.67%) Project Planner
17 12 (3.39%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.69%) Middleware
2 5 (1.41%) ADO
3 2 (0.56%) .NET
4 1 (0.28%) FHIR
4 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.80%) Onboarding
1 17 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.95%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.95%) PMI
3 12 (3.39%) Virtual Team
4 11 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.82%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.69%) Life Science
6 6 (1.69%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.41%) FMCG
7 5 (1.41%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.13%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) CCTV
9 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (0.85%) Replication
10 2 (0.56%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.82%) Linux
2 5 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (50.00%) Project Management
2 162 (45.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 161 (45.48%) Agile
4 121 (34.18%) Project Delivery
5 115 (32.49%) PRINCE2
6 79 (22.32%) Waterfall
7 77 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 67 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (18.08%) Decision-Making
10 63 (17.80%) DevOps
11 58 (16.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 51 (14.41%) Business Intelligence
13 48 (13.56%) Change Control
14 46 (12.99%) Project Planning
15 44 (12.43%) Change Management
16 40 (11.30%) Budget Management
17 38 (10.73%) Cybersecurity
17 38 (10.73%) Scrum
18 37 (10.45%) Dependency Management
18 37 (10.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.13%) SQL
2 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (0.85%) Python
2 3 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 134 (37.85%) Degree
2 109 (30.79%) Security Cleared
3 66 (18.64%) SC Cleared
4 63 (17.80%) PMI Certification
5 53 (14.97%) PMP
6 45 (12.71%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (4.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.41%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.13%) CAPM
11 3 (0.85%) CISA
11 3 (0.85%) CISSP
11 3 (0.85%) MBA
12 2 (0.56%) APMP
12 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.56%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (36.44%) PMO
2 14 (3.95%) QA
3 12 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.11%) P3O
5 7 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.13%) NIST
7 3 (0.85%) GDPR
7 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.56%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.28%) GxP
9 1 (0.28%) HL7
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 191 (53.95%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.58%) SAP
3 32 (9.04%) ServiceNow
4 17 (4.80%) Oracle
5 8 (2.26%) Planview
6 6 (1.69%) Adobe
6 6 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.41%) Wrike
8 4 (1.13%) Google
8 4 (1.13%) IFS
8 4 (1.13%) Xactly
9 3 (0.85%) Ariba
9 3 (0.85%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.85%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.85%) NEC
9 3 (0.85%) Workday
10 2 (0.56%) Sage
10 2 (0.56%) VMware
11 1 (0.28%) Splunk
11 1 (0.28%) Veeam