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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 291 341
Rank change year-on-year -89 +50 -64
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 333 288 230
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.87% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 11.15% 10.38% 8.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 193 127
10th Percentile £310 £350 £341
25th Percentile £388 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £504
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.22% +6.04%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £591
90th Percentile £688 £713 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 10
10th Percentile £30.00 £23.35 £20.68
25th Percentile £33.51 £26.50 £22.13
Median hourly rate £42.50 £56.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.78% +96.52% -40.33%
75th Percentile £51.88 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.08 £53.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £42.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.58% +22.14% -26.32%

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 2,987 2,775 2,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.45% 8.42% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,528 1,563 1,448
10th Percentile £206 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £543 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.25% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 483 340 275
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.59 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.48
Median hourly rate £17.86 £23.82 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.03% +36.09% -22.33%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £35.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.66 £59.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £22.41 £16.23
% change year-on-year -21.90% +38.06% -26.23%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -69 299 £500 -7.66% 332
UK excluding London -87 193 £500 +4.17% 253
London -69 115 £539 -10.25% 108
Work from Home -47 97 £474 -12.92% 151
South East -12 72 £515 +7.29% 63
North of England -66 38 £450 -2.17% 48
Midlands -72 29 £488 -9.97% 36
South West -37 23 £410 -25.45% 37
West Midlands -75 21 £495 -8.46% 20
Yorkshire -41 20 £500 +11.73% 21
Scotland -25 15 £480 +8.23% 26
North West -49 15 £450 -10.40% 22
East of England -17 13 £631 +54.91% 28
East Midlands -11 8 £445 -22.65% 16
North East - 3 £450 - 5
Wales -14 2 £450 +46.34% 11
Channel Islands - 2 £350 -

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 66 (19.82%) SharePoint
2 53 (15.92%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 148 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 54 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.20%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.40%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.60%) Windchill
8 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.71%) Primavera
2 11 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.80%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.50%) SAP PP
5 4 (1.20%) Changepoint
5 4 (1.20%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.60%) BASE24
6 2 (0.60%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.60%) Endur
6 2 (0.60%) Findur
6 2 (0.60%) Maximo
6 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.62%) Azure
2 53 (15.92%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (15.62%) Power Platform
4 33 (9.91%) Smartsheet
5 24 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.80%) SaaS
9 5 (1.50%) AWS
10 4 (1.20%) Asana
11 3 (0.90%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.90%) IaaS
11 3 (0.90%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.60%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.60%) GCP
12 2 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
13 1 (0.30%) Copilot Studio
13 1 (0.30%) GitHub
13 1 (0.30%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.70%) WAN
2 8 (2.40%) Firewall
3 6 (1.80%) Wireless
4 5 (1.50%) LAN
4 5 (1.50%) Network Security
5 4 (1.20%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.90%) IPv4
6 3 (0.90%) IPv6
6 3 (0.90%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.60%) Broadband
7 2 (0.60%) Internet
7 2 (0.60%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) 4G
8 1 (0.30%) 5G
8 1 (0.30%) DNS
8 1 (0.30%) MPLS
8 1 (0.30%) NAS
8 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (15.32%) Power BI
2 8 (2.40%) Power Query
3 4 (1.20%) Tableau
4 2 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.60%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.30%) DataStage
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.30%) QlikView
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 136 (40.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 155 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 145 (43.54%) Finance
3 81 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (20.72%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (7.51%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.71%) Banking
7 18 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.80%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.60%) Retail
10 12 (3.60%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.40%) Legal
12 7 (2.10%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.20%) Aviation
14 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.90%) Electronics
15 3 (0.90%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 118 (35.44%) Project Manager
2 34 (10.21%) Senior
3 28 (8.41%) Analyst
4 26 (7.81%) IT Manager
5 25 (7.51%) Project Officer
6 24 (7.21%) IT Project Manager
7 21 (6.31%) Coordinator
8 18 (5.41%) PMO Analyst
9 17 (5.11%) Lead
9 17 (5.11%) Senior Manager
10 16 (4.80%) Project Coordinator
11 15 (4.50%) PMO Planner
11 15 (4.50%) Programme Planner
11 15 (4.50%) Senior Project Manager
11 15 (4.50%) Support Officer
12 13 (3.90%) PMO Manager
12 13 (3.90%) Programme Manager
12 13 (3.90%) SC Cleared Project Manager
13 12 (3.60%) Project Control Officer
14 11 (3.30%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) Middleware
2 2 (0.60%) .NET
2 2 (0.60%) ADO
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.11%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.60%) PMI
5 11 (3.30%) Data Centre
6 10 (3.00%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.50%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.20%) Life Science
9 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) CCTV
10 3 (0.90%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.90%) FMCG
10 3 (0.90%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.70%) Linux
2 2 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (50.75%) Project Management
2 157 (47.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 142 (42.64%) Agile
4 124 (37.24%) Project Delivery
5 108 (32.43%) PRINCE2
6 75 (22.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (21.62%) Waterfall
8 67 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (17.72%) Decision-Making
10 57 (17.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 54 (16.22%) DevOps
12 51 (15.32%) Project Planning
13 49 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (13.81%) Change Control
15 40 (12.01%) Project Governance
16 39 (11.71%) Budget Management
17 37 (11.11%) Change Management
17 37 (11.11%) Dependency Management
18 35 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
19 34 (10.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.90%) SQL
1 3 (0.90%) VBA
2 2 (0.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 125 (37.54%) Degree
2 104 (31.23%) Security Cleared
3 61 (18.32%) SC Cleared
4 59 (17.72%) PMI Certification
5 50 (15.02%) PMP
6 45 (13.51%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (4.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.50%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.20%) CAPM
12 3 (0.90%) CISA
12 3 (0.90%) CISSP
12 3 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.90%) MBA
13 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.60%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (38.74%) PMO
2 14 (4.20%) P3O
3 12 (3.60%) QA
4 9 (2.70%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.90%) NIST
7 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.60%) GDPR
7 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 194 (58.26%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.71%) SAP
3 27 (8.11%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.80%) Oracle
5 9 (2.70%) Planview
6 6 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.80%) Wrike
7 5 (1.50%) IFS
8 4 (1.20%) Adobe
8 4 (1.20%) Google
8 4 (1.20%) Xactly
9 3 (0.90%) Ariba
9 3 (0.90%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.90%) Workday
10 2 (0.60%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.60%) NEC
10 2 (0.60%) Sage
10 2 (0.60%) VMware
11 1 (0.30%) BMC
11 1 (0.30%) Temenos