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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 300 365
Rank change year-on-year -25 +65 -90
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 340 248 238
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.83% 0.54%
As % of the Applications category 12.30% 9.78% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 169 131
10th Percentile £340 £293 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £588 £580 £594
90th Percentile £693 £634 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 15
10th Percentile £26.10 £31.13 £26.41
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £26.96
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £39.04 - £43.75
90th Percentile £57.88 £48.15 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%

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 2,764 2,537 3,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.47% 8.51% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 1,468 1,660
10th Percentile £223 £193 £165
25th Percentile £331 £270 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £533
90th Percentile £638 £649 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £387 £360
% change year-on-year +9.75% +7.57% -7.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 298 648
10th Percentile £13.18 £14.27 £11.68
25th Percentile £16.02 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +51.94% -40.98%
75th Percentile £34.48 £43.75 £35.39
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.40 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.86 £23.55 £16.06
% change year-on-year -7.19% +46.64% -36.08%

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 June 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 June 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 19 June 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 -24 314 £500 - 49
UK excluding London -53 193 £450 -5.26% 48
London -41 121 £569 +8.33% 17
Work from Home -13 96 £500 - 28
South East -9 77 £502 +0.30% 18
Midlands -53 42 £446 -11.16% 4
North of England -55 36 £450 +0.33% 7
West Midlands -63 28 £463 -9.76% 4
South West -20 22 £410 -8.89% 5
North West -28 17 £473 +5.11% 4
Yorkshire -55 16 £430 +4.24% 3
East Midlands -10 14 £393 -15.03%
Scotland -20 11 £417 -12.32% 6
East of England -25 9 £600 +41.18% 4
North East -34 3 £450 +36.36%

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 65 (19.12%) Confluence
2 40 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.59%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 111 (32.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (15.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 43 (12.65%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (3.24%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.35%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.76%) Trello
7 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 26 (7.65%) Primavera
2 18 (5.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.65%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.76%) SAP EWM
5 5 (1.47%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.59%) BASE24
7 2 (0.59%) Endur
7 2 (0.59%) Findur
7 2 (0.59%) Maximo
7 2 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.29%) Actimize
8 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 66 (19.41%) Azure
1 66 (19.41%) Power Platform
2 50 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.59%) Smartsheet
5 12 (3.53%) AWS
6 10 (2.94%) SaaS
7 8 (2.35%) Asana
7 8 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.47%) GCP
9 4 (1.18%) Collibra
9 4 (1.18%) Google Ads
9 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.88%) GitHub
10 3 (0.88%) OCI
11 2 (0.59%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.59%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.59%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.24%) WAN
2 8 (2.35%) Firewall
3 6 (1.76%) NAS
3 6 (1.76%) SAN
4 5 (1.47%) SD-WAN
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%) FTP
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 66 (19.41%) Power BI
2 4 (1.18%) Big Data
2 4 (1.18%) Hadoop
2 4 (1.18%) Metadata
2 4 (1.18%) Power Query
3 3 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.88%) Tableau
4 2 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.59%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.59%) QlikView
4 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.29%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.29%) DataStage
5 1 (0.29%) EDMS
5 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 164 (48.24%) JIRA
2 4 (1.18%) Git
3 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 157 (46.18%) Finance
2 132 (38.82%) Social Skills
3 74 (21.76%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.06%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (9.12%) Public Sector
6 29 (8.53%) Banking
7 20 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (5.00%) Retail
9 16 (4.71%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.94%) Legal
11 7 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.76%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.76%) Corporate Banking
12 6 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.76%) Public Speaking
12 6 (1.76%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.47%) Advertising
13 5 (1.47%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.18%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 129 (37.94%) Project Manager
2 58 (17.06%) Analyst
3 40 (11.76%) Senior
4 33 (9.71%) PMO Analyst
5 24 (7.06%) Lead
5 24 (7.06%) Senior Manager
6 21 (6.18%) Project Planner
7 17 (5.00%) IT Manager
8 16 (4.71%) SAP Manager
8 16 (4.71%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (4.41%) IT Project Manager
9 15 (4.41%) Project Officer
10 13 (3.82%) Programme Manager
11 12 (3.53%) Coordinator
11 12 (3.53%) PMO Manager
11 12 (3.53%) Project Coordinator
11 12 (3.53%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 12 (3.53%) Technical Manager
11 12 (3.53%) Transformation Analyst
12 10 (2.94%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.65%) 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 25 (7.35%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.29%) PMI
3 16 (4.71%) Virtual Team
4 15 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.12%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.53%) Data Centre
6 12 (3.53%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.06%) Life Science
8 6 (1.76%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.47%) FMCG
9 5 (1.47%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.47%) Tandem
10 4 (1.18%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.18%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.18%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.88%) Replication
12 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.59%) EMV
12 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.06%) Windows
2 4 (1.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (51.76%) Project Management
2 161 (47.35%) Agile
3 147 (43.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 107 (31.47%) PRINCE2
5 100 (29.41%) Project Delivery
6 85 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 67 (19.71%) Decision-Making
7 67 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (19.12%) Business Intelligence
9 64 (18.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 61 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (17.94%) Migration
11 57 (16.76%) DevOps
12 56 (16.47%) Change Management
13 44 (12.94%) Budget Management
14 42 (12.35%) Change Control
14 42 (12.35%) Risk Management
15 34 (10.00%) Programme Management
16 33 (9.71%) Dependency Management
16 33 (9.71%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.47%) SQL
2 4 (1.18%) VBA
3 3 (0.88%) Python
4 1 (0.29%) ABAP
4 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 139 (40.88%) Degree
2 79 (23.24%) Security Cleared
3 66 (19.41%) PMI Certification
4 60 (17.65%) SC Cleared
5 59 (17.35%) PMP
6 22 (6.47%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.76%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.76%) MBA
10 5 (1.47%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (1.18%) CISSP
11 4 (1.18%) RIBA
12 3 (0.88%) APMP
12 3 (0.88%) CISA
12 3 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.59%) CAPM
13 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.59%) PgMP
14 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (37.06%) PMO
2 27 (7.94%) QA
3 25 (7.35%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.35%) GDPR
4 8 (2.35%) P3O
5 7 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.47%) Basel III
7 4 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.59%) GRC
8 2 (0.59%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) PSD2
8 2 (0.59%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.29%) GxP
9 1 (0.29%) HL7
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 120 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.65%) SAP
3 28 (8.24%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.82%) Oracle
5 8 (2.35%) Planview
6 5 (1.47%) Adobe
6 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.18%) Wrike
8 3 (0.88%) CheckPoint
8 3 (0.88%) NEC
8 3 (0.88%) Xactly
9 2 (0.59%) Ariba
9 2 (0.59%) Google
9 2 (0.59%) IFS
9 2 (0.59%) Sage
9 2 (0.59%) VMware
10 1 (0.29%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.29%) Snow
10 1 (0.29%) Workday