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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 315 301
Rank change year-on-year +52 -14 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 388 213 316
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 0.67% 0.74%
As % of the Applications category 13.76% 9.21% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 143 217
10th Percentile £340 £307 £275
25th Percentile £435 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% +5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £738 £723 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £445 £450
% change year-on-year +12.36% -1.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 9
10th Percentile - £20.75 £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £30.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.32% -9.72% +10.77%
75th Percentile £62.57 £33.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 £46.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +73.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 2,819 2,312 3,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.75% 7.27% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,653 1,365 2,071
10th Percentile £200 £170 £163
25th Percentile £311 £250 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £406 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% +1.50% -8.57%
75th Percentile £549 £538 £550
90th Percentile £661 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £361 £350
% change year-on-year +17.65% +3.21% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 197 305
10th Percentile £12.82 - £12.84
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £15.46
Median hourly rate £20.00 £25.79 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% +2.14% -2.88%
75th Percentile £29.61 £44.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £61.10 £77.90 £53.21
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.10 £26.81 £25.13
% change year-on-year -28.76% +6.72% -13.73%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +64 347 £525 +5.00% 96
UK excluding London +56 252 £500 +12.36% 92
London +15 115 £550 - 22
Work from Home +31 112 £538 +3.91% 52
South East +51 80 £500 +11.11% 31
South West +29 59 £725 +126.56% 8
Midlands -20 49 £500 +12.36% 18
West Midlands -19 32 £550 +10.00% 12
North of England -32 32 £454 +33.46% 14
Scotland +15 21 £445 -6.32% 2
Yorkshire -34 19 £468 +55.83% 5
East Midlands -13 17 £378 -11.06% 6
North West -29 13 £454 +29.18% 8
East of England -18 11 £513 +16.35% 13
Wales +4 5 £308 -41.43% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 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
1 101 (26.03%) Confluence
2 48 (12.37%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.52%) CMS
3 2 (0.52%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 117 (30.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 94 (24.23%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (14.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (6.19%) MS Visio
5 18 (4.64%) Trello
6 3 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.26%) InDesign
7 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (4.90%) Primavera
2 8 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.29%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.03%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.77%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.52%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.26%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.26%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 50 (12.89%) Power Platform
2 36 (9.28%) Azure
3 23 (5.93%) Smartsheet
4 22 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.09%) Asana
6 12 (3.09%) AWS
6 12 (3.09%) SaaS
7 9 (2.32%) GCP
8 7 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.03%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.77%) Miro
10 3 (0.77%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.77%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.77%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.77%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.52%) Contentstack
11 2 (0.52%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.52%) OCI
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.80%) WAN
2 4 (1.03%) LAN
2 4 (1.03%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.03%) VPN
3 3 (0.77%) Softphone
4 2 (0.52%) Firewall
5 1 (0.26%) Broadband
5 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.26%) HTTP
5 1 (0.26%) MPLS
5 1 (0.26%) Network Security
5 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.37%) Power BI
2 8 (2.06%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (1.55%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.03%) EDMS
5 3 (0.77%) Power Query
5 3 (0.77%) Tableau
6 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.26%) DTS
7 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 192 (49.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) Ant
2 1 (0.26%) JUnit
2 1 (0.26%) LSMW
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.26%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 215 (55.41%) Social Skills
2 163 (42.01%) Finance
3 113 (29.12%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.05%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (8.51%) Military
6 32 (8.25%) Public Sector
7 28 (7.22%) Banking
8 19 (4.90%) Legal
9 15 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (3.87%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.87%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.32%) Retail
12 8 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.06%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.80%) Corporate Banking
14 5 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.29%) Local Government
15 4 (1.03%) Billing
15 4 (1.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 132 (34.02%) Project Manager
2 46 (11.86%) Analyst
3 34 (8.76%) Senior
4 32 (8.25%) Architect
5 30 (7.73%) Service Architect
6 29 (7.47%) Lead
7 24 (6.19%) Project Planner
8 23 (5.93%) PMO Analyst
9 21 (5.41%) Senior Manager
10 17 (4.38%) Coordinator
11 15 (3.87%) Senior Project Manager
12 14 (3.61%) PMO Lead
12 14 (3.61%) Programme Manager
12 14 (3.61%) Technical Manager
13 13 (3.35%) Project Officer
14 12 (3.09%) IT Manager
14 12 (3.09%) Planning Manager
14 12 (3.09%) Project Coordinator
15 11 (2.84%) SAP Manager
16 10 (2.58%) Programme Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.55%) ADO
2 6 (1.55%) Middleware
3 3 (0.77%) SOAP
4 2 (0.52%) React
4 2 (0.52%) REST
4 2 (0.52%) Web Services
5 1 (0.26%) EDI
5 1 (0.26%) FHIR
5 1 (0.26%) IBM Integration Bus
5 1 (0.26%) Kafka
5 1 (0.26%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.34%) Product Ownership
2 26 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.41%) PMI
4 20 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (4.38%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.87%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.58%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.80%) NHS
10 6 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.55%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.03%) SCADA
12 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.77%) Learning Management System
13 2 (0.52%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.52%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.52%) Life Science
13 2 (0.52%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.52%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.29%) Windows
2 2 (0.52%) Linux
2 2 (0.52%) Unix
3 1 (0.26%) AIX
3 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (53.35%) Project Management
2 190 (48.97%) Agile
3 129 (33.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 113 (29.12%) PRINCE2
5 93 (23.97%) Project Delivery
6 90 (23.20%) Change Management
7 87 (22.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 78 (20.10%) Waterfall
9 68 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (13.92%) Risk Management
11 53 (13.66%) Project Planning
12 49 (12.63%) Migration
13 48 (12.37%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (11.86%) Budget Management
15 45 (11.60%) Decision-Making
16 40 (10.31%) Analytical Thinking
16 40 (10.31%) Programme Management
16 40 (10.31%) Project Governance
17 38 (9.79%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.35%) SQL
2 5 (1.29%) Korn
3 3 (0.77%) Python
4 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.26%) ABAP
5 1 (0.26%) Java
5 1 (0.26%) Perl
5 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (47.94%) Degree
2 105 (27.06%) Security Cleared
3 89 (22.94%) SC Cleared
4 69 (17.78%) PMI Certification
5 67 (17.27%) PMP
6 30 (7.73%) TOGAF Certification
7 15 (3.87%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.58%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.32%) APMP
10 8 (2.06%) MBA
11 7 (1.80%) SAFe Agilist
12 5 (1.29%) CISM
12 5 (1.29%) CISSP
12 5 (1.29%) HNC
12 5 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.77%) MCSE
14 3 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (30.93%) PMO
2 24 (6.19%) QA
3 12 (3.09%) P3O
4 9 (2.32%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.80%) Basel III
5 7 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.29%) NIST
7 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.03%) GDPR
7 4 (1.03%) GRC
7 4 (1.03%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) GMP
9 1 (0.26%) HL7
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Firmware
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (7.73%) OPNET
2 3 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.77%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.26%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 125 (32.22%) Microsoft
2 54 (13.92%) ServiceNow
3 47 (12.11%) SAP
4 36 (9.28%) Atlassian
5 31 (7.99%) Oracle
6 30 (7.73%) Remedy
7 15 (3.87%) Planview
8 7 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.29%) Cisco
9 5 (1.29%) Workday
10 4 (1.03%) Arista
10 4 (1.03%) Progress
11 3 (0.77%) Adobe
12 2 (0.52%) Ariba
12 2 (0.52%) Siemens
13 1 (0.26%) CyberArk
13 1 (0.26%) Databricks
13 1 (0.26%) IBM
13 1 (0.26%) Nokia
13 1 (0.26%) Zoho