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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 304 344
Rank change year-on-year -13 +40 -60
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 360 231 250
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.80% 0.58%
As % of the Applications category 12.87% 9.42% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 155 138
10th Percentile £350 £255 £321
25th Percentile £402 £375 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £502
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.35% +0.37%
75th Percentile £600 £574 £605
90th Percentile £716 £610 £664
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 13
10th Percentile £22.50 £32.10 £26.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.00 £27.26
Median hourly rate £29.50 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.29% +15.75% -23.81%
75th Percentile £36.78 - £43.75
90th Percentile £43.90 £47.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.29% +8.94% -20.93%

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 2,797 2,452 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.69% 8.49% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,609 1,420 1,659
10th Percentile £238 £190 £165
25th Percentile £333 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £539 £538
90th Percentile £641 £649 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £351
% change year-on-year +13.33% +6.99% -10.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 272 632
10th Percentile £13.26 £14.20 £11.52
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.95 £16.44
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% +39.60% -45.20%
75th Percentile £34.46 £43.75 £37.50
90th Percentile £68.75 £67.09 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.35 £22.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year -9.56% +40.10% -39.35%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -4 332 £500 +4.17% 75
UK excluding London -26 211 £475 +5.56% 74
London -30 122 £569 +13.75% 24
Work from Home -22 104 £503 +0.60% 43
South East -9 78 £500 +4.17% 23
Midlands -50 45 £430 -11.98% 17
North of England -58 42 £435 -3.33% 9
South West -19 30 £410 +9.33% 8
West Midlands -65 29 £456 -15.51% 12
Yorkshire -53 21 £425 +3.03% 3
North West -39 18 £446 -6.21% 5
East Midlands -16 16 £393 -12.67% 5
Scotland -14 12 £417 -12.32% 6
East of England -29 9 £600 +41.18% 6
North East -23 3 £450 +36.36% 1

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 78 (21.67%) Confluence
2 43 (11.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.11%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.83%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 109 (30.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (14.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 46 (12.78%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.78%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.94%) Trello
6 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.28%) InDesign
7 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (6.39%) Primavera
2 19 (5.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.50%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.67%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.83%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.56%) BASE24
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.56%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.28%) Actimize
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.28%) Endur
7 1 (0.28%) Findur
7 1 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 62 (17.22%) Azure
2 59 (16.39%) Power Platform
3 47 (13.06%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.56%) Smartsheet
6 12 (3.33%) AWS
7 11 (3.06%) SaaS
8 9 (2.50%) Asana
9 6 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.39%) GCP
10 5 (1.39%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.11%) Collibra
11 4 (1.11%) Google Ads
11 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.83%) GitHub
12 3 (0.83%) OCI
13 2 (0.56%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.56%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.56%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.33%) WAN
2 9 (2.50%) Firewall
3 6 (1.67%) NAS
3 6 (1.67%) SAN
4 5 (1.39%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.56%) LAN
6 1 (0.28%) Broadband
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
6 1 (0.28%) DNS
6 1 (0.28%) FTP
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) MPLS
6 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (16.39%) Power BI
2 4 (1.11%) Big Data
2 4 (1.11%) Hadoop
2 4 (1.11%) Metadata
3 3 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.83%) Power Query
3 3 (0.83%) Tableau
4 2 (0.56%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.56%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.56%) QlikView
4 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.28%) EDMS
5 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 192 (53.33%) JIRA
2 4 (1.11%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) LSMW
General
1 166 (46.11%) Finance
2 141 (39.17%) Social Skills
3 81 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.83%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (9.17%) Banking
6 29 (8.06%) Public Sector
7 19 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (5.28%) Retail
8 14 (3.89%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.06%) Legal
10 8 (2.22%) Corporate Banking
10 8 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.22%) Retail Banking
11 7 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.67%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.67%) Military
12 6 (1.67%) Public Speaking
13 5 (1.39%) Advertising
13 5 (1.39%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (38.06%) Project Manager
2 58 (16.11%) Analyst
3 43 (11.94%) Senior
4 33 (9.17%) PMO Analyst
5 24 (6.67%) Senior Manager
6 23 (6.39%) Project Planner
7 22 (6.11%) Lead
8 17 (4.72%) IT Manager
8 17 (4.72%) SAP Manager
8 17 (4.72%) Senior Project Manager
9 16 (4.44%) IT Project Manager
10 14 (3.89%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 13 (3.61%) Programme Manager
12 12 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
12 12 (3.33%) PMO Manager
12 12 (3.33%) Programme Planner
12 12 (3.33%) Project Officer
12 12 (3.33%) Technical Manager
12 12 (3.33%) Transformation Analyst
13 11 (3.06%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (2.22%) ADO
3 7 (1.94%) Middleware
4 2 (0.56%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.28%) .NET
5 1 (0.28%) FHIR
5 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.39%) Onboarding
1 23 (6.39%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.56%) PMI
3 17 (4.72%) Virtual Team
4 16 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.06%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.94%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.94%) Life Science
8 6 (1.67%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.39%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.39%) Tandem
10 4 (1.11%) FMCG
10 4 (1.11%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.11%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.83%) Replication
12 2 (0.56%) EMV
12 2 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.56%) NHS
12 2 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.94%) Windows
2 4 (1.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (51.39%) Project Management
2 184 (51.11%) Agile
3 150 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (30.00%) PRINCE2
5 102 (28.33%) Project Delivery
6 90 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 73 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (18.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 65 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (18.06%) Decision-Making
10 64 (17.78%) Change Management
11 61 (16.94%) Migration
12 58 (16.11%) Business Intelligence
13 57 (15.83%) DevOps
14 49 (13.61%) Risk Management
15 45 (12.50%) Budget Management
16 43 (11.94%) Change Control
17 40 (11.11%) Project Planning
18 33 (9.17%) ITIL
18 33 (9.17%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.67%) SQL
2 4 (1.11%) Python
3 3 (0.83%) VBA
4 2 (0.56%) ABAP
5 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 158 (43.89%) Degree
2 83 (23.06%) Security Cleared
3 73 (20.28%) PMI Certification
4 68 (18.89%) SC Cleared
5 67 (18.61%) PMP
6 17 (4.72%) DV Cleared
7 14 (3.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.22%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.22%) MBA
9 7 (1.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (1.94%) SAFe Agilist
10 6 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.39%) CISSP
12 4 (1.11%) RIBA
13 3 (0.83%) CISA
14 2 (0.56%) APMP
14 2 (0.56%) CAPM
14 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.56%) PgMP
14 2 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (37.22%) PMO
2 27 (7.50%) QA
3 24 (6.67%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.50%) GDPR
5 7 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.94%) Basel III
5 7 (1.94%) P3O
6 4 (1.11%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.83%) NIST
8 2 (0.56%) GRC
8 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.56%) PSD2
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%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.67%) OPNET
2 3 (0.83%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 116 (32.22%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.94%) SAP
3 34 (9.44%) ServiceNow
4 20 (5.56%) Oracle
5 9 (2.50%) Planview
6 6 (1.67%) Adobe
6 6 (1.67%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.67%) Remedy
7 3 (0.83%) Ariba
7 3 (0.83%) NEC
8 2 (0.56%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.56%) Google
8 2 (0.56%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.56%) VMware
9 1 (0.28%) BT
9 1 (0.28%) Cerner
9 1 (0.28%) Commvault
9 1 (0.28%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.28%) NetApp
9 1 (0.28%) Veritas