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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 341 301
Rank change year-on-year +65 -40 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 337 214 363
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.95% 0.58% 0.78%
As % of the Applications category 11.53% 8.70% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 137 260
10th Percentile £350 £324 £280
25th Percentile £430 £419 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £628 £600 £575
90th Percentile £725 £725 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £448
% change year-on-year +5.26% +6.15% -2.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 6
10th Percentile - £20.75 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.25 £31.50
Median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £39.93
Median % change year-on-year +21.32% -18.61% -27.40%
75th Percentile £62.57 £40.00 £52.22
90th Percentile £93.75 £41.88 £56.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +73.85% -1.52% -24.61%

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 2,922 2,461 3,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.23% 6.72% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,662 1,438 2,321
10th Percentile £190 £164 £165
25th Percentile £300 £250 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £402
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -0.50% -10.67%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £375 £371
% change year-on-year +9.33% +1.19% -4.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 226 285
10th Percentile £13.05 £15.00 £14.05
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -10.82% +4.17%
75th Percentile £32.90 £39.69 £45.21
90th Percentile £51.50 £61.63 £52.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.25 £21.46 £23.24
% change year-on-year -0.98% -7.66% +3.29%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025. 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 +45 290 £525 +2.44% 202
UK excluding London +49 199 £500 +5.26% 137
London +17 117 £595 +11.21% 80
Work from Home +34 94 £544 +5.07% 90
Midlands -1 51 £540 +20.67% 27
South East +29 47 £492 +2.23% 44
West Midlands -4 42 £540 +2.86% 13
North of England -17 37 £461 +13.54% 22
South West +14 31 £675 +74.19% 24
Yorkshire -7 27 £463 -2.63% 5
Scotland +11 22 £445 -6.32% 4
North West -20 10 £458 +34.56% 14
East Midlands -7 9 £450 +5.88% 14
Wales +7 7 £308 -41.43% 2
East of England -28 7 £408 -20.49% 16
Northern Ireland - 4 £588 -

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 67 (19.88%) Confluence
2 52 (15.43%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.89%) CMS
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.59%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 95 (28.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (20.18%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (14.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (10.09%) MS Visio
5 20 (5.93%) Trello
6 3 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.30%) Notion
Business Applications
1 24 (7.12%) Primavera
2 10 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.48%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.48%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.48%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.19%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.30%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 42 (12.46%) Power Platform
2 35 (10.39%) Azure
3 23 (6.82%) Smartsheet
4 17 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.15%) Asana
7 12 (3.56%) SaaS
8 9 (2.67%) AWS
9 7 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.08%) GCP
10 5 (1.48%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.48%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.19%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.89%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.89%) Miro
12 3 (0.89%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.59%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.59%) OCI
13 2 (0.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.78%) Firewall
2 5 (1.48%) VPN
3 4 (1.19%) LAN
3 4 (1.19%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.19%) WAN
4 3 (0.89%) Softphone
5 2 (0.59%) DNS
5 2 (0.59%) Network Security
6 1 (0.30%) Broadband
6 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.30%) HTTP
6 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.30%) MPLS
6 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.28%) Power BI
2 7 (2.08%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.48%) Tableau
4 4 (1.19%) EDMS
5 3 (0.89%) Power Query
6 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.30%) DTS
7 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.30%) Metadata
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 136 (40.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.30%) Ant
3 1 (0.30%) JUnit
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.30%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.30%) Toad
General
1 166 (49.26%) Social Skills
2 144 (42.73%) Finance
3 60 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.90%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (8.61%) Banking
6 26 (7.72%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.34%) Manufacturing
8 17 (5.04%) Legal
9 15 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (4.45%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.67%) Marketing
13 7 (2.08%) Aerospace
13 7 (2.08%) Military
14 6 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.48%) Front Office
15 5 (1.48%) Law
16 4 (1.19%) Billing
16 4 (1.19%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 133 (39.47%) Project Manager
2 42 (12.46%) Analyst
3 34 (10.09%) Lead
3 34 (10.09%) Senior
4 20 (5.93%) Senior Manager
5 19 (5.64%) Project Planner
6 16 (4.75%) IT Manager
7 15 (4.45%) Senior Project Manager
8 14 (4.15%) Business Analyst
8 14 (4.15%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (3.86%) Coordinator
9 13 (3.86%) PMO Analyst
9 13 (3.86%) Programme Manager
10 12 (3.56%) Project Analyst
11 10 (2.97%) Business Manager
11 10 (2.97%) Business Project Manager
11 10 (2.97%) Project Officer
11 10 (2.97%) Technical Manager
12 9 (2.67%) Programme Planner
12 9 (2.67%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.19%) ADO
1 4 (1.19%) Middleware
1 4 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (1.19%) SOAP
2 3 (0.89%) REST
3 2 (0.59%) React
3 2 (0.59%) Web Services
3 2 (0.59%) XML
4 1 (0.30%) .NET
4 1 (0.30%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.30%) EDI
4 1 (0.30%) FHIR
4 1 (0.30%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.30%) Kafka
4 1 (0.30%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.53%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (4.75%) PMI
4 15 (4.45%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.97%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.67%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.78%) Educational Technology
8 6 (1.78%) NHS
9 5 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.48%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.19%) Derivative
10 4 (1.19%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.19%) SCADA
11 3 (0.89%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.89%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.59%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.59%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.48%) Windows
2 3 (0.89%) Unix
3 2 (0.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.30%) AIX
4 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (51.34%) Project Management
2 138 (40.95%) Agile
3 107 (31.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 100 (29.67%) PRINCE2
5 92 (27.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 87 (25.82%) Project Delivery
7 83 (24.63%) Change Management
8 65 (19.29%) Waterfall
9 53 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (13.35%) Migration
11 42 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (12.17%) Risk Management
13 39 (11.57%) Business Intelligence
13 39 (11.57%) Decision-Making
14 37 (10.98%) Project Governance
15 36 (10.68%) Project Planning
16 35 (10.39%) Programme Management
17 34 (10.09%) Scrum
18 33 (9.79%) Cybersecurity
19 32 (9.50%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.67%) SQL
2 5 (1.48%) Korn
3 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.59%) Python
4 1 (0.30%) Java
4 1 (0.30%) Perl
4 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 151 (44.81%) Degree
2 67 (19.88%) PMI Certification
3 65 (19.29%) Security Cleared
4 63 (18.69%) PMP
5 47 (13.95%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.86%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.37%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.08%) APMP
9 6 (1.78%) ISEB
9 6 (1.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.48%) CISM
10 5 (1.48%) CISSP
10 5 (1.48%) HNC
10 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.89%) MCP
12 3 (0.89%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (26.11%) PMO
2 20 (5.93%) QA
3 15 (4.45%) P3O
4 7 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.08%) NIST
5 5 (1.48%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.19%) GRC
6 4 (1.19%) SLA
7 3 (0.89%) GDPR
8 2 (0.59%) Basel III
8 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.30%) DO-254
9 1 (0.30%) GMP
9 1 (0.30%) HL7
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) Firmware
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.19%) OPNET
2 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.89%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.30%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 127 (37.69%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.95%) SAP
3 27 (8.01%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.64%) Oracle
5 13 (3.86%) Planview
6 9 (2.67%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.08%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.08%) Workday
8 5 (1.48%) Cisco
9 4 (1.19%) Arista
9 4 (1.19%) Google
9 4 (1.19%) Progress
9 4 (1.19%) Remedy
10 2 (0.59%) Adobe
10 2 (0.59%) Databricks
10 2 (0.59%) HP
10 2 (0.59%) IFS
10 2 (0.59%) Siemens
10 2 (0.59%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.30%) Compaq