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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 285 339
Rank change year-on-year -97 +54 -52
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 323 297 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.90% 0.62%
As % of the Applications category 10.66% 10.61% 9.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 208 129
10th Percentile £319 £350 £320
25th Percentile £400 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.71%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £588
90th Percentile £661 £725 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 12
10th Percentile £30.00 £23.35 £20.75
25th Percentile £35.27 £26.50 £24.88
Median hourly rate £42.50 £56.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.78% +80.80% -35.14%
75th Percentile £50.31 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.08 £51.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £42.75 £36.25
% change year-on-year -0.58% +17.93% -23.68%

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 3,029 2,800 2,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.52% 8.45% 6.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,499 1,575 1,444
10th Percentile £200 £200 £165
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £525
90th Percentile £638 £641 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.13% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 537 356 258
10th Percentile £13.29 £13.54 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.45 £16.05 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.60 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.60% +42.86% -30.00%
75th Percentile £30.28 £33.91 £35.75
90th Percentile £61.74 £57.92 £57.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £22.63 £16.23
% change year-on-year -22.67% +39.43% -27.87%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -88 290 £500 -7.41% 324
UK excluding London -86 189 £500 +4.17% 245
London -76 112 £526 -12.33% 110
Work from Home -67 86 £475 -12.64% 158
South East -26 72 £515 +7.29% 64
North of England -70 35 £513 +10.51% 59
Midlands -78 27 £450 -16.67% 33
South West -35 23 £410 -25.45% 19
Yorkshire -37 21 £482 +4.78% 18
West Midlands -63 21 £495 -8.33% 18
Scotland -36 15 £480 +7.38% 25
East of England -17 14 £510 +25.15% 25
North West -46 12 £525 -0.94% 32
East Midlands -16 6 £402 -26.91% 15
Wales -15 2 £450 +46.34% 12
North East - 2 £488 - 9
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 67 (20.74%) SharePoint
2 56 (17.34%) Confluence
3 3 (0.93%) CICS
4 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 143 (44.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (20.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 55 (17.03%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.64%) MS Visio
5 10 (3.10%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.24%) Trello
7 2 (0.62%) Windchill
8 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.88%) Primavera
2 7 (2.17%) SAP PP
3 6 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.24%) Changepoint
4 4 (1.24%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.62%) BASE24
5 2 (0.62%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.62%) Endur
5 2 (0.62%) Findur
5 2 (0.62%) Maximo
5 2 (0.62%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.31%) Actimize
6 1 (0.31%) ENOVIA
6 1 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 62 (19.20%) Azure
2 53 (16.41%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (13.93%) Power Platform
4 30 (9.29%) Smartsheet
5 22 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.55%) AWS
8 5 (1.55%) SaaS
9 4 (1.24%) Asana
10 3 (0.93%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.93%) IaaS
10 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.62%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.62%) GCP
11 2 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.31%) Copilot Studio
12 1 (0.31%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.48%) Firewall
1 8 (2.48%) WAN
2 6 (1.86%) Wireless
3 5 (1.55%) LAN
3 5 (1.55%) Network Security
4 4 (1.24%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.93%) IPv4
5 3 (0.93%) IPv6
6 2 (0.62%) Broadband
6 2 (0.62%) Internet
6 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.62%) VPN
7 1 (0.31%) 4G
7 1 (0.31%) 5G
7 1 (0.31%) DNS
7 1 (0.31%) FTP
7 1 (0.31%) MPLS
7 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.31%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.62%) Power BI
2 6 (1.86%) Power Query
3 4 (1.24%) Tableau
4 3 (0.93%) Db2
5 2 (0.62%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.31%) DataStage
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.31%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 133 (41.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 157 (48.61%) Social Skills
2 144 (44.58%) Finance
3 78 (24.15%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (19.81%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.19%) Manufacturing
7 19 (5.88%) Aerospace
7 19 (5.88%) Banking
8 12 (3.72%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.41%) Retail
10 10 (3.10%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.17%) Legal
13 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.24%) Aviation
15 3 (0.93%) Automotive
15 3 (0.93%) Electronics
15 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 31 (9.60%) Senior
3 30 (9.29%) IT Manager
4 28 (8.67%) IT Project Manager
4 28 (8.67%) Project Officer
5 24 (7.43%) Analyst
6 20 (6.19%) Coordinator
7 18 (5.57%) Senior Manager
8 17 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
9 16 (4.95%) Support Officer
10 15 (4.64%) Lead
10 15 (4.64%) PMO Analyst
10 15 (4.64%) PMO Planner
10 15 (4.64%) Project Coordinator
11 14 (4.33%) Programme Planner
11 14 (4.33%) Project Control Officer
12 12 (3.72%) Programme Manager
12 12 (3.72%) Project Support Officer
13 11 (3.41%) Project Planner
13 11 (3.41%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.62%) .NET
1 2 (0.62%) ADO
1 2 (0.62%) Middleware
2 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.72%) PMI
4 12 (3.72%) Virtual Team
5 10 (3.10%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.24%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.24%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.24%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.93%) CCTV
8 3 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.62%) CMDB
9 2 (0.62%) Derivative
9 2 (0.62%) FMCG
9 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.62%) Life Science
9 2 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.48%) Linux
2 3 (0.93%) zOS
3 2 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (52.01%) Project Management
2 157 (48.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 140 (43.34%) Agile
4 124 (38.39%) Project Delivery
5 111 (34.37%) PRINCE2
6 75 (23.22%) Waterfall
7 72 (22.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (17.34%) Decision-Making
10 55 (17.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 54 (16.72%) DevOps
12 51 (15.79%) Project Planning
13 42 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
13 42 (13.00%) Change Control
14 39 (12.07%) Project Governance
15 36 (11.15%) Risk Management
16 35 (10.84%) Change Management
16 35 (10.84%) Dependency Management
17 34 (10.53%) Budget Management
17 34 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.93%) JCL
1 3 (0.93%) SQL
2 2 (0.62%) Python
3 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 112 (34.67%) Degree
2 105 (32.51%) Security Cleared
3 62 (19.20%) PMI Certification
4 59 (18.27%) SC Cleared
5 55 (17.03%) PMP
6 48 (14.86%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (4.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (3.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.55%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.24%) CAPM
12 4 (1.24%) PgMP
13 3 (0.93%) MBA
14 2 (0.62%) CISA
14 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.62%) CISSP
14 2 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
14 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (35.29%) PMO
2 13 (4.02%) P3O
3 10 (3.10%) QA
4 8 (2.48%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.24%) NIST
7 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.62%) GDPR
8 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.31%) GxP
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.93%) Control-M
2 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 201 (62.23%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.15%) SAP
3 23 (7.12%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.33%) Oracle
5 9 (2.79%) Planview
6 6 (1.86%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.86%) Wrike
7 5 (1.55%) IFS
8 4 (1.24%) Adobe
8 4 (1.24%) Google
8 4 (1.24%) Xactly
9 3 (0.93%) Ariba
9 3 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.93%) Workday
10 2 (0.62%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.62%) NEC
10 2 (0.62%) Sage
10 2 (0.62%) VMware
11 1 (0.31%) BMC
11 1 (0.31%) Citrix