Microsoft Project Contracts

Microsoft Project
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Microsoft Project skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 334 289
Rank change year-on-year +39 -45 -45
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 238 258 523
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.60% 0.90%
As % of the Applications category 9.81% 7.68% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 148 358
10th Percentile £261 £313 £304
25th Percentile £386 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £573 £602 £600
90th Percentile £600 £680 £686
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £474 £450
% change year-on-year -5.01% +5.28% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 18
10th Percentile - £26.66 £21.43
25th Percentile £31.25 £27.11 £32.98
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £48.18
Median % change year-on-year - -16.98% +8.27%
75th Percentile £46.30 £43.75 £71.88
90th Percentile - - £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% +147.06%

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 2,426 3,358 4,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.36% 7.85% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,419 1,681 2,816
10th Percentile £188 £163 £188
25th Percentile £262 £213 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -1.16%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 625 267
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.50 £14.22
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -45.82% +50.23%
75th Percentile £43.75 £38.95 £52.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £16.06 £27.50
% change year-on-year +36.99% -41.60% +42.89%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 17 Contract 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 14 May 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 +47 199 £487 -4.61% 315
UK excluding London +33 132 £450 -5.01% 274
London +51 85 £508 -3.33% 97
Work from Home +35 70 £500 +9.89% 114
Midlands +33 36 £500 +17.65% 45
North of England +13 27 £450 -12.15% 43
West Midlands +23 26 £501 +11.33% 24
South East +39 22 £480 +4.35% 93
Scotland +9 21 £475 +14.46% 34
South West +16 15 £344 -37.50% 29
North West +7 15 £475 -7.26% 26
East Midlands +14 10 £450 +66.67% 17
Yorkshire +10 9 £300 -40.00% 11
East of England +27 8 £425 -2.86% 29
North East -2 3 £450 -7.69% 8
Northern Ireland -8 2 £481 +129.17% 8
Wales +2 1 £425 - 3

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 15 (6.30%) Confluence
3 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.26%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.84%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 42 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (13.87%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (12.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (8.40%) Trello
5 14 (5.88%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.42%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (4.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.36%) Primavera
3 5 (2.10%) SAP PS
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (13.03%) Azure
2 18 (7.56%) Asana
3 17 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.52%) AWS
6 6 (2.52%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.52%) SaaS
6 6 (2.52%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.68%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.68%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.26%) Azure API Management
8 3 (1.26%) GCP
9 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.42%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.42%) Miro
10 1 (0.42%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.26%) HTTP
1 3 (1.26%) Internet
1 3 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (1.26%) WAN
2 2 (0.84%) Firewall
2 2 (0.84%) LAN
2 2 (0.84%) VPN
2 2 (0.84%) WebEx
2 2 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.84%) Wireless
3 1 (0.42%) ATM
3 1 (0.42%) MPLS
3 1 (0.42%) Network Security
3 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.42%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.72%) Power BI
2 4 (1.68%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.68%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.26%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.26%) Tableau
4 2 (0.84%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.84%) Looker
4 2 (0.84%) Metadata
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.42%) Big Data
5 1 (0.42%) IDMS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.42%) QlikView
5 1 (0.42%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 69 (28.99%) JIRA
2 3 (1.26%) Ant
2 3 (1.26%) SoapUI
2 3 (1.26%) Toad
3 2 (0.84%) JUnit
4 1 (0.42%) Git
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 109 (45.80%) Finance
2 107 (44.96%) Social Skills
3 35 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.14%) Banking
7 13 (5.46%) Legal
7 13 (5.46%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.78%) Local Government
9 7 (2.94%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.94%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.10%) Law
10 5 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.68%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.26%) Back Office
12 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 95 (39.92%) Project Manager
2 21 (8.82%) Lead
3 20 (8.40%) Senior
4 17 (7.14%) Analyst
5 15 (6.30%) Senior Manager
6 14 (5.88%) IT Manager
6 14 (5.88%) PMO Analyst
6 14 (5.88%) Project Planner
6 14 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
7 11 (4.62%) IT Project Manager
8 9 (3.78%) Coordinator
8 9 (3.78%) Project Coordinator
9 8 (3.36%) Infrastructure Manager
10 7 (2.94%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (2.94%) PMO Lead
10 7 (2.94%) Programme Manager
10 7 (2.94%) Programme Planner
10 7 (2.94%) Support Officer
11 6 (2.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 6 (2.52%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (2.10%) ADO
3 4 (1.68%) Middleware
4 3 (1.26%) EDI
4 3 (1.26%) IBM Integration Bus
4 3 (1.26%) Kafka
4 3 (1.26%) SOAP
4 3 (1.26%) XML
5 2 (0.84%) CSS
5 2 (0.84%) HTML
6 1 (0.42%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.42%) REST
6 1 (0.42%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.42%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.24%) PMI
2 11 (4.62%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.78%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.36%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.68%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.26%) NHS
6 3 (1.26%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.26%) Smartphone
6 3 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.84%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.84%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.42%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.42%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.42%) IoT
8 1 (0.42%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.04%) Windows
2 3 (1.26%) AIX
2 3 (1.26%) Linux
2 3 (1.26%) Unix
3 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.42%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (62.18%) Project Management
2 89 (37.39%) Agile
3 73 (30.67%) Project Delivery
4 72 (30.25%) PRINCE2
5 63 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 56 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (22.27%) Waterfall
8 45 (18.91%) Project Planning
9 41 (17.23%) Risk Management
10 40 (16.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 37 (15.55%) Change Management
12 26 (10.92%) Project Governance
13 25 (10.50%) Change Control
13 25 (10.50%) Resource Allocation
14 23 (9.66%) Decision-Making
14 23 (9.66%) Resource Management
15 22 (9.24%) Budget Management
16 21 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (7.98%) Migration
17 19 (7.98%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.94%) SQL
2 4 (1.68%) Java
3 3 (1.26%) Korn
3 3 (1.26%) Perl
3 3 (1.26%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.84%) Python
5 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 108 (45.38%) Degree
2 68 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 56 (23.53%) PMP
4 41 (17.23%) Security Cleared
5 31 (13.03%) SC Cleared
6 10 (4.20%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.20%) Master's Degree
6 10 (4.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (2.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (2.10%) APMP
8 5 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.10%) HNC
9 4 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.68%) ISEB
10 2 (0.84%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.84%) CBAP
10 2 (0.84%) HND
10 2 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.42%) CISSP
11 1 (0.42%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (22.69%) PMO
2 7 (2.94%) QA
3 5 (2.10%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.68%) SEPA
5 3 (1.26%) SLA
6 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.84%) EMIR
6 2 (0.84%) MiFID
6 2 (0.84%) P3O
7 1 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.42%) GDPR
7 1 (0.42%) GxP
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.42%) NIST
7 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.42%) PMBOK
System Software
1 6 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.26%) SCCM
2 2 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.42%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 86 (36.13%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.08%) SAP
3 11 (4.62%) Oracle
4 5 (2.10%) Adobe
4 5 (2.10%) Citrix
4 5 (2.10%) Google
4 5 (2.10%) VMware
5 4 (1.68%) Planview
6 3 (1.26%) Ariba
6 3 (1.26%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.26%) IBM
6 3 (1.26%) NEC
6 3 (1.26%) Perforce
6 3 (1.26%) Reuters
6 3 (1.26%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.26%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.84%) Bomgar
7 2 (0.84%) Cisco
7 2 (0.84%) HP
7 2 (0.84%) Wrike