Microsoft Project Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Project
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 267 285
Rank change year-on-year +35 +18 -49
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 72 78 196
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.73% 0.51% 0.76%
As % of the Applications category 10.14% 6.66% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 57 153
10th Percentile £203 £278 £340
25th Percentile £389 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £462 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% -7.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £600
90th Percentile £743 £712 £690
UK median daily rate £485 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +0.78% -3.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 10
10th Percentile £29.18 - £20.25
25th Percentile £33.56 £27.26 £44.06
Median hourly rate £38.50 £27.52 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.92% -55.98% +40.45%
75th Percentile £40.94 £27.77 £80.00
90th Percentile £42.63 - £80.25
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £40.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -3.75% -8.80% -1.44%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 710 1,171 1,683
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.17% 7.63% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 512 1,152
10th Percentile £211 £183 £213
25th Percentile £263 £285 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £710 £700
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 179 101
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.96 £15.75
25th Percentile £14.20 £15.46 £24.50
Median hourly rate £17.03 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.36% -22.22% +63.13%
75th Percentile £32.05 £57.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £65.25 £66.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Microsoft Project
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Project trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Project.

Microsoft Project daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft Project daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Project.

Microsoft Project hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft Project hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (6.94%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.39%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (12.50%) Trello
4 4 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Primavera
1 2 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.39%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.39%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.11%) Asana
2 7 (9.72%) Azure
3 4 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.56%) SaaS
4 3 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.39%) Miro
6 1 (1.39%) OCI
6 1 (1.39%) PaaS
6 1 (1.39%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) Firewall
1 1 (1.39%) LAN
1 1 (1.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 3 (4.17%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.39%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.39%) Looker
2 1 (1.39%) Metadata
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (37.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
General
1 34 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 28 (38.89%) Finance
3 9 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.50%) Legal
4 7 (9.72%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.94%) Banking
5 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.17%) Back Office
7 3 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.78%) Marketing
8 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.39%) Automotive
9 1 (1.39%) Local Government
9 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (48.61%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.50%) Lead
3 8 (11.11%) Senior
4 7 (9.72%) IT Manager
5 6 (8.33%) Coordinator
5 6 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
5 6 (8.33%) Senior Manager
6 5 (6.94%) IT Project Manager
6 5 (6.94%) Project Planner
6 5 (6.94%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.17%) Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Data Business Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Implementation Manager
8 3 (4.17%) Programme Manager
9 2 (2.78%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (2.78%) PMO Lead
9 2 (2.78%) Project Delivery Manager
9 2 (2.78%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.39%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.28%) PMI
2 3 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.17%) Reference Data
3 2 (2.78%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.39%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.39%) FMCG
4 1 (1.39%) Life Science
4 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.78%) Linux
1 2 (2.78%) Unix
1 2 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (69.44%) Project Management
2 28 (38.89%) Agile
3 26 (36.11%) PRINCE2
3 26 (36.11%) Project Delivery
4 22 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (20.83%) Risk Management
6 13 (18.06%) Waterfall
7 12 (16.67%) Project Planning
7 12 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
8 10 (13.89%) Change Management
8 10 (13.89%) Project Governance
9 8 (11.11%) Data Management
10 7 (9.72%) Decision-Making
10 7 (9.72%) Scrum
11 6 (8.33%) Business Case
11 6 (8.33%) Change Control
11 6 (8.33%) Deadline-Driven
11 6 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.17%) SQL
2 2 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (51.39%) Degree
2 31 (43.06%) PMI Certification
3 26 (36.11%) PMP
4 13 (18.06%) Security Cleared
5 12 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.17%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (2.78%) APMP
7 2 (2.78%) CBAP
7 2 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.39%) APMG
8 1 (1.39%) CFA
8 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.39%) ISEB
8 1 (1.39%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.28%) PMO
2 3 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.78%) EMIR
3 2 (2.78%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.94%) SAP
3 3 (4.17%) Planview
4 2 (2.78%) Oracle
5 1 (1.39%) Adobe
5 1 (1.39%) Ariba
5 1 (1.39%) Databricks
5 1 (1.39%) eFront
5 1 (1.39%) Google
5 1 (1.39%) HP
5 1 (1.39%) NEC
5 1 (1.39%) Snow