Microsoft Project Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Project
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 123 151
Rank change year-on-year -31 +28 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 6 10 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.13% 0.55% 0.80%
As % of the Applications category 2.32% 4.88% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 18
10th Percentile £48,100 £44,800 £30,425
25th Percentile £57,188 £46,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £52,500 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +18.71% -37.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £57,500 £52,193
90th Percentile - £70,500 £56,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -20.83%

All Software Application Skills
East Midlands

Microsoft Project falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 259 205 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.70% 11.19% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 93 89 334
10th Percentile £25,887 £26,550 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,625 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.94% +23.08% -8.45%
75th Percentile £42,500 £56,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £66,400 £65,000 £52,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +22.67% -16.67%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Project relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Project.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Project in the East Midlands

Microsoft Project
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -34 4 £85,000 +61.90% 1
Nottinghamshire -10 2 £58,100 +12.27% 3
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) IT Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Business Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (66.67%) ERP
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 3 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 3 (50.00%) Data Integration
3 3 (50.00%) Data Management
3 3 (50.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (50.00%) Due Diligence
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (50.00%) Post-Merger Integration
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) PMI Certification
2 4 (66.67%) PMP
3 3 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (50.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) P3O
2 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
1 4 (66.67%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) QAD
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow