Microsoft Project Job Trends in England

Microsoft Project
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 459 423
Rank change year-on-year -46 -36 +97
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 186 176 447
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.45% 0.53%
As % of the Applications category 4.13% 4.00% 5.02%
Number of salaries quoted 100 120 286
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,438 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +26.32% -18.10%
75th Percentile £68,125 £77,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £79,100 £80,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.68% +17.89% -17.24%

All Software Application Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,504 4,396 8,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.48% 11.20% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,288 2,104 5,600
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -15.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £53,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -14.09%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Project.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
South East +22 65 £55,000 -12.00% 22
South West -22 37 £32,500 -65.79% 7
London -49 30 £75,000 +11.11% 25
North of England -53 27 £55,000 +2.52% 9
North West -8 18 £55,000 +1.38% 5
Midlands -43 14 £60,000 +14.29% 14
East of England -21 11 £47,500 -9.52% 6
Yorkshire -41 8 £72,500 +22.58% 3
West Midlands -53 8 £60,000 +11.79% 8
East Midlands -25 6 £78,750 +50.00% 6
North East -42 1 £67,500 +170.00% 2
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 24 (12.90%) Confluence
2 5 (2.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (25.81%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.30%) MS Visio
4 6 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.54%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (5.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.23%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.61%) Primavera
3 3 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.08%) Workfront
5 1 (0.54%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.54%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.13%) Azure
2 25 (13.44%) Power Platform
3 17 (9.14%) Smartsheet
4 12 (6.45%) Power Automate
5 9 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.76%) AWS
7 4 (2.15%) SaaS
8 3 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.08%) Miro
10 1 (0.54%) Asana
10 1 (0.54%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.54%) GCP
10 1 (0.54%) iPaaS
10 1 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.23%) Multicast
2 3 (1.61%) LAN
3 2 (1.08%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (1.08%) Internet
3 2 (1.08%) WAN
4 1 (0.54%) Firewall
4 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.44%) Power BI
2 6 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.54%) Big Data
3 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 72 (38.71%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.54%) Postman
3 1 (0.54%) SoapUI
General
1 91 (48.92%) Social Skills
2 65 (34.95%) Finance
3 34 (18.28%) Pharmaceutical
4 29 (15.59%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.60%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (6.45%) Legal
8 10 (5.38%) Manufacturing
9 9 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.23%) Banking
10 6 (3.23%) Retail
10 6 (3.23%) Spanish Language
11 5 (2.69%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.69%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.61%) Automotive
12 3 (1.61%) Electronics
12 3 (1.61%) Law
13 2 (1.08%) Advertising
13 2 (1.08%) Games
13 2 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 106 (56.99%) Project Manager
2 68 (36.56%) Senior
3 64 (34.41%) Senior Manager
4 61 (32.80%) Senior Project Manager
5 30 (16.13%) IT Manager
6 27 (14.52%) Development Manager
6 27 (14.52%) Development Project Manager
6 27 (14.52%) Senior Development Manager
7 14 (7.53%) Applications Manager
8 13 (6.99%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (6.45%) Analyst
9 12 (6.45%) Applications Support
9 12 (6.45%) Applications Support Manager
9 12 (6.45%) IT Support
9 12 (6.45%) IT Support Manager
9 12 (6.45%) Support Manager
10 11 (5.91%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.91%) Service Manager
11 10 (5.38%) Operations Manager
11 10 (5.38%) Service Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.23%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.08%) .NET
3 1 (0.54%) JSON
3 1 (0.54%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.44%) Management Information System
2 17 (9.14%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.99%) Driving Licence
4 11 (5.91%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.23%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (3.23%) Distributed Computing
5 6 (3.23%) Equities
5 6 (3.23%) Eurex
5 6 (3.23%) Fixed Income
5 6 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.15%) PMI
6 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.08%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.54%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.54%) Life Science
8 1 (0.54%) Pharmacovigilance
8 1 (0.54%) PropTech
8 1 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.23%) Linux
1 6 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (82.26%) Project Management
2 131 (70.43%) Agile
3 85 (45.70%) PRINCE2
4 77 (41.40%) Project Delivery
5 46 (24.73%) Waterfall
6 44 (23.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 43 (23.12%) Budget Management
8 38 (20.43%) Decision-Making
9 35 (18.82%) Coaching
10 34 (18.28%) CRM
10 34 (18.28%) Risk Management
11 33 (17.74%) Programme Governance
12 31 (16.67%) Conflict Management
13 30 (16.13%) Customer Experience
13 30 (16.13%) Impact Analysis
13 30 (16.13%) Operations Management
14 28 (15.05%) DevOps
15 27 (14.52%) Biotechnology
15 27 (14.52%) ERP
15 27 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.69%) SQL
2 4 (2.15%) Python
3 2 (1.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 107 (57.53%) Degree
2 56 (30.11%) PMP
3 53 (28.49%) PMI Certification
4 31 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (4.30%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.76%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.15%) BC Cleared
8 3 (1.61%) MBA
8 3 (1.61%) PhD
9 2 (1.08%) APMP
9 2 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.54%) APMG
10 1 (0.54%) HNC
10 1 (0.54%) HND
10 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.54%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.44%) PMO
2 11 (5.91%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.69%) GDPR
3 5 (2.69%) GMP
3 5 (2.69%) GRC
3 5 (2.69%) NEBOSH
4 4 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.08%) QA
5 2 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.54%) GxP
6 1 (0.54%) P3O
6 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 70 (37.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.75%) Oracle
3 18 (9.68%) SAP
4 12 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.23%) Bloomberg
5 6 (3.23%) CQG
5 6 (3.23%) ION Trading
5 6 (3.23%) Patsystems
5 6 (3.23%) Reuters
5 6 (3.23%) Trayport
6 4 (2.15%) Sage
7 3 (1.61%) Ariba
7 3 (1.61%) QAD
8 2 (1.08%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.08%) Concur
8 2 (1.08%) NETGEAR
8 2 (1.08%) Planview
9 1 (0.54%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.54%) iManage
9 1 (0.54%) Wonderware