Microsoft Project Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 186 197
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +73
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 24 50 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.31% 0.78% 0.65%
As % of the Applications category 3.47% 7.05% 6.78%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 28
10th Percentile £41,100 £42,400 £24,500
25th Percentile £50,891 £48,438 £36,851
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,344 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% +4.71% -4.78%
75th Percentile £70,625 £56,250 £55,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £57,800 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -2.61%

All Software Application Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 691 709 546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.91% 11.12% 9.54%
Number of salaries quoted 302 253 403
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £23,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,375 £61,950 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.98%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Project in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
West Midlands +5 15 £57,500 +12.21% 12
East Midlands -15 9 £61,000 +16.19% 6
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (8.33%) Trello
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Primavera
2 1 (4.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (12.50%) SaaS
4 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.17%) Asana
5 1 (4.17%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Law
3 5 (20.83%) Legal
4 4 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 4 (16.67%) Retail
5 3 (12.50%) Aerospace
5 3 (12.50%) Electronics
5 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.33%) Games
6 2 (8.33%) Marketing
7 1 (4.17%) Billing
7 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Police
7 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Senior
2 7 (29.17%) Project Manager
2 7 (29.17%) Senior Manager
3 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) IT Manager
4 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Planning Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Production Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Risk Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Production Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (4.17%) IT Change Manager
6 1 (4.17%) PMO Coordinator
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Change Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior PMO
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Project Management
2 12 (50.00%) Agile
2 12 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 10 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (37.50%) ITIL
5 8 (33.33%) Waterfall
6 6 (25.00%) ERP
6 6 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (20.83%) Change Management
7 5 (20.83%) Programme Delivery
7 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (16.67%) Budget Management
8 4 (16.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
8 4 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
8 4 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
8 4 (16.67%) Process Improvement
8 4 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) PMI Certification
2 7 (29.17%) PMP
3 3 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 3 (12.50%) MBA
3 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) GDPR
2 4 (16.67%) PMO
3 3 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
2 4 (16.67%) SAP
3 3 (12.50%) QAD
4 2 (8.33%) NEC
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) Workday