Microsoft Project Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Project
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 206 287
Rank change year-on-year -83 +81 +52
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 10 48 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.070% 0.70% 0.46%
As % of the Applications category 0.83% 6.55% 5.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9 41 52
10th Percentile - £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,748 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £53,928 £49,007
Median % change year-on-year -18.41% +10.04% -1.99%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,750 - £67,364
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.71% +23.16% -17.39%

All Software Application Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,205 733 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.46% 10.66% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 504 393 912
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,480 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +26.15% -10.96%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £49,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year -18.78% +31.33% -16.67%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Project.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Project in the North of England

Microsoft Project
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
North West -37 5 £33,000 -38.81% 9
Yorkshire -48 4 £72,500 +23.62% 4
North East -23 1 £67,500 +170.00% 3
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (30.00%) CMS
1 3 (30.00%) Confluence
1 3 (30.00%) Umbraco
1 3 (30.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Contentful
1 3 (30.00%) Slack
2 2 (20.00%) Smartsheet
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Automotive
3 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Account Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Head of Projects
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Junior
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (10.00%) PMI
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) Agile
3 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (50.00%) Scrum
4 5 (50.00%) Waterfall
5 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (30.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (20.00%) Business Case
7 2 (20.00%) Change Management
7 2 (20.00%) Data Security
7 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
7 2 (20.00%) ERP
7 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
7 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
7 2 (20.00%) ITIL
7 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
7 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (30.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (10.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GRC
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) SAP