Microsoft Project Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Project
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 160 182
Rank change year-on-year -11 +22 +99
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 9 55 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.15% 1.06% 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 1.66% 10.17% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6 20 6
10th Percentile - £38,975 £36,875
25th Percentile £30,500 £39,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% -2.17% -19.65%
75th Percentile £35,500 £54,446 £55,563
90th Percentile £39,750 £58,750 £61,875
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -1.79% -2.61%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 542 541 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.74% 10.46% 6.47%
Number of salaries quoted 210 260 176
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £21,800
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +32.81% -14.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,556
90th Percentile £60,000 £59,048 £66,875
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -8.60%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the North West

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cheshire -31 4 £33,000 -26.67% 3
Manchester +4 2 £35,000 +7.69%
Cumbria +1 2 - - 1
Lancashire +10 1 - - 2
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (33.33%) CMS
1 3 (33.33%) Umbraco
1 3 (33.33%) WordPress
2 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Contentful
1 3 (33.33%) Slack
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
1 5 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Automotive
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Account Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Planning Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Support Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Junior
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Business Case
3 2 (22.22%) Deadline-Driven
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Kanban
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) P3O
2 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft