Microsoft Project Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Project
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 255 220
Rank change year-on-year +23 -35 +55
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 64 22 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.44% 0.29% 1.04%
As % of the Applications category 6.48% 3.41% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 33 15 89
10th Percentile £50,000 £36,900 £35,350
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £42,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +40.45% -15.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,250 - £70,050
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -18.64%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 988 645 2,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.82% 8.40% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 467 337 1,313
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £23,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +16.44% -5.19%
75th Percentile £56,500 £57,750 £49,000
90th Percentile £65,500 £66,250 £62,500
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 South East

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Project in the South East

Microsoft Project
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +50 43 £50,000 -10.71% 12
Berkshire +45 41 £50,001 - 2
Surrey -4 15 £65,000 +23.81% 2
Hampshire -19 5 £65,000 +62.50% 2
Oxfordshire +2 1 - - 6
West Sussex -24 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £32,500 - 4
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.56%) Acrobat
3 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Primavera
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.88%) Power Platform
2 12 (18.75%) Azure
2 12 (18.75%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Internet
1 1 (1.56%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (21.88%) JIRA
2 2 (3.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 27 (42.19%) Pharmaceutical
3 26 (40.63%) Influencing Skills
4 21 (32.81%) Finance
5 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Automotive
5 3 (4.69%) Retail
6 1 (1.56%) Legal
6 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 29 (45.31%) Project Manager
1 29 (45.31%) Senior
2 26 (40.63%) Development Manager
2 26 (40.63%) Development Project Manager
2 26 (40.63%) Senior Development Manager
2 26 (40.63%) Senior Manager
2 26 (40.63%) Senior Project Manager
3 15 (23.44%) IT Manager
4 14 (21.88%) Applications Manager
5 12 (18.75%) Applications Support
5 12 (18.75%) Applications Support Manager
5 12 (18.75%) IT Support
5 12 (18.75%) IT Support Manager
5 12 (18.75%) Support Manager
6 10 (15.63%) Operations Manager
6 10 (15.63%) Service Manager
6 10 (15.63%) Service Operations Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Project Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.56%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.56%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (81.25%) Project Management
2 33 (51.56%) Agile
3 27 (42.19%) Risk Management
4 26 (40.63%) Biotechnology
4 26 (40.63%) Decision-Making
4 26 (40.63%) Hematology
4 26 (40.63%) Immunology
5 18 (28.13%) CRM
5 18 (28.13%) PRINCE2
6 17 (26.56%) Data Management
7 15 (23.44%) Service Management
8 14 (21.88%) Service Delivery
9 11 (17.19%) ITIL
10 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (7.81%) Project Delivery
11 5 (7.81%) Waterfall
12 4 (6.25%) Business Strategy
12 4 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
13 3 (4.69%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.13%) C#
1 2 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (56.25%) Degree
2 30 (46.88%) PMI Certification
2 30 (46.88%) PMP
3 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.69%) PhD
4 1 (1.56%) HNC
4 1 (1.56%) HND
4 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.81%) PMO
Vendors
1 43 (67.19%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.56%) Adobe
2 1 (1.56%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle
2 1 (1.56%) SAP
2 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.56%) Siemens
2 1 (1.56%) Wonderware