Microsoft Project Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Project
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 159 191
Rank change year-on-year -12 +32 +37
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 11 23 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.22% 0.55% 0.55%
As % of the Applications category 2.72% 7.42% 8.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 22
10th Percentile - £40,500 £36,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £62,500 £49,118
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +27.24% -1.76%
75th Percentile £43,125 £63,750 £56,875
90th Percentile £48,750 £66,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -1.75%

All Software Application Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 405 310 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.94% 7.46% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 158 150 241
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,425 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,063 £30,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -1.23% +8.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £58,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £54,125 £75,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.29%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the South West over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Project in the South West

Microsoft Project
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bristol +12 4 - - 2
Gloucestershire +18 3 £32,500 -31.58% 2
Devon - 3 £50,000 -
Dorset - 1 - - 2
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Asana
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
2 2 (18.18%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Junior
2 2 (18.18%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Project Management
3 6 (54.55%) Project Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) DevOps
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
5 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) SDLC
5 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
6 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
6 2 (18.18%) Change Control
6 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (18.18%) Compliance Audit
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 2 (18.18%) Functional Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Resource Management
6 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) PMI Certification
3 3 (27.27%) PMP
4 2 (18.18%) BC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) P3O
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft