Microsoft Project Jobs

Microsoft Project
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Microsoft Project skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 461 554
Rank change year-on-year +37 +93 -26
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 276 497 505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.51% 0.49%
As % of the Applications category 4.31% 5.08% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 189 321 350
10th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,748 £39,000 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -17.39% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,293 £51,500
% change year-on-year +8.01% -10.11% +3.00%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,399 9,787 9,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.27% 9.95% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,206 6,127 4,993
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,847 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.04% -0.74%
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,432 £67,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -6.67% -4.63%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project.

Salary trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
England +7 226 £52,500 +10.53% 191
UK excluding London +28 193 £50,000 +8.01% 144
North of England +95 84 £40,748 -14.21% 27
Work from Home +86 70 £56,750 +13.52% 111
North West +79 68 £40,748 -15.13% 21
London +98 58 £66,250 +15.22% 71
Midlands +29 36 £52,344 +4.69% 23
West Midlands +47 24 £52,344 -4.83% 15
South East -30 21 £59,250 +33.15% 46
East of England +44 19 £62,371 +107.90% 8
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 9
Yorkshire +72 12 £54,793 +26.11% 4
East Midlands +26 12 £52,500 +18.71% 8
Scotland +122 8 £58,750 +27.72% 13
Wales +26 8 £48,768 +14.75% 1
North East +15 4 £25,000 -47.37% 2
South West +77 3 £95,000 +106.52% 16

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.71%) Confluence
3 2 (0.72%) CMS
3 2 (0.72%) IBM Domino
3 2 (0.72%) Mule
3 2 (0.72%) WordPress
4 1 (0.36%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 97 (35.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (27.54%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (25.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (9.78%) MS Visio
4 27 (9.78%) Trello
5 6 (2.17%) AutoCAD
6 4 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Primavera
1 4 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.09%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 25 (9.06%) Azure
2 11 (3.99%) Asana
3 9 (3.26%) Power Platform
3 9 (3.26%) Smartsheet
4 8 (2.90%) AWS
5 7 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.17%) GCP
7 5 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.81%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.09%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.09%) Lucidchart
8 3 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.72%) Boomi
9 2 (0.72%) SaaS
10 1 (0.36%) Miro
10 1 (0.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.72%) VLAN
3 1 (0.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) LAN
3 1 (0.36%) SWIFTNet
3 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.90%) Power BI
2 6 (2.17%) Tableau
3 5 (1.81%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.81%) Hadoop
3 5 (1.81%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.09%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (0.72%) QlikView
6 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.36%) Looker
6 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.36%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 91 (32.97%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) LabVIEW
General
1 127 (46.01%) Social Skills
2 110 (39.86%) Finance
3 37 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (7.61%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.07%) Electronics
8 10 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.26%) Banking
10 8 (2.90%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.54%) Marketing
12 6 (2.17%) Law
13 5 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.45%) German Language
14 4 (1.45%) Police
14 4 (1.45%) Publishing
14 4 (1.45%) Retail
14 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.09%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 163 (59.06%) Project Manager
2 46 (16.67%) Assistant Project Manager
3 42 (15.22%) Senior
4 35 (12.68%) Senior Manager
5 33 (11.96%) Senior Project Manager
6 15 (5.43%) IT Manager
7 14 (5.07%) Head of Delivery
7 14 (5.07%) Head of IT
8 13 (4.71%) Analyst
9 12 (4.35%) IT Project Manager
10 11 (3.99%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.62%) Technical Manager
12 9 (3.26%) Infrastructure Manager
13 8 (2.90%) Delivery Manager
14 7 (2.54%) Lead
14 7 (2.54%) Programme Manager
14 7 (2.54%) Project Officer
15 6 (2.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 6 (2.17%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 6 (2.17%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.81%) XML
2 2 (0.72%) ADO
2 2 (0.72%) CSS
2 2 (0.72%) FpML
2 2 (0.72%) HTML
3 1 (0.36%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.25%) PMI
2 18 (6.52%) Social Media
3 13 (4.71%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.62%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.17%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.72%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.72%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.72%) DTCC
9 2 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.72%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.72%) PKI
9 2 (0.72%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.72%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.81%) Windows
2 4 (1.45%) Linux
2 4 (1.45%) Unix
3 3 (1.09%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.72%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (62.32%) Project Management
2 132 (47.83%) Project Delivery
3 94 (34.06%) Agile
4 91 (32.97%) PRINCE2
5 66 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 62 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (22.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (18.48%) Waterfall
9 45 (16.30%) Budget Management
10 40 (14.49%) Project Planning
11 35 (12.68%) Risk Management
12 29 (10.51%) Process Improvement
12 29 (10.51%) Scrum
13 26 (9.42%) Computer Science
14 24 (8.70%) Data Management
15 22 (7.97%) Resource Allocation
16 21 (7.61%) Service Delivery
17 20 (7.25%) ITIL
18 19 (6.88%) Cybersecurity
18 19 (6.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.17%) SQL
2 4 (1.45%) Python
3 2 (0.72%) C#
3 2 (0.72%) C++
3 2 (0.72%) Java
Qualifications
1 120 (43.48%) Degree
2 67 (24.28%) PMI Certification
3 48 (17.39%) PMP
4 47 (17.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (6.16%) DBS Check
6 14 (5.07%) Master's Degree
7 11 (3.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.17%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.81%) MBA
10 5 (1.81%) SAP Certification
11 4 (1.45%) HNC
12 3 (1.09%) CCNP
12 3 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.09%) HND
13 2 (0.72%) CCA
13 2 (0.72%) CISSP
13 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.72%) PgMP
13 2 (0.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.86%) PMO
2 28 (10.14%) QA
3 5 (1.81%) P3O
4 4 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.45%) GDPR
5 3 (1.09%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.72%) EMIR
6 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.72%) MiFID
6 2 (0.72%) NIST
6 2 (0.72%) SEPA
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Vendors
1 128 (46.38%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.80%) SAP
3 10 (3.62%) NEC
4 8 (2.90%) Google
5 7 (2.54%) Planview
6 6 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.81%) Databricks
7 5 (1.81%) Teradata
8 4 (1.45%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.09%) Avaloq
9 3 (1.09%) Cisco
9 3 (1.09%) Pegasus
10 2 (0.72%) Adobe
10 2 (0.72%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.72%) Calypso
10 2 (0.72%) Charles River
10 2 (0.72%) Marketo
10 2 (0.72%) Mentor Graphics
10 2 (0.72%) Murex
10 2 (0.72%) OneTrust