Microsoft Project Job Trends

Microsoft Project
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 404 438
Rank change year-on-year -116 +34 +123
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 158 275 468
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.63% 0.56%
As % of the Applications category 2.79% 5.85% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 89 163 308
10th Percentile £35,250 £39,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £46,754 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +17.89% -14.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,600 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £46,293
% change year-on-year +4.76% +13.41% -10.11%

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 5,660 4,699 8,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.75% 10.72% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,348 2,111 5,744
10th Percentile £26,875 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +28.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £53,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% -6.67%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Project.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

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 11 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
England -109 138 £57,500 - 84
UK excluding London -97 118 £55,000 +4.76% 75
South East +9 48 £62,500 +15.21% 26
Work from Home +13 45 £57,500 +7.98% 52
London -18 32 £75,000 +11.11% 17
Midlands -37 25 £57,500 +9.85% 16
West Midlands -19 15 £57,500 +9.85% 10
East of England -15 14 £46,657 -27.93% 5
South West -21 11 £32,500 -46.94% 4
East Midlands -41 10 £58,100 +10.67% 6
Northern Ireland -34 7 - -
North of England -71 7 £38,500 -28.61% 17
Scotland -16 5 £47,500 -20.83% 9
North West -34 5 £33,000 -38.81% 12
Wales -18 1 £65,000 +33.29% 1
North East -20 1 £67,500 +170.00% 2
Yorkshire -50 1 £82,500 +40.67% 4

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 28 (17.72%) Confluence
2 10 (6.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.90%) CMS
3 3 (1.90%) Umbraco
3 3 (1.90%) WordPress
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (11.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (9.49%) MS Visio
4 6 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.90%) Trello
6 2 (1.27%) AutoCAD
6 2 (1.27%) Revit
7 1 (0.63%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (3.80%) Primavera
2 4 (2.53%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.63%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 28 (17.72%) Azure
2 17 (10.76%) Power Platform
3 14 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (5.70%) Asana
5 9 (5.70%) Smartsheet
6 7 (4.43%) AWS
7 6 (3.80%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.53%) SaaS
9 3 (1.90%) Contentful
9 3 (1.90%) Slack
10 2 (1.27%) BrowserStack
10 2 (1.27%) Miro
10 2 (1.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 1 (0.63%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.63%) GCP
11 1 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.53%) Multicast
2 3 (1.90%) LAN
3 2 (1.27%) Firewall
3 2 (1.27%) Network Security
3 2 (1.27%) WAN
4 1 (0.63%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.63%) Internet
4 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.76%) Power BI
2 5 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 72 (45.57%) JIRA
2 4 (2.53%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.27%) NUnit
3 2 (1.27%) Selenium
3 2 (1.27%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 78 (49.37%) Social Skills
2 67 (42.41%) Finance
3 34 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (17.09%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (13.92%) Pharmaceutical
6 18 (11.39%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (6.33%) Legal
7 10 (6.33%) Retail
8 7 (4.43%) Law
8 7 (4.43%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.80%) Banking
9 6 (3.80%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.16%) Aerospace
10 5 (3.16%) Military
10 5 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.53%) Marketing
11 4 (2.53%) Spanish Language
12 3 (1.90%) Automotive
12 3 (1.90%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 69 (43.67%) Project Manager
2 33 (20.89%) Senior
3 31 (19.62%) Senior Manager
4 28 (17.72%) Senior Project Manager
5 23 (14.56%) Development Manager
6 22 (13.92%) Development Project Manager
6 22 (13.92%) Senior Development Manager
7 20 (12.66%) IT Manager
8 15 (9.49%) Analyst
9 11 (6.96%) Business Analyst
10 10 (6.33%) Coordinator
10 10 (6.33%) Operations Manager
10 10 (6.33%) Service Manager
10 10 (6.33%) Service Operations Manager
11 9 (5.70%) Project Coordinator
12 8 (5.06%) IT Project Manager
13 7 (4.43%) Applications Manager
13 7 (4.43%) Infrastructure Manager
13 7 (4.43%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 6 (3.80%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.53%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.27%) .NET
2 2 (1.27%) XML
3 1 (0.63%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (0.63%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.92%) Management Information System
2 15 (9.49%) Onboarding
3 12 (7.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.16%) PMI
4 5 (3.16%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.53%) Distributed Architecture
5 4 (2.53%) Distributed Computing
5 4 (2.53%) Equities
5 4 (2.53%) Eurex
5 4 (2.53%) Fixed Income
5 4 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.90%) IoT
7 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.27%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.27%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.27%) Home Automation
7 2 (1.27%) PropTech
7 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.53%) Linux
1 4 (2.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (69.62%) Project Management
2 93 (58.86%) Agile
3 61 (38.61%) PRINCE2
4 46 (29.11%) Project Delivery
5 35 (22.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (22.15%) ITIL
6 33 (20.89%) Risk Management
6 33 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (17.72%) Decision-Making
7 28 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (17.09%) Waterfall
9 22 (13.92%) Biotechnology
9 22 (13.92%) Hematology
9 22 (13.92%) Immunology
10 21 (13.29%) Scrum
10 21 (13.29%) SDLC
11 20 (12.66%) Budget Management
12 18 (11.39%) Change Management
12 18 (11.39%) Process Improvement
13 17 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.06%) SQL
2 4 (2.53%) C#
2 4 (2.53%) Python
3 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.63%) PHP
3 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (55.70%) Degree
2 57 (36.08%) PMI Certification
3 55 (34.81%) PMP
4 15 (9.49%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.06%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (4.43%) Master's Degree
6 7 (4.43%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.53%) BC Cleared
7 4 (2.53%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.53%) MBA
7 4 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.90%) PhD
9 2 (1.27%) APMP
9 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.27%) ISEB
9 2 (1.27%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.27%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.29%) PMO
2 11 (6.96%) QA
3 5 (3.16%) GDPR
3 5 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.90%) P3O
6 2 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 78 (49.37%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.33%) SAP
3 9 (5.70%) Oracle
4 6 (3.80%) NEC
5 5 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.53%) Bloomberg
6 4 (2.53%) CQG
6 4 (2.53%) ION Trading
6 4 (2.53%) Patsystems
6 4 (2.53%) Reuters
6 4 (2.53%) Trayport
7 3 (1.90%) QAD
8 2 (1.27%) Autodesk
8 2 (1.27%) HP
8 2 (1.27%) Panasonic
8 2 (1.27%) Polycom
8 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.27%) Samsung
8 2 (1.27%) Siebel
8 2 (1.27%) Sony