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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 473 463 551
Rank change year-on-year -10 +88 -22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 267 495 474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.50% 0.48%
As % of the Applications category 4.11% 5.02% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 185 321 328
10th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,748 £39,000 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £47,500 £57,448
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -17.32% +9.42%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,293 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.01% -11.82% +9.98%

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 6,503 9,854 8,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.61% 9.87% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,285 6,094 4,755
10th Percentile £27,250 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £27,965 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,250 £44,235
Median % change year-on-year +30.72% -13.53% -1.70%
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +37.14% -6.67% -5.06%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -47 220 £52,500 +10.53% 438
UK excluding London -4 190 £50,000 +8.01% 401
North of England +55 86 £40,748 -14.68% 79
North West +49 72 £40,748 -15.13% 45
Work from Home +32 72 £51,750 +3.52% 102
London +104 52 £66,250 +15.22% 93
Midlands +27 33 £52,344 +4.69% 74
West Midlands +42 23 £52,344 -2.62% 42
South East -50 22 £62,500 +41.24% 121
East of England +25 20 £56,250 +95.65% 50
Northern Ireland - 12 - - 10
Yorkshire +66 10 £54,793 +26.11% 25
East Midlands -3 10 £52,500 +18.71% 27
Scotland +105 8 £58,750 +21.60% 27
Wales +20 6 £48,768 +14.75% 7
North East -1 4 £25,000 -47.37% 10
South West +72 3 £95,000 +106.52% 46

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 11 (4.12%) Confluence
2 10 (3.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.75%) CMS
3 2 (0.75%) IBM Domino
3 2 (0.75%) Mule
3 2 (0.75%) WordPress
4 1 (0.37%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 92 (34.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (28.46%) Microsoft Office
3 68 (25.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (11.61%) Trello
5 26 (9.74%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.50%) AutoCAD
6 4 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (2.62%) Primavera
2 3 (1.12%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.75%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.74%) Azure
2 10 (3.75%) Asana
3 9 (3.37%) Power Platform
3 9 (3.37%) Smartsheet
4 8 (3.00%) AWS
4 8 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.25%) GCP
6 5 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.87%) Snowflake
7 4 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.12%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.12%) Lucidchart
8 3 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.75%) Boomi
9 2 (0.75%) SaaS
10 1 (0.37%) Miro
10 1 (0.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.75%) VLAN
2 1 (0.37%) Internet
2 1 (0.37%) LAN
2 1 (0.37%) SWIFTNet
2 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.00%) Power BI
2 6 (2.25%) Tableau
3 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.87%) Hadoop
3 5 (1.87%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.75%) QlikView
5 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.37%) Looker
5 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.37%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 90 (33.71%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) LabVIEW
General
1 122 (45.69%) Social Skills
2 101 (37.83%) Finance
3 30 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.61%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (7.12%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.49%) Electronics
8 11 (4.12%) Banking
8 11 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.37%) Marketing
10 7 (2.62%) Law
10 7 (2.62%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.62%) Retail
11 6 (2.25%) Legal
11 6 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.50%) German Language
14 3 (1.12%) Automotive
14 3 (1.12%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 156 (58.43%) Project Manager
2 46 (17.23%) Assistant Project Manager
3 37 (13.86%) Senior
4 30 (11.24%) Senior Manager
5 28 (10.49%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (5.24%) Analyst
6 14 (5.24%) Head of Delivery
6 14 (5.24%) Head of IT
7 13 (4.87%) IT Manager
8 11 (4.12%) Business Analyst
9 10 (3.75%) IT Project Manager
10 9 (3.37%) Technical Manager
11 7 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (2.62%) Lead
11 7 (2.62%) Programme Manager
11 7 (2.62%) Project Analyst
11 7 (2.62%) Project Officer
11 7 (2.62%) Technical Project Manager
12 6 (2.25%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 6 (2.25%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.12%) XML
2 2 (0.75%) ADO
2 2 (0.75%) CSS
2 2 (0.75%) FpML
2 2 (0.75%) HTML
3 1 (0.37%) .NET
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.24%) Social Media
2 15 (5.62%) PMI
3 13 (4.87%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.49%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.62%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.75%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.75%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.75%) DTCC
10 2 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.75%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.75%) PKI
10 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.75%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.25%) Windows
1 6 (2.25%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.37%) Linux
2 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (61.80%) Project Management
2 134 (50.19%) Project Delivery
3 93 (34.83%) Agile
4 86 (32.21%) PRINCE2
5 64 (23.97%) Stakeholder Management
6 61 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (20.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (19.48%) Waterfall
9 43 (16.10%) Budget Management
10 37 (13.86%) Project Planning
11 35 (13.11%) Process Improvement
12 33 (12.36%) Risk Management
13 27 (10.11%) Scrum
14 23 (8.61%) Collaborative Working
14 23 (8.61%) Computer Science
14 23 (8.61%) Data Management
15 22 (8.24%) Service Delivery
15 22 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 21 (7.87%) Change Management
17 20 (7.49%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.25%) SQL
2 4 (1.50%) Python
3 2 (0.75%) C#
3 2 (0.75%) C++
3 2 (0.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 121 (45.32%) Degree
2 68 (25.47%) PMI Certification
3 52 (19.48%) PMP
4 47 (17.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (7.87%) DBS Check
6 11 (4.12%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.25%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.87%) CCNP
10 5 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.87%) SAP Certification
11 4 (1.50%) CCIE
12 3 (1.12%) MBA
12 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.75%) CCA
13 2 (0.75%) CISSP
13 2 (0.75%) HNC
13 2 (0.75%) HND
13 2 (0.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.86%) PMO
2 30 (11.24%) QA
3 5 (1.87%) P3O
4 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.50%) GDPR
5 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.75%) EMIR
6 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.75%) MiFID
6 2 (0.75%) NIST
6 2 (0.75%) SEPA
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 116 (43.45%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.62%) SAP
3 10 (3.75%) NEC
4 8 (3.00%) Google
5 7 (2.62%) Planview
6 6 (2.25%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.87%) Cisco
7 5 (1.87%) Databricks
7 5 (1.87%) Teradata
8 4 (1.50%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.12%) Avaloq
9 3 (1.12%) Pegasus
10 2 (0.75%) Adobe
10 2 (0.75%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.75%) Calypso
10 2 (0.75%) Charles River
10 2 (0.75%) Currenex
10 2 (0.75%) Marketo
10 2 (0.75%) Mentor Graphics
10 2 (0.75%) Murex