Microsoft Project Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 158 226
Rank change year-on-year -40 +68 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 6 15 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.077% 0.49% 0.39%
As % of the Applications category 1.45% 4.12% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 25
10th Percentile £42,250 £40,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,086 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,344 £54,939
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -4.72% +1.74%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £58,500 £60,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +26.32% -18.38%

All Software Application Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 413 364 1,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.28% 11.77% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 235 189 507
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,004 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £56,375
90th Percentile £60,000 £55,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.88% -14.44%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Project in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Birmingham -8 1 £60,000 +4.35%
Solihull - 1 £75,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £57,500 - 1
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (16.67%) Confluence
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Asana
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Games
1 2 (33.33%) iGaming
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Billing
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft