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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 169 158
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 +73
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 16 33 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.31% 0.76% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 3.17% 6.59% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 17
10th Percentile £53,688 £44,500 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,990 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,245 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.21% +7.88% -9.52%
75th Percentile £62,500 £54,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £58,350 £62,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,438 £56,000
% change year-on-year +3.72% -1.00% -2.61%

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 505 501 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.64% 11.53% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 228 187 235
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £24,393
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £65,600
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -8.60%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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
Birmingham +23 6 £60,000 +20.00% 9
Shropshire -15 4 £57,500 - 9
Warwickshire +23 1 £60,000 - 2
Solihull 0 1 £75,000 - 1
Coventry -2 1 - - 4
Staffordshire -14 1 £53,688 +2.57% 3
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 5
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 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Visio
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (12.50%) Trello
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 2 (12.50%) SaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Asana
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Legal
3 4 (25.00%) Marketing
3 4 (25.00%) Retail
4 3 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Games
5 2 (12.50%) Law
6 1 (6.25%) Billing
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.25%) Police
6 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
2 6 (37.50%) Senior Manager
3 5 (31.25%) Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Production Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Production Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
6 1 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Technical Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Technical Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Project Management
2 9 (56.25%) Agile
2 9 (56.25%) PRINCE2
3 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 5 (31.25%) ITIL
4 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
5 4 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
5 4 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (18.75%) Budget Management
6 3 (18.75%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 3 (18.75%) ERP
6 3 (18.75%) Project Planning
6 3 (18.75%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) PMI Certification
2 5 (31.25%) PMP
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) PMO
3 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Workday