Hybrid/Remote Microsoft Project Job Trends

Microsoft Project
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 364 412
Rank change year-on-year +88 +48 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 135 71 172
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.72% 0.47% 0.53%
As % of the Applications category 11.07% 4.10% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 56 58 85
10th Percentile £38,625 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,750 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% +3.52% -16.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,750 £76,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.68% +17.89% -17.32%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,219 1,732 2,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.49% 11.47% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 605 820 1,790
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,680 £50,000 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +13.99% -7.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,251 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,375 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -14.09%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Project and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Project.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Microsoft Project salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (3.70%) Confluence
2 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 74 (54.81%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (8.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.74%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.59%) Azure
2 14 (10.37%) Power Platform
3 13 (9.63%) Smartsheet
4 12 (8.89%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.48%) SaaS
7 1 (0.74%) Asana
7 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.37%) Power BI
2 1 (0.74%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 39 (28.89%) JIRA
General
1 76 (56.30%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.81%) Finance
3 5 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.48%) Games
6 2 (1.48%) iGaming
6 2 (1.48%) Legal
6 2 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.48%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.74%) Banking
7 1 (0.74%) Billing
7 1 (0.74%) Danish Language
7 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.74%) International Banking
7 1 (0.74%) Law
7 1 (0.74%) Retail
7 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (70.37%) Project Manager
2 68 (50.37%) Senior
2 68 (50.37%) Senior Manager
2 68 (50.37%) Senior Project Manager
3 25 (18.52%) IT Manager
4 13 (9.63%) IT Project Manager
5 12 (8.89%) Applications Manager
5 12 (8.89%) Applications Support
5 12 (8.89%) Applications Support Manager
5 12 (8.89%) IT Support
5 12 (8.89%) IT Support Manager
5 12 (8.89%) Support Manager
6 10 (7.41%) Operations Manager
6 10 (7.41%) Service Manager
6 10 (7.41%) Service Operations Manager
7 6 (4.44%) Junior
8 5 (3.70%) Head of Projects
8 5 (3.70%) Junior Project Manager
9 3 (2.22%) Coordinator
9 3 (2.22%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.63%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.89%) Driving Licence
3 11 (8.15%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.22%) FMCG
6 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.48%) PMI
6 2 (1.48%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.74%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.74%) Life Science
7 1 (0.74%) Pharmacovigilance
7 1 (0.74%) SCADA
7 1 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (86.67%) Project Management
2 100 (74.07%) Agile
3 98 (72.59%) PRINCE2
4 87 (64.44%) Project Delivery
5 70 (51.85%) Budget Management
6 67 (49.63%) Conflict Management
6 67 (49.63%) Programme Governance
7 66 (48.89%) Coaching
7 66 (48.89%) Customer Experience
7 66 (48.89%) Impact Analysis
7 66 (48.89%) Operations Management
8 27 (20.00%) CRM
9 25 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (18.52%) Waterfall
10 21 (15.56%) DevOps
11 18 (13.33%) ITIL
12 16 (11.85%) ERP
12 16 (11.85%) Service Delivery
12 16 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (8.89%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 89 (65.93%) Degree
2 67 (49.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 13 (9.63%) PMI Certification
4 12 (8.89%) PMP
5 5 (3.70%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.96%) BC Cleared
7 3 (2.22%) CAPM
7 3 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.74%) APMP
8 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.74%) HNC
8 1 (0.74%) HND
8 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.93%) PMO
2 5 (3.70%) GRC
2 5 (3.70%) QA
3 4 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.48%) GDPR
5 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.74%) GxP
5 1 (0.74%) P3O
5 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 27 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.37%) SAP
3 12 (8.89%) ServiceNow
4 11 (8.15%) Oracle
5 3 (2.22%) Planview
6 1 (0.74%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.74%) NETGEAR
6 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.74%) Siemens
6 1 (0.74%) Wonderware