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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 347 406
Rank change year-on-year +66 +59 -41
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 189 73 91
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 0.45% 0.39%
As % of the Applications category 12.57% 2.85% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 80 55 35
10th Percentile £36,125 £29,900 £43,700
25th Percentile £49,676 £48,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,000 £70,125
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -8.33%

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 1,503 2,557 2,027
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.32% 15.79% 8.69%
Number of salaries quoted 859 831 946
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £28,366
25th Percentile £33,625 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% -11.90%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 9 September 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 12 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.29%) Confluence
3 5 (2.65%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 90 (47.62%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (13.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (5.29%) MS Visio
5 7 (3.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (15.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.59%) Primavera
3 2 (1.06%) Shopify
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.53%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.99%) Power Platform
2 14 (7.41%) Smartsheet
3 12 (6.35%) Azure
4 7 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 5 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.12%) SaaS
7 3 (1.59%) Miro
8 2 (1.06%) Asana
8 2 (1.06%) AWS
9 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.06%) Internet
1 2 (1.06%) LAN
1 2 (1.06%) RFID
1 2 (1.06%) WAN
2 1 (0.53%) DHCP
2 1 (0.53%) DNS
2 1 (0.53%) Firewall
2 1 (0.53%) Intranet
2 1 (0.53%) Network Security
2 1 (0.53%) NX-OS
2 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.99%) Power BI
2 5 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.53%) Big Data
3 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 61 (32.28%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) GitLab
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.53%) JMeter
2 1 (0.53%) Postman
General
1 111 (58.73%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.16%) Finance
3 14 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (5.82%) Legal
6 8 (4.23%) Law
6 8 (4.23%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.23%) Retail
7 7 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.17%) Marketing
9 5 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.12%) Local Government
10 4 (2.12%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.59%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.59%) Banking
11 3 (1.59%) Military
12 2 (1.06%) Billing
12 2 (1.06%) Games
Job Titles
1 123 (65.08%) Project Manager
2 75 (39.68%) Senior
3 74 (39.15%) Senior Manager
3 74 (39.15%) Senior Project Manager
4 44 (23.28%) IT Manager
5 32 (16.93%) IT Project Manager
6 8 (4.23%) Coordinator
7 7 (3.70%) Applications Manager
7 7 (3.70%) Applications Support
7 7 (3.70%) Applications Support Manager
7 7 (3.70%) IT Support
7 7 (3.70%) IT Support Manager
7 7 (3.70%) Support Manager
8 6 (3.17%) Programme Manager
9 5 (2.65%) Consultant
9 5 (2.65%) Head of Projects
9 5 (2.65%) Lead
9 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Consultant
9 5 (2.65%) Project Consultant
9 5 (2.65%) Server Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.06%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.93%) Driving Licence
2 31 (16.40%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.82%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.12%) FMCG
8 3 (1.59%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.59%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.59%) NHS
8 3 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.06%) EPoS
9 2 (1.06%) Life Science
10 1 (0.53%) LIMS
10 1 (0.53%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.53%) Pharmacovigilance
10 1 (0.53%) PKI
10 1 (0.53%) SCADA
10 1 (0.53%) Social Media
10 1 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (85.19%) Project Management
2 128 (67.72%) Agile
3 119 (62.96%) PRINCE2
4 106 (56.08%) Project Delivery
5 73 (38.62%) Budget Management
6 71 (37.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 69 (36.51%) Programme Governance
8 68 (35.98%) Coaching
9 67 (35.45%) Customer Experience
10 66 (34.92%) Conflict Management
10 66 (34.92%) Impact Analysis
10 66 (34.92%) Operations Management
11 48 (25.40%) CRM
12 44 (23.28%) Waterfall
13 42 (22.22%) DevOps
14 38 (20.11%) ERP
15 33 (17.46%) Software Delivery
16 31 (16.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 30 (15.87%) Data Migration
17 30 (15.87%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
1 2 (1.06%) Python
1 2 (1.06%) SQL
2 1 (0.53%) Bash
2 1 (0.53%) Java
2 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (58.20%) Degree
2 73 (38.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 18 (9.52%) PMP
4 17 (8.99%) PMI Certification
5 9 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 8 (4.23%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (2.12%) APMP
9 3 (1.59%) CAPM
9 3 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.06%) ISEB
11 1 (0.53%) CCNA
11 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.53%) HNC
11 1 (0.53%) HND
11 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.53%) MCSE
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.76%) PMO
2 10 (5.29%) QA
3 8 (4.23%) GDPR
4 6 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.65%) GRC
6 4 (2.12%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.53%) GxP
8 1 (0.53%) P3O
8 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.06%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.53%) Ansible
2 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 62 (32.80%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.46%) SAP
3 29 (15.34%) ServiceNow
4 27 (14.29%) Oracle
5 5 (2.65%) Nintex
6 3 (1.59%) Planview
7 2 (1.06%) iManage
7 2 (1.06%) VMware
8 1 (0.53%) Allen-Bradley
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco
8 1 (0.53%) Dell
8 1 (0.53%) FIS
8 1 (0.53%) Intapp
8 1 (0.53%) NEC
8 1 (0.53%) NETGEAR
8 1 (0.53%) Sage
8 1 (0.53%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.53%) Siemens
8 1 (0.53%) Varonis
8 1 (0.53%) Wonderware