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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 349 399
Rank change year-on-year +15 +50 +88
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 52 57 159
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.31% 0.43% 0.53%
As % of the Applications category 2.66% 4.59% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 41 44 90
10th Percentile £37,500 £28,875 £32,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,250 £49,002
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% +8.67% -14.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,875 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.91% +17.63% -13.64%

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 1,954 1,243 2,357
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.55% 9.30% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 603 769 1,769
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £34,882 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +20.93% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,254 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +27.15% -16.67%

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 March 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 (9.62%) Confluence
2 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (11.54%) MS Visio
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (3.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Primavera
2 1 (1.92%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.85%) Azure
2 11 (21.15%) Power Platform
3 8 (15.38%) Power Automate
4 7 (13.46%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.77%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.92%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.15%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) Power Query
2 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (44.23%) JIRA
General
1 15 (28.85%) Finance
1 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.69%) Retail
4 3 (5.77%) Law
4 3 (5.77%) Legal
5 2 (3.85%) Games
5 2 (3.85%) Marketing
5 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.92%) Back Office
6 1 (1.92%) Banking
6 1 (1.92%) Billing
6 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.92%) International Banking
6 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 11 (21.15%) IT Manager
3 10 (19.23%) Operations Manager
3 10 (19.23%) Service Manager
3 10 (19.23%) Service Operations Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Applications Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Applications Support
4 7 (13.46%) Applications Support Manager
4 7 (13.46%) IT Support
4 7 (13.46%) IT Support Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Support Manager
5 6 (11.54%) Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) Junior
7 4 (7.69%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Junior Project Manager
7 4 (7.69%) Senior
7 4 (7.69%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.77%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Project Manager
9 2 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.69%) PMI
3 3 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) SCADA
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (67.31%) Project Management
2 20 (38.46%) Project Delivery
3 19 (36.54%) ITIL
3 19 (36.54%) PRINCE2
4 18 (34.62%) Agile
5 14 (26.92%) Waterfall
6 13 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (23.08%) CRM
8 11 (21.15%) Service Delivery
9 10 (19.23%) DevOps
10 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (13.46%) Data Management
11 7 (13.46%) Decision-Making
11 7 (13.46%) Scrum
11 7 (13.46%) Service Management
12 6 (11.54%) Business Case
12 6 (11.54%) SDLC
13 5 (9.62%) Roadmaps
13 5 (9.62%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (34.62%) Degree
2 10 (19.23%) PMI Certification
3 8 (15.38%) PMP
4 7 (13.46%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.69%) BC Cleared
6 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.92%) APMP
7 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.92%) CBAP
7 1 (1.92%) HNC
7 1 (1.92%) HND
7 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.92%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) PMO
2 4 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.69%) QA
3 2 (3.85%) GRC
3 2 (3.85%) P3O
4 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.92%) GDPR
4 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 20 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.92%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (1.92%) NEC
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle
4 1 (1.92%) SAP
4 1 (1.92%) Siemens
4 1 (1.92%) Wonderware