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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 350 418
Rank change year-on-year +64 +68 -57
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 188 70 68
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 0.42% 0.31%
As % of the Applications category 11.58% 2.07% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 73 55 34
10th Percentile £35,350 £29,900 £44,622
25th Percentile £49,676 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,000 £67,750 £69,688
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -4.35%

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 1,624 3,387 1,978
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.51% 20.15% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 936 818 865
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,763 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,127 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £85,000
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 7 October 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 11 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.79%) Confluence
3 5 (2.66%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 90 (47.87%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (8.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (5.32%) MS Visio
5 7 (3.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (15.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.60%) Primavera
3 2 (1.06%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 2 (1.06%) Shopify
4 1 (0.53%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.53%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.38%) Power Platform
2 9 (4.79%) Smartsheet
3 6 (3.19%) Azure
4 5 (2.66%) Asana
4 5 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.60%) Miro
5 3 (1.60%) SaaS
6 2 (1.06%) AWS
6 2 (1.06%) Power Automate
7 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 12 (6.38%) Power BI
2 5 (2.66%) 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 59 (31.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) GitLab
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.53%) JMeter
2 1 (0.53%) Postman
General
1 113 (60.11%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.87%) Finance
3 16 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (6.38%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.32%) Law
5 10 (5.32%) Legal
6 8 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.26%) Retail
7 7 (3.72%) Marketing
8 5 (2.66%) Local Government
8 5 (2.66%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.13%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.60%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.60%) Banking
10 3 (1.60%) Military
11 2 (1.06%) Billing
11 2 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (65.96%) Project Manager
2 76 (40.43%) Senior
3 75 (39.89%) Senior Manager
3 75 (39.89%) Senior Project Manager
4 40 (21.28%) IT Manager
5 33 (17.55%) IT Project Manager
6 9 (4.79%) Coordinator
7 8 (4.26%) Lead
8 6 (3.19%) Programme Manager
9 5 (2.66%) Analyst
9 5 (2.66%) Consultant
9 5 (2.66%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Consultant
9 5 (2.66%) Project Consultant
9 5 (2.66%) Project Coordinator
9 5 (2.66%) Server Consultant
10 4 (2.13%) IT Programme Manager
10 4 (2.13%) PMO Analyst
10 4 (2.13%) Project Officer
10 4 (2.13%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.06%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.55%) Driving Licence
1 33 (17.55%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.32%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.66%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.13%) FMCG
7 3 (1.60%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.60%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.60%) NHS
7 3 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.06%) EPoS
8 2 (1.06%) Life Science
8 2 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.53%) LIMS
9 1 (0.53%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.53%) Pharmacovigilance
9 1 (0.53%) PKI
9 1 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (84.04%) Project Management
2 128 (68.09%) Agile
3 114 (60.64%) PRINCE2
4 104 (55.32%) Project Delivery
5 74 (39.36%) Budget Management
6 69 (36.70%) Programme Governance
6 69 (36.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 68 (36.17%) Coaching
8 67 (35.64%) Customer Experience
9 66 (35.11%) Conflict Management
9 66 (35.11%) Impact Analysis
9 66 (35.11%) Operations Management
10 44 (23.40%) Waterfall
11 43 (22.87%) CRM
12 39 (20.74%) ERP
13 37 (19.68%) DevOps
14 34 (18.09%) Software Delivery
15 32 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 32 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (16.49%) Data 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
1 106 (56.38%) Degree
2 75 (39.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 15 (7.98%) Security Cleared
4 14 (7.45%) PMP
4 14 (7.45%) SC Cleared
5 13 (6.91%) PMI Certification
6 10 (5.32%) APMP
7 5 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (2.13%) ISEB
9 3 (1.60%) CAPM
9 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.06%) MRICS
11 1 (0.53%) CCNA
11 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.53%) MCSE
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.96%) PMO
2 11 (5.85%) QA
3 9 (4.79%) GDPR
4 6 (3.19%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.66%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.06%) P3O
8 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.53%) GxP
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 61 (32.45%) Microsoft
2 36 (19.15%) SAP
3 32 (17.02%) ServiceNow
4 28 (14.89%) Oracle
5 5 (2.66%) Nintex
6 3 (1.60%) Planview
7 2 (1.06%) iManage
7 2 (1.06%) VMware
8 1 (0.53%) Aderant
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%) Sage
8 1 (0.53%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.53%) Varonis