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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 353 421
Rank change year-on-year +83 +68 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 151 74 168
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.48% 0.49%
As % of the Applications category 11.79% 3.54% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 65 58 75
10th Percentile £38,400 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,625 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +0.98% -15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £93,000 £76,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -17.39%

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 1,281 2,092 2,951
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.42% 13.63% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 676 856 1,813
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,590 £50,000 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +13.99% -7.87%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,230 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £44,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -10.11% +14.10% -13.33%

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 17 June 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 6 (3.97%) Confluence
2 3 (1.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 76 (50.33%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.31%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (13.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.66%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.60%) Power Platform
2 15 (9.93%) Azure
3 13 (8.61%) Smartsheet
4 12 (7.95%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.99%) SaaS
6 2 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.66%) Asana
7 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.66%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.32%) Internet
2 1 (0.66%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.60%) Power BI
2 1 (0.66%) Big Data
2 1 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 45 (29.80%) JIRA
General
1 79 (52.32%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.57%) Finance
3 5 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.65%) Retail
5 2 (1.32%) Billing
5 2 (1.32%) Games
5 2 (1.32%) iGaming
5 2 (1.32%) Legal
5 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (1.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.66%) Danish Language
6 1 (0.66%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 106 (70.20%) Project Manager
2 68 (45.03%) Senior
2 68 (45.03%) Senior Manager
2 68 (45.03%) Senior Project Manager
3 39 (25.83%) IT Manager
4 24 (15.89%) IT Project Manager
5 12 (7.95%) Applications Manager
5 12 (7.95%) Applications Support
5 12 (7.95%) Applications Support Manager
5 12 (7.95%) IT Support
5 12 (7.95%) IT Support Manager
5 12 (7.95%) Support Manager
6 5 (3.31%) Coordinator
6 5 (3.31%) Head of Projects
7 4 (2.65%) Junior
7 4 (2.65%) Operations Manager
7 4 (2.65%) Programme Manager
7 4 (2.65%) Service Manager
7 4 (2.65%) Service Operations Manager
8 3 (1.99%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.66%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.57%) Driving Licence
2 21 (13.91%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (8.61%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.99%) FMCG
5 3 (1.99%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.32%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.32%) NHS
6 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.66%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.66%) EPoS
7 1 (0.66%) Life Science
7 1 (0.66%) LIMS
7 1 (0.66%) Pharmacovigilance
7 1 (0.66%) PMI
7 1 (0.66%) SCADA
7 1 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (86.75%) Project Management
2 111 (73.51%) Agile
3 105 (69.54%) PRINCE2
4 89 (58.94%) Project Delivery
5 70 (46.36%) Budget Management
6 67 (44.37%) Coaching
6 67 (44.37%) Conflict Management
6 67 (44.37%) Customer Experience
6 67 (44.37%) Programme Governance
7 66 (43.71%) Impact Analysis
7 66 (43.71%) Operations Management
8 40 (26.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (25.17%) CRM
10 35 (23.18%) Waterfall
11 32 (21.19%) DevOps
12 27 (17.88%) ERP
13 26 (17.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (15.23%) Data Migration
14 23 (15.23%) Migration
14 23 (15.23%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.66%) SQL
1 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (61.59%) Degree
2 70 (46.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 12 (7.95%) PMI Certification
3 12 (7.95%) PMP
4 3 (1.99%) CAPM
4 3 (1.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (1.99%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.32%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.66%) HNC
6 1 (0.66%) HND
6 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.28%) PMO
2 5 (3.31%) GRC
2 5 (3.31%) QA
3 4 (2.65%) GDPR
4 3 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.32%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.66%) GxP
6 1 (0.66%) P3O
Systems Management
1 2 (1.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 34 (22.52%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.89%) SAP
3 22 (14.57%) ServiceNow
4 21 (13.91%) Oracle
5 3 (1.99%) Planview
6 1 (0.66%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.66%) NETGEAR
6 1 (0.66%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.66%) Siemens
6 1 (0.66%) Wonderware