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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 376 409
Rank change year-on-year +50 +33 +95
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 44 66 109
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 0.40% 0.43%
As % of the Applications category 1.85% 4.78% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 35 41 89
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.94% +4.37% -4.55%

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 2,382 1,380 1,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.27% 8.46% 7.19%
Number of salaries quoted 633 745 1,430
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,850 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,350 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £48,144 £39,000
% change year-on-year -16.92% +23.45% -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 26 January 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 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (15.91%) MS Visio
3 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (6.82%) Trello
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Primavera
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (2.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) Azure
2 6 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.82%) Asana
5 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.27%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (2.27%) Power Query
2 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (43.18%) JIRA
General
1 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.09%) Finance
3 7 (15.91%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Law
5 4 (9.09%) Marketing
5 4 (9.09%) Retail
5 4 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Legal
7 2 (4.55%) Advertising
7 2 (4.55%) Games
7 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Back Office
8 1 (2.27%) Banking
8 1 (2.27%) Billing
8 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.27%) International Banking
8 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Operations Manager
1 10 (22.73%) Project Manager
1 10 (22.73%) Service Manager
1 10 (22.73%) Service Operations Manager
2 6 (13.64%) Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Delivery Manager
3 5 (11.36%) Senior
3 5 (11.36%) Senior Manager
4 4 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) IT Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Engineering Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Junior
6 2 (4.55%) Junior Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Programme Planner
6 2 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (4.55%) Project Planner
6 2 (4.55%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) PMI
2 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (59.09%) Project Management
2 19 (43.18%) Agile
2 19 (43.18%) ITIL
3 15 (34.09%) PRINCE2
4 14 (31.82%) Waterfall
5 12 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (15.91%) DevOps
8 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (15.91%) Scrum
8 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (11.36%) Change Control
9 5 (11.36%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.36%) Data Analysis
9 5 (11.36%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (11.36%) Risk Management
9 5 (11.36%) Roadmaps
9 5 (11.36%) SDLC
9 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (40.91%) Degree
2 10 (22.73%) PMI Certification
3 7 (15.91%) PMP
4 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.55%) APMP
6 2 (4.55%) BC Cleared
7 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.27%) CBAP
7 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.27%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) PMO
2 4 (9.09%) QA
3 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.55%) P3O
4 1 (2.27%) GDPR
4 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe
3 1 (2.27%) Apple
3 1 (2.27%) Marketo
3 1 (2.27%) NEC
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle
3 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.27%) SAP