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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 412 378
Rank change year-on-year +70 -34 +41
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Project 74 82 159
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.45% 0.35% 0.63%
As % of the Applications category 2.79% 4.10% 8.66%
Number of salaries quoted 56 33 124
10th Percentile £30,250 £43,600 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,938 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £54,939 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% -8.44% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,125 £76,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +14.29%

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 2,650 2,002 1,836
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.29% 8.60% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 826 927 1,437
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,389 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,313 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,200
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

Microsoft Project
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Project trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Project
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Microsoft Project.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Microsoft Project salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (14.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.05%) Confluence
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (20.27%) MS Visio
2 14 (18.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (17.57%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (16.22%) Trello
5 5 (6.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.70%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (2.70%) CA PPM
3 2 (2.70%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.92%) Azure
2 6 (8.11%) Smartsheet
3 5 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.41%) AWS
4 4 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (5.41%) GCP
4 4 (5.41%) Snowflake
5 3 (4.05%) Asana
5 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.35%) SaaS
6 1 (1.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) Data Lake
1 4 (5.41%) Hadoop
1 4 (5.41%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 27 (36.49%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) LabVIEW
General
1 43 (58.11%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.38%) Finance
3 12 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (14.86%) Retail
5 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 7 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (9.46%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (8.11%) Law
8 5 (6.76%) Manufacturing
9 4 (5.41%) Legal
9 4 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
10 3 (4.05%) Marketing
10 3 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (2.70%) Advertising
11 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.70%) Electronics
11 2 (2.70%) Public Speaking
12 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
12 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (48.65%) Project Manager
2 10 (13.51%) IT Manager
3 7 (9.46%) Junior
4 6 (8.11%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (8.11%) IT Project Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Senior
5 5 (6.76%) Junior Project Manager
5 5 (6.76%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Analyst
6 4 (5.41%) Data Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Project Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Project Support Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Technical Support
6 4 (5.41%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Vendor Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Business Relationship Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Project Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Management Information System
1 8 (10.81%) Social Media
2 5 (6.76%) NHS
3 4 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.41%) PMI
3 4 (5.41%) Robotics
4 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.70%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (2.70%) FMCG
5 2 (2.70%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.16%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (82.43%) Project Management
2 42 (56.76%) Agile
3 37 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 34 (45.95%) Project Delivery
5 31 (41.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (35.14%) Waterfall
7 24 (32.43%) Business Case
8 20 (27.03%) Change Management
9 19 (25.68%) Project Planning
10 18 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (22.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (18.92%) Project Governance
13 13 (17.57%) Process Improvement
14 12 (16.22%) Analytics
14 12 (16.22%) Business Transformation
14 12 (16.22%) Resource Management
15 11 (14.86%) CRM
16 10 (13.51%) Budget Management
16 10 (13.51%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 54 (72.97%) Degree
2 24 (32.43%) PMI Certification
3 21 (28.38%) PMP
4 8 (10.81%) DBS Check
5 7 (9.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.41%) Master's Degree
6 4 (5.41%) SAP Certification
7 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.05%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.70%) CCA
9 1 (1.35%) APMP
9 1 (1.35%) CISM
9 1 (1.35%) CISSP
9 1 (1.35%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (28.38%) PMO
2 14 (18.92%) QA
3 2 (2.70%) P3O
4 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 34 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.16%) SAP
3 5 (6.76%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.41%) Databricks
4 4 (5.41%) Google
4 4 (5.41%) Teradata
5 2 (2.70%) Adobe
5 2 (2.70%) Marketo
5 2 (2.70%) Mentor Graphics
5 2 (2.70%) Pegasus
5 2 (2.70%) Planview
6 1 (1.35%) Apple
6 1 (1.35%) MuleSoft