MS Project jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, MS Project appears in 359 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning MS Project, with demand down 57% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is MS Project in demand in 2026?
Yes. MS Project appears in 359 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 57% vs the prior 4 weeks. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning MS Project (27.9% of all postings mentioning MS Project).
+What jobs require MS Project?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning MS Project are AI Project Manager (11.5% of that role’s postings mention MS Project), Quality Assurance Auditor (6.5% of that role’s postings mention MS Project), Deputy Program Manager (6.2% of that role’s postings mention MS Project).
+What skills are commonly paired with MS Project?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), MS Project most often appears alongside JIRA, Agile, Confluence, PMP, project management.
+Where is MS Project most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring MS Project are Bengaluru, Pune, Austin, Washington, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring MS Project — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require MS Project
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Project Manager | 3 | 11.5% |
| Quality Assurance Auditor | 2 | 6.5% |
| Deputy Program Manager | 4 | 6.2% |
| Project Engineering Manager | 3 | 5.0% |
| Delivery Manager | 1 | 5.0% |
| Technical Project Manager | 5 | 4.9% |
| Design Program Manager | 1 | 4.5% |
| DevOps Consultant | 1 | 4.2% |
| Sales Executive | 1 | 4.2% |
| Strategic Program Manager | 1 | 3.8% |
Roles with the most MS Project postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 100 | 27.9% |
| Technical Program Manager | 62 | 17.3% |
| Business Analyst | 19 | 5.3% |
| Production Program Manager | 11 | 3.1% |
| Product Owner | 8 | 2.2% |
| Systems Engineer | 7 | 1.9% |
| Project Manager | 6 | 1.7% |
| Data Engineer | 5 | 1.4% |
| Product Manager | 5 | 1.4% |
| Technical Project Manager | 5 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for MS Project
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 12 | 3.3% |
| Pune | 10 | 2.8% |
| Austin | 8 | 2.2% |
| Washington | 8 | 2.2% |
| Dublin | 7 | 1.9% |
| Costa Mesa | 6 | 1.7% |
| Chicago | 5 | 1.4% |
| London | 5 | 1.4% |
| Mountain View | 5 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with MS Project
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning MS Project by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s MS Project postings by all MS Project postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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