MS Project jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-06, MS Project appears in 487 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning MS Project, with demand share up 6.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-06

Postings · last 90 days
487
Demand vs prior month
up 6.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 37.2% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Needham

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Frequently asked questions about MS Project

+Is MS Project in demand in 2026?

Yes. MS Project appears in 487 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning MS Project (37.2% of all postings mentioning MS Project).

+What jobs require MS Project?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning MS Project are Quality Assurance Auditor (6.5% of that role’s postings mention MS Project), Technical Project Manager (6.2% of that role’s postings mention MS Project), Deputy Program Manager (5.3% 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 2026-11-06), MS Project most often appears alongside JIRA, project management, Agile, PMP, Confluence.

+Where is MS Project most in demand?

As of 2026-11-06, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring MS Project are Needham, Costa Mesa, Pune, Austin, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new MS Project content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning MS Project alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new MS Project content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after MS Project?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring MS Project — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around MS Project

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before MS Project

Before MS ProjectTableau → MS Project: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → MS Project: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → MS Project: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairSharePoint → MS Project: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → MS Project: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairoracle → MS Project: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairETL → MS Project: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairgap analysis → MS Project: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS ProjectTableau: 8 movesTableau8 movessql: 6 movessql6 movesJira: 5 movesJira5 movesSharePoint: 5 movesSharePoint5 movesPower BI: 4 movesPower BI4 movesoracle: 3 movesoracle3 movesETL: 3 movesETL3 movesgap analysis: 3 movesgap analysis3 moves

Skills after MS Project

After MS ProjectMS Project → Agile: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS Project → Use Cases: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS Project → sql: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS Project → Jira: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS Project → Tableau: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS Project → Power BI: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS Project → Excel: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS Project → requirements gathering: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairMS ProjectAgile: 6 movesAgile6 movesUse Cases: 6 movesUse Cases6 movessql: 6 movessql6 movesJira: 6 movesJira6 movesTableau: 5 movesTableau5 movesPower BI: 5 movesPower BI5 movesExcel: 4 movesExcel4 movesrequirements gathering: 3 movesrequirementsgathering3 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Tableau8
Before: sql6
Before: Jira5
Before: SharePoint5
Before: Power BI4
Before: oracle3
Before: ETL3
Before: gap analysis3
After: Agile6
After: Use Cases6
After: sql6
After: Jira6
After: Tableau5
After: Power BI5
After: Excel4
After: requirements gathering3

Roles most likely to require MS Project

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Quality Assurance Auditor26.5%
Technical Project Manager76.2%
Deputy Program Manager45.3%
Manufacturing Automation Engineer14.8%
Project Manager154.7%
Design Program Manager14.5%
Electrical Engineering Manager24.3%
Manufacturing Engineering Manager34.2%
IT Project Manager14.0%
Operations Program Manager33.9%

Roles with the most MS Project postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Program Manager18137.2%
Technical Program Manager5310.9%
Business Analyst367.4%
Project Manager153.1%
Systems Engineer132.7%
Production Program Manager122.5%
Product Manager102.1%
Technical Project Manager71.4%
Product Owner51.0%
Deputy Program Manager40.8%

Top companies posting jobs requiring MS Project

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring MS Project
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Globalpr19
Northrop Grumman19
Anduril Industries17
Kyndryl9
Odyssey Systems9
Cisco9
SharkNinja9
Avav7
AMD6
NiCE6

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for MS Project

NamePostingsShare
Needham122.5%
Costa Mesa112.3%
Pune112.3%
Austin91.8%
Bengaluru81.6%
San Jose81.6%
Chicago71.4%
Washington61.2%
Arlington51.0%

Skills commonly paired with MS Project

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
29f856e8b10bcb6c
data_as_of
2026-11-06
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index