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MS Project freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for MS Project – calculated from 81 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
81
Rank 205 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 8 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
19 %
Rated for 81 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
64 %
11 % fully remote · stated in 93 % of postings
The jury's verdict on MS Project

Growing, but still small.

MS Project sits at rank 205 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 8 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 205 of 531 skills, 81 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 8 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible64 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is MS Project – and why do companies hire MS Project freelancers?

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Project Manager (86 %) and Consultant (11 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 50 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 8 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 53 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
205 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for MS Project are rising: from an average of 4 to 9 per week (+119 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills MS Project is wanted with – and which ones pay off

Project Management appears in 84 % of MS Project postings.

Often named together

Project Management84 %(opens in new tab)Jira54 %(opens in new tab)Share of MS Project postings that also name the skill.

Who wants MS Project – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior50 %
Mid-level41 %
Junior8 %

Senior dominates (50 %). Pure junior roles are rare (8 %).

Stated in 99 % of listings

Industries

manufacturing34 %
it_software25 %
telecommunications10 %
banking_finance7 %
public_sector7 %

manufacturing leads (34 %).

Stated in 73 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance58 %
Permanent38 %
Temp agency4 %

Freelance dominates (58 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote53 %
On site36 %
Fully remote11 %

Partly remote dominates (53 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 11 % of postings.

Stated in 93 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Bayern7 %
Bremen7 %
Bonn6 %
Nordrhein-Westfalen6 %
Schleswig-Holstein6 %

Bayern leads (7 %).

Stated in 83 % of listings

Project language

German91 %
English9 %

German dominates (91 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts MS Project projects

FERCHAU GmbH44
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current MS Project projects

Frequently asked questions about MS Project freelancing

How many MS Project projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 81 projects and jobs mentioning MS Project were posted. That is around 7 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 8 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is MS Project still in demand for freelancers?

MS Project ranks 205 of 531 skills.

Are MS Project projects possible remotely?

64 % of MS Project postings allow remote work. 11 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a MS Project freelancer?

Project Management (84 %) and Jira (54 %) are most often required together with MS Project. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts MS Project projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 54 % of all MS Project postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention MS Project. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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