Market evidence report — project-manager

Source: 63 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 63), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	48	76 %
senior	12	19 %
lead	2	3 %
n/a	1	2 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Office	10	16 %
2	Microsoft Excel	7	11 %
3	Microsoft Project	7	11 %
4	Jira	4	6 %
5	microsoft powerpoint	4	6 %
6	Microsoft Word	4	6 %
7	Asana	3	5 %
8	MS Project	3	5 %
9	Power BI	3	5 %
10	SharePoint	3	5 %
11	Smartsheet	3	5 %
12	Tableau	3	5 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	project management	32	51 %
2	risk management	16	25 %
3	budget management	13	21 %
4	project planning	13	21 %
5	construction management	10	16 %
6	budgeting	9	14 %
7	data analysis	8	13 %
8	schedule management	8	13 %
9	quality assurance	7	11 %
10	contract administration	6	10 %
11	program management	6	10 %
12	quality control	6	10 %
13	resource allocation	6	10 %
14	contract negotiation	5	8 %
15	cost control	5	8 %
16	process improvement	5	8 %
17	risk mitigation	5	8 %
18	schedule development	5	8 %
19	contract management	4	6 %
20	financial management	4	6 %
21	financial reporting	4	6 %
22	risk assessment	4	6 %
23	risk identification	4	6 %
24	scheduling	4	6 %
25	stakeholder management	4	6 %
26	budget development	3	5 %
27	construction administration	3	5 %
28	contract compliance	3	5 %
29	cost estimation	3	5 %
30	forecasting	3	5 %
31	problem solving	3	5 %
32	vendor management	3	5 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Agile	4	6 %
2	scrum	3	5 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	client communication	11	17 %
2	project execution	11	17 %
3	project coordination	9	14 %
4	stakeholder communication	8	13 %
5	project leadership	6	10 %
6	status reporting	6	10 %
7	project oversight	5	8 %
8	project planning	5	8 %
9	budget management	4	6 %
10	client relationship management	4	6 %
11	documentation management	4	6 %
12	relationship building	4	6 %
13	schedule maintenance	4	6 %
14	team leadership	4	6 %
15	contract compliance	3	5 %
16	customer communication	3	5 %
17	documentation maintenance	3	5 %
18	project delivery	3	5 %
19	proposal development	3	5 %
20	report preparation	3	5 %
21	risk mitigation	3	5 %
22	schedule management	3	5 %
23	subcontractor coordination	3	5 %
24	team coordination	3	5 %
25	timeline management	3	5 %
26	vendor management	3	5 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 63 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

63 ads.

Top hard skills:

project management — 51 % (32 ads)
risk management — 25 % (16 ads)
budget management — 21 % (13 ads)
project planning — 21 % (13 ads)
construction management — 16 % (10 ads)
budgeting — 14 % (9 ads)
data analysis — 13 % (8 ads)
schedule management — 13 % (8 ads)
quality assurance — 11 % (7 ads)
contract administration — 10 % (6 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Office — 16 % (10 ads)
Microsoft Excel — 11 % (7 ads)
Microsoft Project — 11 % (7 ads)
Jira — 6 % (4 ads)
microsoft powerpoint — 6 % (4 ads)
Microsoft Word — 6 % (4 ads)
Asana — 5 % (3 ads)
MS Project — 5 % (3 ads)
Power BI — 5 % (3 ads)
SharePoint — 5 % (3 ads)

Seniority: mid 76 % · senior 19 % · lead 3 % · n/a 2 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)