Hybrid/Remote IT Project Leader Job Trends

IT Project Lead
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Project Lead salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 471 -
Rank change year-on-year +64 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Project Leader 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.006% 0.005% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.005% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £36,750 -
% change year-on-year +117.69% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,167 19,146 21,208
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 96.64% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,878 11,952 17,317
10th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -4.00% +1.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -

IT Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Project Leader' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Project Leader job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

IT Project Leader
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote IT Project Leader job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote IT Project Leader job vacancies

IT Project Leader Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, IT Project Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring IT Project Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake

IT Project Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks