Hybrid/Remote Project Management Job Trends

Project Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 37 29
Rank change year-on-year -18 -8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,074 1,051 1,552
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.36% 6.43% 6.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.36% 6.88% 7.70%
Number of salaries quoted 620 605 890
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,954 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.26% -0.87%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,250 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Project Management job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Project Management
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Project Management over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Project Management salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Project Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 63 (5.87%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.70%) Confluence
3 17 (1.58%) CMS
4 15 (1.40%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 3 (0.28%) Moodle
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 157 (14.62%) Microsoft Project
2 144 (13.41%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (8.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 7 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.28%) Blender
8 3 (0.28%) Maya
9 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.19%) Revit
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.093%) Houdini
10 1 (0.093%) NUKE
10 1 (0.093%) Stata
Business Applications
1 39 (3.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.74%) Primavera
2 8 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.74%) Shopify
3 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.093%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.093%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 100 (9.31%) Power Platform
2 90 (8.38%) Azure
3 57 (5.31%) SaaS
4 56 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (2.70%) PowerApps
6 25 (2.33%) AWS
7 24 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (2.23%) Power Automate
8 20 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (1.49%) OneDrive
11 15 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 14 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (1.12%) Asana
13 12 (1.12%) Smartsheet
14 8 (0.74%) ClickUp
14 8 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.74%) Google Analytics
14 8 (0.74%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.35%) Firewall
2 19 (1.77%) LAN
3 16 (1.49%) WAN
4 10 (0.93%) Network Security
5 7 (0.65%) DNS
5 7 (0.65%) Intranet
6 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.56%) Wireless
7 5 (0.47%) VPN
7 5 (0.47%) WLAN
8 4 (0.37%) 2G
8 4 (0.37%) 3G
8 4 (0.37%) 4G
8 4 (0.37%) 5G
8 4 (0.37%) DHCP
8 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.28%) CHAP
9 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.28%) TETRA
9 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (7.73%) Power BI
2 18 (1.68%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.74%) Metadata
7 7 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.65%) Tableau
8 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.56%) Power Query
9 4 (0.37%) Big Data
10 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.093%) GIS
12 1 (0.093%) Looker
12 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.093%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 116 (10.80%) JIRA
2 8 (0.74%) Git
2 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
4 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.19%) Storybook
6 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.093%) GCC
6 1 (0.093%) GitLab
6 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.093%) JUnit
6 1 (0.093%) Selenium
6 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.093%) TestNG
6 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 496 (46.18%) Social Skills
2 315 (29.33%) Finance
3 248 (23.09%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (15.18%) Organisational Skills
5 112 (10.43%) Marketing
6 90 (8.38%) Influencing Skills
7 86 (8.01%) Public Sector
8 69 (6.42%) Retail
9 67 (6.24%) Legal
10 59 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 52 (4.84%) Law
12 36 (3.35%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.89%) Banking
14 28 (2.61%) Aerospace
15 23 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (2.05%) Electronics
17 19 (1.77%) Local Government
18 18 (1.68%) Telecoms
19 17 (1.58%) Advertising
19 17 (1.58%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 259 (24.12%) Project Manager
2 163 (15.18%) Senior
3 117 (10.89%) Senior Manager
4 102 (9.50%) IT Manager
5 95 (8.85%) Senior Project Manager
6 94 (8.75%) Lead
7 66 (6.15%) Analyst
8 65 (6.05%) Consultant
9 60 (5.59%) IT Project Manager
10 41 (3.82%) Delivery Manager
11 40 (3.72%) Programme Manager
12 39 (3.63%) Architect
12 39 (3.63%) Service Manager
13 36 (3.35%) Support Technician
14 31 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (2.70%) Developer
15 29 (2.70%) Service Delivery Manager
16 28 (2.61%) Marketing Manager
17 27 (2.51%) IT Support
18 26 (2.42%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.42%) TensorFlow
2 24 (2.23%) .NET
2 24 (2.23%) HTML
3 23 (2.14%) Hugging Face
3 23 (2.14%) PyTorch
4 22 (2.05%) CSS
5 17 (1.58%) JSON
6 16 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
7 14 (1.30%) .NET Core
7 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
7 14 (1.30%) SPFx
8 5 (0.47%) XML
9 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
10 3 (0.28%) Express.js
10 3 (0.28%) Godot
10 3 (0.28%) Langfuse
10 3 (0.28%) LlamaIndex
10 3 (0.28%) Model Context Protocol
10 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 3 (0.28%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.80%) Management Information System
2 66 (6.15%) Onboarding
3 59 (5.49%) Virtual Team
4 54 (5.03%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.38%) Product Ownership
6 45 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
7 39 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (3.35%) Data Centre
9 34 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 34 (3.17%) Social Media
10 26 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
11 24 (2.23%) Web Conferencing
12 23 (2.14%) Blog
13 13 (1.21%) NHS
14 12 (1.12%) PMI
15 11 (1.02%) Operational Technology
16 10 (0.93%) IoT
17 9 (0.84%) Cloud Native
18 8 (0.74%) Life Science
18 8 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.26%) Windows
2 8 (0.74%) Linux
3 5 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.28%) VMS
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.19%) AIX
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Solaris
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.093%) Android
6 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.093%) CentOS
6 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (35.20%) Project Delivery
2 352 (32.77%) Agile
3 335 (31.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 316 (29.42%) Problem-Solving
5 258 (24.02%) PRINCE2
6 243 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 153 (14.25%) Decision-Making
8 141 (13.13%) Coaching
9 133 (12.38%) Logistics
9 133 (12.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 128 (11.92%) AI
10 128 (11.92%) Roadmaps
11 121 (11.27%) Customer Experience
12 119 (11.08%) Budget Management
13 111 (10.34%) CRM
14 109 (10.15%) Analytics
15 102 (9.50%) Risk Management
16 101 (9.40%) ITIL
17 97 (9.03%) Service Delivery
18 96 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 74 (6.89%) SQL
2 51 (4.75%) Python
3 32 (2.98%) JavaScript
4 19 (1.77%) C#
4 19 (1.77%) TypeScript
5 16 (1.49%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.56%) Java
6 6 (0.56%) VBA
7 5 (0.47%) C++
8 4 (0.37%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.19%) Dart
10 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.093%) C
11 1 (0.093%) Groovy
11 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 223 (20.76%) Degree
2 110 (10.24%) DBS Check
3 95 (8.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 86 (8.01%) PMP
5 81 (7.54%) PMI Certification
6 72 (6.70%) Security Cleared
7 48 (4.47%) SC Cleared
8 29 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.58%) APMP
11 15 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.30%) ACCA
13 12 (1.12%) CIMA
13 12 (1.12%) CISA
13 12 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.12%) CISM
13 12 (1.12%) CISSP
14 11 (1.02%) CAPM
14 11 (1.02%) CCNP
14 11 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (10.80%) PMO
2 54 (5.03%) QA
3 53 (4.93%) Accessibility
4 44 (4.10%) GDPR
5 33 (3.07%) Data Quality
6 32 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 25 (2.33%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.58%) NIST
9 15 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 14 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (1.30%) ISO 14001
11 9 (0.84%) GRC
11 9 (0.84%) SLA
12 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.37%) GAAP
13 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.37%) NCSC
13 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.28%) IFRS
System Software
1 10 (0.93%) Active Directory
1 10 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.37%) Docker
4 3 (0.28%) vSphere
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (2.05%) SCCM
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.37%) Ansible
3 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.28%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.093%) Argo
5 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.093%) Puppet
5 1 (0.093%) Salt
5 1 (0.093%) SCOM
5 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 252 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.59%) SAP
3 40 (3.72%) Oracle
4 37 (3.45%) Adobe
5 36 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 34 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 24 (2.23%) Fortinet
7 24 (2.23%) HubSpot
8 22 (2.05%) Google
9 20 (1.86%) SonicWALL
10 11 (1.02%) Cisco
10 11 (1.02%) Pardot
10 11 (1.02%) VMware
11 9 (0.84%) YouTube
12 8 (0.74%) Apple
13 7 (0.65%) Citrix
14 6 (0.56%) IFS
14 6 (0.56%) Xero
15 5 (0.47%) Nintex
15 5 (0.47%) Poppulo