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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 42 28
Rank change year-on-year -15 -14 +7
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,072 975 1,530
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.33% 5.81% 7.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.37% 6.19% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 610 570 880
10th Percentile £29,975 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,625
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.12% +0.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £92,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -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 19,953 15,755 19,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.22%
Number of salaries quoted 14,223 8,440 11,340
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 9 October 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 55 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.43%) Confluence
3 19 (1.77%) CMS
4 15 (1.40%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) Moodle
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.093%) SAS
Applications
1 159 (14.83%) Microsoft Project
2 149 (13.90%) Microsoft Office
3 89 (8.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.31%) Trello
6 8 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
10 2 (0.19%) InDesign
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.19%) Revit
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.093%) Houdini
11 1 (0.093%) NUKE
11 1 (0.093%) Stata
Business Applications
1 41 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.75%) Primavera
3 7 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.56%) Shopify
5 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.19%) Magento
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.093%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 93 (8.68%) Power Platform
2 76 (7.09%) Azure
3 55 (5.13%) SaaS
4 52 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (2.05%) PowerApps
6 19 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.59%) AWS
7 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.03%) Asana
9 11 (1.03%) OneDrive
10 10 (0.93%) Smartsheet
11 9 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 9 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.75%) Google Analytics
12 8 (0.75%) Miro
13 7 (0.65%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.54%) Firewall
2 20 (1.87%) LAN
3 16 (1.49%) WAN
4 10 (0.93%) Network Security
5 9 (0.84%) DNS
6 7 (0.65%) Intranet
7 6 (0.56%) 2G
7 6 (0.56%) 3G
7 6 (0.56%) 4G
7 6 (0.56%) 5G
7 6 (0.56%) DHCP
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.56%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) Wireless
7 6 (0.56%) WLAN
8 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.37%) VLAN
9 3 (0.28%) Broadband
9 3 (0.28%) TETRA
9 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (7.00%) Power BI
2 19 (1.77%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.75%) Metadata
6 7 (0.65%) Tableau
7 6 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.37%) Big Data
8 4 (0.37%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.28%) Power Query
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.19%) GIS
10 2 (0.19%) MySQL
11 1 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.093%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 109 (10.17%) JIRA
2 8 (0.75%) Git
3 7 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
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%) TestNG
6 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 479 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 319 (29.76%) Finance
3 258 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (16.32%) Organisational Skills
5 114 (10.63%) Marketing
6 92 (8.58%) Public Sector
7 90 (8.40%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (6.34%) Retail
9 65 (6.06%) Legal
10 64 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 53 (4.94%) Law
12 40 (3.73%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.80%) Banking
13 30 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.61%) Aerospace
14 28 (2.61%) Electronics
15 19 (1.77%) Local Government
16 18 (1.68%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.59%) Aviation
18 16 (1.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 263 (24.53%) Project Manager
2 164 (15.30%) Senior
3 122 (11.38%) Senior Manager
4 103 (9.61%) IT Manager
5 100 (9.33%) Senior Project Manager
6 96 (8.96%) Lead
7 70 (6.53%) Analyst
8 69 (6.44%) Consultant
9 60 (5.60%) IT Project Manager
10 43 (4.01%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.64%) Service Manager
12 38 (3.54%) Programme Manager
12 38 (3.54%) Support Technician
13 37 (3.45%) Architect
14 34 (3.17%) Marketing Manager
15 29 (2.71%) Service Delivery Manager
15 29 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
16 26 (2.43%) Technical Manager
17 25 (2.33%) Coordinator
17 25 (2.33%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.43%) TensorFlow
2 23 (2.15%) Hugging Face
2 23 (2.15%) PyTorch
3 19 (1.77%) .NET
4 17 (1.59%) HTML
5 15 (1.40%) CSS
6 11 (1.03%) JSON
7 10 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (0.84%) .NET Core
8 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (0.84%) SPFx
9 6 (0.56%) XML
10 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.28%) Express.js
11 3 (0.28%) Godot
11 3 (0.28%) LangChain
11 3 (0.28%) LlamaIndex
11 3 (0.28%) Model Context Protocol
11 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 3 (0.28%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 85 (7.93%) Management Information System
2 68 (6.34%) Onboarding
3 59 (5.50%) Virtual Team
4 53 (4.94%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (3.92%) Product Ownership
7 37 (3.45%) Data Centre
7 37 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (3.36%) Social Media
9 29 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.43%) Cyber Defence
11 23 (2.15%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (2.05%) Blog
13 14 (1.31%) NHS
14 13 (1.21%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.12%) PMI
16 10 (0.93%) IoT
17 9 (0.84%) FMCG
18 7 (0.65%) Credit Risk
18 7 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.54%) Windows
2 8 (0.75%) Linux
3 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.28%) VMS
6 2 (0.19%) AIX
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.19%) Solaris
6 2 (0.19%) Unix
6 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.093%) Android
7 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (34.70%) Project Delivery
2 349 (32.56%) Agile
3 347 (32.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 321 (29.94%) Problem-Solving
5 251 (23.41%) PRINCE2
6 246 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 153 (14.27%) Decision-Making
8 147 (13.71%) Coaching
9 129 (12.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 128 (11.94%) AI
10 128 (11.94%) Roadmaps
11 123 (11.47%) Customer Experience
11 123 (11.47%) Logistics
12 120 (11.19%) Budget Management
13 109 (10.17%) Risk Management
14 107 (9.98%) CRM
15 100 (9.33%) Analytics
15 100 (9.33%) ITIL
16 99 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
17 95 (8.86%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 64 (5.97%) SQL
2 48 (4.48%) Python
3 25 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 14 (1.31%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.12%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.03%) C#
7 6 (0.56%) Java
8 5 (0.47%) VBA
9 4 (0.37%) PHP
10 3 (0.28%) C++
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.093%) Bicep
12 1 (0.093%) C
12 1 (0.093%) Groovy
12 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 223 (20.80%) Degree
2 108 (10.07%) DBS Check
3 93 (8.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 81 (7.56%) PMP
5 79 (7.37%) Security Cleared
6 75 (7.00%) PMI Certification
7 53 (4.94%) SC Cleared
8 30 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.68%) ACCA
11 17 (1.59%) APMP
12 16 (1.49%) CIMA
13 15 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (1.12%) CCNP
15 12 (1.12%) CISSP
16 11 (1.03%) CAPM
16 11 (1.03%) CISA
16 11 (1.03%) CISM
17 9 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (10.82%) PMO
2 53 (4.94%) Accessibility
2 53 (4.94%) QA
3 42 (3.92%) GDPR
4 31 (2.89%) Data Quality
5 28 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.59%) ISO 9001
7 16 (1.49%) NIST
8 12 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 11 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.03%) ISO 14001
10 9 (0.84%) SLA
11 8 (0.75%) GRC
12 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.47%) NCSC
13 4 (0.37%) GAAP
13 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.28%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 12 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.37%) Docker
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.093%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (2.05%) SCCM
2 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (0.47%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.28%) Ansible
4 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (0.19%) SCOM
6 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.093%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 257 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.50%) SAP
3 40 (3.73%) Oracle
4 35 (3.26%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.89%) Adobe
7 26 (2.43%) HubSpot
8 24 (2.24%) Fortinet
9 21 (1.96%) SonicWALL
10 20 (1.87%) Google
11 12 (1.12%) VMware
12 11 (1.03%) Cisco
12 11 (1.03%) YouTube
13 10 (0.93%) Pardot
14 8 (0.75%) Apple
15 7 (0.65%) Xero
16 6 (0.56%) Citrix
16 6 (0.56%) IFS
17 5 (0.47%) Nintex
17 5 (0.47%) Sage