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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 23 24
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 793 1,181 2,601
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.52% 8.95% 8.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.43% 9.44% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 520 674 1,994
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,375 £73,750 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £54,750 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.20% +12.38% -8.70%

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 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

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 16 April 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 33 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.40%) CMS
3 17 (2.14%) Confluence
4 16 (2.02%) WordPress
5 4 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Drupal
6 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 67 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (5.04%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.50%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.50%) Trello
8 1 (0.13%) Notion
Business Applications
1 20 (2.52%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (2.27%) Oracle Assets
2 18 (2.27%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (2.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 16 (2.02%) Oracle Cash Management
4 15 (1.89%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.76%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.76%) Shopify
8 5 (0.63%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.38%) ResourceLink
11 2 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
11 2 (0.25%) Magento
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
11 2 (0.25%) SAP MM
12 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 94 (11.85%) Azure
2 79 (9.96%) Power Platform
2 79 (9.96%) SaaS
3 53 (6.68%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (4.41%) AWS
5 28 (3.53%) PowerApps
6 26 (3.28%) Asana
6 26 (3.28%) Power Automate
7 21 (2.65%) Entra ID
8 18 (2.27%) GCP
8 18 (2.27%) OneDrive
9 15 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (1.89%) Google Analytics
10 13 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 11 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.39%) Sprout Social
13 9 (1.13%) Smartsheet
14 7 (0.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.67%) Broadband
2 25 (3.15%) CHAP
3 16 (2.02%) Firewall
4 12 (1.51%) DNS
5 10 (1.26%) DHCP
6 9 (1.13%) WAN
7 8 (1.01%) Network Security
8 7 (0.88%) VPN
8 7 (0.88%) Wireless
9 6 (0.76%) LAN
10 5 (0.63%) Internet
10 5 (0.63%) Intranet
11 4 (0.50%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.38%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.38%) NGN
12 3 (0.38%) SCCP
12 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.25%) BGP
13 2 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (7.82%) Power BI
2 13 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.01%) Tableau
5 7 (0.88%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.76%) Power Query
7 5 (0.63%) DB2
7 5 (0.63%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.50%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
8 4 (0.50%) QlikView
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.13%) Big Data
9 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.13%) Looker
9 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 56 (7.06%) JIRA
2 5 (0.63%) Git
2 5 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.38%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.38%) Storybook
4 1 (0.13%) GCC
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 387 (48.80%) Social Skills
2 278 (35.06%) Finance
3 150 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (15.13%) Marketing
5 81 (10.21%) Public Sector
6 79 (9.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (9.96%) Legal
7 78 (9.84%) Organisational Skills
8 67 (8.45%) Retail
9 56 (7.06%) Law
9 56 (7.06%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (4.79%) Banking
11 37 (4.67%) Games
12 33 (4.16%) Financial Institution
13 29 (3.66%) Manufacturing
14 22 (2.77%) General Ledger
15 16 (2.02%) Advertising
15 16 (2.02%) Aviation
16 15 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (1.64%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 131 (16.52%) Project Manager
2 107 (13.49%) Senior
3 72 (9.08%) Analyst
4 68 (8.58%) IT Manager
5 59 (7.44%) Senior Manager
6 56 (7.06%) Lead
7 46 (5.80%) Architect
7 46 (5.80%) Business Analyst
8 40 (5.04%) IT Project Manager
9 38 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (4.41%) Senior Project Manager
11 33 (4.16%) IT Support
12 28 (3.53%) Marketing Manager
12 28 (3.53%) Systems Manager
13 27 (3.40%) Digital Project Manager
14 26 (3.28%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 25 (3.15%) Applications Manager
15 25 (3.15%) Auditor
16 24 (3.03%) Development Manager
16 24 (3.03%) Internal Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.65%) HTML
2 19 (2.40%) CSS
3 18 (2.27%) EDI
4 15 (1.89%) .NET
5 14 (1.77%) .NET Core
6 13 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
6 13 (1.64%) JSON
6 13 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
7 12 (1.51%) SPFx
8 5 (0.63%) OAuth
8 5 (0.63%) OpenID
8 5 (0.63%) SAML
9 4 (0.50%) FIDO
9 4 (0.50%) React
9 4 (0.50%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.38%) Flutter
10 3 (0.38%) Jest
10 3 (0.38%) React Native
10 3 (0.38%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (0.38%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 82 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 57 (7.19%) Onboarding
3 44 (5.55%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (5.42%) Product Ownership
5 40 (5.04%) Virtual Team
6 31 (3.91%) Social Media
7 29 (3.66%) Mobile App
8 26 (3.28%) Driving Licence
9 25 (3.15%) Blog
10 17 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.77%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.77%) Legacy Applications
12 14 (1.77%) Low-Code
13 13 (1.64%) Blockchain
13 13 (1.64%) Video Editing
14 10 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
14 10 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.53%) Apple iOS
2 27 (3.40%) Windows
3 23 (2.90%) Android
4 9 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.76%) Linux
6 5 (0.63%) Unix
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) CentOS
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (32.53%) Agile
2 224 (28.25%) Problem-Solving
3 195 (24.59%) Project Delivery
4 153 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 143 (18.03%) AI
6 140 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 138 (17.40%) Decision-Making
8 135 (17.02%) Analytics
9 125 (15.76%) PRINCE2
10 99 (12.48%) Roadmaps
11 97 (12.23%) Mentoring
12 94 (11.85%) B2B
13 93 (11.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 92 (11.60%) Risk Management
15 90 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
16 87 (10.97%) Coaching
17 79 (9.96%) Budget Management
18 76 (9.58%) ERP
19 65 (8.20%) Change Management
20 64 (8.07%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 46 (5.80%) SQL
2 28 (3.53%) C#
3 27 (3.40%) Python
4 18 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.02%) PowerShell
5 16 (2.02%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.89%) VBA
7 3 (0.38%) C++
7 3 (0.38%) Dart
8 2 (0.25%) Bash
8 2 (0.25%) Java
8 2 (0.25%) R
9 1 (0.13%) C
9 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.13%) PHP
9 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (18.92%) Degree
2 69 (8.70%) PMP
3 49 (6.18%) DBS Check
4 47 (5.93%) PMI Certification
5 33 (4.16%) CISSP
6 30 (3.78%) SANS
7 29 (3.66%) Security Cleared
8 25 (3.15%) CGEIT
8 25 (3.15%) CISA
8 25 (3.15%) CISM
8 25 (3.15%) FFIEC
9 22 (2.77%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.13%) MBA
12 8 (1.01%) CFA
12 8 (1.01%) HNC
12 8 (1.01%) SC Cleared
13 7 (0.88%) ACCA
13 7 (0.88%) CITP
13 7 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.81%) GDPR
2 41 (5.17%) Accessibility
3 37 (4.67%) NIST
3 37 (4.67%) PMO
4 34 (4.29%) QA
5 26 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (3.15%) COBIT
7 24 (3.03%) ISO 9001
8 12 (1.51%) GRC
9 9 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.76%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.76%) GAAP
11 6 (0.76%) ISO 14001
11 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.38%) IFRS
12 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.01%) Docker
3 5 (0.63%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.51%) Ansible
2 8 (1.01%) Grafana
2 8 (1.01%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.01%) SCCM
3 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.63%) Terraform
5 2 (0.25%) Argo
5 2 (0.25%) Puppet
5 2 (0.25%) Salt
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 172 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.05%) Salesforce
3 45 (5.67%) Adobe
4 38 (4.79%) Google
5 37 (4.67%) SAP
6 32 (4.04%) Oracle
7 19 (2.40%) Pardot
8 16 (2.02%) HubSpot
9 13 (1.64%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.39%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.39%) Instagram
10 11 (1.39%) Wrike
11 10 (1.26%) Apple
12 9 (1.13%) JD Edwards
12 9 (1.13%) Okta
13 8 (1.01%) Fortinet
14 7 (0.88%) Planon
14 7 (0.88%) Workday
15 6 (0.76%) Cisco
15 6 (0.76%) VMware