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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 26 24
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 803 1,169 2,610
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.43% 8.68% 8.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.36% 9.16% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 523 673 2,007
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,150 £33,650
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.93%
75th Percentile £77,125 £72,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 14,989 12,756 29,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 94.75% 91.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,524 8,871 23,569
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,930
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +9.09% -10.57%

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 30 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 44 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.37%) CMS
3 18 (2.24%) Confluence
3 18 (2.24%) WordPress
4 4 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 65 (8.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (6.23%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
4 28 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.62%) 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 (0.12%) Notion
Business Applications
1 20 (2.49%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (1.99%) Oracle Assets
2 16 (1.99%) Oracle Cash Management
2 16 (1.99%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (1.99%) Oracle Receivables
3 15 (1.87%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.75%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.75%) Shopify
7 5 (0.62%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
10 2 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.25%) Magento
11 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
11 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
11 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 102 (12.70%) Azure
2 90 (11.21%) Power Platform
3 75 (9.34%) SaaS
4 59 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (4.48%) PowerApps
6 34 (4.23%) Power Automate
7 33 (4.11%) AWS
8 26 (3.24%) Asana
8 26 (3.24%) OneDrive
9 20 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 20 (2.49%) Entra ID
10 19 (2.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (2.12%) GCP
11 17 (2.12%) Google Analytics
12 16 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.37%) Sprout Social
15 10 (1.25%) Smartsheet
16 8 (1.00%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.61%) Broadband
2 27 (3.36%) CHAP
3 19 (2.37%) Firewall
4 11 (1.37%) DNS
5 9 (1.12%) DHCP
5 9 (1.12%) WAN
6 8 (1.00%) Network Security
7 7 (0.87%) VPN
7 7 (0.87%) Wireless
8 6 (0.75%) LAN
9 5 (0.62%) Intranet
10 4 (0.50%) Internet
10 4 (0.50%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.37%) NGN
11 3 (0.37%) SCCP
11 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.25%) Extranet
12 2 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.09%) Power BI
2 19 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.25%) Tableau
4 7 (0.87%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.87%) Power Query
5 5 (0.62%) DB2
5 5 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.50%) DB2 UDB
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.50%) QlikView
7 3 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.25%) Big Data
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.12%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.12%) Looker
9 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 61 (7.60%) JIRA
2 5 (0.62%) Git
2 5 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.37%) Storybook
4 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.12%) GCC
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 385 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 274 (34.12%) Finance
3 135 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (14.82%) Marketing
5 82 (10.21%) Organisational Skills
6 78 (9.71%) Retail
7 75 (9.34%) Legal
8 72 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 66 (8.22%) Public Sector
10 55 (6.85%) Law
11 42 (5.23%) Banking
11 42 (5.23%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (4.73%) Games
13 35 (4.36%) Financial Institution
14 28 (3.49%) Manufacturing
15 27 (3.36%) Aviation
16 20 (2.49%) General Ledger
17 19 (2.37%) Advertising
18 14 (1.74%) Brand Awareness
18 14 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 142 (17.68%) Project Manager
2 120 (14.94%) Senior
3 80 (9.96%) Analyst
4 70 (8.72%) IT Manager
5 68 (8.47%) Senior Manager
6 60 (7.47%) Lead
7 44 (5.48%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.35%) Senior Project Manager
9 41 (5.11%) IT Project Manager
10 35 (4.36%) IT Support
11 32 (3.99%) Architect
12 28 (3.49%) Digital Project Manager
12 28 (3.49%) Marketing Manager
12 28 (3.49%) Systems Manager
13 27 (3.36%) Applications Manager
13 27 (3.36%) Auditor
13 27 (3.36%) Consultant
14 26 (3.24%) Internal Auditor
14 26 (3.24%) Security Auditor
14 26 (3.24%) Senior Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.61%) HTML
2 27 (3.36%) CSS
3 23 (2.86%) .NET
4 22 (2.74%) JSON
5 21 (2.62%) .NET Core
5 21 (2.62%) HTML5 Canvas
6 20 (2.49%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (2.37%) SPFx
8 18 (2.24%) EDI
9 5 (0.62%) Hugging Face
9 5 (0.62%) OAuth
9 5 (0.62%) OpenID
9 5 (0.62%) PyTorch
9 5 (0.62%) SAML
9 5 (0.62%) TensorFlow
10 4 (0.50%) React
11 3 (0.37%) Flutter
11 3 (0.37%) React Native
11 3 (0.37%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 54 (6.72%) Onboarding
3 41 (5.11%) Product Ownership
4 34 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (3.74%) Social Media
6 29 (3.61%) Mobile App
7 28 (3.49%) Driving Licence
8 27 (3.36%) Virtual Team
9 23 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
10 19 (2.37%) Blog
11 17 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (1.87%) Video Editing
13 14 (1.74%) Cloud Native
13 14 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
13 14 (1.74%) Low-Code
14 13 (1.62%) Blockchain
14 13 (1.62%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.49%) Apple iOS
1 28 (3.49%) Windows
2 23 (2.86%) Android
3 8 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.75%) Linux
5 5 (0.62%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (34.37%) Agile
2 212 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
3 209 (26.03%) Project Delivery
4 148 (18.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 138 (17.19%) PRINCE2
6 136 (16.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 122 (15.19%) AI
7 122 (15.19%) Decision-Making
8 119 (14.82%) Analytics
9 106 (13.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 103 (12.83%) Mentoring
11 102 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
12 100 (12.45%) Coaching
12 100 (12.45%) Roadmaps
13 99 (12.33%) Risk Management
14 90 (11.21%) Budget Management
15 84 (10.46%) B2B
16 74 (9.22%) ERP
17 72 (8.97%) Logistics
18 69 (8.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 55 (6.85%) SQL
2 36 (4.48%) C#
3 32 (3.99%) Python
4 26 (3.24%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.86%) PowerShell
5 23 (2.86%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.87%) VBA
7 3 (0.37%) C++
7 3 (0.37%) Dart
8 2 (0.25%) Bash
8 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.25%) Java
8 2 (0.25%) R
8 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.12%) C
9 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 155 (19.30%) Degree
2 65 (8.09%) PMP
3 56 (6.97%) DBS Check
4 48 (5.98%) PMI Certification
5 39 (4.86%) CISSP
6 32 (3.99%) SANS
7 31 (3.86%) CISA
7 31 (3.86%) CISM
8 27 (3.36%) CGEIT
8 27 (3.36%) FFIEC
9 26 (3.24%) Security Cleared
10 19 (2.37%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.12%) MBA
14 8 (1.00%) CFA
14 8 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (1.00%) HNC
15 7 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.87%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.97%) GDPR
2 47 (5.85%) NIST
3 42 (5.23%) Accessibility
4 38 (4.73%) PMO
5 35 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (3.86%) QA
7 27 (3.36%) COBIT
7 27 (3.36%) ISO 9001
8 15 (1.87%) GRC
9 9 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.87%) ISO 14001
11 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.75%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.75%) GAAP
13 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.50%) NCSC
14 4 (0.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (3.86%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.00%) Docker
3 5 (0.62%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.49%) Ansible
2 10 (1.25%) SCCM
3 8 (1.00%) Grafana
3 8 (1.00%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.62%) Terraform
5 2 (0.25%) Argo
5 2 (0.25%) Puppet
5 2 (0.25%) Salt
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 181 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.72%) Adobe
3 48 (5.98%) Salesforce
4 39 (4.86%) Google
5 33 (4.11%) SAP
6 30 (3.74%) Oracle
7 21 (2.62%) Pardot
8 18 (2.24%) HubSpot
9 15 (1.87%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.37%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.37%) Instagram
10 11 (1.37%) Wrike
11 10 (1.25%) Apple
11 10 (1.25%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.12%) JD Edwards
13 8 (1.00%) Okta
14 7 (0.87%) Planon
14 7 (0.87%) Workday
15 6 (0.75%) Cisco
15 6 (0.75%) VMware