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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 22 29
Rank change year-on-year -30 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 678 1,483 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.43% 9.04% 7.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 9.64% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 448 808 1,175
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £79,063 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,750
UK median annual salary £52,922 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.96% - -3.40%

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 13,352 15,391 20,337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.30% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,502 9,047 16,467
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,300 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 January 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 25 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.06%) CMS
3 6 (0.88%) Confluence
3 6 (0.88%) WordPress
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.29%) Drupal
4 2 (0.29%) TPMS
5 1 (0.15%) Apache
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 62 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (4.13%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.33%) Trello
6 7 (1.03%) Adobe XD
6 7 (1.03%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.15%) InDesign
9 1 (0.15%) Notion
9 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (2.21%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (2.21%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (2.21%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (2.06%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.33%) Oracle Cash Management
4 8 (1.18%) Oracle EBS R12
5 6 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.59%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.59%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.44%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.44%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.44%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.44%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.44%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 74 (10.91%) Azure
2 58 (8.55%) SaaS
3 51 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (6.78%) Power Platform
5 27 (3.98%) AWS
6 19 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (2.21%) Entra ID
8 13 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.92%) PowerApps
9 10 (1.47%) OCI
9 10 (1.47%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.18%) Google Analytics
10 8 (1.18%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.18%) Miro
11 7 (1.03%) Figma
11 7 (1.03%) Smartsheet
12 6 (0.88%) Intacct
13 5 (0.74%) GCP
13 5 (0.74%) Workato
14 4 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.51%) VPN
2 14 (2.06%) CHAP
3 12 (1.77%) LAN
4 11 (1.62%) WAN
5 10 (1.47%) SD-WAN
5 10 (1.47%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.33%) Firewall
7 8 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.03%) VoIP
9 6 (0.88%) BGP
9 6 (0.88%) DNS
9 6 (0.88%) MPLS
9 6 (0.88%) Wireless
10 5 (0.74%) Internet
10 5 (0.74%) Network Security
11 4 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.59%) DHCP
11 4 (0.59%) Intranet
11 4 (0.59%) IPsec
11 4 (0.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.42%) Power BI
2 14 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.47%) Tableau
4 7 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.74%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.59%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.59%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.44%) Big Data
8 2 (0.29%) Redis
8 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.15%) GIS
9 1 (0.15%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.39%) JIRA
2 7 (1.03%) GitLab
3 5 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.44%) Git
4 3 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
General
1 332 (48.97%) Social Skills
2 275 (40.56%) Finance
3 152 (22.42%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.65%) Marketing
5 76 (11.21%) Public Sector
6 72 (10.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (10.47%) Legal
8 59 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
9 57 (8.41%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (7.08%) Retail
11 33 (4.87%) Law
12 22 (3.24%) Manufacturing
13 19 (2.80%) Banking
14 18 (2.65%) Financial Institution
15 17 (2.51%) Telecoms
16 14 (2.06%) Billing
16 14 (2.06%) Local Government
17 13 (1.92%) Advertising
17 13 (1.92%) General Ledger
18 12 (1.77%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 114 (16.81%) Project Manager
2 83 (12.24%) Analyst
3 75 (11.06%) Senior
4 66 (9.73%) IT Manager
5 51 (7.52%) Lead
6 50 (7.37%) Architect
7 47 (6.93%) Business Analyst
7 47 (6.93%) IT Project Manager
8 40 (5.90%) Solutions Architect
9 39 (5.75%) Senior Manager
10 27 (3.98%) Consultant
11 21 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
12 19 (2.80%) Coordinator
13 18 (2.65%) IT Support
13 18 (2.65%) Senior Project Manager
14 16 (2.36%) Head of IT
15 15 (2.21%) Digital Project Manager
15 15 (2.21%) Systems Manager
16 14 (2.06%) Auditor
16 14 (2.06%) Internal Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.47%) EDI
2 6 (0.88%) HTML
3 5 (0.74%) CSS
3 5 (0.74%) Web Services
4 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.59%) FIDO
4 4 (0.59%) Flutter
4 4 (0.59%) Middleware
4 4 (0.59%) Node.js
4 4 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.59%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.44%) .NET
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.44%) React
6 2 (0.29%) Laravel
7 1 (0.15%) D3.js
7 1 (0.15%) Flask
7 1 (0.15%) Next.js
7 1 (0.15%) PySpark
7 1 (0.15%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.55%) Management Information System
2 44 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (4.57%) Virtual Team
4 29 (4.28%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.39%) Blog
5 23 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.21%) Social Media
7 10 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.18%) GNSS
8 8 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.18%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.18%) Satnav
9 7 (1.03%) Blockchain
9 7 (1.03%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.03%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.03%) PMI
10 6 (0.88%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.65%) Windows
2 10 (1.47%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.59%) Unix
3 4 (0.59%) VMS
3 4 (0.59%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (35.69%) Agile
2 164 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (23.30%) Project Delivery
4 157 (23.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 150 (22.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 108 (15.93%) AI
7 103 (15.19%) PRINCE2
8 102 (15.04%) Analytics
9 96 (14.16%) Change Management
10 93 (13.72%) Risk Management
11 91 (13.42%) Decision-Making
12 85 (12.54%) Roadmaps
13 75 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
14 73 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 71 (10.47%) Coaching
16 61 (9.00%) Business Case
17 59 (8.70%) ERP
18 56 (8.26%) Process Improvement
19 55 (8.11%) Budget Management
19 55 (8.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.72%) SQL
2 19 (2.80%) Python
3 10 (1.47%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.18%) VBA
5 7 (1.03%) C#
5 7 (1.03%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.88%) PHP
7 5 (0.74%) C
8 4 (0.59%) Java
9 3 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (0.44%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.44%) Tcl
9 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.29%) Bash
10 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.15%) C++
11 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.15%) R
11 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 169 (24.93%) Degree
2 64 (9.44%) PMP
3 46 (6.78%) PMI Certification
4 40 (5.90%) Security Cleared
5 29 (4.28%) SC Cleared
6 23 (3.39%) DBS Check
7 22 (3.24%) Master's Degree
8 17 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.51%) CISSP
9 15 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (2.06%) CGEIT
10 14 (2.06%) CISA
10 14 (2.06%) CISM
10 14 (2.06%) FFIEC
10 14 (2.06%) SANS
11 13 (1.92%) CFA
11 13 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (1.77%) CCNP
13 10 (1.47%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.18%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.67%) PMO
2 34 (5.01%) GDPR
3 32 (4.72%) QA
4 26 (3.83%) NIST
5 18 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.21%) Accessibility
7 14 (2.06%) COBIT
8 11 (1.62%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.74%) P3O
10 5 (0.74%) SLA
11 4 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.44%) GRC
12 3 (0.44%) WCAG
13 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.29%) GMP
13 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.15%) FATCA
14 1 (0.15%) Section 508
System Software
1 29 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.74%) Docker
4 4 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.74%) Ansible
2 5 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.74%) Terraform
3 3 (0.44%) SCCM
4 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.90%) Salesforce
2 40 (5.90%) SAP
3 33 (4.87%) Oracle
4 25 (3.69%) Google
5 17 (2.51%) Cisco
6 14 (2.06%) Adobe
7 12 (1.77%) Workday
8 7 (1.03%) Concur
8 7 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.03%) VMware
9 6 (0.88%) Sage
10 5 (0.74%) Civica
10 5 (0.74%) iManage
10 5 (0.74%) Planon
11 4 (0.59%) HP
11 4 (0.59%) Juniper
11 4 (0.59%) Meraki
11 4 (0.59%) Okta
11 4 (0.59%) Pardot