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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 22 29
Rank change year-on-year -30 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 678 1,503 1,596
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.47% 9.03% 7.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.09% 9.68% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 449 819 1,167
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £57,732
% change year-on-year -6.96% -0.40% -2.97%

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 13,320 15,533 19,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.81% 93.33% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,203 15,873
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,669 £46,250
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 £81,250 £80,000
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 7 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 26 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.21%) CMS
3 8 (1.18%) Confluence
4 5 (0.74%) WordPress
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.29%) Drupal
5 2 (0.29%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.29%) TPMS
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 66 (9.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (4.57%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.47%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.33%) Trello
7 7 (1.03%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.29%) 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%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
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%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.44%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.44%) SAP PS
8 3 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 79 (11.65%) Azure
2 54 (7.96%) SaaS
3 50 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 25 (3.69%) AWS
5 25 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (2.36%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.21%) Entra ID
9 11 (1.62%) Smartsheet
10 10 (1.47%) OCI
11 8 (1.18%) Google Workspace
11 8 (1.18%) Miro
12 7 (1.03%) Figma
13 6 (0.88%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.88%) Intacct
14 5 (0.74%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.74%) Workato
15 4 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.59%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.65%) VPN
2 13 (1.92%) LAN
3 12 (1.77%) CHAP
3 12 (1.77%) WAN
4 11 (1.62%) SD-WAN
4 11 (1.62%) Unified Communications
5 9 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.18%) VoIP
7 7 (1.03%) Firewall
8 6 (0.88%) BGP
8 6 (0.88%) DNS
8 6 (0.88%) MPLS
8 6 (0.88%) Wireless
9 4 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.59%) DHCP
9 4 (0.59%) Internet
9 4 (0.59%) Intranet
9 4 (0.59%) IPsec
9 4 (0.59%) Junos
9 4 (0.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.57%) Power BI
2 15 (2.21%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.47%) Tableau
4 6 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.59%) Data Lake
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
7 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.29%) Metadata
8 2 (0.29%) Redis
8 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.15%) Power Query
9 1 (0.15%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (3.69%) 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
1 327 (48.23%) Social Skills
2 272 (40.12%) Finance
3 144 (21.24%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.95%) Marketing
5 78 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (10.03%) Public Sector
7 67 (9.88%) Legal
7 67 (9.88%) Presentation Skills
8 54 (7.96%) Organisational Skills
9 50 (7.37%) Retail
10 35 (5.16%) Law
11 22 (3.24%) Local Government
12 20 (2.95%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.95%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.51%) Banking
14 16 (2.36%) Financial Institution
15 15 (2.21%) General Ledger
16 13 (1.92%) Billing
17 12 (1.77%) Aerospace
17 12 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 110 (16.22%) Project Manager
2 77 (11.36%) Analyst
3 70 (10.32%) IT Manager
4 68 (10.03%) Senior
5 49 (7.23%) Architect
5 49 (7.23%) Lead
6 48 (7.08%) IT Project Manager
7 44 (6.49%) Business Analyst
8 39 (5.75%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (4.87%) Senior Manager
10 32 (4.72%) Consultant
11 23 (3.39%) Delivery Manager
12 19 (2.80%) Coordinator
13 17 (2.51%) Head of IT
14 16 (2.36%) IT Support
15 15 (2.21%) Development Manager
15 15 (2.21%) Technical Director
16 14 (2.06%) Systems Manager
17 13 (1.92%) Business Manager
17 13 (1.92%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.18%) EDI
2 6 (0.88%) HTML
2 6 (0.88%) Web Services
3 5 (0.74%) .NET
3 5 (0.74%) CSS
3 5 (0.74%) Node.js
4 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.59%) FIDO
4 4 (0.59%) Flutter
4 4 (0.59%) Middleware
4 4 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.59%) React
4 4 (0.59%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
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 60 (8.85%) Management Information System
2 43 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (4.72%) Virtual Team
4 26 (3.83%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.69%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.39%) Blog
7 14 (2.06%) Social Media
8 10 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.47%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.18%) NHS
9 8 (1.18%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.03%) GNSS
10 7 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.03%) Life Science
10 7 (1.03%) Satnav
11 6 (0.88%) Blockchain
11 6 (0.88%) e-Learning
11 6 (0.88%) FMCG
11 6 (0.88%) PMI
12 5 (0.74%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.21%) Windows
2 8 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.59%) Unix
3 4 (0.59%) VMS
3 4 (0.59%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.29%) Android
4 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (34.37%) Agile
2 158 (23.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 155 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
4 152 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 151 (22.27%) Project Delivery
6 104 (15.34%) Change Management
7 103 (15.19%) AI
8 99 (14.60%) Analytics
9 98 (14.45%) PRINCE2
10 96 (14.16%) Risk Management
11 90 (13.27%) Decision-Making
12 82 (12.09%) Roadmaps
13 74 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 71 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
15 69 (10.18%) ERP
16 61 (9.00%) Business Case
16 61 (9.00%) Coaching
17 60 (8.85%) Strategic Thinking
18 57 (8.41%) Waterfall
19 53 (7.82%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (4.87%) SQL
2 19 (2.80%) Python
3 11 (1.62%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.33%) C#
5 6 (0.88%) PHP
6 5 (0.74%) C
6 5 (0.74%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.59%) Java
7 4 (0.59%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (0.44%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.44%) Tcl
9 2 (0.29%) Bash
9 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 180 (26.55%) Degree
2 63 (9.29%) PMP
3 45 (6.64%) PMI Certification
4 40 (5.90%) Security Cleared
5 29 (4.28%) SC Cleared
6 22 (3.24%) Master's Degree
7 21 (3.10%) DBS Check
8 19 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.92%) CCNP
11 13 (1.92%) CISSP
12 12 (1.77%) CFA
12 12 (1.77%) CGEIT
12 12 (1.77%) CISA
12 12 (1.77%) CISM
12 12 (1.77%) FFIEC
12 12 (1.77%) SANS
13 10 (1.47%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.18%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.37%) PMO
2 37 (5.46%) QA
3 29 (4.28%) GDPR
4 21 (3.10%) NIST
5 17 (2.51%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.77%) COBIT
8 10 (1.47%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.74%) SLA
11 4 (0.59%) P3O
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
13 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.15%) FATCA
14 1 (0.15%) Section 508
System Software
1 26 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.44%) Docker
3 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.44%) Ansible
2 3 (0.44%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.44%) Terraform
3 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.15%) SCCM
3 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 149 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.90%) SAP
3 33 (4.87%) Oracle
4 31 (4.57%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.10%) Google
6 18 (2.65%) Cisco
7 14 (2.06%) Adobe
8 12 (1.77%) Workday
9 7 (1.03%) Concur
9 7 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.88%) Sage
11 5 (0.74%) Civica
11 5 (0.74%) iManage
11 5 (0.74%) VMware
12 4 (0.59%) HP
12 4 (0.59%) Juniper
12 4 (0.59%) Meraki
12 4 (0.59%) Okta
12 4 (0.59%) Planon
13 3 (0.44%) Progress