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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 30 28
Rank change year-on-year -17 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,076 1,193 1,828
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.74% 7.18% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.74% 7.73% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 626 661 1,297
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,638 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% -
75th Percentile £71,438 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,050 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,818
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.49% -9.63%

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 18,760 15,439 21,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.60% 92.96% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 13,517 8,929 15,511
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,852 £40,600 £43,750
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 £77,500 £78,005
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 14 August 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 62 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.60%) Confluence
3 13 (1.21%) CMS
3 13 (1.21%) WordPress
4 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.19%) Moodle
4 2 (0.19%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 148 (13.75%) Microsoft Project
2 129 (11.99%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 31 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 10 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.46%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.37%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
9 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.093%) Houdini
10 1 (0.093%) InDesign
10 1 (0.093%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 32 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.93%) Shopify
4 8 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.74%) Primavera
5 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
5 6 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (0.46%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.093%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 114 (10.59%) Azure
2 110 (10.22%) Power Platform
3 64 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (5.76%) SaaS
5 35 (3.25%) Power Automate
6 34 (3.16%) PowerApps
7 29 (2.70%) AWS
8 27 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (2.32%) Asana
10 21 (1.95%) OneDrive
11 20 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.77%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.58%) Smartsheet
14 13 (1.21%) GCP
15 11 (1.02%) Entra ID
16 10 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (0.84%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.44%) Firewall
2 29 (2.70%) Broadband
3 13 (1.21%) LAN
4 10 (0.93%) WAN
5 9 (0.84%) DNS
5 9 (0.84%) Intranet
6 8 (0.74%) CHAP
6 8 (0.74%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) Network Security
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.46%) DHCP
8 5 (0.46%) Wireless
9 4 (0.37%) NGN
9 4 (0.37%) WLAN
10 3 (0.28%) 2G
10 3 (0.28%) 3G
10 3 (0.28%) SSL
10 3 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.28%) TETRA
10 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (8.64%) Power BI
2 20 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (0.74%) Power Query
6 7 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.56%) Tableau
8 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.28%) Big Data
8 3 (0.28%) Db2
8 3 (0.28%) DB2 UDB
8 3 (0.28%) Metadata
8 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.28%) QlikView
9 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.093%) Looker
10 1 (0.093%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 112 (10.41%) JIRA
2 11 (1.02%) Git
3 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
6 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.28%) Storybook
6 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.093%) GCC
7 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.093%) JUnit
7 1 (0.093%) Selenium
7 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.093%) TestNG
7 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 480 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 306 (28.44%) Finance
3 231 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (11.71%) Organisational Skills
5 104 (9.67%) Marketing
6 78 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
6 78 (7.25%) Retail
7 73 (6.78%) Public Sector
8 60 (5.58%) Legal
9 57 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 50 (4.65%) Law
11 34 (3.16%) Manufacturing
12 33 (3.07%) Games
13 32 (2.97%) Banking
14 25 (2.32%) Aerospace
15 23 (2.14%) Aviation
15 23 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (2.04%) Advertising
17 17 (1.58%) Electronics
17 17 (1.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 255 (23.70%) Project Manager
2 163 (15.15%) Senior
3 114 (10.59%) IT Manager
4 111 (10.32%) Senior Manager
5 88 (8.18%) Senior Project Manager
6 80 (7.43%) Lead
7 67 (6.23%) Analyst
8 65 (6.04%) IT Project Manager
9 62 (5.76%) Consultant
10 39 (3.62%) Programme Manager
11 37 (3.44%) Architect
11 37 (3.44%) Delivery Manager
11 37 (3.44%) Developer
11 37 (3.44%) Service Manager
12 35 (3.25%) IT Support
13 32 (2.97%) Support Technician
14 31 (2.88%) Business Analyst
15 30 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
16 28 (2.60%) Service Delivery Manager
17 26 (2.42%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.88%) .NET
1 31 (2.88%) HTML
2 28 (2.60%) CSS
3 26 (2.42%) TensorFlow
4 23 (2.14%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.14%) PyTorch
5 22 (2.04%) JSON
6 21 (1.95%) .NET Core
6 21 (1.95%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (1.77%) SPFx
8 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
8 4 (0.37%) XML
9 3 (0.28%) Django
9 3 (0.28%) Express.js
9 3 (0.28%) Node.js
9 3 (0.28%) OAuth
9 3 (0.28%) OpenID
9 3 (0.28%) SAML
9 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.51%) Onboarding
2 65 (6.04%) Virtual Team
3 60 (5.58%) Management Information System
4 54 (5.02%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.37%) Product Ownership
6 39 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 31 (2.88%) Social Media
9 30 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
9 30 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (2.42%) Mobile App
11 22 (2.04%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
13 18 (1.67%) Blog
14 15 (1.39%) Cloud Native
15 11 (1.02%) Life Science
15 11 (1.02%) PMI
16 10 (0.93%) NHS
16 10 (0.93%) Video Editing
17 9 (0.84%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.53%) Windows
2 15 (1.39%) Android
2 15 (1.39%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.02%) Linux
4 5 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.19%) Unix
6 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.093%) CentOS
7 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (33.92%) Agile
2 358 (33.27%) Project Delivery
3 321 (29.83%) Problem-Solving
4 285 (26.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 257 (23.88%) PRINCE2
6 218 (20.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 154 (14.31%) Decision-Making
8 145 (13.48%) Roadmaps
9 135 (12.55%) Logistics
10 134 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 130 (12.08%) Coaching
12 127 (11.80%) AI
13 124 (11.52%) Budget Management
14 117 (10.87%) Analytics
15 116 (10.78%) Customer Experience
16 106 (9.85%) Mentoring
17 105 (9.76%) ERP
18 103 (9.57%) CRM
19 102 (9.48%) Risk Management
20 98 (9.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 87 (8.09%) SQL
2 61 (5.67%) Python
3 35 (3.25%) C#
3 35 (3.25%) JavaScript
4 25 (2.32%) TypeScript
5 20 (1.86%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.56%) C++
6 6 (0.56%) VBA
7 5 (0.46%) Java
8 4 (0.37%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) Dart
9 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.093%) C
11 1 (0.093%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 222 (20.63%) Degree
2 105 (9.76%) DBS Check
3 94 (8.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 93 (8.64%) PMP
5 89 (8.27%) PMI Certification
6 53 (4.93%) Security Cleared
7 32 (2.97%) SC Cleared
8 25 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.67%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.39%) CISSP
11 14 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.12%) ACCA
12 12 (1.12%) CAPM
12 12 (1.12%) CISA
12 12 (1.12%) CISM
13 11 (1.02%) APMP
13 11 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 11 (1.02%) SANS
14 9 (0.84%) CIMA
14 9 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (9.20%) PMO
2 67 (6.23%) Accessibility
3 58 (5.39%) QA
4 49 (4.55%) GDPR
5 35 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (2.97%) ISO 9001
7 26 (2.42%) Data Quality
8 25 (2.32%) NIST
9 18 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (1.58%) ISO 14001
10 17 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 14 (1.30%) GRC
12 8 (0.74%) COBIT
13 7 (0.65%) GAAP
13 7 (0.65%) SLA
14 5 (0.46%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.37%) IFRS
15 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.65%) Docker
3 6 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) vSphere
6 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (1.95%) SCCM
2 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.74%) Ansible
3 8 (0.74%) Grafana
4 6 (0.56%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.19%) Argo
6 2 (0.19%) Puppet
6 2 (0.19%) Salt
7 1 (0.093%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.093%) SCOM
7 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 241 (22.40%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.32%) SAP
3 49 (4.55%) Adobe
4 42 (3.90%) Oracle
5 33 (3.07%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 25 (2.32%) Google
8 23 (2.14%) Fortinet
9 19 (1.77%) SonicWALL
10 17 (1.58%) HubSpot
11 11 (1.02%) Pardot
12 9 (0.84%) Apple
13 7 (0.65%) Citrix
14 6 (0.56%) Cisco
14 6 (0.56%) Hootsuite
14 6 (0.56%) Instagram
14 6 (0.56%) VMware
14 6 (0.56%) Wrike
15 5 (0.46%) IFS
15 5 (0.46%) Poppulo