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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 38 29
Rank change year-on-year -16 -9 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,073 1,024 1,536
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.32% 6.18% 6.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.34% 6.60% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 616 581 872
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £71,200
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 20,108 15,510 19,787
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.96% 93.68% 88.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,355 8,405 11,799
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,188
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,015 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 29 September 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 61 (5.68%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.70%) Confluence
3 18 (1.68%) CMS
4 16 (1.49%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 3 (0.28%) Moodle
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 159 (14.82%) Microsoft Project
2 145 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
3 85 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 8 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.28%) Blender
8 3 (0.28%) Maya
9 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.19%) Revit
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.093%) Houdini
10 1 (0.093%) NUKE
10 1 (0.093%) Stata
Business Applications
1 38 (3.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.75%) Primavera
2 8 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.75%) Shopify
3 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.093%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.093%) Magento
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.093%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 97 (9.04%) Power Platform
2 86 (8.01%) Azure
3 54 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (5.03%) SaaS
4 27 (2.52%) PowerApps
5 24 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (2.05%) AWS
6 22 (2.05%) Power Automate
7 20 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (1.30%) OneDrive
10 13 (1.21%) Asana
10 13 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 12 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (1.03%) Smartsheet
13 9 (0.84%) Google Analytics
14 8 (0.75%) ClickUp
14 8 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.75%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.36%) Firewall
2 19 (1.77%) LAN
3 16 (1.49%) WAN
4 9 (0.84%) Network Security
5 8 (0.75%) DNS
6 7 (0.65%) Intranet
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.56%) Wireless
7 6 (0.56%) WLAN
8 5 (0.47%) 2G
8 5 (0.47%) 3G
8 5 (0.47%) 4G
8 5 (0.47%) 5G
8 5 (0.47%) DHCP
8 5 (0.47%) VPN
9 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.28%) CHAP
10 3 (0.28%) TETRA
10 3 (0.28%) VLAN
10 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (7.46%) Power BI
2 18 (1.68%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.75%) Metadata
7 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.65%) Tableau
8 6 (0.56%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.37%) Big Data
10 4 (0.37%) Power Query
11 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.19%) GIS
13 1 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.093%) Looker
13 1 (0.093%) MySQL
13 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.093%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 113 (10.53%) JIRA
2 8 (0.75%) Git
2 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
4 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.093%) GCC
5 1 (0.093%) GitLab
5 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.093%) JUnit
5 1 (0.093%) Selenium
5 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.093%) TestNG
5 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 492 (45.85%) Social Skills
2 319 (29.73%) Finance
3 255 (23.77%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (15.66%) Organisational Skills
5 114 (10.62%) Marketing
6 90 (8.39%) Influencing Skills
7 89 (8.29%) Public Sector
8 70 (6.52%) Retail
9 66 (6.15%) Legal
10 62 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 56 (5.22%) Law
12 38 (3.54%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.89%) Banking
14 28 (2.61%) Aerospace
15 26 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (2.33%) Electronics
17 19 (1.77%) Local Government
18 18 (1.68%) Telecoms
19 17 (1.58%) Advertising
19 17 (1.58%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 260 (24.23%) Project Manager
2 162 (15.10%) Senior
3 118 (11.00%) Senior Manager
4 101 (9.41%) IT Manager
5 97 (9.04%) Senior Project Manager
6 96 (8.95%) Lead
7 66 (6.15%) Analyst
7 66 (6.15%) Consultant
8 59 (5.50%) IT Project Manager
9 41 (3.82%) Delivery Manager
10 39 (3.63%) Programme Manager
10 39 (3.63%) Service Manager
11 38 (3.54%) Architect
12 36 (3.36%) Support Technician
13 30 (2.80%) Marketing Manager
13 30 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (2.70%) Service Delivery Manager
15 27 (2.52%) Technical Manager
16 26 (2.42%) Developer
16 26 (2.42%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.42%) TensorFlow
2 23 (2.14%) Hugging Face
2 23 (2.14%) PyTorch
3 22 (2.05%) .NET
4 21 (1.96%) HTML
5 18 (1.68%) CSS
6 15 (1.40%) JSON
7 14 (1.30%) HTML5 Canvas
8 12 (1.12%) .NET Core
8 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
8 12 (1.12%) SPFx
9 5 (0.47%) XML
10 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.28%) Express.js
11 3 (0.28%) Godot
11 3 (0.28%) LangChain
11 3 (0.28%) Langfuse
11 3 (0.28%) LlamaIndex
11 3 (0.28%) Model Context Protocol
11 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.27%) Management Information System
2 67 (6.24%) Onboarding
3 59 (5.50%) Virtual Team
4 52 (4.85%) Driving Licence
5 48 (4.47%) Product Ownership
6 45 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (3.36%) Data Centre
8 36 (3.36%) Social Media
9 33 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
11 24 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
12 23 (2.14%) Blog
13 14 (1.30%) NHS
14 12 (1.12%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.12%) PMI
15 10 (0.93%) IoT
16 9 (0.84%) Cloud Native
17 8 (0.75%) FMCG
18 7 (0.65%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.36%) Windows
2 8 (0.75%) Linux
3 5 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.28%) VMS
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.19%) AIX
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Solaris
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.093%) Android
6 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.093%) CentOS
6 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (35.04%) Project Delivery
2 352 (32.81%) Agile
3 336 (31.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 319 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
5 257 (23.95%) PRINCE2
6 247 (23.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 155 (14.45%) Decision-Making
8 142 (13.23%) Coaching
9 130 (12.12%) Roadmaps
10 128 (11.93%) Logistics
10 128 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 127 (11.84%) AI
12 122 (11.37%) Customer Experience
13 120 (11.18%) Budget Management
14 109 (10.16%) Analytics
15 107 (9.97%) CRM
16 103 (9.60%) Risk Management
17 100 (9.32%) ITIL
18 97 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
19 95 (8.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 69 (6.43%) SQL
2 48 (4.47%) Python
3 29 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 16 (1.49%) C#
5 15 (1.40%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.30%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) Java
8 5 (0.47%) VBA
9 4 (0.37%) C++
9 4 (0.37%) PHP
10 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.093%) C
12 1 (0.093%) Groovy
12 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 226 (21.06%) Degree
2 108 (10.07%) DBS Check
3 95 (8.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 84 (7.83%) PMP
5 79 (7.36%) PMI Certification
6 75 (6.99%) Security Cleared
7 50 (4.66%) SC Cleared
8 30 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.58%) APMP
11 16 (1.49%) ACCA
12 15 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (1.30%) CIMA
14 12 (1.12%) CISA
14 12 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.12%) CISM
14 12 (1.12%) CISSP
15 11 (1.03%) CAPM
15 11 (1.03%) CCNP
16 9 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (11.00%) PMO
2 53 (4.94%) Accessibility
3 51 (4.75%) QA
4 44 (4.10%) GDPR
5 33 (3.08%) Data Quality
6 31 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (2.05%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.58%) NIST
9 14 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 13 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (1.21%) ISO 14001
11 9 (0.84%) SLA
12 8 (0.75%) GRC
13 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.37%) GAAP
14 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.28%) IFRS
System Software
1 10 (0.93%) Active Directory
1 10 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.37%) Docker
4 3 (0.28%) vSphere
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.14%) SCCM
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (0.37%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.28%) Ansible
4 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.093%) SCOM
5 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 256 (23.86%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.50%) SAP
3 39 (3.63%) Oracle
4 36 (3.36%) Adobe
5 34 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 33 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 25 (2.33%) HubSpot
8 24 (2.24%) Fortinet
9 22 (2.05%) Google
10 21 (1.96%) SonicWALL
11 11 (1.03%) Pardot
11 11 (1.03%) VMware
12 10 (0.93%) Cisco
13 9 (0.84%) YouTube
14 8 (0.75%) Apple
15 7 (0.65%) Citrix
16 6 (0.56%) IFS
16 6 (0.56%) Xero
17 5 (0.47%) Nintex
17 5 (0.47%) Poppulo