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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 41 28
Rank change year-on-year -15 -13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,065 989 1,544
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.29% 5.89% 7.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.33% 6.28% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 608 569 882
10th Percentile £29,925 £33,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,750 £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 £71,242
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £91,925
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -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 19,983 15,760 19,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.57% 93.83% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,257 8,411 11,456
10th Percentile £33,900 £29,750 £35,134
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 8 October 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 56 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.44%) Confluence
3 20 (1.88%) CMS
4 16 (1.50%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) Moodle
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.094%) SAS
Applications
1 157 (14.74%) Microsoft Project
2 144 (13.52%) Microsoft Office
3 86 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.31%) Trello
6 8 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
10 2 (0.19%) InDesign
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.19%) Revit
11 1 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.094%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.094%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.094%) Houdini
11 1 (0.094%) NUKE
11 1 (0.094%) Stata
Business Applications
1 40 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.75%) Primavera
3 7 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.56%) Shopify
5 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
7 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.19%) Magento
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.094%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 94 (8.83%) Power Platform
2 78 (7.32%) Azure
3 54 (5.07%) SaaS
4 52 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (2.16%) PowerApps
6 20 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (1.69%) AWS
8 17 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (1.60%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.03%) Asana
9 11 (1.03%) OneDrive
10 10 (0.94%) Smartsheet
11 9 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 9 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (0.85%) Google Analytics
12 8 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (0.75%) Miro
13 7 (0.66%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.57%) Firewall
2 19 (1.78%) LAN
3 15 (1.41%) WAN
4 9 (0.85%) DNS
4 9 (0.85%) Network Security
5 7 (0.66%) Intranet
6 6 (0.56%) 2G
6 6 (0.56%) 3G
6 6 (0.56%) 4G
6 6 (0.56%) 5G
6 6 (0.56%) DHCP
6 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.56%) VPN
6 6 (0.56%) Wireless
6 6 (0.56%) WLAN
7 4 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.38%) VLAN
8 3 (0.28%) Broadband
8 3 (0.28%) TETRA
8 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (7.14%) Power BI
2 20 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.75%) Metadata
6 7 (0.66%) Tableau
7 6 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.38%) Big Data
8 4 (0.38%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.38%) Power Query
9 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.19%) GIS
10 2 (0.19%) MySQL
11 1 (0.094%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.094%) Looker
11 1 (0.094%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.094%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 108 (10.14%) JIRA
2 8 (0.75%) Git
2 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.38%) 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 (0.094%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.094%) GitLab
5 1 (0.094%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.094%) JUnit
5 1 (0.094%) Selenium
5 1 (0.094%) TestNG
5 1 (0.094%) WebDriver
General
1 476 (44.69%) Social Skills
2 320 (30.05%) Finance
3 253 (23.76%) Analytical Skills
4 172 (16.15%) Organisational Skills
5 115 (10.80%) Marketing
6 91 (8.54%) Public Sector
7 90 (8.45%) Influencing Skills
8 69 (6.48%) Retail
9 66 (6.20%) Legal
10 64 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 54 (5.07%) Law
12 40 (3.76%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.82%) Banking
14 29 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (2.63%) Aerospace
15 28 (2.63%) Electronics
16 19 (1.78%) Local Government
17 18 (1.69%) Telecoms
18 17 (1.60%) Aviation
19 16 (1.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 259 (24.32%) Project Manager
2 163 (15.31%) Senior
3 121 (11.36%) Senior Manager
4 101 (9.48%) IT Manager
5 100 (9.39%) Senior Project Manager
6 96 (9.01%) Lead
7 68 (6.38%) Consultant
8 66 (6.20%) Analyst
9 59 (5.54%) IT Project Manager
10 42 (3.94%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.66%) Service Manager
12 38 (3.57%) Programme Manager
12 38 (3.57%) Support Technician
13 37 (3.47%) Architect
14 34 (3.19%) Marketing Manager
15 29 (2.72%) Service Delivery Manager
15 29 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
16 26 (2.44%) Technical Manager
17 25 (2.35%) Coordinator
17 25 (2.35%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.44%) TensorFlow
2 23 (2.16%) Hugging Face
2 23 (2.16%) PyTorch
3 20 (1.88%) .NET
4 18 (1.69%) HTML
5 16 (1.50%) CSS
6 12 (1.13%) JSON
7 11 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (0.85%) .NET Core
8 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (0.85%) SPFx
9 6 (0.56%) XML
10 4 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.28%) Django
11 3 (0.28%) Express.js
11 3 (0.28%) Godot
11 3 (0.28%) LangChain
11 3 (0.28%) Node.js
11 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 3 (0.28%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.61%) Management Information System
2 67 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 59 (5.54%) Virtual Team
4 51 (4.79%) Driving Licence
5 44 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (3.94%) Product Ownership
7 37 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (3.38%) Data Centre
8 36 (3.38%) Social Media
9 29 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
11 23 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (2.07%) Blog
13 14 (1.31%) NHS
14 13 (1.22%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.13%) PMI
16 10 (0.94%) IoT
17 9 (0.85%) FMCG
18 7 (0.66%) Cloud Native
18 7 (0.66%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.57%) Windows
2 8 (0.75%) Linux
3 7 (0.66%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.28%) VMS
6 2 (0.19%) AIX
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.19%) Solaris
6 2 (0.19%) Unix
6 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.094%) Android
7 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (34.37%) Project Delivery
2 345 (32.39%) Agile
3 339 (31.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 315 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
5 249 (23.38%) PRINCE2
6 246 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 153 (14.37%) Decision-Making
8 145 (13.62%) Coaching
9 129 (12.11%) AI
10 128 (12.02%) Roadmaps
11 126 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 123 (11.55%) Logistics
13 122 (11.46%) Customer Experience
14 119 (11.17%) Budget Management
15 106 (9.95%) CRM
16 104 (9.77%) Risk Management
17 101 (9.48%) Analytics
18 99 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
18 99 (9.30%) ITIL
19 94 (8.83%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 65 (6.10%) SQL
2 48 (4.51%) Python
3 26 (2.44%) JavaScript
4 14 (1.31%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.13%) C#
5 12 (1.13%) TypeScript
6 6 (0.56%) Java
7 5 (0.47%) VBA
8 4 (0.38%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) C++
9 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.094%) Bicep
11 1 (0.094%) C
11 1 (0.094%) Groovy
11 1 (0.094%) R
Qualifications
1 222 (20.85%) Degree
2 108 (10.14%) DBS Check
3 93 (8.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 79 (7.42%) PMP
4 79 (7.42%) Security Cleared
5 74 (6.95%) PMI Certification
6 53 (4.98%) SC Cleared
7 30 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.97%) DV Cleared
9 18 (1.69%) ACCA
10 17 (1.60%) APMP
11 16 (1.50%) CIMA
12 15 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.13%) CISSP
14 11 (1.03%) CAPM
14 11 (1.03%) CCNP
14 11 (1.03%) CISA
14 11 (1.03%) CISM
15 9 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (10.70%) PMO
2 53 (4.98%) Accessibility
3 50 (4.69%) QA
4 42 (3.94%) GDPR
5 31 (2.91%) Data Quality
6 28 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.60%) ISO 9001
8 16 (1.50%) NIST
9 12 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 11 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (1.03%) ISO 14001
11 9 (0.85%) SLA
12 8 (0.75%) GRC
13 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.47%) NCSC
14 4 (0.38%) GAAP
14 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.28%) IFRS
System Software
1 12 (1.13%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.38%) Docker
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.094%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (2.07%) SCCM
2 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (0.47%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.28%) Ansible
4 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (0.19%) SCOM
6 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.094%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 254 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.45%) SAP
3 40 (3.76%) Oracle
4 34 (3.19%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.91%) Adobe
7 26 (2.44%) HubSpot
8 24 (2.25%) Fortinet
9 21 (1.97%) Google
9 21 (1.97%) SonicWALL
10 12 (1.13%) VMware
11 10 (0.94%) Cisco
11 10 (0.94%) Pardot
11 10 (0.94%) YouTube
12 8 (0.75%) Apple
13 7 (0.66%) Xero
14 6 (0.56%) Citrix
14 6 (0.56%) IFS
15 5 (0.47%) Nintex
15 5 (0.47%) Sage