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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 36 30
Rank change year-on-year -14 -6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,081 1,064 1,582
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.55% 6.57% 6.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.55% 7.07% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 634 624 976
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,900 £37,639
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,443
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £59,750 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.32% +6.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
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 19,480 15,052 20,418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.91% 92.98% 87.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14,035 8,660 12,878
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,838 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -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 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 9 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 68 (6.29%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.41%) Confluence
3 15 (1.39%) CMS
4 13 (1.20%) WordPress
5 5 (0.46%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 161 (14.89%) Microsoft Project
2 139 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
3 86 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 39 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 7 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.46%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
10 2 (0.19%) InDesign
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.093%) Houdini
11 1 (0.093%) NUKE
11 1 (0.093%) Revit
11 1 (0.093%) Stata
Business Applications
1 38 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.93%) Shopify
4 8 (0.74%) Primavera
5 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.093%) Sage 50
9 1 (0.093%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 108 (9.99%) Power Platform
2 103 (9.53%) Azure
3 64 (5.92%) SaaS
4 63 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (3.05%) PowerApps
6 31 (2.87%) Power Automate
7 27 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (2.41%) AWS
9 21 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.85%) OneDrive
11 19 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 18 (1.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 18 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
14 15 (1.39%) Smartsheet
15 11 (1.02%) Asana
16 9 (0.83%) Entra ID
16 9 (0.83%) Miro
17 8 (0.74%) ClickUp
17 8 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.70%) Firewall
2 18 (1.67%) LAN
3 15 (1.39%) WAN
4 13 (1.20%) Broadband
5 10 (0.93%) Network Security
6 8 (0.74%) DNS
6 8 (0.74%) Intranet
6 8 (0.74%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) CHAP
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.56%) Wireless
8 4 (0.37%) DHCP
8 4 (0.37%) NGN
8 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.37%) WLAN
9 3 (0.28%) 2G
9 3 (0.28%) 3G
9 3 (0.28%) 4G
9 3 (0.28%) 5G
9 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (8.42%) Power BI
2 18 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 18 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.65%) Tableau
6 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.56%) Power Query
7 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.28%) Big Data
7 3 (0.28%) Metadata
7 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.093%) Db2
9 1 (0.093%) DB2 UDB
9 1 (0.093%) Looker
9 1 (0.093%) MySQL
9 1 (0.093%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 118 (10.92%) JIRA
2 9 (0.83%) Git
3 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.28%) Storybook
5 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.093%) GCC
6 1 (0.093%) GitLab
6 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.093%) JUnit
6 1 (0.093%) Selenium
6 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.093%) TestNG
6 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 493 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 311 (28.77%) Finance
3 245 (22.66%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (13.32%) Organisational Skills
5 108 (9.99%) Marketing
6 85 (7.86%) Influencing Skills
7 79 (7.31%) Public Sector
8 74 (6.85%) Retail
9 59 (5.46%) Legal
10 56 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 44 (4.07%) Law
12 35 (3.24%) Manufacturing
13 34 (3.15%) Banking
14 26 (2.41%) Aerospace
15 21 (1.94%) Aviation
15 21 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.76%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.67%) Advertising
17 18 (1.67%) Local Government
18 17 (1.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 259 (23.96%) Project Manager
2 164 (15.17%) Senior
3 114 (10.55%) Senior Manager
4 107 (9.90%) IT Manager
5 92 (8.51%) Senior Project Manager
6 85 (7.86%) Lead
7 66 (6.11%) Analyst
7 66 (6.11%) Consultant
8 60 (5.55%) IT Project Manager
9 39 (3.61%) Delivery Manager
9 39 (3.61%) Programme Manager
10 38 (3.52%) Architect
10 38 (3.52%) Service Manager
11 35 (3.24%) Support Technician
12 34 (3.15%) Developer
13 31 (2.87%) IT Support
13 31 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
14 28 (2.59%) Business Analyst
14 28 (2.59%) Service Delivery Manager
15 26 (2.41%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.68%) HTML
2 28 (2.59%) .NET
3 27 (2.50%) CSS
4 26 (2.41%) TensorFlow
5 23 (2.13%) Hugging Face
5 23 (2.13%) PyTorch
6 21 (1.94%) JSON
7 20 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
8 18 (1.67%) .NET Core
8 18 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
8 18 (1.67%) SPFx
9 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
9 4 (0.37%) XML
10 3 (0.28%) Django
10 3 (0.28%) EDI
10 3 (0.28%) Express.js
10 3 (0.28%) Node.js
10 3 (0.28%) React
10 3 (0.28%) React Native
10 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 66 (6.11%) Onboarding
2 65 (6.01%) Virtual Team
3 59 (5.46%) Management Information System
4 57 (5.27%) Driving Licence
5 48 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 41 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
7 40 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 32 (2.96%) Social Media
9 30 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
9 30 (2.78%) Data Centre
10 22 (2.04%) Web Conferencing
11 21 (1.94%) Blog
12 13 (1.20%) PMI
13 11 (1.02%) NHS
14 10 (0.93%) Cloud Native
14 10 (0.93%) Life Science
15 9 (0.83%) IoT
15 9 (0.83%) Mobile App
16 8 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.70%) Windows
2 9 (0.83%) Linux
3 5 (0.46%) 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%) Mac OS
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
1 384 (35.52%) Project Delivery
2 357 (33.02%) Agile
3 321 (29.69%) Problem-Solving
4 309 (28.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 262 (24.24%) PRINCE2
6 233 (21.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (14.06%) Decision-Making
8 142 (13.14%) Coaching
9 134 (12.40%) Logistics
10 133 (12.30%) Roadmaps
11 132 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 123 (11.38%) Budget Management
13 121 (11.19%) Customer Experience
14 119 (11.01%) AI
15 111 (10.27%) CRM
16 109 (10.08%) Analytics
17 104 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
18 103 (9.53%) Risk Management
19 102 (9.44%) ITIL
20 100 (9.25%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 85 (7.86%) SQL
2 58 (5.37%) Python
3 35 (3.24%) JavaScript
4 31 (2.87%) C#
5 24 (2.22%) TypeScript
6 20 (1.85%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) C++
7 6 (0.56%) Java
7 6 (0.56%) VBA
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
11 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 224 (20.72%) Degree
2 110 (10.18%) DBS Check
3 96 (8.88%) PMP
4 95 (8.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 92 (8.51%) PMI Certification
6 61 (5.64%) Security Cleared
7 38 (3.52%) SC Cleared
8 25 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.85%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.30%) APMP
11 14 (1.30%) CISSP
12 13 (1.20%) CISA
12 13 (1.20%) CISM
13 12 (1.11%) CAPM
14 11 (1.02%) ACCA
14 11 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 10 (0.93%) CCNP
16 9 (0.83%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (9.90%) PMO
2 60 (5.55%) QA
3 48 (4.44%) Accessibility
4 45 (4.16%) GDPR
5 34 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (2.87%) Data Quality
7 29 (2.68%) ISO 9001
8 21 (1.94%) NIST
9 17 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (1.48%) GRC
10 16 (1.48%) ISO 14001
10 16 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 9 (0.83%) SLA
12 6 (0.56%) COBIT
12 6 (0.56%) GAAP
13 5 (0.46%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 4 (0.37%) PERC
System Software
1 13 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.46%) Docker
4 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.13%) SCCM
2 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.65%) Grafana
4 6 (0.56%) Ansible
5 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.37%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.19%) Argo
6 2 (0.19%) Puppet
6 2 (0.19%) Salt
7 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
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
1 253 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.01%) SAP
3 41 (3.79%) Adobe
4 39 (3.61%) Oracle
5 36 (3.33%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.24%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.31%) Fortinet
8 24 (2.22%) Google
9 21 (1.94%) SonicWALL
10 19 (1.76%) HubSpot
11 12 (1.11%) Apple
12 11 (1.02%) Cisco
12 11 (1.02%) Pardot
13 8 (0.74%) VMware
14 7 (0.65%) Citrix
14 7 (0.65%) YouTube
15 6 (0.56%) Xero
16 5 (0.46%) Nintex
16 5 (0.46%) Poppulo
16 5 (0.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud