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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 43 28
Rank change year-on-year -14 -15 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,072 966 1,540
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.31% 5.79% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.36% 6.17% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 609 572 878
10th Percentile £29,950 £33,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,500 £57,875
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% +2.81% +0.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £92,000
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 20,009 15,647 19,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,419 11,293
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,540
25th Percentile £44,447 £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 £78,312 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
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 10 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 55 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.33%) Confluence
3 18 (1.68%) CMS
4 15 (1.40%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) Moodle
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.093%) SAS
Applications
1 158 (14.74%) Microsoft Project
2 149 (13.90%) Microsoft Office
3 88 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.31%) Trello
6 8 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
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 41 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.75%) Primavera
3 7 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.65%) Shopify
4 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.19%) Magento
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.093%) Odoo
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.093%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 92 (8.58%) Power Platform
2 75 (7.00%) Azure
3 55 (5.13%) SaaS
4 52 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (2.05%) PowerApps
6 19 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.59%) AWS
7 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (1.40%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.03%) Asana
9 11 (1.03%) OneDrive
10 9 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 9 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (0.84%) Smartsheet
11 8 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (0.75%) Google Analytics
11 8 (0.75%) Miro
12 7 (0.65%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.54%) Firewall
2 20 (1.87%) LAN
3 16 (1.49%) WAN
4 10 (0.93%) Network Security
5 9 (0.84%) DNS
6 7 (0.65%) 2G
6 7 (0.65%) 3G
6 7 (0.65%) 4G
6 7 (0.65%) 5G
6 7 (0.65%) Intranet
7 6 (0.56%) DHCP
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.56%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) Wireless
7 6 (0.56%) WLAN
8 4 (0.37%) MVNO
8 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.37%) VLAN
9 3 (0.28%) Broadband
9 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (6.90%) Power BI
2 19 (1.77%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.75%) Metadata
6 7 (0.65%) Tableau
7 6 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.37%) Big Data
8 4 (0.37%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.28%) Power Query
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.19%) GIS
10 2 (0.19%) MySQL
11 1 (0.093%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.093%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 108 (10.07%) JIRA
2 8 (0.75%) Git
3 7 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
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%) TestNG
6 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 481 (44.87%) Social Skills
2 321 (29.94%) Finance
3 259 (24.16%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (16.14%) Organisational Skills
5 116 (10.82%) Marketing
6 92 (8.58%) Public Sector
7 90 (8.40%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (6.34%) Retail
9 65 (6.06%) Legal
10 64 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 53 (4.94%) Law
12 40 (3.73%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.80%) Banking
13 30 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.61%) Aerospace
14 28 (2.61%) Electronics
15 19 (1.77%) Local Government
15 19 (1.77%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.59%) Aviation
17 16 (1.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 264 (24.63%) Project Manager
2 165 (15.39%) Senior
3 123 (11.47%) Senior Manager
4 102 (9.51%) IT Manager
5 101 (9.42%) Senior Project Manager
6 96 (8.96%) Lead
7 71 (6.62%) Analyst
8 69 (6.44%) Consultant
9 60 (5.60%) IT Project Manager
10 42 (3.92%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.64%) Service Manager
12 38 (3.54%) Programme Manager
12 38 (3.54%) Support Technician
13 37 (3.45%) Architect
14 34 (3.17%) Marketing Manager
15 29 (2.71%) Service Delivery Manager
15 29 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (2.52%) Technical Manager
17 25 (2.33%) Business Analyst
17 25 (2.33%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.43%) TensorFlow
2 23 (2.15%) Hugging Face
2 23 (2.15%) PyTorch
3 19 (1.77%) .NET
4 17 (1.59%) HTML
5 15 (1.40%) CSS
6 11 (1.03%) JSON
7 10 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (0.84%) .NET Core
8 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (0.84%) SPFx
9 6 (0.56%) XML
10 4 (0.37%) LangChain
10 4 (0.37%) Langfuse
10 4 (0.37%) LlamaIndex
10 4 (0.37%) Model Context Protocol
10 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.28%) Godot
11 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 3 (0.28%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 85 (7.93%) Management Information System
2 68 (6.34%) Onboarding
3 59 (5.50%) Virtual Team
4 54 (5.04%) Driving Licence
5 46 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (3.92%) Product Ownership
7 37 (3.45%) Data Centre
7 37 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (3.36%) Social Media
9 29 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.43%) Cyber Defence
11 23 (2.15%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (2.05%) Blog
13 14 (1.31%) NHS
14 13 (1.21%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.12%) PMI
16 10 (0.93%) IoT
17 9 (0.84%) FMCG
18 7 (0.65%) Cloud Native
18 7 (0.65%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.54%) Windows
2 8 (0.75%) Linux
3 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.37%) 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 (0.093%) Android
7 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (34.70%) Project Delivery
2 348 (32.46%) Agile
2 348 (32.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 322 (30.04%) Problem-Solving
4 250 (23.32%) PRINCE2
5 246 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 152 (14.18%) Decision-Making
7 146 (13.62%) Coaching
8 130 (12.13%) AI
9 129 (12.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 128 (11.94%) Roadmaps
11 123 (11.47%) Customer Experience
12 122 (11.38%) Logistics
13 119 (11.10%) Budget Management
14 109 (10.17%) Risk Management
15 107 (9.98%) CRM
16 101 (9.42%) Analytics
17 100 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
17 100 (9.33%) ITIL
18 96 (8.96%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 65 (6.06%) SQL
2 50 (4.66%) Python
3 26 (2.43%) JavaScript
4 14 (1.31%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.12%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.03%) C#
7 6 (0.56%) Java
8 5 (0.47%) VBA
9 4 (0.37%) PHP
10 3 (0.28%) C++
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.093%) Bicep
12 1 (0.093%) C
12 1 (0.093%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.093%) Groovy
12 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 223 (20.80%) Degree
2 107 (9.98%) DBS Check
3 94 (8.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 81 (7.56%) PMP
5 79 (7.37%) Security Cleared
6 75 (7.00%) PMI Certification
7 53 (4.94%) SC Cleared
8 30 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.68%) ACCA
11 17 (1.59%) APMP
12 16 (1.49%) CIMA
12 16 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.12%) CCNP
14 12 (1.12%) CISSP
15 11 (1.03%) CAPM
15 11 (1.03%) CISA
15 11 (1.03%) CISM
16 9 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (10.91%) PMO
2 53 (4.94%) Accessibility
2 53 (4.94%) QA
3 42 (3.92%) GDPR
4 31 (2.89%) Data Quality
5 28 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.49%) ISO 9001
6 16 (1.49%) NIST
7 12 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 11 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (1.03%) ISO 14001
9 9 (0.84%) SLA
10 8 (0.75%) GRC
11 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.47%) NCSC
12 4 (0.37%) GAAP
12 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.28%) IFRS
System Software
1 12 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.37%) Docker
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.093%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (2.05%) 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 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.093%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 256 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.50%) SAP
3 40 (3.73%) Oracle
4 35 (3.26%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.89%) Adobe
7 26 (2.43%) HubSpot
8 24 (2.24%) Fortinet
9 21 (1.96%) Google
9 21 (1.96%) SonicWALL
10 12 (1.12%) VMware
11 11 (1.03%) Cisco
11 11 (1.03%) YouTube
12 10 (0.93%) Pardot
13 8 (0.75%) Apple
14 7 (0.65%) Xero
15 6 (0.56%) Citrix
15 6 (0.56%) IFS
16 5 (0.47%) Nintex
16 5 (0.47%) Sage