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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 28 30
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 920 1,482 1,743
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.68% 7.42% 7.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.08% 8.42% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 545 813 1,289
10th Percentile £32,600 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £93,250 £92,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%

All Process and 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 15,130 17,611 21,426
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.45% 88.17% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 8,483 10,548 17,364
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,000 £37,027
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 28 October 2025.

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 35 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.17%) WordPress
3 15 (1.63%) CMS
4 14 (1.52%) Confluence
5 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.76%) IIS
6 7 (0.76%) Moodle
7 6 (0.65%) Drupal
7 6 (0.65%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.22%) PowerFactory
8 2 (0.22%) TPMS
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 76 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (8.15%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (2.17%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.20%) Trello
7 8 (0.87%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.22%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.22%) InDesign
11 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 22 (2.39%) NetSuite
2 17 (1.85%) Sage 200
3 16 (1.74%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.74%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (1.74%) Oracle Receivables
4 15 (1.63%) Sage CRM
5 12 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
6 11 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
6 11 (1.20%) Oracle EBS R12
6 11 (1.20%) SAP CO
6 11 (1.20%) SAP FI
6 11 (1.20%) SAP FI/CO
7 10 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
8 9 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
9 8 (0.87%) Adaptiv
10 7 (0.76%) Infor CloudSuite
10 7 (0.76%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 7 (0.76%) Magento
11 5 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
11 5 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 127 (13.80%) Azure
2 71 (7.72%) Power Platform
3 66 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (6.09%) SaaS
5 47 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (4.78%) Power Automate
7 39 (4.24%) AWS
8 32 (3.48%) Entra ID
9 26 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (2.39%) IaaS
11 19 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (1.96%) Smartsheet
13 15 (1.63%) Azure AI
13 15 (1.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 15 (1.63%) Azure Key Vault
13 15 (1.63%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (1.63%) PaaS
14 12 (1.30%) Google Analytics
15 11 (1.20%) Figma
16 10 (1.09%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.48%) VPN
2 27 (2.93%) Firewall
3 24 (2.61%) WAN
4 23 (2.50%) SD-WAN
5 20 (2.17%) DNS
6 12 (1.30%) LAN
7 11 (1.20%) Unified Communications
8 9 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.87%) VoIP
10 7 (0.76%) SAN
10 7 (0.76%) SSL
11 6 (0.65%) DMARC
12 5 (0.54%) BGP
12 5 (0.54%) MPLS
13 4 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (0.43%) IPsec
13 4 (0.43%) Junos
13 4 (0.43%) Wireless
14 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
14 3 (0.33%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.87%) Power BI
2 36 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.96%) MySQL
4 15 (1.63%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.09%) SAP BW
6 8 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
7 7 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.54%) Metadata
8 5 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.54%) Tableau
9 4 (0.43%) Big Data
9 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.43%) GIS
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.43%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.33%) Redis
11 2 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 59 (6.41%) JIRA
2 27 (2.93%) Git
3 9 (0.98%) Selenium
4 7 (0.76%) GitLab
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.11%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 385 (41.85%) Finance
2 371 (40.33%) Social Skills
3 140 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (10.98%) Marketing
5 95 (10.33%) Banking
6 82 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (7.72%) Legal
8 69 (7.50%) Retail
9 67 (7.28%) Public Sector
10 61 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
11 58 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
12 55 (5.98%) Local Government
13 41 (4.46%) Law
14 33 (3.59%) Manufacturing
15 19 (2.07%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.96%) Advertising
16 18 (1.96%) General Ledger
17 15 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
19 11 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 195 (21.20%) Senior
2 171 (18.59%) Project Manager
3 84 (9.13%) Designer
4 81 (8.80%) Senior Designer
5 79 (8.59%) Senior UX Designer
5 79 (8.59%) UX Designer
6 77 (8.37%) Analyst
7 73 (7.93%) IT Manager
8 57 (6.20%) Lead
9 53 (5.76%) IT Project Manager
10 43 (4.67%) Senior Manager
11 39 (4.24%) Business Analyst
11 39 (4.24%) Consultant
12 32 (3.48%) Architect
13 30 (3.26%) Developer
14 28 (3.04%) Head of IT
15 27 (2.93%) Delivery Manager
16 24 (2.61%) Technical Director
17 22 (2.39%) Senior Project Manager
18 21 (2.28%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.96%) .NET
1 18 (1.96%) HTML
2 11 (1.20%) CSS
2 11 (1.20%) Web Services
3 10 (1.09%) React
4 8 (0.87%) Node.js
5 7 (0.76%) JSON
6 6 (0.65%) REST
6 6 (0.65%) SOAP
6 6 (0.65%) XML
7 5 (0.54%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.54%) Flutter
7 5 (0.54%) Middleware
8 4 (0.43%) HTML5
8 4 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.43%) SAML
9 3 (0.33%) CSS3
9 3 (0.33%) EDI
9 3 (0.33%) Laravel
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.20%) NHS
2 54 (5.87%) Management Information System
3 37 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (3.91%) Social Media
5 29 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 27 (2.93%) Data Centre
6 27 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 18 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 13 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.30%) Digital Media
10 11 (1.20%) Blog
10 11 (1.20%) Operational Technology
10 11 (1.20%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.09%) Learning Management System
11 10 (1.09%) Life Science
12 9 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.98%) Market Risk
12 9 (0.98%) PMI
13 8 (0.87%) Credit Risk
13 8 (0.87%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.02%) Windows
2 11 (1.20%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.65%) Linux
3 6 (0.65%) Unix
4 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.43%) VMS
6 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.22%) Android
7 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (40.00%) Agile
2 263 (28.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 208 (22.61%) Project Delivery
4 154 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 138 (15.00%) User Experience
7 127 (13.80%) Change Management
8 126 (13.70%) PRINCE2
9 119 (12.93%) Risk Management
10 112 (12.17%) Analytics
10 112 (12.17%) Roadmaps
11 108 (11.74%) ERP
12 105 (11.41%) CRM
13 102 (11.09%) Mentoring
14 97 (10.54%) UX Design
15 89 (9.67%) Waterfall
16 85 (9.24%) Design Thinking
17 83 (9.02%) UX Research
18 82 (8.91%) Decision-Making
18 82 (8.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 86 (9.35%) SQL
2 34 (3.70%) JavaScript
3 31 (3.37%) PowerShell
4 23 (2.50%) Python
5 18 (1.96%) C#
6 17 (1.85%) Bicep
7 15 (1.63%) Java
7 15 (1.63%) PHP
8 8 (0.87%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.65%) VBA
10 4 (0.43%) Bash
10 4 (0.43%) C
11 3 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.33%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.33%) Tcl
12 2 (0.22%) C++
12 2 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.11%) Scala
13 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 212 (23.04%) Degree
2 73 (7.93%) PMP
3 72 (7.83%) PMI Certification
4 40 (4.35%) Security Cleared
5 38 (4.13%) DBS Check
6 34 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (3.37%) SC Cleared
8 27 (2.93%) Azure Certification
9 23 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 19 (2.07%) Master's Degree
11 17 (1.85%) CFA
12 15 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.63%) CCNP
12 15 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.30%) ACCA
13 12 (1.30%) ISTQB
14 11 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (1.09%) CIMA
16 9 (0.98%) Postgraduate
17 8 (0.87%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (12.72%) Accessibility
2 81 (8.80%) PMO
3 73 (7.93%) QA
4 27 (2.93%) GDPR
5 15 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.09%) SLA
7 9 (0.98%) NIST
8 8 (0.87%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.76%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.76%) P3O
10 6 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.65%) WCAG
11 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.33%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.22%) AQAP
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.22%) PERC
13 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 28 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.65%) Docker
3 6 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.11%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (0.11%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.11%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.33%) SmoothWall
3 3 (0.33%) Terraform
4 2 (0.22%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 196 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.87%) SAP
3 38 (4.13%) Oracle
3 38 (4.13%) Salesforce
4 36 (3.91%) Adobe
5 35 (3.80%) Google
6 22 (2.39%) Sage
7 21 (2.28%) Cisco
8 20 (2.17%) Meraki
9 18 (1.96%) Databricks
10 14 (1.52%) Murex
11 11 (1.20%) Workday
12 10 (1.09%) VMware
13 9 (0.98%) Concur
14 8 (0.87%) FIS
14 8 (0.87%) HubSpot
14 8 (0.87%) Infor
14 8 (0.87%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.65%) HP
16 5 (0.54%) Apple