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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 36 30
Rank change year-on-year -17 -6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,059 1,062 1,568
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.39% 6.54% 6.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.39% 7.02% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 617 619 938
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,150 £39,510
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% +4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £92,500 £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 19,632 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.43% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,097 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £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 16 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 66 (6.23%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.46%) Confluence
3 15 (1.42%) CMS
4 14 (1.32%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 161 (15.20%) Microsoft Project
2 138 (13.03%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (7.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.32%) Trello
6 7 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.57%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
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 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.85%) Shopify
4 8 (0.76%) Primavera
5 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.19%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.094%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 103 (9.73%) Power Platform
2 97 (9.16%) Azure
3 62 (5.85%) SaaS
4 60 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (2.93%) PowerApps
6 28 (2.64%) Power Automate
7 25 (2.36%) AWS
7 25 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.70%) OneDrive
10 17 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
10 17 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 16 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 16 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (1.23%) Asana
12 13 (1.23%) Smartsheet
13 8 (0.76%) ClickUp
13 8 (0.76%) Entra ID
13 8 (0.76%) GCP
13 8 (0.76%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.59%) Firewall
2 18 (1.70%) LAN
3 15 (1.42%) WAN
4 10 (0.94%) Network Security
5 8 (0.76%) DNS
6 7 (0.66%) Intranet
7 6 (0.57%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.57%) VPN
7 6 (0.57%) Wireless
8 4 (0.38%) Broadband
8 4 (0.38%) CHAP
8 4 (0.38%) DHCP
8 4 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.38%) 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
9 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (8.12%) Power BI
2 18 (1.70%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.66%) Power Query
6 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.66%) Tableau
7 6 (0.57%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.57%) Metadata
8 4 (0.38%) Big Data
9 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.094%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.094%) Looker
11 1 (0.094%) MySQL
11 1 (0.094%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.094%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 117 (11.05%) JIRA
2 9 (0.85%) Git
3 8 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.38%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.19%) Storybook
7 1 (0.094%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.094%) GCC
7 1 (0.094%) GitLab
7 1 (0.094%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.094%) JUnit
7 1 (0.094%) Selenium
7 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.094%) TestNG
7 1 (0.094%) WebDriver
General
1 486 (45.89%) Social Skills
2 305 (28.80%) Finance
3 237 (22.38%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (13.98%) Organisational Skills
5 108 (10.20%) Marketing
6 85 (8.03%) Influencing Skills
7 81 (7.65%) Public Sector
8 69 (6.52%) Retail
9 60 (5.67%) Legal
10 54 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 44 (4.15%) Law
12 36 (3.40%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.93%) Banking
14 29 (2.74%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.89%) Aviation
15 20 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.79%) Local Government
16 19 (1.79%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.70%) Advertising
18 17 (1.61%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 253 (23.89%) Project Manager
2 165 (15.58%) Senior
3 117 (11.05%) Senior Manager
4 103 (9.73%) IT Manager
5 94 (8.88%) Senior Project Manager
6 90 (8.50%) Lead
7 65 (6.14%) Consultant
8 62 (5.85%) Analyst
9 58 (5.48%) IT Project Manager
10 40 (3.78%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.68%) Architect
11 39 (3.68%) Service Manager
12 37 (3.49%) Programme Manager
13 35 (3.31%) Support Technician
14 31 (2.93%) Developer
14 31 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (2.74%) IT Support
15 29 (2.74%) Service Delivery Manager
16 25 (2.36%) Administrator
17 24 (2.27%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.55%) HTML
2 26 (2.46%) .NET
2 26 (2.46%) TensorFlow
3 24 (2.27%) CSS
4 23 (2.17%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.17%) PyTorch
5 19 (1.79%) JSON
6 18 (1.70%) HTML5 Canvas
7 16 (1.51%) .NET Core
7 16 (1.51%) Microsoft Graph
7 16 (1.51%) SPFx
8 4 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
8 4 (0.38%) XML
9 3 (0.28%) Django
9 3 (0.28%) EDI
9 3 (0.28%) Express.js
9 3 (0.28%) LangChain
9 3 (0.28%) Node.js
9 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 3 (0.28%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 66 (6.23%) Onboarding
2 63 (5.95%) Management Information System
2 63 (5.95%) Virtual Team
3 55 (5.19%) Driving Licence
4 46 (4.34%) Product Ownership
5 43 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (3.12%) Data Centre
8 32 (3.02%) Social Media
9 30 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 29 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
11 24 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (2.08%) Blog
13 13 (1.23%) PMI
14 12 (1.13%) NHS
15 10 (0.94%) Cloud Native
15 10 (0.94%) IoT
15 10 (0.94%) Life Science
15 10 (0.94%) Operational Technology
16 8 (0.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.59%) Windows
2 9 (0.85%) 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 (0.094%) Android
6 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.094%) CentOS
6 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (35.32%) Project Delivery
2 351 (33.14%) Agile
3 313 (29.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 312 (29.46%) Problem-Solving
5 257 (24.27%) PRINCE2
6 239 (22.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 148 (13.98%) Decision-Making
8 143 (13.50%) Coaching
9 132 (12.46%) Logistics
9 132 (12.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 130 (12.28%) Roadmaps
11 126 (11.90%) AI
12 119 (11.24%) Budget Management
12 119 (11.24%) Customer Experience
13 113 (10.67%) CRM
14 108 (10.20%) Analytics
15 105 (9.92%) ITIL
16 101 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
17 100 (9.44%) Risk Management
18 97 (9.16%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 80 (7.55%) SQL
2 51 (4.82%) Python
3 34 (3.21%) JavaScript
4 22 (2.08%) C#
5 21 (1.98%) TypeScript
6 18 (1.70%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.57%) C++
7 6 (0.57%) Java
7 6 (0.57%) VBA
8 4 (0.38%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.19%) Dart
10 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.094%) C
11 1 (0.094%) Groovy
11 1 (0.094%) R
Qualifications
1 223 (21.06%) Degree
2 109 (10.29%) DBS Check
3 94 (8.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 90 (8.50%) PMP
5 85 (8.03%) PMI Certification
6 68 (6.42%) Security Cleared
7 45 (4.25%) SC Cleared
8 27 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.89%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.51%) APMP
11 15 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.32%) ACCA
13 13 (1.23%) CISSP
14 12 (1.13%) CIMA
14 12 (1.13%) CISA
14 12 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.13%) CISM
15 11 (1.04%) CAPM
15 11 (1.04%) CCNP
15 11 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (10.58%) PMO
2 56 (5.29%) QA
3 49 (4.63%) Accessibility
4 43 (4.06%) GDPR
5 33 (3.12%) Data Quality
5 33 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (2.46%) ISO 9001
7 19 (1.79%) NIST
8 15 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 14 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (1.32%) ISO 14001
10 12 (1.13%) GRC
11 9 (0.85%) SLA
12 5 (0.47%) GAAP
12 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.38%) COBIT
13 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.38%) NCSC
13 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Docker
4 4 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.17%) SCCM
2 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.57%) Ansible
4 4 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.19%) Argo
5 2 (0.19%) Puppet
5 2 (0.19%) Salt
6 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.094%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.094%) SCOM
6 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 249 (23.51%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.85%) SAP
3 39 (3.68%) Adobe
4 38 (3.59%) Oracle
4 38 (3.59%) ServiceNow
5 34 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 25 (2.36%) Fortinet
7 24 (2.27%) Google
8 21 (1.98%) HubSpot
8 21 (1.98%) SonicWALL
9 11 (1.04%) Cisco
9 11 (1.04%) Pardot
10 10 (0.94%) Apple
10 10 (0.94%) VMware
11 9 (0.85%) YouTube
12 7 (0.66%) Citrix
13 6 (0.57%) Xero
14 5 (0.47%) Nintex
14 5 (0.47%) Poppulo
14 5 (0.47%) Sage