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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 23 26
Rank change year-on-year -29 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 694 1,435 2,185
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.33% 9.04% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.01% 9.55% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 448 781 1,605
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,510
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,563 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%

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 13,857 15,028 25,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.54% 94.62% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,830 8,918 21,255
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.69% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,400 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 8 February 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 22 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.59%) CMS
3 11 (1.59%) WordPress
4 7 (1.01%) Confluence
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.29%) Drupal
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 65 (9.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (3.31%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (1.01%) Adobe XD
4 7 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.01%) Trello
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.14%) InDesign
6 1 (0.14%) Notion
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (2.16%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (2.16%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (2.16%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (2.02%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.30%) Oracle Cash Management
4 8 (1.15%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.58%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.43%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.43%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.43%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.43%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 66 (9.51%) Azure
1 66 (9.51%) SaaS
2 53 (7.64%) Power Platform
3 49 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (3.75%) AWS
5 17 (2.45%) PowerApps
6 16 (2.31%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.02%) Google Analytics
8 11 (1.59%) Miro
9 10 (1.44%) OCI
10 8 (1.15%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.01%) Figma
12 6 (0.86%) Asana
12 6 (0.86%) Canva
12 6 (0.86%) GCP
12 6 (0.86%) Intacct
12 6 (0.86%) Smartsheet
13 5 (0.72%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.59%) CHAP
2 15 (2.16%) VPN
3 10 (1.44%) Broadband
3 10 (1.44%) LAN
4 9 (1.30%) Firewall
4 9 (1.30%) WAN
5 8 (1.15%) SD-WAN
5 8 (1.15%) Wireless
6 7 (1.01%) DNS
7 6 (0.86%) BGP
7 6 (0.86%) MPLS
7 6 (0.86%) Unified Communications
7 6 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.72%) DHCP
8 5 (0.72%) Internet
8 5 (0.72%) Network Security
8 5 (0.72%) VoIP
9 4 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.58%) Intranet
9 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.90%) Power BI
2 13 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.44%) Tableau
4 7 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.58%) Big Data
6 4 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.58%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.29%) Redis
7 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.14%) Metadata
8 1 (0.14%) Power Query
8 1 (0.14%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.31%) JIRA
2 7 (1.01%) GitLab
3 5 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.58%) Git
5 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
General
1 348 (50.14%) Social Skills
2 281 (40.49%) Finance
3 159 (22.91%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (13.54%) Marketing
5 83 (11.96%) Public Sector
6 77 (11.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 76 (10.95%) Legal
8 73 (10.52%) Organisational Skills
9 57 (8.21%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (7.64%) Retail
11 39 (5.62%) Law
12 25 (3.60%) Banking
13 24 (3.46%) Financial Institution
14 23 (3.31%) Manufacturing
15 15 (2.16%) General Ledger
16 14 (2.02%) Advertising
16 14 (2.02%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.73%) Games
18 11 (1.59%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.59%) Billing
Job Titles
1 113 (16.28%) Project Manager
2 88 (12.68%) Analyst
3 83 (11.96%) Senior
4 56 (8.07%) IT Manager
5 52 (7.49%) Lead
6 49 (7.06%) Architect
6 49 (7.06%) Business Analyst
7 42 (6.05%) Senior Manager
8 40 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
9 37 (5.33%) IT Project Manager
10 26 (3.75%) Consultant
11 22 (3.17%) Senior Project Manager
12 21 (3.03%) Digital Project Manager
13 20 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
14 18 (2.59%) Auditor
14 18 (2.59%) Internal Auditor
14 18 (2.59%) Security Auditor
15 17 (2.45%) Coordinator
15 17 (2.45%) IT Support
15 17 (2.45%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.87%) EDI
2 7 (1.01%) HTML
3 5 (0.72%) CSS
4 4 (0.58%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.58%) FIDO
4 4 (0.58%) Flutter
4 4 (0.58%) Middleware
4 4 (0.58%) Node.js
4 4 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.58%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.43%) React
6 2 (0.29%) Laravel
6 2 (0.29%) Web Services
7 1 (0.14%) ADO
7 1 (0.14%) D3.js
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.14%) Next.js
7 1 (0.14%) PySpark
7 1 (0.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.51%) Management Information System
2 45 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (4.61%) Virtual Team
4 31 (4.47%) Onboarding
5 30 (4.32%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.75%) Blog
7 24 (3.46%) Social Media
8 21 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.02%) Legacy Applications
9 14 (2.02%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.87%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.44%) Blockchain
12 8 (1.15%) Cloud Native
12 8 (1.15%) GNSS
12 8 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.15%) Satnav
13 6 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
13 6 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.74%) Windows
2 12 (1.73%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.30%) Android
5 4 (0.58%) Unix
5 4 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.29%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (34.73%) Agile
2 179 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
3 164 (23.63%) Project Delivery
4 161 (23.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 148 (21.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 126 (18.16%) AI
7 122 (17.58%) Analytics
8 101 (14.55%) Decision-Making
9 94 (13.54%) PRINCE2
10 90 (12.97%) Change Management
11 88 (12.68%) Roadmaps
12 86 (12.39%) Risk Management
13 81 (11.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 80 (11.53%) Coaching
15 71 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
16 61 (8.79%) B2B
17 60 (8.65%) Process Improvement
18 59 (8.50%) Budget Management
18 59 (8.50%) Business Case
19 56 (8.07%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.61%) SQL
2 17 (2.45%) Python
3 14 (2.02%) VBA
4 8 (1.15%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.01%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.86%) PHP
7 5 (0.72%) C
7 5 (0.72%) C#
8 4 (0.58%) Java
9 3 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (0.43%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.43%) Tcl
9 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.29%) Bash
10 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.29%) R
11 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.14%) C++
11 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 159 (22.91%) Degree
2 58 (8.36%) PMP
3 43 (6.20%) Security Cleared
4 39 (5.62%) PMI Certification
5 29 (4.18%) SC Cleared
6 27 (3.89%) DBS Check
7 24 (3.46%) Master's Degree
8 22 (3.17%) CISSP
9 19 (2.74%) SANS
10 18 (2.59%) CGEIT
10 18 (2.59%) CISA
10 18 (2.59%) CISM
10 18 (2.59%) FFIEC
11 17 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.73%) CFA
14 11 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (1.44%) CCNP
15 10 (1.44%) DV Cleared
16 8 (1.15%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.48%) PMO
2 41 (5.91%) GDPR
3 33 (4.76%) QA
4 29 (4.18%) NIST
5 23 (3.31%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (2.59%) COBIT
8 10 (1.44%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.72%) SLA
11 4 (0.58%) P3O
12 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.43%) GRC
12 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.43%) WCAG
13 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.29%) GAAP
13 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.14%) EMIR
System Software
1 29 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.86%) Docker
2 6 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.86%) Ansible
2 6 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.72%) Terraform
4 3 (0.43%) SCCM
5 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 144 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.77%) Salesforce
3 38 (5.48%) SAP
4 34 (4.90%) Google
5 32 (4.61%) Oracle
6 23 (3.31%) Adobe
7 15 (2.16%) Cisco
8 12 (1.73%) Pardot
9 11 (1.59%) Workday
10 9 (1.30%) HubSpot
10 9 (1.30%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.01%) VMware
12 6 (0.86%) Concur
12 6 (0.86%) Sage
13 5 (0.72%) Okta
13 5 (0.72%) Planon
14 4 (0.58%) Hootsuite
14 4 (0.58%) Instagram
14 4 (0.58%) Meraki
14 4 (0.58%) Wrike