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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 24 24
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 817 1,179 2,611
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.55% 8.84% 8.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.48% 9.33% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 529 680 2,003
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,620
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -8.70%

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 14,918 12,640 29,709
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.13% 94.72% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 10,427 8,943 23,621
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 24 April 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 41 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.33%) CMS
3 18 (2.20%) Confluence
4 17 (2.08%) WordPress
5 4 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.12%) Apache
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 65 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (6.12%) Microsoft Project
3 48 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
4 27 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.73%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.49%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.49%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) Notion
Business Applications
1 20 (2.45%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (2.08%) Oracle Assets
2 17 (2.08%) Oracle Payables
2 17 (2.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 16 (1.96%) Oracle Cash Management
4 15 (1.84%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.73%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.73%) Shopify
8 5 (0.61%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
11 2 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
11 2 (0.24%) Magento
12 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
12 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
12 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 100 (12.24%) Azure
2 86 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 78 (9.55%) SaaS
4 58 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (4.16%) AWS
6 33 (4.04%) PowerApps
7 31 (3.79%) Power Automate
8 26 (3.18%) Asana
9 23 (2.82%) OneDrive
10 21 (2.57%) Entra ID
11 17 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (2.08%) GCP
12 16 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 16 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (1.96%) Google Analytics
13 13 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.35%) Sprout Social
15 10 (1.22%) Smartsheet
16 7 (0.86%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.53%) Broadband
2 26 (3.18%) CHAP
3 17 (2.08%) Firewall
4 12 (1.47%) DNS
5 10 (1.22%) DHCP
6 9 (1.10%) WAN
7 8 (0.98%) Network Security
8 7 (0.86%) VPN
8 7 (0.86%) Wireless
9 6 (0.73%) LAN
10 5 (0.61%) Intranet
11 4 (0.49%) Internet
11 4 (0.49%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.37%) NGN
12 3 (0.37%) SCCP
12 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.24%) Extranet
13 2 (0.24%) MPLS
13 2 (0.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.45%) Power BI
2 17 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.22%) Tableau
5 7 (0.86%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.86%) Power Query
6 6 (0.73%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.61%) DB2
8 4 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.49%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
8 4 (0.49%) QlikView
9 2 (0.24%) Big Data
10 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.12%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.12%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.12%) Looker
10 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.12%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 60 (7.34%) JIRA
2 5 (0.61%) Git
2 5 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.37%) Storybook
4 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.12%) GCC
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 403 (49.33%) Social Skills
2 284 (34.76%) Finance
3 150 (18.36%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (14.57%) Marketing
5 82 (10.04%) Organisational Skills
6 79 (9.67%) Public Sector
7 76 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 76 (9.30%) Legal
7 76 (9.30%) Retail
8 55 (6.73%) Law
8 55 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (5.02%) Banking
10 38 (4.65%) Games
11 34 (4.16%) Financial Institution
12 29 (3.55%) Manufacturing
13 24 (2.94%) Aviation
14 21 (2.57%) General Ledger
15 18 (2.20%) Advertising
16 15 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (1.59%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 140 (17.14%) Project Manager
2 118 (14.44%) Senior
3 78 (9.55%) Analyst
4 68 (8.32%) IT Manager
5 67 (8.20%) Senior Manager
6 59 (7.22%) Lead
7 47 (5.75%) Architect
8 46 (5.63%) Business Analyst
9 43 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
10 39 (4.77%) IT Project Manager
11 38 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
12 35 (4.28%) IT Support
13 28 (3.43%) Marketing Manager
13 28 (3.43%) Systems Manager
14 27 (3.30%) Digital Project Manager
15 26 (3.18%) Applications Manager
15 26 (3.18%) Auditor
15 26 (3.18%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 25 (3.06%) Internal Auditor
16 25 (3.06%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.18%) HTML
2 24 (2.94%) CSS
3 20 (2.45%) .NET
4 19 (2.33%) JSON
5 18 (2.20%) .NET Core
5 18 (2.20%) EDI
5 18 (2.20%) HTML5 Canvas
6 17 (2.08%) Microsoft Graph
7 16 (1.96%) SPFx
8 5 (0.61%) OAuth
8 5 (0.61%) OpenID
8 5 (0.61%) SAML
9 4 (0.49%) FIDO
9 4 (0.49%) React
9 4 (0.49%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.37%) Flutter
10 3 (0.37%) Jest
10 3 (0.37%) React Native
10 3 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (0.37%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.40%) Management Information System
2 55 (6.73%) Onboarding
3 46 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (5.26%) Product Ownership
5 39 (4.77%) Virtual Team
6 30 (3.67%) Social Media
7 29 (3.55%) Mobile App
8 27 (3.30%) Driving Licence
9 22 (2.69%) Blog
10 19 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
12 16 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.71%) Cloud Native
14 14 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (1.71%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.71%) Video Editing
15 13 (1.59%) Blockchain
16 12 (1.47%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.43%) Apple iOS
1 28 (3.43%) Windows
2 23 (2.82%) Android
3 9 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.73%) Linux
5 5 (0.61%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (33.66%) Agile
2 227 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 211 (25.83%) Project Delivery
4 159 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 139 (17.01%) AI
6 138 (16.89%) Decision-Making
6 138 (16.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 136 (16.65%) PRINCE2
8 132 (16.16%) Analytics
9 103 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 100 (12.24%) Mentoring
10 100 (12.24%) Roadmaps
11 99 (12.12%) Coaching
12 98 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
13 97 (11.87%) Risk Management
14 95 (11.63%) B2B
15 87 (10.65%) Budget Management
16 75 (9.18%) ERP
17 71 (8.69%) Logistics
18 67 (8.20%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 52 (6.36%) SQL
2 33 (4.04%) C#
3 31 (3.79%) Python
4 23 (2.82%) JavaScript
5 20 (2.45%) PowerShell
5 20 (2.45%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.84%) VBA
7 3 (0.37%) C++
7 3 (0.37%) Dart
8 2 (0.24%) Bash
8 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.24%) Java
8 2 (0.24%) R
8 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.12%) C
9 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 159 (19.46%) Degree
2 67 (8.20%) PMP
3 56 (6.85%) DBS Check
4 47 (5.75%) PMI Certification
5 37 (4.53%) CISSP
6 31 (3.79%) SANS
7 29 (3.55%) CISA
7 29 (3.55%) CISM
7 29 (3.55%) Security Cleared
8 26 (3.18%) CGEIT
8 26 (3.18%) FFIEC
9 21 (2.57%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.10%) MBA
13 8 (0.98%) CFA
13 8 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.98%) HNC
13 8 (0.98%) SC Cleared
14 7 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.73%) GDPR
2 44 (5.39%) NIST
3 41 (5.02%) Accessibility
4 37 (4.53%) PMO
5 33 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (4.04%) QA
6 27 (3.30%) ISO 9001
7 26 (3.18%) COBIT
8 14 (1.71%) GRC
9 9 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.86%) ISO 14001
11 7 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.73%) GAAP
13 5 (0.61%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.37%) NCSC
14 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.98%) Docker
3 5 (0.61%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.47%) Ansible
2 9 (1.10%) SCCM
3 8 (0.98%) Grafana
3 8 (0.98%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.61%) Terraform
6 2 (0.24%) Argo
6 2 (0.24%) Puppet
6 2 (0.24%) Salt
7 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 178 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.12%) Adobe
3 48 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 38 (4.65%) Google
5 35 (4.28%) SAP
6 31 (3.79%) Oracle
7 20 (2.45%) Pardot
8 17 (2.08%) HubSpot
9 14 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.35%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.35%) Instagram
10 11 (1.35%) Wrike
11 10 (1.22%) Apple
12 9 (1.10%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.10%) JD Edwards
12 9 (1.10%) Okta
13 7 (0.86%) Planon
13 7 (0.86%) Workday
14 6 (0.73%) Cisco
14 6 (0.73%) VMware