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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 26 24
Rank change year-on-year -17 -2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 812 1,166 2,610
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.48% 8.67% 8.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.41% 9.15% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 526 672 2,008
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,231 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.59%
75th Percentile £76,750 £72,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 15,007 12,750 29,718
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.73% 94.76% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,534 8,864 23,587
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,881
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +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 1 May 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 45 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.34%) CMS
3 18 (2.22%) Confluence
3 18 (2.22%) WordPress
4 4 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 66 (8.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (6.16%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
4 28 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.62%) 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 (2.46%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (1.97%) Oracle Assets
2 16 (1.97%) Oracle Cash Management
2 16 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (1.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 15 (1.85%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.74%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.74%) Shopify
7 5 (0.62%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
10 2 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.25%) Magento
11 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
11 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
11 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 102 (12.56%) Azure
2 93 (11.45%) Power Platform
3 75 (9.24%) SaaS
4 59 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (4.43%) PowerApps
6 34 (4.19%) Power Automate
7 33 (4.06%) AWS
8 26 (3.20%) Asana
8 26 (3.20%) OneDrive
9 20 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
9 20 (2.46%) Entra ID
10 19 (2.34%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (2.09%) GCP
11 17 (2.09%) Google Analytics
12 16 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.35%) Sprout Social
15 10 (1.23%) Smartsheet
16 8 (0.99%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.56%) Broadband
2 27 (3.33%) CHAP
3 19 (2.34%) Firewall
4 11 (1.35%) DNS
5 9 (1.11%) DHCP
5 9 (1.11%) WAN
6 8 (0.99%) Network Security
7 7 (0.86%) VPN
7 7 (0.86%) Wireless
8 6 (0.74%) LAN
9 5 (0.62%) Intranet
10 4 (0.49%) Internet
10 4 (0.49%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.37%) NGN
11 3 (0.37%) SCCP
11 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.25%) Extranet
12 2 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (9.36%) Power BI
2 19 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.23%) Tableau
4 7 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.86%) Power Query
5 5 (0.62%) DB2
5 5 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.49%) DB2 UDB
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.49%) QlikView
7 3 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.25%) Big Data
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.12%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.12%) Looker
9 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 61 (7.51%) JIRA
2 5 (0.62%) Git
2 5 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.37%) Storybook
4 2 (0.25%) 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
1 385 (47.41%) Social Skills
2 276 (33.99%) Finance
3 140 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (14.66%) Marketing
5 82 (10.10%) Organisational Skills
6 78 (9.61%) Retail
7 76 (9.36%) Legal
8 75 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 67 (8.25%) Public Sector
10 57 (7.02%) Law
11 44 (5.42%) Banking
12 42 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (4.68%) Games
14 35 (4.31%) Financial Institution
15 29 (3.57%) Manufacturing
16 27 (3.33%) Aviation
17 20 (2.46%) General Ledger
18 19 (2.34%) Advertising
19 15 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
20 14 (1.72%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 144 (17.73%) Project Manager
2 121 (14.90%) Senior
3 81 (9.98%) Analyst
4 70 (8.62%) IT Manager
5 68 (8.37%) Senior Manager
6 62 (7.64%) Lead
7 45 (5.54%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.30%) Senior Project Manager
9 41 (5.05%) IT Project Manager
10 35 (4.31%) IT Support
11 32 (3.94%) Architect
12 28 (3.45%) Consultant
12 28 (3.45%) Digital Project Manager
12 28 (3.45%) Marketing Manager
12 28 (3.45%) Systems Manager
13 27 (3.33%) Applications Manager
13 27 (3.33%) Auditor
14 26 (3.20%) Internal Auditor
14 26 (3.20%) Security Auditor
14 26 (3.20%) Senior Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.57%) HTML
2 27 (3.33%) CSS
3 23 (2.83%) .NET
4 22 (2.71%) JSON
5 21 (2.59%) .NET Core
5 21 (2.59%) HTML5 Canvas
6 20 (2.46%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (2.34%) SPFx
8 18 (2.22%) EDI
9 7 (0.86%) Hugging Face
9 7 (0.86%) PyTorch
9 7 (0.86%) TensorFlow
10 5 (0.62%) OAuth
10 5 (0.62%) OpenID
10 5 (0.62%) SAML
11 4 (0.49%) React
12 3 (0.37%) Flutter
12 3 (0.37%) React Native
12 3 (0.37%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.59%) Management Information System
2 54 (6.65%) Onboarding
3 42 (5.17%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (3.69%) Social Media
6 29 (3.57%) Driving Licence
6 29 (3.57%) Mobile App
7 27 (3.33%) Virtual Team
8 23 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
9 19 (2.34%) Blog
10 17 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.85%) Video Editing
12 14 (1.72%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
12 14 (1.72%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.72%) Web Conferencing
13 13 (1.60%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.45%) Apple iOS
1 28 (3.45%) Windows
2 23 (2.83%) Android
3 8 (0.99%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.74%) Linux
5 5 (0.62%) 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
1 279 (34.36%) Agile
2 215 (26.48%) Problem-Solving
3 209 (25.74%) Project Delivery
4 149 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 140 (17.24%) PRINCE2
6 136 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 125 (15.39%) AI
8 122 (15.02%) Analytics
9 121 (14.90%) Decision-Making
10 107 (13.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 106 (13.05%) Mentoring
12 105 (12.93%) Roadmaps
13 103 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
14 101 (12.44%) Coaching
15 99 (12.19%) Risk Management
16 90 (11.08%) Budget Management
17 84 (10.34%) B2B
18 74 (9.11%) ERP
19 73 (8.99%) Logistics
20 69 (8.50%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 55 (6.77%) SQL
2 36 (4.43%) C#
3 34 (4.19%) Python
4 26 (3.20%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.83%) PowerShell
5 23 (2.83%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.85%) VBA
7 3 (0.37%) C++
7 3 (0.37%) Dart
8 2 (0.25%) Bash
8 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.25%) Java
8 2 (0.25%) R
8 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.12%) C
9 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 157 (19.33%) Degree
2 65 (8.00%) PMP
3 56 (6.90%) DBS Check
4 48 (5.91%) PMI Certification
5 39 (4.80%) CISSP
6 32 (3.94%) SANS
7 31 (3.82%) CISA
7 31 (3.82%) CISM
8 27 (3.33%) CGEIT
8 27 (3.33%) FFIEC
9 26 (3.20%) Security Cleared
10 19 (2.34%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.11%) MBA
14 8 (0.99%) CFA
14 8 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (0.99%) HNC
15 7 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.86%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.90%) GDPR
2 47 (5.79%) NIST
3 45 (5.54%) Accessibility
4 37 (4.56%) PMO
5 36 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (3.82%) QA
7 28 (3.45%) ISO 9001
8 27 (3.33%) COBIT
9 15 (1.85%) GRC
10 9 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.11%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.99%) ISO 14001
11 8 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.74%) GAAP
13 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.49%) NCSC
14 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (3.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.99%) Docker
3 5 (0.62%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.48%) Ansible
2 10 (1.23%) SCCM
3 8 (0.99%) Grafana
3 8 (0.99%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.62%) Terraform
5 2 (0.25%) Argo
5 2 (0.25%) Puppet
5 2 (0.25%) Salt
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 181 (22.29%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.65%) Adobe
3 48 (5.91%) Salesforce
4 39 (4.80%) Google
5 33 (4.06%) SAP
6 30 (3.69%) Oracle
7 21 (2.59%) Pardot
8 18 (2.22%) HubSpot
9 15 (1.85%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.35%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.35%) Instagram
10 11 (1.35%) Wrike
11 10 (1.23%) Apple
11 10 (1.23%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.11%) JD Edwards
13 8 (0.99%) Okta
14 7 (0.86%) Planon
14 7 (0.86%) Workday
15 6 (0.74%) Cisco
15 6 (0.74%) VMware