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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 32 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 -8 +8
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,039 1,209 2,475
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.87% 7.33% 7.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.89% 7.86% 8.73%
Number of salaries quoted 628 666 1,827
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,375 £34,572
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -3.84%
75th Percentile £71,313 £73,750 £69,914
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -9.48%

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 17,646 15,385 28,336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 93.30% 88.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 9,109 21,557
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%

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 15 July 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 56 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.12%) Confluence
3 21 (2.02%) WordPress
4 19 (1.83%) CMS
5 5 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.096%) Drupal
Applications
1 141 (13.57%) Microsoft Project
2 114 (10.97%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (8.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 13 (1.25%) Trello
7 5 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.48%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.29%) Blender
9 3 (0.29%) Maya
9 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.096%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.096%) Houdini
10 1 (0.096%) InDesign
10 1 (0.096%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 30 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (1.25%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.06%) Oracle Assets
4 11 (1.06%) Oracle Cash Management
4 11 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (1.06%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (0.87%) Shopify
6 7 (0.67%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.48%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.096%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 120 (11.55%) Power Platform
2 111 (10.68%) Azure
3 70 (6.74%) SaaS
4 66 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (4.14%) PowerApps
6 36 (3.46%) Power Automate
7 27 (2.60%) OneDrive
8 25 (2.41%) Asana
9 23 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (2.02%) AWS
11 20 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (1.64%) Smartsheet
14 16 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
15 14 (1.35%) Google Analytics
16 13 (1.25%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.25%) GCP
17 11 (1.06%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.66%) Broadband
2 33 (3.18%) Firewall
3 14 (1.35%) LAN
4 13 (1.25%) CHAP
5 12 (1.15%) DNS
5 12 (1.15%) WAN
6 8 (0.77%) DHCP
6 8 (0.77%) VPN
7 7 (0.67%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.67%) Wireless
8 5 (0.48%) Network Security
9 4 (0.38%) Intranet
9 4 (0.38%) NGN
10 3 (0.29%) 3G
10 3 (0.29%) 4G
10 3 (0.29%) 5G
10 3 (0.29%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.29%) SSL
10 3 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (9.05%) Power BI
2 19 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.77%) Power Query
4 8 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.67%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.48%) Db2
6 5 (0.48%) Tableau
7 4 (0.38%) DB2 UDB
7 4 (0.38%) QlikView
8 3 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.19%) Big Data
9 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.096%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.096%) Looker
10 1 (0.096%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.096%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 104 (10.01%) JIRA
2 9 (0.87%) Git
3 8 (0.77%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.48%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.29%) Storybook
6 1 (0.096%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.096%) GCC
6 1 (0.096%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.096%) JUnit
6 1 (0.096%) Selenium
6 1 (0.096%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.096%) TestNG
6 1 (0.096%) WebDriver
General
1 469 (45.14%) Social Skills
2 295 (28.39%) Finance
3 197 (18.96%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (10.68%) Marketing
5 96 (9.24%) Organisational Skills
6 85 (8.18%) Retail
7 72 (6.93%) Public Sector
8 57 (5.49%) Law
9 55 (5.29%) Legal
10 45 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (3.56%) Games
13 34 (3.27%) Banking
14 32 (3.08%) Manufacturing
15 29 (2.79%) Advertising
16 24 (2.31%) Aviation
17 23 (2.21%) Financial Institution
18 19 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
19 18 (1.73%) General Ledger
20 17 (1.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 249 (23.97%) Project Manager
2 181 (17.42%) Senior
3 117 (11.26%) Senior Manager
4 107 (10.30%) IT Manager
5 102 (9.82%) Senior Project Manager
6 72 (6.93%) Analyst
7 71 (6.83%) Lead
8 62 (5.97%) IT Project Manager
9 56 (5.39%) Consultant
10 42 (4.04%) IT Support
11 37 (3.56%) Architect
11 37 (3.56%) Developer
12 36 (3.46%) Business Analyst
13 30 (2.89%) Applications Manager
13 30 (2.89%) Programme Manager
13 30 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (2.89%) Support Technician
14 29 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
15 28 (2.69%) Marketing Manager
16 27 (2.60%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.18%) HTML
2 29 (2.79%) CSS
3 27 (2.60%) .NET
4 23 (2.21%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.21%) PyTorch
4 23 (2.21%) TensorFlow
5 22 (2.12%) JSON
6 21 (2.02%) .NET Core
6 21 (2.02%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (1.83%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (1.83%) SPFx
8 9 (0.87%) EDI
9 5 (0.48%) OAuth
9 5 (0.48%) OpenID
9 5 (0.48%) SAML
9 5 (0.48%) XML
10 4 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.29%) Godot
11 3 (0.29%) React
11 3 (0.29%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.12%) Management Information System
2 65 (6.26%) Onboarding
3 55 (5.29%) Virtual Team
4 53 (5.10%) Driving Licence
5 42 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 38 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (2.98%) Mobile App
8 30 (2.89%) Social Media
9 24 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 23 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
11 20 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
12 17 (1.64%) Cloud Native
13 15 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (1.44%) Video Editing
14 13 (1.25%) Blog
14 13 (1.25%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.15%) PMI
16 11 (1.06%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.75%) Windows
2 28 (2.69%) Apple iOS
3 23 (2.21%) Android
4 12 (1.15%) Linux
5 6 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.29%) Unix
7 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.096%) AIX
8 1 (0.096%) CentOS
8 1 (0.096%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.096%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.096%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (34.46%) Agile
2 333 (32.05%) Project Delivery
3 302 (29.07%) Problem-Solving
4 241 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 236 (22.71%) PRINCE2
6 176 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 147 (14.15%) Decision-Making
8 144 (13.86%) Coaching
9 142 (13.67%) Roadmaps
10 136 (13.09%) Budget Management
11 135 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 133 (12.80%) Mentoring
13 128 (12.32%) Logistics
14 121 (11.65%) AI
14 121 (11.65%) Analytics
15 114 (10.97%) Customer Experience
16 110 (10.59%) ERP
17 108 (10.39%) CRM
18 90 (8.66%) B2B
19 89 (8.57%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (8.28%) SQL
2 54 (5.20%) Python
3 34 (3.27%) C#
4 32 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.41%) TypeScript
6 20 (1.92%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.64%) VBA
8 5 (0.48%) C++
9 4 (0.38%) PHP
10 3 (0.29%) Dart
10 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.096%) C
12 1 (0.096%) Groovy
12 1 (0.096%) Java
12 1 (0.096%) R
Qualifications
1 208 (20.02%) Degree
2 100 (9.62%) DBS Check
3 90 (8.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 83 (7.99%) PMP
5 79 (7.60%) PMI Certification
6 22 (2.12%) CISSP
7 21 (2.02%) Security Cleared
8 18 (1.73%) SANS
9 17 (1.64%) CISA
9 17 (1.64%) CISM
10 13 (1.25%) CGEIT
10 13 (1.25%) FFIEC
10 13 (1.25%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.15%) CAPM
11 12 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.87%) ACCA
12 9 (0.87%) APMP
13 8 (0.77%) PgMP
14 7 (0.67%) HNC
14 7 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (7.99%) PMO
2 59 (5.68%) Accessibility
3 53 (5.10%) QA
4 51 (4.91%) GDPR
5 37 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (3.08%) ISO 9001
6 32 (3.08%) NIST
7 17 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.64%) ISO 14001
7 17 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 16 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 16 (1.54%) Data Quality
9 14 (1.35%) GRC
10 13 (1.25%) COBIT
11 9 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.77%) GAAP
13 5 (0.48%) SLA
14 4 (0.38%) IFRS
14 4 (0.38%) NCSC
14 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 17 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.58%) Docker
3 5 (0.48%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.19%) vSphere
5 1 (0.096%) Firmware
5 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (1.54%) SCCM
2 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.77%) Grafana
4 7 (0.67%) Ansible
5 5 (0.48%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.19%) Argo
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) Salt
8 1 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.096%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.096%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.096%) SCOM
8 1 (0.096%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 223 (21.46%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.49%) Adobe
3 54 (5.20%) SAP
4 42 (4.04%) Oracle
5 38 (3.66%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.18%) ServiceNow
7 31 (2.98%) Google
8 18 (1.73%) Pardot
9 17 (1.64%) Fortinet
9 17 (1.64%) HubSpot
10 16 (1.54%) SonicWALL
11 11 (1.06%) Hootsuite
11 11 (1.06%) Instagram
11 11 (1.06%) Wrike
12 9 (0.87%) Apple
12 9 (0.87%) JD Edwards
13 5 (0.48%) Citrix
13 5 (0.48%) ForgeRock
13 5 (0.48%) Okta
13 5 (0.48%) VMware