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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 36 29
Rank change year-on-year -17 -7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,075 1,065 1,587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.42% 6.53% 6.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.42% 7.00% 7.70%
Number of salaries quoted 624 620 941
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.26% -0.87%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,875 £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 19,826 15,207 20,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.45% 93.22% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,213 8,631 12,628
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,812 £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 18 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 65 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.51%) Confluence
3 16 (1.49%) CMS
4 15 (1.40%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 160 (14.88%) Microsoft Project
2 142 (13.21%) Microsoft Office
3 85 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 7 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.28%) Blender
8 3 (0.28%) Maya
9 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.19%) Revit
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.093%) Houdini
10 1 (0.093%) NUKE
10 1 (0.093%) Stata
Business Applications
1 40 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.84%) Shopify
4 8 (0.74%) 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%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.093%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 101 (9.40%) Power Platform
2 95 (8.84%) Azure
3 59 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (5.49%) SaaS
4 30 (2.79%) PowerApps
5 27 (2.51%) Power Automate
6 25 (2.33%) AWS
7 24 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (1.58%) OneDrive
10 16 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (1.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 15 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (1.21%) Asana
12 13 (1.21%) Smartsheet
13 8 (0.74%) ClickUp
13 8 (0.74%) Entra ID
13 8 (0.74%) GCP
13 8 (0.74%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.53%) Firewall
2 19 (1.77%) LAN
3 16 (1.49%) WAN
4 10 (0.93%) Network Security
5 9 (0.84%) DNS
6 7 (0.65%) Intranet
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.56%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) Wireless
8 5 (0.47%) DHCP
8 5 (0.47%) WLAN
9 4 (0.37%) 2G
9 4 (0.37%) 3G
9 4 (0.37%) 4G
9 4 (0.37%) 5G
9 4 (0.37%) Broadband
9 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.28%) CHAP
10 3 (0.28%) TETRA
10 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (7.81%) Power BI
2 18 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.65%) Tableau
7 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.56%) Metadata
7 6 (0.56%) Power Query
8 4 (0.37%) Big Data
9 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.093%) Looker
11 1 (0.093%) MySQL
11 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.093%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 117 (10.88%) JIRA
2 9 (0.84%) Git
3 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.37%) 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 (0.093%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.093%) GCC
7 1 (0.093%) GitLab
7 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.093%) JUnit
7 1 (0.093%) Selenium
7 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.093%) TestNG
7 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 495 (46.05%) Social Skills
2 308 (28.65%) Finance
3 246 (22.88%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (14.42%) Organisational Skills
5 109 (10.14%) Marketing
6 87 (8.09%) Influencing Skills
7 84 (7.81%) Public Sector
8 72 (6.70%) Retail
9 62 (5.77%) Legal
10 57 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 47 (4.37%) Law
12 35 (3.26%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.79%) Banking
14 28 (2.60%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.86%) Aviation
15 20 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.77%) Electronics
16 19 (1.77%) Local Government
16 19 (1.77%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 258 (24.00%) Project Manager
2 167 (15.53%) Senior
3 118 (10.98%) Senior Manager
4 105 (9.77%) IT Manager
5 95 (8.84%) Senior Project Manager
6 92 (8.56%) Lead
7 67 (6.23%) Consultant
8 64 (5.95%) Analyst
9 60 (5.58%) IT Project Manager
10 40 (3.72%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.63%) Architect
11 39 (3.63%) Service Manager
12 38 (3.53%) Programme Manager
13 35 (3.26%) Support Technician
14 31 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (2.79%) Developer
16 29 (2.70%) IT Support
16 29 (2.70%) Service Delivery Manager
17 26 (2.42%) Administrator
18 25 (2.33%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.42%) HTML
1 26 (2.42%) TensorFlow
2 25 (2.33%) .NET
3 23 (2.14%) CSS
3 23 (2.14%) Hugging Face
3 23 (2.14%) PyTorch
4 18 (1.67%) JSON
5 17 (1.58%) HTML5 Canvas
6 15 (1.40%) .NET Core
6 15 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
6 15 (1.40%) SPFx
7 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
7 4 (0.37%) XML
8 3 (0.28%) Django
8 3 (0.28%) EDI
8 3 (0.28%) Express.js
8 3 (0.28%) Godot
8 3 (0.28%) Node.js
8 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 3 (0.28%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.51%) Onboarding
2 67 (6.23%) Management Information System
3 63 (5.86%) Virtual Team
4 57 (5.30%) Driving Licence
5 46 (4.28%) Product Ownership
6 45 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
7 42 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (3.26%) Data Centre
9 33 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (3.07%) Social Media
10 29 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
11 24 (2.23%) Web Conferencing
12 23 (2.14%) Blog
13 13 (1.21%) NHS
14 12 (1.12%) PMI
15 11 (1.02%) Operational Technology
16 10 (0.93%) Cloud Native
16 10 (0.93%) IoT
17 8 (0.74%) Life Science
17 8 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.53%) Windows
2 9 (0.84%) 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 (0.093%) Android
6 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.093%) CentOS
6 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (35.35%) Project Delivery
2 351 (32.65%) Agile
3 324 (30.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 319 (29.67%) Problem-Solving
5 257 (23.91%) PRINCE2
6 240 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 149 (13.86%) Decision-Making
8 142 (13.21%) Coaching
9 134 (12.47%) Logistics
10 132 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 131 (12.19%) Roadmaps
12 127 (11.81%) AI
13 121 (11.26%) Customer Experience
14 119 (11.07%) Budget Management
15 112 (10.42%) CRM
16 110 (10.23%) Analytics
17 104 (9.67%) ITIL
18 101 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
19 100 (9.30%) Risk Management
20 99 (9.21%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 78 (7.26%) SQL
2 52 (4.84%) Python
3 34 (3.16%) JavaScript
4 21 (1.95%) C#
5 20 (1.86%) TypeScript
6 17 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) C++
7 6 (0.56%) Java
7 6 (0.56%) VBA
8 4 (0.37%) 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 (0.093%) C
11 1 (0.093%) Groovy
11 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 226 (21.02%) Degree
2 110 (10.23%) DBS Check
3 95 (8.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 89 (8.28%) PMP
5 84 (7.81%) PMI Certification
6 70 (6.51%) Security Cleared
7 45 (4.19%) SC Cleared
8 27 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.95%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.49%) APMP
11 15 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.30%) ACCA
13 13 (1.21%) CISSP
14 12 (1.12%) CIMA
14 12 (1.12%) CISA
14 12 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.12%) CISM
15 11 (1.02%) CAPM
15 11 (1.02%) CCNP
15 11 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (10.51%) PMO
2 57 (5.30%) QA
3 49 (4.56%) Accessibility
4 44 (4.09%) GDPR
5 33 (3.07%) Data Quality
5 33 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (2.42%) ISO 9001
7 18 (1.67%) NIST
8 15 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 14 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (1.30%) ISO 14001
10 11 (1.02%) GRC
11 9 (0.84%) SLA
12 5 (0.47%) GAAP
12 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.37%) NCSC
13 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.28%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 11 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Docker
3 5 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.28%) vSphere
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.14%) SCCM
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.47%) Ansible
4 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (0.37%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.28%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.093%) Argo
6 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.093%) Puppet
6 1 (0.093%) Salt
6 1 (0.093%) SCOM
6 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 251 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.67%) SAP
3 38 (3.53%) Adobe
3 38 (3.53%) Oracle
4 37 (3.44%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.07%) Salesforce
6 25 (2.33%) Fortinet
7 24 (2.23%) Google
8 22 (2.05%) HubSpot
9 21 (1.95%) SonicWALL
10 11 (1.02%) Cisco
10 11 (1.02%) VMware
11 10 (0.93%) Pardot
12 9 (0.84%) Apple
12 9 (0.84%) YouTube
13 7 (0.65%) Citrix
14 6 (0.56%) Sage
14 6 (0.56%) Xero
15 5 (0.47%) IFS
15 5 (0.47%) Poppulo