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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 44 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,090 952 1,518
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.34% 5.76% 7.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.38% 6.14% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 616 557 859
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £59,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.87% +3.48% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £92,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -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 20,270 15,511 18,315
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 87.95%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,394 11,074
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 October 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 55 (5.05%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.29%) Confluence
3 18 (1.65%) CMS
4 15 (1.38%) WordPress
5 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.46%) Moodle
5 5 (0.46%) MS Project Server
6 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.092%) SAS
Applications
1 160 (14.68%) Microsoft Project
2 153 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
3 95 (8.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.28%) Trello
6 9 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.64%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
9 3 (0.28%) Revit
10 2 (0.18%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.18%) InDesign
10 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.092%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.092%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.092%) Houdini
11 1 (0.092%) NUKE
11 1 (0.092%) Stata
Business Applications
1 43 (3.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.73%) Primavera
3 7 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.64%) Shopify
4 6 (0.55%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
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 (0.18%) Magento
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.092%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.092%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.092%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 94 (8.62%) Power Platform
2 75 (6.88%) Azure
3 57 (5.23%) SaaS
4 54 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (1.93%) PowerApps
7 19 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.56%) AWS
8 17 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (1.19%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.10%) Asana
11 10 (0.92%) OneDrive
12 9 (0.83%) Smartsheet
13 8 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 8 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.73%) Entra ID
13 8 (0.73%) Google Analytics
13 8 (0.73%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.39%) Firewall
2 20 (1.83%) LAN
3 16 (1.47%) WAN
4 10 (0.92%) DNS
4 10 (0.92%) Network Security
5 7 (0.64%) 2G
5 7 (0.64%) 3G
5 7 (0.64%) 4G
5 7 (0.64%) 5G
5 7 (0.64%) DHCP
5 7 (0.64%) Intranet
5 7 (0.64%) Wireless
6 6 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.55%) VPN
6 6 (0.55%) WLAN
7 5 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.37%) MVNO
8 4 (0.37%) VLAN
9 3 (0.28%) Broadband
9 3 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.88%) Power BI
2 20 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.73%) Metadata
5 7 (0.64%) Tableau
6 6 (0.55%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.37%) Big Data
7 4 (0.37%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.28%) Power Query
9 2 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.18%) GIS
9 2 (0.18%) MySQL
10 1 (0.092%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.092%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.092%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.092%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 108 (9.91%) JIRA
2 8 (0.73%) Git
3 7 (0.64%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.092%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.092%) GitLab
6 1 (0.092%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.092%) JUnit
6 1 (0.092%) Selenium
6 1 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.092%) TestNG
6 1 (0.092%) WebDriver
General
1 485 (44.50%) Social Skills
2 331 (30.37%) Finance
3 265 (24.31%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (16.33%) Organisational Skills
5 119 (10.92%) Marketing
6 93 (8.53%) Public Sector
7 90 (8.26%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (6.24%) Retail
9 67 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 65 (5.96%) Legal
11 56 (5.14%) Law
12 47 (4.31%) Manufacturing
13 35 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.84%) Electronics
15 30 (2.75%) Aerospace
15 30 (2.75%) Banking
16 20 (1.83%) Telecoms
17 19 (1.74%) Local Government
18 17 (1.56%) Aviation
19 16 (1.47%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 271 (24.86%) Project Manager
2 168 (15.41%) Senior
3 125 (11.47%) Senior Manager
4 103 (9.45%) Senior Project Manager
5 101 (9.27%) IT Manager
6 96 (8.81%) Lead
7 72 (6.61%) Analyst
8 71 (6.51%) Consultant
9 60 (5.50%) IT Project Manager
10 43 (3.94%) Delivery Manager
11 40 (3.67%) Service Manager
12 38 (3.49%) Programme Manager
13 37 (3.39%) Marketing Manager
14 36 (3.30%) Architect
14 36 (3.30%) Support Technician
15 30 (2.75%) Service Delivery Manager
16 29 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
17 28 (2.57%) Coordinator
18 27 (2.48%) Technical Manager
19 25 (2.29%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.39%) TensorFlow
2 23 (2.11%) Hugging Face
2 23 (2.11%) PyTorch
3 18 (1.65%) .NET
4 16 (1.47%) HTML
5 14 (1.28%) CSS
6 10 (0.92%) JSON
7 9 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (0.73%) .NET Core
8 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (0.73%) SPFx
9 6 (0.55%) XML
10 4 (0.37%) LangChain
10 4 (0.37%) Langfuse
10 4 (0.37%) LlamaIndex
10 4 (0.37%) Model Context Protocol
10 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.28%) Godot
11 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 3 (0.28%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.07%) Management Information System
2 68 (6.24%) Onboarding
3 60 (5.50%) Virtual Team
4 54 (4.95%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (3.85%) Product Ownership
7 38 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 38 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (3.30%) Social Media
9 29 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.39%) Cyber Defence
11 23 (2.11%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (2.02%) Blog
13 14 (1.28%) NHS
14 13 (1.19%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.10%) PMI
16 11 (1.01%) FMCG
17 10 (0.92%) IoT
18 7 (0.64%) Cloud Native
18 7 (0.64%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.58%) Windows
2 9 (0.83%) Linux
2 9 (0.83%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (0.28%) VMS
5 2 (0.18%) AIX
5 2 (0.18%) macOS
5 2 (0.18%) Solaris
5 2 (0.18%) Unix
5 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.092%) Android
6 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (34.50%) Project Delivery
2 357 (32.75%) Agile
3 356 (32.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 325 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
5 255 (23.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 252 (23.12%) PRINCE2
7 156 (14.31%) Decision-Making
8 148 (13.58%) Coaching
9 134 (12.29%) AI
10 131 (12.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 129 (11.83%) Roadmaps
12 123 (11.28%) Customer Experience
13 122 (11.19%) Logistics
14 121 (11.10%) Budget Management
15 111 (10.18%) Risk Management
16 110 (10.09%) CRM
17 103 (9.45%) Analytics
17 103 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
18 102 (9.36%) ITIL
19 99 (9.08%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 65 (5.96%) SQL
2 50 (4.59%) Python
3 25 (2.29%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.38%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.01%) TypeScript
6 10 (0.92%) C#
7 6 (0.55%) Java
8 5 (0.46%) VBA
9 4 (0.37%) PHP
10 3 (0.28%) C++
11 2 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.18%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.092%) Bicep
12 1 (0.092%) C
12 1 (0.092%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.092%) Groovy
12 1 (0.092%) R
Qualifications
1 229 (21.01%) Degree
2 105 (9.63%) DBS Check
3 94 (8.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 82 (7.52%) PMP
4 82 (7.52%) Security Cleared
5 76 (6.97%) PMI Certification
6 55 (5.05%) SC Cleared
7 32 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.93%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.83%) ACCA
10 18 (1.65%) CIMA
11 17 (1.56%) APMP
12 16 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (1.19%) CISSP
14 12 (1.10%) CCNP
15 11 (1.01%) CAPM
15 11 (1.01%) CISA
15 11 (1.01%) CISM
16 9 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (10.83%) PMO
2 54 (4.95%) Accessibility
2 54 (4.95%) QA
3 42 (3.85%) GDPR
4 31 (2.84%) Data Quality
5 28 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.56%) NIST
7 14 (1.28%) ISO 9001
8 13 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 12 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (1.01%) ISO 14001
11 10 (0.92%) SLA
12 9 (0.83%) GRC
13 6 (0.55%) NCSC
14 5 (0.46%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.37%) GAAP
15 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.28%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 14 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.37%) Docker
6 2 (0.18%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.092%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (1.93%) SCCM
2 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.46%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.28%) Ansible
5 3 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (0.28%) SCOM
6 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.092%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 263 (24.13%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.69%) SAP
3 41 (3.76%) Oracle
4 36 (3.30%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.21%) ServiceNow
6 31 (2.84%) Adobe
7 27 (2.48%) HubSpot
8 23 (2.11%) Fortinet
9 21 (1.93%) Google
10 20 (1.83%) SonicWALL
11 13 (1.19%) VMware
12 11 (1.01%) Cisco
12 11 (1.01%) YouTube
13 10 (0.92%) Pardot
14 8 (0.73%) Apple
14 8 (0.73%) Xero
15 6 (0.55%) Citrix
15 6 (0.55%) IFS
16 5 (0.46%) Nintex
16 5 (0.46%) Rockwell