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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 22 23
Rank change year-on-year -22 +1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 791 1,179 2,645
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.69% 9.12% 8.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.58% 9.61% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 508 702 1,972
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,539 £33,525
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,060 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,675 £84,964
UK median annual salary £53,688 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.43% +10.48% -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 14,170 12,263 28,453
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.10% 94.89% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,712 8,858 23,219
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,959
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 29 March 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 28 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.40%) CMS
3 14 (1.77%) WordPress
4 11 (1.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Drupal
6 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 72 (9.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (4.93%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.88%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.63%) Trello
8 4 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.13%) Notion
Business Applications
1 19 (2.40%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (2.15%) Oracle Assets
2 17 (2.15%) Oracle Payables
2 17 (2.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 15 (1.90%) Oracle Cash Management
4 14 (1.77%) Oracle EBS R12
5 8 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.76%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.63%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.51%) SAP BPC
9 4 (0.51%) Shopify
10 3 (0.38%) ResourceLink
11 2 (0.25%) Magento
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
11 2 (0.25%) SAP MM
12 1 (0.13%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 85 (10.75%) Azure
2 82 (10.37%) SaaS
3 73 (9.23%) Power Platform
4 58 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (4.05%) AWS
6 23 (2.91%) Asana
6 23 (2.91%) Entra ID
7 22 (2.78%) PowerApps
8 17 (2.15%) Power Automate
9 14 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.77%) Miro
10 13 (1.64%) GCP
10 13 (1.64%) Google Analytics
10 13 (1.64%) OneDrive
11 11 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.39%) Sprout Social
12 10 (1.26%) Figma
12 10 (1.26%) Smartsheet
13 8 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.68%) Broadband
2 24 (3.03%) CHAP
3 16 (2.02%) Firewall
4 13 (1.64%) DNS
5 10 (1.26%) DHCP
5 10 (1.26%) VPN
6 8 (1.01%) Network Security
6 8 (1.01%) WAN
7 7 (0.88%) Wireless
8 6 (0.76%) LAN
9 5 (0.63%) Internet
9 5 (0.63%) Intranet
9 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.51%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.38%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.38%) NGN
11 3 (0.38%) SCCP
12 2 (0.25%) Extranet
12 2 (0.25%) VLAN
12 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (7.08%) Power BI
2 8 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (1.01%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.01%) Tableau
3 7 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.76%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.76%) Power Query
5 5 (0.63%) DB2
6 4 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.51%) DB2 UDB
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (0.51%) QlikView
7 3 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) Big Data
9 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.13%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (5.56%) JIRA
2 5 (0.63%) Git
2 5 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.38%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.38%) Storybook
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
General
1 377 (47.66%) Social Skills
2 280 (35.40%) Finance
3 158 (19.97%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (14.79%) Marketing
5 87 (11.00%) Public Sector
6 86 (10.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (9.86%) Legal
8 71 (8.98%) Organisational Skills
9 64 (8.09%) Retail
10 58 (7.33%) Presentation Skills
11 52 (6.57%) Law
12 35 (4.42%) Banking
13 34 (4.30%) Games
14 32 (4.05%) Financial Institution
15 31 (3.92%) Manufacturing
16 21 (2.65%) General Ledger
17 17 (2.15%) Aviation
18 14 (1.77%) Advertising
18 14 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (1.64%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 134 (16.94%) Project Manager
2 107 (13.53%) Senior
3 85 (10.75%) Analyst
4 66 (8.34%) IT Manager
4 66 (8.34%) Lead
5 60 (7.59%) Senior Manager
6 49 (6.19%) Business Analyst
7 47 (5.94%) Architect
8 42 (5.31%) IT Project Manager
9 39 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (4.30%) Senior Project Manager
11 31 (3.92%) IT Support
12 28 (3.54%) Consultant
12 28 (3.54%) Marketing Manager
12 28 (3.54%) Systems Manager
13 26 (3.29%) Digital Project Manager
13 26 (3.29%) Senior Digital Project Manager
14 24 (3.03%) Auditor
15 23 (2.91%) Internal Auditor
15 23 (2.91%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.15%) EDI
2 15 (1.90%) HTML
3 13 (1.64%) CSS
4 9 (1.14%) .NET
4 9 (1.14%) .NET Core
5 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
6 7 (0.88%) JSON
6 7 (0.88%) SPFx
7 6 (0.76%) React
8 5 (0.63%) OAuth
8 5 (0.63%) OpenID
8 5 (0.63%) SAML
9 4 (0.51%) FIDO
9 4 (0.51%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.38%) Flutter
10 3 (0.38%) Jest
10 3 (0.38%) React Native
10 3 (0.38%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (0.38%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.99%) Management Information System
2 59 (7.46%) Onboarding
3 43 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (4.93%) Virtual Team
5 38 (4.80%) Product Ownership
6 32 (4.05%) Social Media
7 29 (3.67%) Mobile App
8 25 (3.16%) Blog
8 25 (3.16%) Driving Licence
9 20 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.77%) Legacy Applications
10 14 (1.77%) Low-Code
11 13 (1.64%) Blockchain
11 13 (1.64%) Cloud Native
12 11 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.39%) GNSS
12 11 (1.39%) Satnav
12 11 (1.39%) Video Editing
13 10 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.67%) Windows
2 28 (3.54%) Apple iOS
3 23 (2.91%) Android
4 11 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.63%) Linux
5 5 (0.63%) Unix
6 4 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (33.00%) Agile
2 226 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 184 (23.26%) Project Delivery
4 167 (21.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 146 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 144 (18.20%) AI
7 138 (17.45%) Decision-Making
8 130 (16.43%) Analytics
9 119 (15.04%) PRINCE2
10 100 (12.64%) Roadmaps
10 100 (12.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 95 (12.01%) Mentoring
11 95 (12.01%) Risk Management
12 94 (11.88%) Coaching
13 89 (11.25%) Change Management
14 87 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
15 84 (10.62%) B2B
16 78 (9.86%) ERP
17 72 (9.10%) Budget Management
18 65 (8.22%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 44 (5.56%) SQL
2 27 (3.41%) Python
3 23 (2.91%) C#
4 15 (1.90%) VBA
5 14 (1.77%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.64%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.39%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.38%) Dart
8 3 (0.38%) PHP
9 2 (0.25%) Bash
9 2 (0.25%) C++
9 2 (0.25%) Java
9 2 (0.25%) R
10 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.13%) C
10 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 151 (19.09%) Degree
2 66 (8.34%) PMP
3 45 (5.69%) PMI Certification
4 39 (4.93%) DBS Check
5 32 (4.05%) CISSP
6 30 (3.79%) Security Cleared
7 29 (3.67%) SANS
8 24 (3.03%) CGEIT
8 24 (3.03%) CISA
8 24 (3.03%) CISM
8 24 (3.03%) FFIEC
9 23 (2.91%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.14%) ACCA
10 9 (1.14%) MBA
10 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.14%) SC Cleared
11 8 (1.01%) CFA
11 8 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.01%) HNC
12 7 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.83%) GDPR
2 46 (5.82%) Accessibility
3 36 (4.55%) PMO
4 35 (4.42%) NIST
5 33 (4.17%) QA
6 24 (3.03%) COBIT
6 24 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (2.28%) ISO 9001
8 11 (1.39%) GRC
9 9 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.63%) GAAP
12 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.51%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.51%) ISO 14001
12 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.51%) PERC
13 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.26%) Docker
3 6 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (1.52%) Ansible
2 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.01%) Grafana
3 8 (1.01%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.63%) SCCM
4 5 (0.63%) Terraform
5 2 (0.25%) Argo
5 2 (0.25%) Puppet
5 2 (0.25%) Salt
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 161 (20.35%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.32%) Salesforce
3 44 (5.56%) Adobe
4 40 (5.06%) SAP
5 34 (4.30%) Google
5 34 (4.30%) Oracle
6 16 (2.02%) Pardot
7 14 (1.77%) HubSpot
8 12 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.39%) Hootsuite
9 11 (1.39%) Instagram
9 11 (1.39%) Wrike
10 10 (1.26%) Apple
11 9 (1.14%) Cisco
11 9 (1.14%) JD Edwards
11 9 (1.14%) Okta
12 8 (1.01%) Workday
13 7 (0.88%) VMware
14 6 (0.76%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.76%) Planon