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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -15 -9 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,059 1,198 2,079
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.83% 7.28% 7.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.83% 7.82% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 635 666 1,498
10th Percentile £31,100 £33,000 £35,825
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,781 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,250 £74,688 £69,914
90th Percentile £88,690 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -11.80%

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 18,171 15,314 23,849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.92% 93.05% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,195 9,035 17,591
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%

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 28 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 59 (5.57%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.64%) Confluence
3 20 (1.89%) WordPress
4 16 (1.51%) CMS
5 4 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 142 (13.41%) Microsoft Project
2 115 (10.86%) Microsoft Office
3 85 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 13 (1.23%) Trello
7 5 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
10 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.094%) Houdini
10 1 (0.094%) InDesign
10 1 (0.094%) NUKE
10 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (0.85%) Shopify
5 6 (0.57%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.094%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 114 (10.76%) Azure
1 114 (10.76%) Power Platform
2 71 (6.70%) SaaS
3 68 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (3.40%) Power Automate
5 33 (3.12%) PowerApps
6 25 (2.36%) AWS
6 25 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.36%) OneDrive
7 22 (2.08%) Asana
8 20 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
9 19 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 17 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 17 (1.61%) Smartsheet
11 12 (1.13%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.13%) GCP
11 12 (1.13%) Google Analytics
12 10 (0.94%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.49%) Broadband
2 36 (3.40%) Firewall
3 15 (1.42%) LAN
4 12 (1.13%) WAN
5 11 (1.04%) CHAP
5 11 (1.04%) DNS
6 8 (0.76%) VPN
7 7 (0.66%) DHCP
7 7 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.57%) Intranet
8 6 (0.57%) Wireless
9 5 (0.47%) Network Security
10 4 (0.38%) NGN
10 4 (0.38%) WLAN
11 3 (0.28%) 2G
11 3 (0.28%) 3G
11 3 (0.28%) 4G
11 3 (0.28%) SSL
11 3 (0.28%) TETRA
11 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (9.25%) Power BI
2 20 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.76%) Power Query
5 8 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.57%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.57%) Tableau
8 5 (0.47%) Db2
9 4 (0.38%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.38%) QlikView
10 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.19%) Big Data
11 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.19%) Metadata
11 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.094%) Looker
12 1 (0.094%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 114 (10.76%) JIRA
2 10 (0.94%) Git
3 8 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Storybook
6 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.094%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.094%) GCC
7 1 (0.094%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.094%) JUnit
7 1 (0.094%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.094%) Selenium
7 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.094%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.094%) TestNG
7 1 (0.094%) WebDriver
General
1 470 (44.38%) Social Skills
2 302 (28.52%) Finance
3 211 (19.92%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (10.10%) Marketing
5 99 (9.35%) Organisational Skills
6 86 (8.12%) Retail
7 69 (6.52%) Public Sector
8 60 (5.67%) Influencing Skills
9 57 (5.38%) Legal
10 55 (5.19%) Law
11 42 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 36 (3.40%) Games
13 34 (3.21%) Manufacturing
14 32 (3.02%) Banking
15 25 (2.36%) Advertising
16 24 (2.27%) Aviation
17 20 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
18 19 (1.79%) Financial Institution
19 17 (1.61%) Local Government
20 16 (1.51%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 248 (23.42%) Project Manager
2 171 (16.15%) Senior
3 112 (10.58%) Senior Manager
4 111 (10.48%) IT Manager
5 97 (9.16%) Senior Project Manager
6 80 (7.55%) Lead
7 72 (6.80%) Analyst
8 62 (5.85%) IT Project Manager
9 59 (5.57%) Consultant
10 40 (3.78%) IT Support
11 37 (3.49%) Architect
11 37 (3.49%) Delivery Manager
11 37 (3.49%) Developer
12 36 (3.40%) Service Manager
13 35 (3.31%) Business Analyst
14 34 (3.21%) Programme Manager
15 31 (2.93%) Support Technician
16 30 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
17 29 (2.74%) Applications Manager
18 28 (2.64%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.12%) HTML
2 29 (2.74%) .NET
2 29 (2.74%) CSS
3 24 (2.27%) TensorFlow
4 23 (2.17%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.17%) PyTorch
5 22 (2.08%) JSON
6 21 (1.98%) .NET Core
6 21 (1.98%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (1.79%) SPFx
8 7 (0.66%) EDI
9 5 (0.47%) XML
10 4 (0.38%) OAuth
10 4 (0.38%) OpenID
10 4 (0.38%) SAML
10 4 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.28%) Express.js
11 3 (0.28%) Node.js
11 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.61%) Management Information System
2 69 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 66 (6.23%) Virtual Team
4 53 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 38 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (3.12%) Mobile App
8 28 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 27 (2.55%) Social Media
10 25 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
12 23 (2.17%) Web Conferencing
13 17 (1.61%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.51%) Blog
14 16 (1.51%) Cloud Native
15 11 (1.04%) PMI
15 11 (1.04%) Video Editing
16 10 (0.94%) Cyberattack
17 9 (0.85%) Life Science
18 8 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.97%) Windows
2 26 (2.46%) Apple iOS
3 23 (2.17%) Android
4 12 (1.13%) Linux
5 6 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.28%) Unix
7 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.094%) AIX
9 1 (0.094%) CentOS
9 1 (0.094%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.094%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (33.81%) Agile
2 341 (32.20%) Project Delivery
3 306 (28.90%) Problem-Solving
4 265 (25.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 245 (23.14%) PRINCE2
6 204 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 153 (14.45%) Decision-Making
8 149 (14.07%) Roadmaps
9 138 (13.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 134 (12.65%) Coaching
10 134 (12.65%) Logistics
11 131 (12.37%) Budget Management
12 125 (11.80%) Mentoring
13 122 (11.52%) Analytics
14 121 (11.43%) AI
14 121 (11.43%) Customer Experience
15 111 (10.48%) ERP
16 104 (9.82%) CRM
17 93 (8.78%) ITIL
18 91 (8.59%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (8.40%) SQL
2 58 (5.48%) Python
3 35 (3.31%) C#
4 33 (3.12%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.36%) TypeScript
6 20 (1.89%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.57%) C++
7 6 (0.57%) VBA
8 4 (0.38%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) Dart
9 3 (0.28%) Java
9 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.094%) C
11 1 (0.094%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 213 (20.11%) Degree
2 104 (9.82%) DBS Check
3 92 (8.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 90 (8.50%) PMP
5 85 (8.03%) PMI Certification
6 30 (2.83%) Security Cleared
7 19 (1.79%) CISSP
8 15 (1.42%) CISA
8 15 (1.42%) CISM
8 15 (1.42%) SANS
9 14 (1.32%) SC Cleared
10 13 (1.23%) ACCA
10 13 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.13%) CAPM
12 11 (1.04%) CGEIT
12 11 (1.04%) FFIEC
13 10 (0.94%) APMP
14 9 (0.85%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.76%) PgMP
15 8 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (8.40%) PMO
2 63 (5.95%) Accessibility
3 52 (4.91%) QA
4 50 (4.72%) GDPR
5 34 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (3.02%) ISO 9001
7 29 (2.74%) NIST
8 18 (1.70%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 17 (1.61%) ISO 14001
9 17 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 16 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (1.32%) GRC
12 11 (1.04%) COBIT
13 8 (0.76%) GAAP
14 7 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.57%) SLA
16 4 (0.38%) IFRS
16 4 (0.38%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.57%) Docker
2 6 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.19%) vSphere
5 1 (0.094%) Firmware
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (1.89%) SCCM
2 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.76%) Grafana
4 7 (0.66%) Ansible
5 5 (0.47%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.19%) Argo
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) Salt
8 1 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.094%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.094%) SCOM
8 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 223 (21.06%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.48%) SAP
3 50 (4.72%) Adobe
4 44 (4.15%) Oracle
5 38 (3.59%) Salesforce
6 32 (3.02%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.55%) Google
8 19 (1.79%) Fortinet
9 18 (1.70%) HubSpot
9 18 (1.70%) SonicWALL
10 15 (1.42%) Pardot
11 8 (0.76%) Citrix
12 7 (0.66%) Apple
12 7 (0.66%) Hootsuite
12 7 (0.66%) Instagram
12 7 (0.66%) JD Edwards
12 7 (0.66%) Wrike
13 6 (0.57%) VMware
14 5 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 4 (0.38%) ForgeRock