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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 31 22
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 974 1,208 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.89% 7.88% 7.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.98% 8.33% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 587 627 1,994
10th Percentile £32,650 £32,300 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,725 £69,914
90th Percentile £91,750 £90,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 16,294 14,504 30,743
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.85% 94.61% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,745 8,418 23,751
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 16 June 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 54 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.26%) WordPress
3 20 (2.05%) CMS
3 20 (2.05%) Confluence
4 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.21%) Moodle
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.10%) Drupal
Applications
1 130 (13.35%) Microsoft Project
2 102 (10.47%) Microsoft Office
3 83 (8.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 5 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.41%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.31%) Blender
9 3 (0.31%) Maya
9 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
2 17 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 15 (1.54%) Oracle Assets
3 15 (1.54%) Oracle Cash Management
3 15 (1.54%) Oracle EBS R12
4 10 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.72%) Shopify
6 6 (0.62%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.51%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.21%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.10%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 111 (11.40%) Power Platform
2 105 (10.78%) Azure
3 66 (6.78%) SaaS
4 58 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (4.41%) PowerApps
6 36 (3.70%) Power Automate
7 27 (2.77%) OneDrive
8 26 (2.67%) AWS
9 25 (2.57%) Asana
10 22 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.95%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (1.64%) GCP
13 16 (1.64%) Smartsheet
14 15 (1.54%) Google Analytics
15 13 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
16 12 (1.23%) Entra ID
17 11 (1.13%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.90%) Broadband
2 23 (2.36%) Firewall
3 20 (2.05%) CHAP
4 8 (0.82%) DNS
5 7 (0.72%) LAN
5 7 (0.72%) Network Security
5 7 (0.72%) WAN
6 6 (0.62%) DHCP
6 6 (0.62%) Wireless
7 4 (0.41%) Intranet
7 4 (0.41%) NGN
7 4 (0.41%) VPN
8 3 (0.31%) 2G
8 3 (0.31%) 3G
8 3 (0.31%) 4G
8 3 (0.31%) IP Telephony
8 3 (0.31%) SCCP
8 3 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.31%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (8.73%) Power BI
2 19 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (1.44%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.82%) Power Query
6 7 (0.72%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.51%) Db2
8 5 (0.51%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.41%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.41%) QlikView
9 4 (0.41%) Tableau
10 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.21%) Big Data
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.10%) Looker
12 1 (0.10%) MySQL
12 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.10%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 88 (9.03%) JIRA
2 9 (0.92%) Git
3 8 (0.82%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.31%) Storybook
6 1 (0.10%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.10%) GCC
6 1 (0.10%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.10%) JUnit
6 1 (0.10%) Selenium
6 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.10%) TestNG
6 1 (0.10%) WebDriver
General
1 442 (45.38%) Social Skills
2 310 (31.83%) Finance
3 171 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (10.99%) Marketing
5 82 (8.42%) Organisational Skills
6 79 (8.11%) Retail
7 75 (7.70%) Public Sector
8 65 (6.67%) Legal
9 54 (5.54%) Law
10 51 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 39 (4.00%) Banking
12 35 (3.59%) Games
13 31 (3.18%) Manufacturing
14 30 (3.08%) Aviation
15 29 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
16 28 (2.87%) Financial Institution
17 26 (2.67%) Advertising
18 22 (2.26%) General Ledger
19 17 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
20 16 (1.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 234 (24.02%) Project Manager
2 177 (18.17%) Senior
3 117 (12.01%) Senior Manager
4 101 (10.37%) Senior Project Manager
5 92 (9.45%) IT Manager
6 85 (8.73%) Analyst
7 72 (7.39%) Lead
8 57 (5.85%) IT Project Manager
9 49 (5.03%) Consultant
10 45 (4.62%) Business Analyst
11 40 (4.11%) Architect
12 37 (3.80%) Developer
13 36 (3.70%) IT Support
14 32 (3.29%) Applications Manager
14 32 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (3.08%) Marketing Manager
16 29 (2.98%) Digital Project Manager
17 28 (2.87%) Systems Manager
18 26 (2.67%) Senior Digital Project Manager
19 24 (2.46%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.39%) HTML
2 31 (3.18%) CSS
3 27 (2.77%) .NET
4 23 (2.36%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.36%) PyTorch
4 23 (2.36%) TensorFlow
5 22 (2.26%) JSON
6 21 (2.16%) .NET Core
6 21 (2.16%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (1.95%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (1.95%) SPFx
8 14 (1.44%) EDI
9 5 (0.51%) OAuth
9 5 (0.51%) OpenID
9 5 (0.51%) SAML
10 3 (0.31%) Express.js
10 3 (0.31%) Node.js
10 3 (0.31%) React Native
10 3 (0.31%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 3 (0.31%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.21%) Management Information System
2 59 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 48 (4.93%) Driving Licence
3 48 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.90%) Virtual Team
5 33 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (3.18%) Social Media
7 29 (2.98%) Mobile App
8 26 (2.67%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.85%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
12 16 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
13 15 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.54%) Video Editing
14 14 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (1.44%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.33%) Data Centre
16 11 (1.13%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.87%) Apple iOS
1 28 (2.87%) Windows
2 23 (2.36%) Android
3 7 (0.72%) Linux
4 5 (0.51%) Unix
4 5 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.10%) AIX
6 1 (0.10%) CentOS
6 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (37.58%) Agile
2 285 (29.26%) Project Delivery
3 273 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
4 227 (23.31%) PRINCE2
5 183 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 159 (16.32%) Coaching
7 153 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 141 (14.48%) Roadmaps
9 139 (14.27%) Budget Management
10 133 (13.66%) Decision-Making
10 133 (13.66%) Mentoring
11 126 (12.94%) Analytics
12 123 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 120 (12.32%) AI
14 108 (11.09%) ERP
15 103 (10.57%) Logistics
16 98 (10.06%) CRM
17 97 (9.96%) B2B
18 94 (9.65%) Customer Experience
19 92 (9.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (8.32%) SQL
2 55 (5.65%) Python
3 36 (3.70%) C#
4 32 (3.29%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.57%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.26%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.85%) VBA
8 5 (0.51%) C++
9 4 (0.41%) PHP
10 3 (0.31%) Dart
10 3 (0.31%) Java
10 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.21%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.10%) C
12 1 (0.10%) Groovy
12 1 (0.10%) R
Qualifications
1 204 (20.94%) Degree
2 84 (8.62%) DBS Check
3 81 (8.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 65 (6.67%) PMP
5 60 (6.16%) PMI Certification
6 32 (3.29%) CISSP
7 25 (2.57%) SANS
8 24 (2.46%) CISA
8 24 (2.46%) CISM
9 20 (2.05%) CGEIT
9 20 (2.05%) FFIEC
10 18 (1.85%) Security Cleared
11 14 (1.44%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.23%) CAPM
13 11 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.92%) APMP
14 9 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 8 (0.82%) HNC
15 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.82%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.88%) PMO
2 57 (5.85%) GDPR
3 55 (5.65%) Accessibility
4 50 (5.13%) QA
5 45 (4.62%) NIST
6 38 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (3.29%) ISO 9001
8 20 (2.05%) COBIT
9 15 (1.54%) GRC
10 14 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (1.44%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.33%) ISO 14001
11 13 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 9 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.51%) GAAP
14 4 (0.41%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.41%) NCSC
14 4 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 19 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.92%) Docker
3 5 (0.51%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.10%) Firmware
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.44%) SCCM
2 10 (1.03%) Ansible
3 8 (0.82%) Grafana
3 8 (0.82%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.31%) Terraform
5 2 (0.21%) Argo
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.21%) Puppet
5 2 (0.21%) Salt
6 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 201 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.54%) Adobe
3 49 (5.03%) SAP
4 47 (4.83%) Salesforce
5 44 (4.52%) Oracle
6 34 (3.49%) Google
7 29 (2.98%) ServiceNow
8 20 (2.05%) Pardot
9 17 (1.75%) HubSpot
10 11 (1.13%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.13%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.13%) Instagram
10 11 (1.13%) Wrike
11 10 (1.03%) SonicWALL
12 9 (0.92%) Apple
12 9 (0.92%) JD Edwards
13 6 (0.62%) Planon
14 5 (0.51%) Okta
14 5 (0.51%) VMware
14 5 (0.51%) Workday