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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 22 28
Rank change year-on-year -31 +6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 693 1,467 1,950
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.40% 8.99% 7.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 9.52% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 448 804 1,423
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £33,761
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,063 £70,256
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -6.78%

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 13,689 15,415 23,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.83% 94.43% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8,688 9,091 19,584
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

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 January 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 25 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.31%) CMS
3 7 (1.01%) Confluence
4 6 (0.87%) WordPress
5 3 (0.43%) Drupal
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.14%) TPMS
Applications
1 63 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (4.04%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.15%) Trello
6 7 (1.01%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.14%) InDesign
9 1 (0.14%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.02%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (2.02%) Oracle Payables
1 14 (2.02%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.88%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
4 7 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
5 6 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.58%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.43%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.43%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.43%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 73 (10.53%) Azure
2 61 (8.80%) SaaS
3 52 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 51 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.90%) AWS
6 19 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (2.74%) PowerApps
7 16 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 14 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.44%) Miro
9 10 (1.44%) OCI
10 9 (1.30%) Google Analytics
11 8 (1.15%) Google Workspace
11 8 (1.15%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.01%) Figma
12 7 (1.01%) Smartsheet
13 6 (0.87%) Asana
13 6 (0.87%) GCP
13 6 (0.87%) Intacct
14 5 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.45%) CHAP
2 16 (2.31%) VPN
3 11 (1.59%) LAN
4 10 (1.44%) Broadband
4 10 (1.44%) WAN
5 9 (1.30%) Firewall
5 9 (1.30%) SD-WAN
6 8 (1.15%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.01%) DNS
7 7 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.01%) Wireless
8 6 (0.87%) BGP
8 6 (0.87%) MPLS
8 6 (0.87%) VoIP
9 5 (0.72%) DHCP
9 5 (0.72%) Internet
9 5 (0.72%) Network Security
10 4 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.58%) Intranet
10 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.47%) Power BI
2 13 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.44%) Tableau
4 7 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.58%) Big Data
6 4 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.58%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.29%) Redis
7 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.14%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.14%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (3.61%) JIRA
2 7 (1.01%) GitLab
3 5 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.58%) Git
5 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
General
1 343 (49.49%) Social Skills
2 282 (40.69%) Finance
3 155 (22.37%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (12.27%) Public Sector
5 84 (12.12%) Marketing
6 76 (10.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 76 (10.97%) Legal
7 64 (9.24%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (8.08%) Presentation Skills
9 48 (6.93%) Retail
10 37 (5.34%) Law
11 24 (3.46%) Banking
12 23 (3.32%) Financial Institution
13 22 (3.17%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.16%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.88%) Advertising
15 13 (1.88%) Billing
16 12 (1.73%) Games
16 12 (1.73%) General Ledger
17 11 (1.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 120 (17.32%) Project Manager
2 87 (12.55%) Analyst
3 84 (12.12%) Senior
4 60 (8.66%) IT Manager
5 52 (7.50%) Lead
6 49 (7.07%) Architect
6 49 (7.07%) Business Analyst
7 44 (6.35%) Senior Manager
8 41 (5.92%) IT Project Manager
9 40 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
10 27 (3.90%) Consultant
11 24 (3.46%) Senior Project Manager
12 21 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (3.03%) Digital Project Manager
13 19 (2.74%) Coordinator
14 17 (2.45%) Auditor
14 17 (2.45%) Internal Auditor
14 17 (2.45%) IT Support
14 17 (2.45%) Security Auditor
15 16 (2.31%) Senior Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.59%) EDI
2 6 (0.87%) HTML
3 5 (0.72%) CSS
4 4 (0.58%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.58%) FIDO
4 4 (0.58%) Flutter
4 4 (0.58%) Middleware
4 4 (0.58%) Node.js
4 4 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.58%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.43%) React
5 3 (0.43%) Web Services
6 2 (0.29%) Laravel
7 1 (0.14%) D3.js
7 1 (0.14%) Flask
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.14%) Next.js
7 1 (0.14%) OpenID
7 1 (0.14%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 43 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (4.62%) Virtual Team
4 31 (4.47%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.33%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.32%) Blog
7 22 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (2.74%) Social Media
9 14 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.02%) Legacy Applications
9 14 (2.02%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.73%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.30%) Blockchain
13 8 (1.15%) Cloud Native
13 8 (1.15%) GNSS
13 8 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.15%) Satnav
14 6 (0.87%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.74%) Windows
2 11 (1.59%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.30%) Android
5 4 (0.58%) Unix
5 4 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.43%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (36.51%) Agile
2 178 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
3 167 (24.10%) Project Delivery
4 159 (22.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 154 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 120 (17.32%) AI
7 113 (16.31%) Analytics
8 101 (14.57%) PRINCE2
9 100 (14.43%) Decision-Making
10 90 (12.99%) Change Management
10 90 (12.99%) Roadmaps
11 87 (12.55%) Risk Management
12 79 (11.40%) Coaching
13 75 (10.82%) Cybersecurity
14 74 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 59 (8.51%) Business Case
16 58 (8.37%) Budget Management
17 56 (8.08%) Mentoring
17 56 (8.08%) Process Improvement
18 55 (7.94%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.47%) SQL
2 18 (2.60%) Python
3 14 (2.02%) VBA
4 9 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.01%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.87%) C#
6 6 (0.87%) PHP
7 5 (0.72%) C
8 4 (0.58%) Java
9 3 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (0.43%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.43%) Tcl
9 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.29%) Bash
10 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.29%) R
11 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.14%) C++
11 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 161 (23.23%) Degree
2 61 (8.80%) PMP
3 43 (6.20%) PMI Certification
3 43 (6.20%) Security Cleared
4 29 (4.18%) SC Cleared
5 26 (3.75%) DBS Check
6 24 (3.46%) Master's Degree
7 21 (3.03%) CISSP
8 18 (2.60%) SANS
9 17 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.45%) CGEIT
9 17 (2.45%) CISA
9 17 (2.45%) CISM
9 17 (2.45%) FFIEC
10 14 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.73%) CFA
11 12 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.59%) CCNP
13 10 (1.44%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.15%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.65%) PMO
2 38 (5.48%) GDPR
3 34 (4.91%) QA
4 29 (4.18%) NIST
5 22 (3.17%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (2.45%) COBIT
8 10 (1.44%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.72%) P3O
10 5 (0.72%) SLA
11 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.43%) GRC
11 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.43%) WCAG
12 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.29%) GMP
12 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.14%) FATCA
System Software
1 29 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.87%) Docker
2 6 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.87%) Ansible
2 6 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.72%) Terraform
4 3 (0.43%) SCCM
5 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 154 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.92%) SAP
3 40 (5.77%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.62%) Oracle
5 28 (4.04%) Google
6 21 (3.03%) Adobe
7 16 (2.31%) Cisco
8 13 (1.88%) Workday
9 8 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.01%) Concur
10 7 (1.01%) VMware
11 6 (0.87%) Pardot
11 6 (0.87%) Sage
12 5 (0.72%) iManage
12 5 (0.72%) Okta
12 5 (0.72%) Planon
13 4 (0.58%) Hootsuite
13 4 (0.58%) Instagram
13 4 (0.58%) Meraki
13 4 (0.58%) Wrike