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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 21 26
Rank change year-on-year -31 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 744 1,377 2,332
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.52% 9.30% 8.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.28% 9.79% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 462 758 1,734
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,375 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,508 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +7.27% -5.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% -7.91%

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 14,089 14,066 26,312
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.67% 95.04% 92.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,153 8,711 21,850
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,300 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 1 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 23 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.42%) CMS
3 13 (1.75%) WordPress
4 12 (1.61%) Confluence
5 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 60 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.63%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.94%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.94%) Trello
7 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.54%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) Notion
9 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.28%) Oracle EBS
2 15 (2.02%) Oracle Assets
2 15 (2.02%) Oracle Payables
2 15 (2.02%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (1.61%) Oracle Cash Management
4 11 (1.48%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.81%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.54%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.40%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.40%) SAP PS
9 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (9.41%) SaaS
2 69 (9.27%) Azure
3 54 (7.26%) Power Platform
4 45 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.63%) AWS
6 18 (2.42%) Asana
6 18 (2.42%) Entra ID
7 17 (2.28%) PowerApps
8 14 (1.88%) Google Analytics
9 13 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.75%) Miro
10 12 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.48%) Sprout Social
12 9 (1.21%) GCP
12 9 (1.21%) Google Workspace
13 7 (0.94%) Canva
13 7 (0.94%) Figma
14 6 (0.81%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.81%) Power Automate
14 6 (0.81%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.63%) Broadband
2 21 (2.82%) CHAP
3 12 (1.61%) VPN
4 11 (1.48%) DNS
4 11 (1.48%) LAN
5 10 (1.34%) WAN
6 9 (1.21%) DHCP
6 9 (1.21%) Firewall
7 7 (0.94%) Network Security
7 7 (0.94%) Wireless
8 6 (0.81%) BGP
8 6 (0.81%) MPLS
8 6 (0.81%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.67%) Internet
9 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.54%) Intranet
10 4 (0.54%) IPsec
10 4 (0.54%) Junos
10 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.84%) Power BI
2 15 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.34%) Tableau
4 7 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.67%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.54%) Big Data
6 4 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.54%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.40%) DB2
7 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.27%) DB2 UDB
8 2 (0.27%) QlikView
8 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.13%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 33 (4.44%) JIRA
2 7 (0.94%) Git
2 7 (0.94%) GitLab
3 4 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 367 (49.33%) Social Skills
2 280 (37.63%) Finance
3 162 (21.77%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (14.11%) Marketing
5 96 (12.90%) Public Sector
6 88 (11.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 83 (11.16%) Legal
8 74 (9.95%) Organisational Skills
9 64 (8.60%) Retail
10 56 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (6.18%) Law
12 31 (4.17%) Banking
12 31 (4.17%) Games
13 29 (3.90%) Financial Institution
14 26 (3.49%) Manufacturing
15 18 (2.42%) General Ledger
16 14 (1.88%) Advertising
17 12 (1.61%) Aerospace
17 12 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (17.20%) Project Manager
2 101 (13.58%) Senior
3 85 (11.42%) Analyst
4 66 (8.87%) Lead
5 60 (8.06%) IT Manager
6 55 (7.39%) Senior Manager
7 51 (6.85%) Business Analyst
8 49 (6.59%) Architect
9 40 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (4.84%) IT Project Manager
11 34 (4.57%) Senior Project Manager
12 32 (4.30%) Consultant
13 30 (4.03%) Digital Project Manager
14 27 (3.63%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 22 (2.96%) IT Support
15 22 (2.96%) Systems Manager
16 21 (2.82%) Auditor
17 20 (2.69%) Finance Manager
17 20 (2.69%) Internal Auditor
17 20 (2.69%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.15%) EDI
2 8 (1.08%) HTML
3 5 (0.67%) CSS
4 4 (0.54%) FIDO
4 4 (0.54%) Flutter
4 4 (0.54%) Node.js
4 4 (0.54%) OAuth
4 4 (0.54%) OpenID
4 4 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.54%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.54%) SAML
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.40%) React
6 2 (0.27%) .NET
6 2 (0.27%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.27%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.27%) XML
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.13%) Next.js
7 1 (0.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 51 (6.85%) Onboarding
3 46 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.57%) Virtual Team
5 32 (4.30%) Social Media
6 31 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 26 (3.49%) Blog
8 24 (3.23%) Mobile App
9 20 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.88%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.88%) Legacy Applications
10 14 (1.88%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.61%) Blockchain
12 11 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.48%) Cloud Native
12 11 (1.48%) Video Editing
13 9 (1.21%) GNSS
13 9 (1.21%) Satnav
14 7 (0.94%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.76%) Apple iOS
2 23 (3.09%) Android
3 22 (2.96%) Windows
4 11 (1.48%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.67%) Unix
6 4 (0.54%) Linux
6 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.27%) VMS
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (34.27%) Agile
2 205 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
3 172 (23.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 158 (21.24%) Project Delivery
5 149 (20.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 148 (19.89%) AI
7 131 (17.61%) Analytics
8 123 (16.53%) Decision-Making
9 104 (13.98%) PRINCE2
10 102 (13.71%) Roadmaps
11 91 (12.23%) Coaching
12 90 (12.10%) Risk Management
13 88 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 87 (11.69%) Mentoring
15 83 (11.16%) Change Management
15 83 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
16 74 (9.95%) B2B
17 64 (8.60%) Budget Management
18 63 (8.47%) Process Improvement
19 59 (7.93%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.03%) SQL
2 18 (2.42%) Python
3 14 (1.88%) VBA
4 8 (1.08%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.94%) C#
5 7 (0.94%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.67%) C
7 3 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (0.40%) Java
7 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.40%) PHP
7 3 (0.40%) Tcl
7 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.27%) Bash
8 2 (0.27%) R
9 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.13%) C++
9 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 154 (20.70%) Degree
2 59 (7.93%) PMP
3 46 (6.18%) Security Cleared
4 38 (5.11%) PMI Certification
5 28 (3.76%) CISSP
5 28 (3.76%) DBS Check
6 25 (3.36%) Master's Degree
6 25 (3.36%) SANS
6 25 (3.36%) SC Cleared
7 21 (2.82%) CGEIT
7 21 (2.82%) CISA
7 21 (2.82%) CISM
7 21 (2.82%) FFIEC
8 18 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.34%) ACCA
11 10 (1.34%) CCNP
12 9 (1.21%) CFA
12 9 (1.21%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.32%) GDPR
2 43 (5.78%) Accessibility
3 41 (5.51%) PMO
4 33 (4.44%) NIST
5 32 (4.30%) QA
6 21 (2.82%) COBIT
7 20 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.34%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.67%) SLA
12 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.40%) GRC
12 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.40%) WCAG
13 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.27%) GAAP
13 2 (0.27%) P3O
13 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.13%) EMIR
System Software
1 29 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.21%) Docker
3 6 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (1.21%) Ansible
1 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.94%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.67%) Terraform
4 3 (0.40%) SCCM
5 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 146 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.72%) Salesforce
3 37 (4.97%) SAP
4 36 (4.84%) Google
5 35 (4.70%) Adobe
6 34 (4.57%) Oracle
7 14 (1.88%) Cisco
8 13 (1.75%) HubSpot
8 13 (1.75%) Pardot
9 12 (1.61%) Workday
10 11 (1.48%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.48%) Instagram
10 11 (1.48%) Wrike
11 9 (1.21%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.08%) Okta
13 7 (0.94%) JD Edwards
13 7 (0.94%) VMware
14 6 (0.81%) Apple
15 5 (0.67%) Planon
16 4 (0.54%) Juniper