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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 33 28
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,074 1,155 1,778
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.65% 6.96% 7.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.66% 7.48% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 637 654 1,205
10th Percentile £30,300 £32,900 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,445 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,137 £70,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,291
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.52% -9.51%

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 18,968 15,434 21,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 92.98% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,701 8,953 14,944
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 24 August 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 62 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.61%) Confluence
3 13 (1.21%) CMS
4 12 (1.12%) WordPress
5 3 (0.28%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 150 (13.97%) Microsoft Project
2 132 (12.29%) Microsoft Office
3 83 (7.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 34 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 9 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.28%) Blender
8 3 (0.28%) Maya
8 3 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.093%) Houdini
10 1 (0.093%) InDesign
10 1 (0.093%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 34 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.93%) Shopify
4 8 (0.74%) Primavera
5 7 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
7 5 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
7 5 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
9 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.093%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 109 (10.15%) Power Platform
2 108 (10.06%) Azure
3 63 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (5.77%) SaaS
5 34 (3.17%) PowerApps
6 33 (3.07%) Power Automate
7 28 (2.61%) AWS
7 28 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (1.96%) OneDrive
9 20 (1.86%) Asana
9 20 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
10 19 (1.77%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
11 18 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (1.58%) Smartsheet
13 11 (1.02%) GCP
14 9 (0.84%) Entra ID
14 9 (0.84%) Miro
15 8 (0.74%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.72%) Firewall
2 22 (2.05%) Broadband
3 16 (1.49%) LAN
4 13 (1.21%) WAN
5 9 (0.84%) Network Security
6 8 (0.74%) CHAP
6 8 (0.74%) DNS
6 8 (0.74%) Intranet
6 8 (0.74%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.47%) Wireless
9 4 (0.37%) DHCP
9 4 (0.37%) NGN
9 4 (0.37%) WLAN
10 3 (0.28%) 3G
10 3 (0.28%) 4G
10 3 (0.28%) 5G
10 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.28%) SSL
10 3 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (8.57%) Power BI
2 19 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (1.77%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (0.74%) Power Query
5 7 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.56%) Tableau
7 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.28%) Big Data
7 3 (0.28%) Db2
7 3 (0.28%) DB2 UDB
7 3 (0.28%) Metadata
7 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.28%) QlikView
8 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.093%) Looker
Development Applications
1 114 (10.61%) JIRA
2 9 (0.84%) Git
3 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.28%) Storybook
5 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.093%) GCC
6 1 (0.093%) GitLab
6 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.093%) JUnit
6 1 (0.093%) Selenium
6 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.093%) TestNG
6 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 485 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 304 (28.31%) Finance
3 235 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (12.38%) Organisational Skills
5 102 (9.50%) Marketing
6 83 (7.73%) Influencing Skills
7 76 (7.08%) Public Sector
7 76 (7.08%) Retail
8 57 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (5.31%) Legal
9 47 (4.38%) Law
10 34 (3.17%) Banking
11 32 (2.98%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.33%) Aerospace
12 25 (2.33%) Games
13 22 (2.05%) Aviation
13 22 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.86%) Advertising
15 18 (1.68%) Local Government
15 18 (1.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 263 (24.49%) Project Manager
2 161 (14.99%) Senior
3 113 (10.52%) IT Manager
4 111 (10.34%) Senior Manager
5 89 (8.29%) Senior Project Manager
6 80 (7.45%) Lead
7 67 (6.24%) Analyst
8 65 (6.05%) IT Project Manager
9 60 (5.59%) Consultant
10 39 (3.63%) Programme Manager
11 38 (3.54%) Delivery Manager
11 38 (3.54%) Service Manager
12 37 (3.45%) Architect
13 36 (3.35%) Developer
14 35 (3.26%) Support Technician
15 34 (3.17%) IT Support
16 31 (2.89%) Business Analyst
17 30 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
18 28 (2.61%) Service Delivery Manager
19 27 (2.51%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.79%) .NET
1 30 (2.79%) HTML
2 28 (2.61%) CSS
3 26 (2.42%) TensorFlow
4 23 (2.14%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.14%) PyTorch
5 22 (2.05%) JSON
6 21 (1.96%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (1.86%) .NET Core
8 19 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (1.77%) SPFx
9 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
10 3 (0.28%) Django
10 3 (0.28%) Express.js
10 3 (0.28%) Godot
10 3 (0.28%) Node.js
10 3 (0.28%) React
10 3 (0.28%) React Native
10 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 3 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (6.33%) Onboarding
2 65 (6.05%) Virtual Team
3 57 (5.31%) Management Information System
4 56 (5.21%) Driving Licence
5 49 (4.56%) Product Ownership
6 39 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 33 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
9 29 (2.70%) Social Media
10 27 (2.51%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.86%) Mobile App
11 20 (1.86%) Web Conferencing
12 18 (1.68%) Blog
13 13 (1.21%) Cloud Native
14 12 (1.12%) PMI
15 11 (1.02%) Life Science
16 10 (0.93%) NHS
17 9 (0.84%) IoT
18 7 (0.65%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.72%) Windows
2 9 (0.84%) Android
2 9 (0.84%) Apple iOS
2 9 (0.84%) Linux
3 5 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.28%) VMS
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.093%) CentOS
6 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (34.82%) Project Delivery
2 366 (34.08%) Agile
3 319 (29.70%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (27.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 259 (24.12%) PRINCE2
6 220 (20.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (14.15%) Decision-Making
8 139 (12.94%) Logistics
8 139 (12.94%) Roadmaps
9 136 (12.66%) Coaching
10 130 (12.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 126 (11.73%) Budget Management
12 124 (11.55%) AI
13 118 (10.99%) Customer Experience
14 111 (10.34%) Analytics
15 104 (9.68%) CRM
16 103 (9.59%) ITIL
16 103 (9.59%) Mentoring
17 102 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
17 102 (9.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (8.19%) SQL
2 61 (5.68%) Python
3 35 (3.26%) JavaScript
4 34 (3.17%) C#
5 25 (2.33%) TypeScript
6 21 (1.96%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) C++
7 6 (0.56%) VBA
8 5 (0.47%) Java
9 4 (0.37%) PHP
10 3 (0.28%) Dart
10 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.093%) C
12 1 (0.093%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 226 (21.04%) Degree
2 112 (10.43%) DBS Check
3 100 (9.31%) PMP
4 95 (8.85%) PMI Certification
5 94 (8.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 54 (5.03%) Security Cleared
7 33 (3.07%) SC Cleared
8 25 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.86%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.21%) CISSP
12 12 (1.12%) CAPM
12 12 (1.12%) CISA
12 12 (1.12%) CISM
13 11 (1.02%) ACCA
13 11 (1.02%) APMP
13 11 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 10 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.84%) CCNP
15 9 (0.84%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (9.40%) PMO
2 58 (5.40%) Accessibility
3 56 (5.21%) QA
4 46 (4.28%) GDPR
5 35 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (2.98%) ISO 9001
7 28 (2.61%) Data Quality
8 23 (2.14%) NIST
9 18 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (1.58%) ISO 14001
10 17 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 15 (1.40%) GRC
12 9 (0.84%) SLA
13 8 (0.74%) COBIT
14 7 (0.65%) GAAP
15 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.37%) IFRS
16 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Docker
4 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.14%) SCCM
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.74%) Grafana
4 6 (0.56%) Ansible
5 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.37%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.19%) Argo
6 2 (0.19%) Puppet
6 2 (0.19%) Salt
7 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.093%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.093%) SCOM
7 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 246 (22.91%) Microsoft
2 67 (6.24%) SAP
3 46 (4.28%) Adobe
4 40 (3.72%) Oracle
5 32 (2.98%) Salesforce
5 32 (2.98%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.33%) Fortinet
7 24 (2.23%) Google
8 21 (1.96%) SonicWALL
9 17 (1.58%) HubSpot
10 12 (1.12%) Apple
11 11 (1.02%) Pardot
12 10 (0.93%) Cisco
13 8 (0.74%) VMware
14 7 (0.65%) Citrix
15 5 (0.47%) IFS
15 5 (0.47%) Poppulo
15 5 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 5 (0.47%) Xero
16 4 (0.37%) Palo Alto