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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 23 25
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 690 1,424 2,178
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.29% 9.05% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 9.56% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 443 772 1,599
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,520
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,038 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,675 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%

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 13,892 14,889 25,667
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.42% 94.66% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,854 8,791 21,222
10th Percentile £30,038 £36,250 £34,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,477
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
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 10 February 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 24 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.61%) CMS
3 11 (1.59%) WordPress
4 7 (1.01%) Confluence
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) Drupal
6 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 66 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (1.01%) Adobe XD
5 7 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.01%) Trello
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.14%) InDesign
6 1 (0.14%) Notion
6 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (2.17%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (2.17%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (2.17%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (2.03%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.30%) Oracle Cash Management
4 8 (1.16%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.58%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.43%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.43%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.43%) SAP PS
10 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 66 (9.57%) SaaS
2 65 (9.42%) Azure
3 52 (7.54%) Power Platform
4 50 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (3.77%) AWS
6 17 (2.46%) PowerApps
7 16 (2.32%) Entra ID
8 13 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.88%) Google Analytics
9 11 (1.59%) Miro
10 10 (1.45%) OCI
11 8 (1.16%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.01%) Figma
13 6 (0.87%) Asana
13 6 (0.87%) Canva
13 6 (0.87%) GCP
13 6 (0.87%) Intacct
13 6 (0.87%) Smartsheet
14 5 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.61%) CHAP
2 15 (2.17%) VPN
3 10 (1.45%) Broadband
3 10 (1.45%) LAN
4 9 (1.30%) Firewall
4 9 (1.30%) WAN
5 8 (1.16%) SD-WAN
5 8 (1.16%) Wireless
6 7 (1.01%) DNS
7 6 (0.87%) BGP
7 6 (0.87%) MPLS
7 6 (0.87%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.72%) DHCP
8 5 (0.72%) Internet
8 5 (0.72%) Network Security
8 5 (0.72%) VoIP
8 5 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.58%) IPsec
9 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.93%) Power BI
2 13 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.45%) 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%) DB2
8 1 (0.14%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.33%) JIRA
2 7 (1.01%) GitLab
3 5 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.58%) Git
5 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 350 (50.72%) Social Skills
2 276 (40.00%) Finance
3 158 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (13.33%) Marketing
5 83 (12.03%) Public Sector
6 77 (11.16%) Organisational Skills
7 76 (11.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 75 (10.87%) Legal
9 56 (8.12%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (7.68%) Retail
11 38 (5.51%) Law
12 25 (3.62%) Banking
13 24 (3.48%) Financial Institution
14 23 (3.33%) Manufacturing
15 14 (2.03%) Advertising
15 14 (2.03%) General Ledger
15 14 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.74%) Games
17 11 (1.59%) Aerospace
17 11 (1.59%) Billing
Job Titles
1 112 (16.23%) Project Manager
2 88 (12.75%) Analyst
3 84 (12.17%) Senior
4 54 (7.83%) IT Manager
5 52 (7.54%) Lead
6 49 (7.10%) Architect
6 49 (7.10%) Business Analyst
7 42 (6.09%) Senior Manager
8 40 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (5.07%) IT Project Manager
10 25 (3.62%) Consultant
11 22 (3.19%) Senior Project Manager
12 20 (2.90%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (2.90%) Digital Project Manager
13 18 (2.61%) Auditor
13 18 (2.61%) Internal Auditor
13 18 (2.61%) IT Support
13 18 (2.61%) Security Auditor
13 18 (2.61%) Systems Manager
14 17 (2.46%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.03%) EDI
2 7 (1.01%) 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
6 2 (0.29%) Laravel
6 2 (0.29%) Web Services
7 1 (0.14%) D3.js
7 1 (0.14%) Flask
7 1 (0.14%) Next.js
7 1 (0.14%) OpenID
7 1 (0.14%) PySpark
7 1 (0.14%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.71%) Management Information System
2 45 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (4.49%) Onboarding
3 31 (4.49%) Virtual Team
4 30 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.77%) Blog
6 23 (3.33%) Social Media
7 21 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
8 14 (2.03%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.88%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.45%) Blockchain
11 8 (1.16%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.16%) GNSS
11 8 (1.16%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.16%) Satnav
12 6 (0.87%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.90%) Windows
2 13 (1.88%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.45%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.30%) Android
5 4 (0.58%) Unix
5 4 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.29%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (34.06%) Agile
2 181 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (23.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 161 (23.33%) Project Delivery
5 144 (20.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 127 (18.41%) AI
7 121 (17.54%) Analytics
8 100 (14.49%) Decision-Making
9 93 (13.48%) PRINCE2
10 88 (12.75%) Roadmaps
11 87 (12.61%) Change Management
12 84 (12.17%) Risk Management
13 82 (11.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 79 (11.45%) Coaching
15 71 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
16 60 (8.70%) B2B
16 60 (8.70%) Process Improvement
17 57 (8.26%) Budget Management
18 56 (8.12%) ERP
19 55 (7.97%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.64%) SQL
2 17 (2.46%) Python
3 14 (2.03%) VBA
4 8 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.01%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.87%) PHP
7 5 (0.72%) C
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
Qualifications
1 156 (22.61%) Degree
2 59 (8.55%) PMP
3 40 (5.80%) PMI Certification
3 40 (5.80%) Security Cleared
4 27 (3.91%) DBS Check
5 26 (3.77%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.48%) Master's Degree
7 22 (3.19%) CISSP
8 19 (2.75%) SANS
9 18 (2.61%) CGEIT
9 18 (2.61%) CISA
9 18 (2.61%) CISM
9 18 (2.61%) FFIEC
10 17 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.74%) CFA
11 12 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.45%) CCNP
14 9 (1.30%) ACCA
14 9 (1.30%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.67%) PMO
2 41 (5.94%) GDPR
3 32 (4.64%) QA
4 29 (4.20%) NIST
5 23 (3.33%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (2.61%) COBIT
8 10 (1.45%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.72%) SLA
11 4 (0.58%) P3O
12 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.43%) GRC
12 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.43%) WCAG
13 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.29%) GAAP
13 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.14%) Section 508
System Software
1 29 (4.20%) 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
1 143 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.96%) Salesforce
3 38 (5.51%) SAP
4 33 (4.78%) Google
5 32 (4.64%) Oracle
6 23 (3.33%) Adobe
7 15 (2.17%) Cisco
8 12 (1.74%) Pardot
9 11 (1.59%) Workday
10 9 (1.30%) HubSpot
10 9 (1.30%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.01%) VMware
12 6 (0.87%) Concur
12 6 (0.87%) Sage
13 5 (0.72%) Apple
13 5 (0.72%) JD Edwards
13 5 (0.72%) Okta
13 5 (0.72%) Planon
14 4 (0.58%) HP
14 4 (0.58%) Juniper