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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 31 24
Rank change year-on-year -10 -7 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 903 1,220 2,618
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.80% 8.08% 8.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 8.50% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 551 648 2,018
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,750 £33,675
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,156 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,313 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 15,547 14,351 29,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 95.06% 90.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,029 8,676 23,362
10th Percentile £34,460 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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 20 May 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 50 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.21%) CMS
3 19 (2.10%) WordPress
4 18 (1.99%) Confluence
5 4 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.11%) Drupal
7 1 (0.11%) Moodle
Applications
1 117 (12.96%) Microsoft Project
2 105 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
3 75 (8.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.55%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.55%) Trello
7 4 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (2.21%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (1.77%) Oracle Assets
2 16 (1.77%) Oracle Cash Management
2 16 (1.77%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (1.77%) Oracle Receivables
3 15 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.66%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.89%) Shopify
6 6 (0.66%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.55%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.22%) Magento
9 2 (0.22%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 108 (11.96%) Azure
2 103 (11.41%) Power Platform
3 75 (8.31%) SaaS
4 61 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (4.54%) PowerApps
6 34 (3.77%) Power Automate
7 29 (3.21%) AWS
8 27 (2.99%) OneDrive
9 26 (2.88%) Asana
10 20 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (2.10%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.88%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.77%) GCP
14 16 (1.77%) Smartsheet
15 15 (1.66%) Google Analytics
16 14 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
17 11 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (1.22%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.10%) Broadband
2 21 (2.33%) CHAP
3 16 (1.77%) Firewall
4 8 (0.89%) DNS
4 8 (0.89%) Network Security
4 8 (0.89%) WAN
5 6 (0.66%) DHCP
5 6 (0.66%) LAN
5 6 (0.66%) VPN
5 6 (0.66%) Wireless
6 3 (0.33%) Intranet
6 3 (0.33%) IP Telephony
6 3 (0.33%) NGN
6 3 (0.33%) SCCP
7 2 (0.22%) Extranet
7 2 (0.22%) Internet
7 2 (0.22%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) SMTP
8 1 (0.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (8.97%) Power BI
2 19 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.00%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.78%) Power Query
5 7 (0.78%) Tableau
6 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.55%) DB2
7 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.44%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.44%) QlikView
9 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.22%) Big Data
10 2 (0.22%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.11%) Looker
11 1 (0.11%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 73 (8.08%) JIRA
2 7 (0.78%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.55%) Git
3 5 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.33%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.33%) Storybook
5 1 (0.11%) GCC
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 408 (45.18%) Social Skills
2 294 (32.56%) Finance
3 155 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (12.40%) Marketing
5 80 (8.86%) Retail
6 79 (8.75%) Public Sector
7 78 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
8 74 (8.19%) Legal
9 61 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 58 (6.42%) Law
11 37 (4.10%) Banking
11 37 (4.10%) Games
12 31 (3.43%) Manufacturing
13 28 (3.10%) Financial Institution
14 27 (2.99%) Aviation
15 24 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (2.33%) Advertising
17 20 (2.21%) General Ledger
18 15 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (1.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 219 (24.25%) Project Manager
2 179 (19.82%) Senior
3 126 (13.95%) Senior Manager
4 102 (11.30%) Senior Project Manager
5 81 (8.97%) Analyst
6 79 (8.75%) IT Manager
7 61 (6.76%) Lead
8 45 (4.98%) Business Analyst
8 45 (4.98%) IT Project Manager
9 38 (4.21%) Architect
10 34 (3.77%) IT Support
11 33 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
12 31 (3.43%) Applications Manager
12 31 (3.43%) Consultant
13 28 (3.10%) Digital Project Manager
13 28 (3.10%) Marketing Manager
13 28 (3.10%) Systems Manager
14 27 (2.99%) Development Manager
15 26 (2.88%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 24 (2.66%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.43%) HTML
2 29 (3.21%) CSS
3 24 (2.66%) .NET
4 22 (2.44%) JSON
5 21 (2.33%) .NET Core
5 21 (2.33%) HTML5 Canvas
6 20 (2.21%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (2.10%) SPFx
8 18 (1.99%) EDI
9 11 (1.22%) Hugging Face
9 11 (1.22%) PyTorch
9 11 (1.22%) TensorFlow
10 5 (0.55%) OAuth
10 5 (0.55%) OpenID
10 5 (0.55%) SAML
11 3 (0.33%) Flutter
11 3 (0.33%) Jest
11 3 (0.33%) React
11 3 (0.33%) React Native
11 3 (0.33%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 72 (7.97%) Management Information System
2 56 (6.20%) Onboarding
3 48 (5.32%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.32%) Driving Licence
4 39 (4.32%) Virtual Team
5 29 (3.21%) Mobile App
5 29 (3.21%) Social Media
6 27 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.55%) Cyber Defence
7 23 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.66%) Video Editing
10 15 (1.66%) Web Conferencing
11 14 (1.55%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.55%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (1.55%) Low-Code
12 13 (1.44%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.22%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.10%) Apple iOS
2 25 (2.77%) Windows
3 23 (2.55%) Android
4 6 (0.66%) Linux
5 5 (0.55%) Unix
5 5 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) AIX
6 1 (0.11%) CentOS
6 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (39.09%) Agile
2 273 (30.23%) Project Delivery
3 230 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
4 215 (23.81%) PRINCE2
5 164 (18.16%) Coaching
6 148 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 146 (16.17%) Budget Management
8 144 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 127 (14.06%) AI
9 127 (14.06%) Analytics
10 123 (13.62%) Roadmaps
11 117 (12.96%) Mentoring
12 115 (12.74%) Decision-Making
13 108 (11.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 98 (10.85%) B2B
15 95 (10.52%) ERP
16 92 (10.19%) Risk Management
17 90 (9.97%) Customer Experience
18 88 (9.75%) Logistics
19 86 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 61 (6.76%) SQL
2 36 (3.99%) C#
3 35 (3.88%) Python
4 26 (2.88%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.55%) PowerShell
6 22 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.77%) VBA
8 3 (0.33%) C++
8 3 (0.33%) Dart
8 3 (0.33%) PHP
9 2 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.22%) Java
9 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.11%) Bash
10 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 210 (23.26%) Degree
2 74 (8.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 66 (7.31%) PMP
4 64 (7.09%) DBS Check
5 60 (6.64%) PMI Certification
6 33 (3.65%) CISSP
7 26 (2.88%) SANS
8 25 (2.77%) CISA
8 25 (2.77%) CISM
9 22 (2.44%) Security Cleared
10 21 (2.33%) CGEIT
10 21 (2.33%) FFIEC
11 18 (1.99%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.22%) CAPM
12 11 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.00%) MBA
13 9 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (0.89%) APMP
14 8 (0.89%) HNC
15 7 (0.78%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.87%) GDPR
2 50 (5.54%) Accessibility
3 47 (5.20%) PMO
4 43 (4.76%) NIST
5 39 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (3.54%) QA
7 29 (3.21%) ISO 9001
8 21 (2.33%) COBIT
9 15 (1.66%) GRC
10 12 (1.33%) Data Quality
11 10 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (1.00%) ISO 14001
12 9 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 6 (0.66%) GAAP
14 5 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.44%) NCSC
15 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.89%) Docker
3 5 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.22%) Ansible
2 10 (1.11%) SCCM
3 8 (0.89%) Grafana
3 8 (0.89%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.44%) Terraform
5 2 (0.22%) Argo
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.22%) Puppet
5 2 (0.22%) Salt
6 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 193 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.09%) Adobe
3 46 (5.09%) Salesforce
4 42 (4.65%) SAP
5 36 (3.99%) Oracle
6 35 (3.88%) Google
7 22 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 20 (2.21%) Pardot
9 17 (1.88%) HubSpot
10 11 (1.22%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.22%) Instagram
10 11 (1.22%) Wrike
11 9 (1.00%) Apple
11 9 (1.00%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.00%) JD Edwards
12 7 (0.78%) Planon
12 7 (0.78%) Workday
13 6 (0.66%) SonicWALL
13 6 (0.66%) VMware
14 5 (0.55%) Cisco