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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 22 29
Rank change year-on-year -29 +7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 668 1,474 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.44% 9.01% 7.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 9.61% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 442 798 1,177
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -3.85%

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 13,144 15,339 20,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.72% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,355 9,020 16,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £47,000 £45,000
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 £82,100 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 13 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 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.40%) CMS
3 7 (1.05%) Confluence
4 6 (0.90%) WordPress
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.30%) Drupal
5 2 (0.30%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.30%) TPMS
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 62 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (4.34%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.35%) Trello
6 8 (1.20%) MS Visio
7 7 (1.05%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.30%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.15%) InDesign
10 1 (0.15%) Notion
10 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.10%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (2.10%) Oracle Payables
1 14 (2.10%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
4 7 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
5 6 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.60%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.60%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.45%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.45%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.45%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.45%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.45%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 76 (11.38%) Azure
2 57 (8.53%) SaaS
3 51 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (6.29%) Power Platform
5 26 (3.89%) AWS
6 22 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (2.25%) Entra ID
9 13 (1.95%) Power Automate
10 10 (1.50%) OCI
10 10 (1.50%) Smartsheet
11 8 (1.20%) Google Workspace
11 8 (1.20%) Miro
12 7 (1.05%) Figma
12 7 (1.05%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.90%) Intacct
14 5 (0.75%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.75%) Workato
15 4 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.60%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.69%) VPN
2 14 (2.10%) CHAP
3 13 (1.95%) LAN
4 12 (1.80%) WAN
5 11 (1.65%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.65%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.20%) Firewall
7 8 (1.20%) VoIP
8 6 (0.90%) BGP
8 6 (0.90%) DNS
8 6 (0.90%) MPLS
8 6 (0.90%) Wireless
9 4 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.60%) DHCP
9 4 (0.60%) Internet
9 4 (0.60%) Intranet
9 4 (0.60%) IPsec
9 4 (0.60%) Network Security
9 4 (0.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.64%) Power BI
2 14 (2.10%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.50%) Tableau
4 6 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.60%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.60%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.60%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.45%) Big Data
8 2 (0.30%) Redis
8 2 (0.30%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.15%) GIS
Development Applications
1 24 (3.59%) JIRA
2 7 (1.05%) GitLab
3 5 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.45%) Git
4 3 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
General
1 328 (49.10%) Social Skills
2 269 (40.27%) Finance
3 148 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (12.13%) Marketing
5 74 (11.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (10.18%) Legal
6 68 (10.18%) Public Sector
7 63 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
8 55 (8.23%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (7.04%) Retail
10 34 (5.09%) Law
11 21 (3.14%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.99%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.84%) Banking
14 18 (2.69%) Financial Institution
15 17 (2.54%) Local Government
16 13 (1.95%) Billing
16 13 (1.95%) General Ledger
17 12 (1.80%) Advertising
17 12 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (15.87%) Project Manager
2 80 (11.98%) Analyst
3 66 (9.88%) Senior
4 65 (9.73%) IT Manager
5 50 (7.49%) Architect
6 49 (7.34%) Lead
7 45 (6.74%) Business Analyst
7 45 (6.74%) IT Project Manager
8 40 (5.99%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (4.79%) Senior Manager
10 29 (4.34%) Consultant
11 21 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
12 19 (2.84%) Coordinator
13 17 (2.54%) Head of IT
13 17 (2.54%) IT Support
14 14 (2.10%) Auditor
14 14 (2.10%) Internal Auditor
14 14 (2.10%) IT Analyst
14 14 (2.10%) Security Auditor
15 13 (1.95%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.20%) EDI
2 6 (0.90%) HTML
3 5 (0.75%) CSS
3 5 (0.75%) Web Services
4 4 (0.60%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.60%) FIDO
4 4 (0.60%) Flutter
4 4 (0.60%) Middleware
4 4 (0.60%) Node.js
4 4 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.60%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.45%) .NET
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.45%) React
6 2 (0.30%) Laravel
7 1 (0.15%) D3.js
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.15%) Next.js
7 1 (0.15%) PySpark
7 1 (0.15%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.83%) Management Information System
2 43 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (4.79%) Virtual Team
4 28 (4.19%) Product Ownership
5 23 (3.44%) Blog
5 23 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.10%) Social Media
7 10 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.20%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.20%) GNSS
8 8 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 8 (1.20%) Satnav
9 7 (1.05%) Blockchain
9 7 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.90%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.90%) e-Learning
10 6 (0.90%) FMCG
10 6 (0.90%) NHS
10 6 (0.90%) PMI
11 5 (0.75%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.40%) Windows
2 9 (1.35%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.60%) Unix
3 4 (0.60%) VMS
3 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.30%) Android
4 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (34.73%) Agile
2 160 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
3 156 (23.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 155 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 147 (22.01%) Project Delivery
6 105 (15.72%) AI
7 101 (15.12%) Analytics
8 100 (14.97%) Change Management
9 99 (14.82%) PRINCE2
10 92 (13.77%) Risk Management
11 89 (13.32%) Decision-Making
12 85 (12.72%) Roadmaps
13 74 (11.08%) Cybersecurity
14 72 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 62 (9.28%) Coaching
16 61 (9.13%) ERP
17 59 (8.83%) Business Case
18 55 (8.23%) Strategic Thinking
18 55 (8.23%) Waterfall
19 53 (7.93%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.79%) SQL
2 19 (2.84%) Python
3 10 (1.50%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.05%) C#
5 6 (0.90%) PHP
5 6 (0.90%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.75%) C
7 4 (0.60%) Java
8 3 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (0.45%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.45%) Tcl
8 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.30%) Bash
9 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 172 (25.75%) Degree
2 64 (9.58%) PMP
3 46 (6.89%) PMI Certification
4 40 (5.99%) Security Cleared
5 29 (4.34%) SC Cleared
6 23 (3.44%) Master's Degree
7 22 (3.29%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (2.40%) CISSP
10 14 (2.10%) CGEIT
10 14 (2.10%) CISA
10 14 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (2.10%) CISM
10 14 (2.10%) FFIEC
10 14 (2.10%) SANS
11 13 (1.95%) CCNP
12 12 (1.80%) CFA
13 10 (1.50%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.20%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.63%) PMO
2 36 (5.39%) QA
3 32 (4.79%) GDPR
4 25 (3.74%) NIST
5 17 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.25%) Accessibility
7 14 (2.10%) COBIT
8 11 (1.65%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.75%) SLA
11 4 (0.60%) P3O
12 3 (0.45%) GRC
12 3 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.45%) WCAG
13 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.30%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.30%) GMP
13 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.15%) EMIR
14 1 (0.15%) FATCA
System Software
1 27 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.60%) Docker
4 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.60%) Ansible
2 4 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.60%) Terraform
3 2 (0.30%) SCCM
4 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 141 (21.11%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.99%) SAP
3 34 (5.09%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.79%) Oracle
5 23 (3.44%) Google
6 18 (2.69%) Cisco
7 15 (2.25%) Adobe
8 12 (1.80%) Workday
9 7 (1.05%) Concur
9 7 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.90%) Sage
10 6 (0.90%) VMware
11 5 (0.75%) Civica
11 5 (0.75%) iManage
12 4 (0.60%) HP
12 4 (0.60%) Juniper
12 4 (0.60%) Meraki
12 4 (0.60%) Okta
12 4 (0.60%) Planon
13 3 (0.45%) Progress