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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 40 28
Rank change year-on-year -17 -12 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,077 990 1,549
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.34% 5.89% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.37% 6.28% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 617 572 884
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,275 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,813 £71,219
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £91,775
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 20,042 15,769 19,580
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.69% 93.82% 88.17%
Number of salaries quoted 14,290 8,427 11,609
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,430
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.45% -0.95%

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 5 October 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 58 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.60%) Confluence
3 20 (1.86%) CMS
4 17 (1.58%) WordPress
5 5 (0.46%) MS Project Server
6 4 (0.37%) Moodle
7 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.093%) SAS
Applications
1 158 (14.67%) Microsoft Project
2 145 (13.46%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 9 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
10 2 (0.19%) InDesign
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.19%) Revit
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.093%) Houdini
11 1 (0.093%) NUKE
11 1 (0.093%) Stata
Business Applications
1 40 (3.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.74%) Primavera
3 7 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.65%) Shopify
4 5 (0.46%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
6 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.19%) Magento
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.093%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.093%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 95 (8.82%) Power Platform
2 84 (7.80%) Azure
3 55 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (5.01%) SaaS
5 25 (2.32%) PowerApps
6 23 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (2.04%) AWS
8 20 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (1.76%) Power Automate
10 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (1.21%) Asana
11 13 (1.21%) OneDrive
12 11 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 11 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.02%) Smartsheet
13 10 (0.93%) Google Analytics
14 8 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.74%) GCP
14 8 (0.74%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.34%) Firewall
2 19 (1.76%) LAN
3 16 (1.49%) WAN
4 9 (0.84%) Network Security
5 8 (0.74%) DNS
6 7 (0.65%) Intranet
7 6 (0.56%) 2G
7 6 (0.56%) 3G
7 6 (0.56%) 4G
7 6 (0.56%) 5G
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.56%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) Wireless
7 6 (0.56%) WLAN
8 5 (0.46%) DHCP
9 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.37%) VLAN
10 3 (0.28%) Broadband
10 3 (0.28%) CHAP
10 3 (0.28%) MVNO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (7.34%) Power BI
2 20 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.74%) Metadata
7 7 (0.65%) Tableau
8 6 (0.56%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.37%) Big Data
9 4 (0.37%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.37%) Power Query
10 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.19%) GIS
11 2 (0.19%) MySQL
12 1 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.093%) Looker
12 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.093%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 113 (10.49%) JIRA
2 8 (0.74%) Git
2 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
4 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.093%) GCC
5 1 (0.093%) GitLab
5 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.093%) JUnit
5 1 (0.093%) Selenium
5 1 (0.093%) TestNG
5 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 489 (45.40%) Social Skills
2 323 (29.99%) Finance
3 254 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (16.06%) Organisational Skills
5 119 (11.05%) Marketing
6 90 (8.36%) Influencing Skills
6 90 (8.36%) Public Sector
7 69 (6.41%) Retail
8 66 (6.13%) Legal
9 63 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 56 (5.20%) Law
11 40 (3.71%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.88%) Banking
13 29 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.60%) Aerospace
14 28 (2.60%) Electronics
15 19 (1.76%) Local Government
16 18 (1.67%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.58%) Advertising
17 17 (1.58%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 260 (24.14%) Project Manager
2 167 (15.51%) Senior
3 121 (11.23%) Senior Manager
4 102 (9.47%) IT Manager
5 99 (9.19%) Senior Project Manager
6 96 (8.91%) Lead
7 68 (6.31%) Consultant
8 65 (6.04%) Analyst
9 59 (5.48%) IT Project Manager
10 42 (3.90%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.62%) Service Manager
12 38 (3.53%) Programme Manager
13 37 (3.44%) Architect
13 37 (3.44%) Support Technician
14 34 (3.16%) Marketing Manager
15 29 (2.69%) Service Delivery Manager
15 29 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
16 28 (2.60%) Technical Manager
17 26 (2.41%) Coordinator
18 25 (2.32%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.41%) TensorFlow
2 23 (2.14%) Hugging Face
2 23 (2.14%) PyTorch
3 21 (1.95%) .NET
3 21 (1.95%) HTML
4 18 (1.67%) CSS
5 14 (1.30%) JSON
6 13 (1.21%) HTML5 Canvas
7 11 (1.02%) .NET Core
7 11 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (1.02%) SPFx
8 6 (0.56%) XML
9 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
10 3 (0.28%) Django
10 3 (0.28%) Express.js
10 3 (0.28%) Langfuse
10 3 (0.28%) LlamaIndex
10 3 (0.28%) Model Context Protocol
10 3 (0.28%) Node.js
10 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.61%) Management Information System
2 69 (6.41%) Onboarding
3 60 (5.57%) Virtual Team
4 53 (4.92%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.36%) Product Ownership
6 44 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
7 39 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (3.44%) Social Media
9 36 (3.34%) Data Centre
10 30 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 26 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
12 24 (2.23%) Web Conferencing
13 23 (2.14%) Blog
14 14 (1.30%) NHS
15 13 (1.21%) Operational Technology
16 12 (1.11%) PMI
17 10 (0.93%) IoT
18 9 (0.84%) Cloud Native
18 9 (0.84%) FMCG
19 7 (0.65%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.44%) Windows
2 9 (0.84%) Linux
3 6 (0.56%) 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%) AIX
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Solaris
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.093%) Android
6 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.093%) CentOS
6 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (34.35%) Project Delivery
2 350 (32.50%) Agile
3 338 (31.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 318 (29.53%) Problem-Solving
5 251 (23.31%) PRINCE2
6 247 (22.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 154 (14.30%) Decision-Making
8 145 (13.46%) Coaching
9 133 (12.35%) Roadmaps
10 132 (12.26%) AI
11 130 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 122 (11.33%) Customer Experience
12 122 (11.33%) Logistics
13 120 (11.14%) Budget Management
14 109 (10.12%) Analytics
15 107 (9.94%) CRM
16 104 (9.66%) Risk Management
17 99 (9.19%) Cybersecurity
18 97 (9.01%) ITIL
19 95 (8.82%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 69 (6.41%) SQL
2 49 (4.55%) Python
3 29 (2.69%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.39%) C#
4 15 (1.39%) PowerShell
5 14 (1.30%) TypeScript
6 6 (0.56%) Java
7 5 (0.46%) VBA
8 4 (0.37%) C++
8 4 (0.37%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.093%) C
11 1 (0.093%) Groovy
11 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 225 (20.89%) Degree
2 107 (9.94%) DBS Check
3 93 (8.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 80 (7.43%) PMP
5 79 (7.34%) Security Cleared
6 75 (6.96%) PMI Certification
7 53 (4.92%) SC Cleared
8 30 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.95%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.67%) ACCA
11 17 (1.58%) APMP
12 16 (1.49%) CIMA
13 15 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.11%) CISA
14 12 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.11%) CISM
14 12 (1.11%) CISSP
15 11 (1.02%) CAPM
15 11 (1.02%) CCNP
16 9 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (10.77%) PMO
2 54 (5.01%) Accessibility
3 52 (4.83%) QA
4 44 (4.09%) GDPR
5 33 (3.06%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.58%) ISO 9001
7 17 (1.58%) NIST
8 12 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 11 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.02%) ISO 14001
10 9 (0.84%) GRC
10 9 (0.84%) SLA
11 5 (0.46%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.37%) GAAP
12 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.37%) NCSC
12 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.28%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 12 (1.11%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.37%) Docker
5 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (2.04%) SCCM
2 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (0.46%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.28%) Ansible
4 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (0.19%) SCOM
6 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 256 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.39%) SAP
3 40 (3.71%) Oracle
4 35 (3.25%) Adobe
4 35 (3.25%) ServiceNow
5 34 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.51%) HubSpot
7 23 (2.14%) Fortinet
7 23 (2.14%) Google
8 20 (1.86%) SonicWALL
9 12 (1.11%) Pardot
9 12 (1.11%) VMware
10 10 (0.93%) Cisco
10 10 (0.93%) YouTube
11 8 (0.74%) Apple
12 7 (0.65%) Citrix
12 7 (0.65%) Xero
13 6 (0.56%) IFS
14 5 (0.46%) Nintex
14 5 (0.46%) Sage