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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 21 26
Rank change year-on-year -32 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 733 1,399 2,246
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.46% 9.26% 8.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.19% 9.74% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 456 754 1,663
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +8.64% -5.21%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,525 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% -8.09%

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 14,117 14,367 25,565
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.85% 95.11% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 8,762 21,237
10th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £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 26 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 23 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.32%) CMS
3 13 (1.77%) WordPress
4 12 (1.64%) Confluence
5 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 60 (8.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.68%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.95%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.95%) Trello
7 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.55%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.14%) InDesign
9 1 (0.14%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.32%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (2.18%) Oracle Assets
2 16 (2.18%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (2.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (1.64%) Oracle Cash Management
4 11 (1.50%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.82%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.55%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.41%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.41%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.41%) SAP PS
8 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (9.55%) SaaS
2 69 (9.41%) Azure
3 53 (7.23%) Power Platform
4 45 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.68%) AWS
6 18 (2.46%) Entra ID
7 17 (2.32%) PowerApps
8 15 (2.05%) Asana
9 14 (1.91%) Google Analytics
10 13 (1.77%) Miro
11 12 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.36%) Sprout Social
13 9 (1.23%) GCP
13 9 (1.23%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.95%) Figma
14 7 (0.95%) OCI
15 6 (0.82%) Canva
15 6 (0.82%) OneDrive
15 6 (0.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.86%) Broadband
1 21 (2.86%) CHAP
2 12 (1.64%) VPN
3 11 (1.50%) DNS
3 11 (1.50%) LAN
4 10 (1.36%) WAN
5 9 (1.23%) DHCP
5 9 (1.23%) Firewall
6 8 (1.09%) Wireless
7 7 (0.95%) Network Security
8 6 (0.82%) BGP
8 6 (0.82%) MPLS
8 6 (0.82%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.68%) Internet
9 5 (0.68%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.55%) Intranet
10 4 (0.55%) IPsec
10 4 (0.55%) Junos
10 4 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.77%) Power BI
2 15 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.36%) Tableau
4 7 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.68%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.55%) Big Data
6 4 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.55%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.41%) DB2
7 3 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.27%) DB2 UDB
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.27%) QlikView
8 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.14%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 32 (4.37%) JIRA
2 7 (0.95%) Git
2 7 (0.95%) GitLab
3 4 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
General
1 365 (49.80%) Social Skills
2 281 (38.34%) Finance
3 161 (21.96%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (13.92%) Marketing
5 97 (13.23%) Public Sector
6 87 (11.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 82 (11.19%) Legal
8 74 (10.10%) Organisational Skills
9 63 (8.59%) Retail
10 55 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
11 44 (6.00%) Law
12 32 (4.37%) Banking
13 29 (3.96%) Financial Institution
14 26 (3.55%) Manufacturing
15 25 (3.41%) Games
16 18 (2.46%) General Ledger
17 14 (1.91%) Advertising
18 12 (1.64%) Aerospace
18 12 (1.64%) Aviation
18 12 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 125 (17.05%) Project Manager
2 101 (13.78%) Senior
3 85 (11.60%) Analyst
4 62 (8.46%) Lead
5 59 (8.05%) IT Manager
6 55 (7.50%) Senior Manager
7 50 (6.82%) Business Analyst
8 49 (6.68%) Architect
9 40 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (4.77%) IT Project Manager
11 34 (4.64%) Senior Project Manager
12 31 (4.23%) Consultant
13 30 (4.09%) Digital Project Manager
14 27 (3.68%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 22 (3.00%) IT Support
15 22 (3.00%) Systems Manager
16 21 (2.86%) Auditor
17 20 (2.73%) Finance Manager
17 20 (2.73%) Internal Auditor
17 20 (2.73%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.18%) EDI
2 8 (1.09%) HTML
3 5 (0.68%) CSS
4 4 (0.55%) FIDO
4 4 (0.55%) Flutter
4 4 (0.55%) Node.js
4 4 (0.55%) OAuth
4 4 (0.55%) OpenID
4 4 (0.55%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.55%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.55%) SAML
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.41%) React
6 2 (0.27%) .NET
6 2 (0.27%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.27%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.27%) XML
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.14%) Next.js
7 1 (0.14%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.82%) Management Information System
2 47 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (6.14%) Onboarding
4 34 (4.64%) Virtual Team
5 30 (4.09%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.09%) Social Media
6 26 (3.55%) Blog
7 20 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.46%) Mobile App
9 14 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.91%) Legacy Applications
9 14 (1.91%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.77%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.64%) Blockchain
12 11 (1.50%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.36%) Video Editing
14 8 (1.09%) GNSS
14 8 (1.09%) Satnav
15 7 (0.95%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.00%) Apple iOS
1 22 (3.00%) Windows
2 17 (2.32%) Android
3 11 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.68%) Unix
5 4 (0.55%) Linux
5 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.27%) VMS
7 1 (0.14%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (33.56%) Agile
2 203 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 159 (21.69%) Project Delivery
5 147 (20.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 140 (19.10%) AI
7 133 (18.14%) Analytics
8 117 (15.96%) Decision-Making
9 103 (14.05%) PRINCE2
10 96 (13.10%) Roadmaps
11 93 (12.69%) Coaching
12 91 (12.41%) Risk Management
13 89 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 83 (11.32%) Change Management
14 83 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
15 81 (11.05%) Mentoring
16 71 (9.69%) B2B
17 64 (8.73%) Budget Management
18 62 (8.46%) Process Improvement
19 60 (8.19%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.23%) SQL
2 18 (2.46%) Python
3 14 (1.91%) VBA
4 8 (1.09%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.95%) C#
5 7 (0.95%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.68%) C
7 4 (0.55%) Java
8 3 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (0.41%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.41%) PHP
8 3 (0.41%) Tcl
8 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.27%) Bash
9 2 (0.27%) R
10 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.14%) C++
10 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 152 (20.74%) Degree
2 58 (7.91%) PMP
3 45 (6.14%) Security Cleared
4 37 (5.05%) PMI Certification
5 28 (3.82%) CISSP
5 28 (3.82%) DBS Check
6 25 (3.41%) SANS
7 24 (3.27%) SC Cleared
8 23 (3.14%) Master's Degree
9 21 (2.86%) CGEIT
9 21 (2.86%) CISA
9 21 (2.86%) CISM
9 21 (2.86%) FFIEC
10 17 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.36%) ACCA
13 10 (1.36%) CCNP
13 10 (1.36%) CFA
14 9 (1.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.41%) GDPR
2 41 (5.59%) PMO
3 37 (5.05%) Accessibility
4 33 (4.50%) NIST
5 32 (4.37%) QA
6 21 (2.86%) COBIT
7 20 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.23%) ISO 9001
8 9 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.68%) SLA
11 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.41%) GRC
11 3 (0.41%) P3O
11 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.41%) WCAG
12 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.27%) GAAP
12 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.14%) EMIR
System Software
1 29 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.23%) Docker
3 6 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (1.23%) Ansible
1 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.68%) Terraform
4 3 (0.41%) SCCM
5 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (19.78%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.68%) Salesforce
3 37 (5.05%) SAP
4 36 (4.91%) Google
5 35 (4.77%) Oracle
6 33 (4.50%) Adobe
7 14 (1.91%) Cisco
8 13 (1.77%) HubSpot
9 12 (1.64%) Pardot
9 12 (1.64%) Workday
10 10 (1.36%) Hootsuite
10 10 (1.36%) Instagram
10 10 (1.36%) Wrike
11 9 (1.23%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.09%) Okta
13 7 (0.95%) JD Edwards
13 7 (0.95%) VMware
14 6 (0.82%) Apple
15 5 (0.68%) Planon
16 4 (0.55%) Juniper