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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -21 +2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 801 1,188 2,644
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.66% 9.21% 8.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.59% 9.71% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 517 695 1,963
10th Percentile £31,700 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
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 £75,000 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,585 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +9.69% -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 14,331 12,231 28,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.46% 94.80% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,023 8,889 23,341
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 7 April 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 30 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.25%) CMS
3 15 (1.87%) Confluence
4 14 (1.75%) WordPress
5 4 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
Applications
1 70 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (5.24%) Microsoft Project
3 38 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.75%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.75%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.62%) Trello
8 4 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.50%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.12%) Notion
Business Applications
1 19 (2.37%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (2.12%) Oracle Assets
2 17 (2.12%) Oracle Payables
2 17 (2.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 15 (1.87%) Oracle Cash Management
4 14 (1.75%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.75%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.75%) Shopify
8 5 (0.62%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.37%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.37%) SAP BPC
11 2 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
11 2 (0.25%) Magento
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
11 2 (0.25%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 94 (11.74%) Azure
2 80 (9.99%) SaaS
3 77 (9.61%) Power Platform
4 59 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (4.62%) AWS
6 25 (3.12%) Asana
6 25 (3.12%) PowerApps
7 23 (2.87%) Entra ID
8 21 (2.62%) Power Automate
9 17 (2.12%) GCP
10 15 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.87%) OneDrive
11 13 (1.62%) Google Analytics
11 13 (1.62%) Miro
12 11 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.37%) Figma
12 11 (1.37%) Sprout Social
13 10 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (1.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.62%) Broadband
2 25 (3.12%) CHAP
3 15 (1.87%) Firewall
4 12 (1.50%) DNS
5 10 (1.25%) DHCP
6 9 (1.12%) VPN
6 9 (1.12%) WAN
7 8 (1.00%) Network Security
8 7 (0.87%) Wireless
9 6 (0.75%) LAN
10 5 (0.62%) Internet
10 5 (0.62%) Intranet
11 4 (0.50%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.37%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.37%) NGN
12 3 (0.37%) SCCP
12 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (0.25%) VLAN
13 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (7.37%) Power BI
2 10 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.00%) Tableau
5 7 (0.87%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.75%) Power Query
6 6 (0.75%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.62%) DB2
8 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.50%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.50%) Qlik Sense
8 4 (0.50%) QlikView
9 3 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.12%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.12%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.12%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 52 (6.49%) JIRA
2 5 (0.62%) Git
2 5 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.37%) Storybook
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 383 (47.82%) Social Skills
2 279 (34.83%) Finance
3 157 (19.60%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (14.73%) Marketing
5 86 (10.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 85 (10.61%) Public Sector
7 78 (9.74%) Legal
8 72 (8.99%) Organisational Skills
9 66 (8.24%) Retail
10 58 (7.24%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (6.87%) Law
12 37 (4.62%) Banking
13 35 (4.37%) Games
14 33 (4.12%) Financial Institution
15 30 (3.75%) Manufacturing
16 21 (2.62%) General Ledger
17 17 (2.12%) Aviation
18 14 (1.75%) Advertising
18 14 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (1.62%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 134 (16.73%) Project Manager
2 108 (13.48%) Senior
3 79 (9.86%) Analyst
4 68 (8.49%) IT Manager
5 63 (7.87%) Lead
6 60 (7.49%) Senior Manager
7 47 (5.87%) Business Analyst
8 46 (5.74%) Architect
9 42 (5.24%) IT Project Manager
10 38 (4.74%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (4.24%) Senior Project Manager
12 32 (4.00%) IT Support
13 28 (3.50%) Marketing Manager
13 28 (3.50%) Systems Manager
14 26 (3.25%) Digital Project Manager
14 26 (3.25%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 25 (3.12%) Auditor
15 25 (3.12%) Consultant
16 24 (3.00%) Internal Auditor
16 24 (3.00%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.25%) EDI
1 18 (2.25%) HTML
2 15 (1.87%) CSS
3 11 (1.37%) .NET
3 11 (1.37%) .NET Core
4 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
5 9 (1.12%) JSON
5 9 (1.12%) SPFx
6 6 (0.75%) React
7 5 (0.62%) OAuth
7 5 (0.62%) OpenID
7 5 (0.62%) SAML
8 4 (0.50%) FIDO
8 4 (0.50%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.37%) Flutter
9 3 (0.37%) Jest
9 3 (0.37%) React Native
9 3 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (0.37%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 82 (10.24%) Management Information System
2 61 (7.62%) Onboarding
3 44 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (5.24%) Product Ownership
5 40 (4.99%) Virtual Team
6 31 (3.87%) Social Media
7 29 (3.62%) Mobile App
8 28 (3.50%) Driving Licence
9 24 (3.00%) Blog
10 20 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.75%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
12 14 (1.75%) Low-Code
13 13 (1.62%) Blockchain
14 11 (1.37%) Video Editing
15 10 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
15 10 (1.25%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.50%) Apple iOS
1 28 (3.50%) Windows
2 23 (2.87%) Android
3 9 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.75%) Linux
5 5 (0.62%) Unix
6 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.12%) AIX
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) VMS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (33.33%) Agile
2 228 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (24.22%) Project Delivery
4 164 (20.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 150 (18.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 146 (18.23%) AI
7 138 (17.23%) Decision-Making
8 136 (16.98%) Analytics
9 123 (15.36%) PRINCE2
10 103 (12.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 101 (12.61%) Roadmaps
12 97 (12.11%) Mentoring
13 95 (11.86%) Risk Management
14 93 (11.61%) Coaching
15 89 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
16 88 (10.99%) B2B
17 80 (9.99%) ERP
18 79 (9.86%) Change Management
19 74 (9.24%) Budget Management
20 62 (7.74%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 46 (5.74%) SQL
2 26 (3.25%) C#
2 26 (3.25%) Python
3 15 (1.87%) TypeScript
3 15 (1.87%) VBA
4 14 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.62%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.37%) C++
6 3 (0.37%) Dart
6 3 (0.37%) PHP
7 2 (0.25%) Bash
7 2 (0.25%) Java
7 2 (0.25%) R
8 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.12%) C
8 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 155 (19.35%) Degree
2 69 (8.61%) PMP
3 48 (5.99%) PMI Certification
4 44 (5.49%) DBS Check
5 33 (4.12%) CISSP
6 30 (3.75%) SANS
6 30 (3.75%) Security Cleared
7 25 (3.12%) CGEIT
7 25 (3.12%) CISA
7 25 (3.12%) CISM
7 25 (3.12%) FFIEC
8 23 (2.87%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.12%) MBA
10 9 (1.12%) SC Cleared
11 8 (1.00%) ACCA
11 8 (1.00%) CFA
11 8 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.00%) HNC
12 7 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.87%) GDPR
2 47 (5.87%) Accessibility
3 37 (4.62%) NIST
4 36 (4.49%) PMO
5 35 (4.37%) QA
6 26 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 25 (3.12%) COBIT
8 22 (2.75%) ISO 9001
9 12 (1.50%) GRC
10 9 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.75%) Data Quality
13 6 (0.75%) ISO 14001
13 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 5 (0.62%) GAAP
15 4 (0.50%) PERC
16 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
16 3 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.25%) Docker
3 5 (0.62%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.50%) Ansible
2 8 (1.00%) Grafana
2 8 (1.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.87%) SCCM
4 5 (0.62%) Terraform
5 2 (0.25%) Argo
5 2 (0.25%) Puppet
5 2 (0.25%) Salt
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 164 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.37%) Salesforce
3 47 (5.87%) Adobe
4 40 (4.99%) SAP
5 35 (4.37%) Google
6 32 (4.00%) Oracle
7 16 (2.00%) Pardot
8 14 (1.75%) HubSpot
8 14 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.37%) Hootsuite
9 11 (1.37%) Instagram
9 11 (1.37%) Wrike
10 10 (1.25%) Apple
11 9 (1.12%) JD Edwards
11 9 (1.12%) Okta
12 8 (1.00%) Cisco
13 7 (0.87%) Fortinet
13 7 (0.87%) Planon
13 7 (0.87%) Workday
14 6 (0.75%) VMware