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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 34 28
Rank change year-on-year -14 -6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,065 1,128 1,780
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.58% 6.82% 7.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.58% 7.33% 8.20%
Number of salaries quoted 630 646 1,207
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,865 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,938 £76,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 19,083 15,382 21,719
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.10% 92.95% 87.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,785 8,957 14,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 27 August 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 63 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.54%) Confluence
3 13 (1.22%) CMS
4 11 (1.03%) WordPress
5 4 (0.38%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 152 (14.27%) Microsoft Project
2 130 (12.21%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (7.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 34 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.31%) Trello
6 8 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.28%) Blender
8 3 (0.28%) Maya
8 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.094%) Houdini
10 1 (0.094%) InDesign
10 1 (0.094%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 35 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.94%) Shopify
4 8 (0.75%) Primavera
5 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
9 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.094%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 111 (10.42%) Power Platform
2 107 (10.05%) Azure
3 64 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (5.82%) SaaS
5 34 (3.19%) PowerApps
6 33 (3.10%) Power Automate
7 28 (2.63%) AWS
8 27 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (1.97%) OneDrive
10 20 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (1.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.60%) Smartsheet
14 16 (1.50%) Asana
15 11 (1.03%) GCP
16 9 (0.85%) Entra ID
16 9 (0.85%) Miro
17 8 (0.75%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.76%) Firewall
2 18 (1.69%) Broadband
3 16 (1.50%) LAN
4 13 (1.22%) WAN
5 9 (0.85%) Network Security
6 8 (0.75%) DNS
6 8 (0.75%) Intranet
6 8 (0.75%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) CHAP
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.47%) Wireless
9 4 (0.38%) DHCP
9 4 (0.38%) NGN
9 4 (0.38%) WLAN
10 3 (0.28%) 3G
10 3 (0.28%) 4G
10 3 (0.28%) 5G
10 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.28%) SSL
10 3 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (8.83%) Power BI
2 19 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
3 18 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.75%) Power Query
7 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.66%) Tableau
8 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.28%) Big Data
9 3 (0.28%) Metadata
9 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.19%) Db2
10 2 (0.19%) DB2 UDB
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.19%) QlikView
11 1 (0.094%) Looker
11 1 (0.094%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 113 (10.61%) JIRA
2 9 (0.85%) Git
3 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.38%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.28%) Storybook
5 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.094%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.094%) GCC
6 1 (0.094%) GitLab
6 1 (0.094%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.094%) JUnit
6 1 (0.094%) Selenium
6 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.094%) TestNG
6 1 (0.094%) WebDriver
General
1 483 (45.35%) Social Skills
2 300 (28.17%) Finance
3 236 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (12.49%) Organisational Skills
5 100 (9.39%) Marketing
6 84 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
7 78 (7.32%) Public Sector
8 74 (6.95%) Retail
9 57 (5.35%) Legal
10 55 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 45 (4.23%) Law
12 33 (3.10%) Banking
13 31 (2.91%) Manufacturing
14 24 (2.25%) Aerospace
15 22 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.97%) Aviation
17 20 (1.88%) Games
18 19 (1.78%) Advertising
18 19 (1.78%) Local Government
19 18 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 260 (24.41%) Project Manager
2 162 (15.21%) Senior
3 113 (10.61%) IT Manager
4 112 (10.52%) Senior Manager
5 89 (8.36%) Senior Project Manager
6 80 (7.51%) Lead
7 66 (6.20%) Analyst
8 64 (6.01%) IT Project Manager
9 61 (5.73%) Consultant
10 39 (3.66%) Delivery Manager
10 39 (3.66%) Programme Manager
11 38 (3.57%) Service Manager
12 37 (3.47%) Architect
13 35 (3.29%) Developer
13 35 (3.29%) Support Technician
14 34 (3.19%) IT Support
15 30 (2.82%) Business Analyst
15 30 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
16 28 (2.63%) Service Delivery Manager
16 28 (2.63%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.82%) HTML
2 29 (2.72%) .NET
3 28 (2.63%) CSS
4 26 (2.44%) TensorFlow
5 23 (2.16%) Hugging Face
5 23 (2.16%) PyTorch
6 22 (2.07%) JSON
7 21 (1.97%) HTML5 Canvas
8 19 (1.78%) .NET Core
8 19 (1.78%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (1.78%) SPFx
9 4 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
10 3 (0.28%) Django
10 3 (0.28%) Flutter
10 3 (0.28%) Godot
10 3 (0.28%) Node.js
10 3 (0.28%) React
10 3 (0.28%) React Native
10 3 (0.28%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.10%) Virtual Team
2 64 (6.01%) Onboarding
3 56 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 55 (5.16%) Management Information System
5 48 (4.51%) Product Ownership
6 40 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
10 27 (2.54%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.44%) Social Media
12 21 (1.97%) Web Conferencing
13 18 (1.69%) Blog
14 16 (1.50%) Mobile App
15 13 (1.22%) Cloud Native
15 13 (1.22%) PMI
16 11 (1.03%) Life Science
17 10 (0.94%) NHS
18 9 (0.85%) IoT
19 7 (0.66%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.76%) Windows
2 9 (0.85%) Linux
3 5 (0.47%) Android
3 5 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.47%) 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%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.094%) CentOS
6 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (35.49%) Project Delivery
2 359 (33.71%) Agile
3 314 (29.48%) Problem-Solving
4 292 (27.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 256 (24.04%) PRINCE2
6 222 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (14.27%) Decision-Making
8 139 (13.05%) Logistics
9 138 (12.96%) Coaching
10 136 (12.77%) Roadmaps
11 130 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 126 (11.83%) Budget Management
13 122 (11.46%) AI
14 118 (11.08%) Customer Experience
15 110 (10.33%) Analytics
16 107 (10.05%) CRM
17 103 (9.67%) ITIL
18 102 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
18 102 (9.58%) Risk Management
19 100 (9.39%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 88 (8.26%) SQL
2 61 (5.73%) Python
3 35 (3.29%) JavaScript
4 33 (3.10%) C#
5 25 (2.35%) TypeScript
6 21 (1.97%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) C++
7 6 (0.56%) VBA
8 5 (0.47%) Java
9 4 (0.38%) PHP
10 3 (0.28%) Dart
10 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.094%) C
12 1 (0.094%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 223 (20.94%) Degree
2 112 (10.52%) DBS Check
3 99 (9.30%) PMP
4 95 (8.92%) PMI Certification
5 94 (8.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 57 (5.35%) Security Cleared
7 35 (3.29%) SC Cleared
8 25 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.97%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.13%) CAPM
11 12 (1.13%) CISSP
12 11 (1.03%) ACCA
12 11 (1.03%) APMP
12 11 (1.03%) CISA
12 11 (1.03%) CISM
12 11 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 10 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.85%) CCNP
14 9 (0.85%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (9.58%) PMO
2 56 (5.26%) QA
3 53 (4.98%) Accessibility
4 43 (4.04%) GDPR
5 35 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (2.91%) ISO 9001
7 29 (2.72%) Data Quality
8 21 (1.97%) NIST
9 18 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (1.60%) ISO 14001
10 17 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 16 (1.50%) GRC
12 9 (0.85%) SLA
13 7 (0.66%) GAAP
14 6 (0.56%) COBIT
15 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.38%) IFRS
16 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Docker
4 4 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.16%) SCCM
2 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.75%) Grafana
4 6 (0.56%) Ansible
5 4 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.19%) Argo
6 2 (0.19%) Puppet
6 2 (0.19%) Salt
7 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.094%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.094%) SCOM
7 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 245 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 67 (6.29%) SAP
3 43 (4.04%) Adobe
4 39 (3.66%) Oracle
5 33 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 32 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.35%) Fortinet
8 24 (2.25%) Google
9 21 (1.97%) SonicWALL
10 16 (1.50%) HubSpot
11 12 (1.13%) Apple
12 11 (1.03%) Pardot
13 10 (0.94%) Cisco
14 8 (0.75%) VMware
15 7 (0.66%) Citrix
16 5 (0.47%) IFS
16 5 (0.47%) Poppulo
16 5 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 5 (0.47%) Xero
16 5 (0.47%) YouTube