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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 22 26
Rank change year-on-year -28 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 714 1,425 2,191
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.40% 9.09% 7.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.10% 9.59% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 459 777 1,605
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,500 £32,915
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,150 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 14,007 14,853 25,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.29% 94.77% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,090 8,864 21,313
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,808
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £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 14 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 24 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.52%) CMS
3 12 (1.68%) WordPress
4 8 (1.12%) Confluence
5 3 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.28%) 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 65 (9.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.98%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.98%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.98%) Trello
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.14%) InDesign
8 1 (0.14%) Notion
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (2.10%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (2.10%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (2.10%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (2.10%) Oracle Receivables
2 10 (1.40%) Oracle Cash Management
3 9 (1.26%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.70%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.56%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.42%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.42%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.42%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.42%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.42%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 70 (9.80%) SaaS
2 69 (9.66%) Azure
3 55 (7.70%) Power Platform
4 51 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.78%) AWS
6 17 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 17 (2.38%) PowerApps
7 14 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.82%) Google Analytics
9 12 (1.68%) Miro
10 9 (1.26%) Google Workspace
10 9 (1.26%) OCI
11 7 (0.98%) Asana
11 7 (0.98%) Figma
11 7 (0.98%) GCP
12 6 (0.84%) Canva
12 6 (0.84%) Intacct
12 6 (0.84%) OneDrive
12 6 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.66%) CHAP
2 14 (1.96%) VPN
3 12 (1.68%) Broadband
4 11 (1.54%) LAN
5 10 (1.40%) WAN
6 9 (1.26%) DNS
6 9 (1.26%) Firewall
7 8 (1.12%) Wireless
8 7 (0.98%) DHCP
8 7 (0.98%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.84%) BGP
9 6 (0.84%) MPLS
9 6 (0.84%) Network Security
10 5 (0.70%) Internet
10 5 (0.70%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.56%) Intranet
11 4 (0.56%) IPsec
11 4 (0.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.18%) Power BI
2 13 (1.82%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.40%) Tableau
4 7 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.70%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.56%) Big Data
6 4 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.56%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.56%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.28%) DB2
8 2 (0.28%) Redis
8 2 (0.28%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.14%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.14%) DB2 UDB
9 1 (0.14%) QlikView
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (3.78%) JIRA
2 7 (0.98%) GitLab
3 5 (0.70%) Git
4 4 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 358 (50.14%) Social Skills
2 282 (39.50%) Finance
3 161 (22.55%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (13.59%) Public Sector
5 94 (13.17%) Marketing
6 81 (11.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 80 (11.20%) Legal
8 74 (10.36%) Organisational Skills
9 59 (8.26%) Retail
10 55 (7.70%) Presentation Skills
11 40 (5.60%) Law
12 28 (3.92%) Banking
13 27 (3.78%) Financial Institution
14 25 (3.50%) Manufacturing
15 16 (2.24%) General Ledger
16 15 (2.10%) Advertising
17 14 (1.96%) Games
18 13 (1.82%) Telecoms
19 11 (1.54%) Aerospace
19 11 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (17.79%) Project Manager
2 101 (14.15%) Senior
3 88 (12.32%) Analyst
4 57 (7.98%) IT Manager
5 56 (7.84%) Lead
6 55 (7.70%) Senior Manager
7 50 (7.00%) Business Analyst
8 49 (6.86%) Architect
9 40 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (5.04%) IT Project Manager
11 35 (4.90%) Senior Project Manager
12 31 (4.34%) Digital Project Manager
13 29 (4.06%) Consultant
14 28 (3.92%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 21 (2.94%) IT Support
16 20 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
17 19 (2.66%) Auditor
17 19 (2.66%) Systems Manager
18 18 (2.52%) Internal Auditor
18 18 (2.52%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.24%) EDI
2 7 (0.98%) HTML
3 5 (0.70%) CSS
3 5 (0.70%) Middleware
4 4 (0.56%) AngularJS
4 4 (0.56%) FIDO
4 4 (0.56%) Flutter
4 4 (0.56%) Node.js
4 4 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (0.56%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.42%) React
6 2 (0.28%) Laravel
6 2 (0.28%) OAuth
6 2 (0.28%) OpenID
6 2 (0.28%) SAML
7 1 (0.14%) D3.js
7 1 (0.14%) Flask
7 1 (0.14%) Next.js
7 1 (0.14%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 46 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 33 (4.62%) Virtual Team
5 30 (4.20%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.64%) Blog
7 24 (3.36%) Social Media
8 21 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
9 14 (1.96%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.82%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.54%) Blockchain
12 10 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.40%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.26%) Cloud Native
14 8 (1.12%) GNSS
14 8 (1.12%) Satnav
15 6 (0.84%) Security Posture
15 6 (0.84%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.22%) Windows
2 16 (2.24%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.54%) Android
3 11 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.70%) Unix
4 5 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.28%) Linux
5 2 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.14%) AIX
6 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (34.03%) Agile
2 191 (26.75%) Problem-Solving
3 174 (24.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 161 (22.55%) Project Delivery
5 148 (20.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 129 (18.07%) AI
7 124 (17.37%) Analytics
8 105 (14.71%) Decision-Making
9 98 (13.73%) PRINCE2
10 92 (12.89%) Coaching
11 88 (12.32%) Risk Management
11 88 (12.32%) Roadmaps
12 86 (12.04%) Change Management
13 83 (11.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 82 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
15 72 (10.08%) Mentoring
16 68 (9.52%) Budget Management
17 63 (8.82%) B2B
18 61 (8.54%) Process Improvement
19 60 (8.40%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.48%) SQL
2 17 (2.38%) Python
3 14 (1.96%) VBA
4 8 (1.12%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.98%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.84%) PHP
7 5 (0.70%) C
7 5 (0.70%) C#
8 4 (0.56%) Java
9 3 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (0.42%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.42%) Tcl
9 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.28%) Bash
10 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.28%) R
11 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.14%) C++
11 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 154 (21.57%) Degree
2 59 (8.26%) PMP
3 44 (6.16%) Security Cleared
4 39 (5.46%) PMI Certification
5 27 (3.78%) DBS Check
6 26 (3.64%) SC Cleared
7 24 (3.36%) CISSP
7 24 (3.36%) Master's Degree
8 21 (2.94%) SANS
9 19 (2.66%) CGEIT
9 19 (2.66%) CISA
9 19 (2.66%) CISM
9 19 (2.66%) FFIEC
10 17 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.54%) CFA
12 11 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.40%) CCNP
14 9 (1.26%) ACCA
14 9 (1.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.88%) GDPR
1 42 (5.88%) PMO
2 32 (4.48%) QA
3 30 (4.20%) NIST
4 25 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.66%) COBIT
7 9 (1.26%) ISO 9001
7 9 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.84%) SLA
10 4 (0.56%) P3O
11 3 (0.42%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.42%) GRC
11 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.42%) WCAG
12 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.28%) GAAP
12 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.14%) FATCA
System Software
1 30 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.98%) Docker
3 6 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.98%) Ansible
2 7 (0.98%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.70%) Terraform
4 3 (0.42%) 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
1 144 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.72%) Salesforce
3 39 (5.46%) SAP
4 34 (4.76%) Oracle
5 33 (4.62%) Google
6 26 (3.64%) Adobe
7 15 (2.10%) Cisco
8 12 (1.68%) Pardot
8 12 (1.68%) Workday
9 11 (1.54%) HubSpot
10 8 (1.12%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.98%) VMware
12 6 (0.84%) Apple
12 6 (0.84%) Concur
12 6 (0.84%) JD Edwards
12 6 (0.84%) Okta
12 6 (0.84%) Sage
13 5 (0.70%) Hootsuite
13 5 (0.70%) Instagram
13 5 (0.70%) Wrike