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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 37 28
Rank change year-on-year -13 -9 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,068 1,062 1,629
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.54% 6.58% 6.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.55% 7.08% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 626 622 1,045
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,250 £37,639
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £58,875 £56,650
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +3.93% +3.00%
75th Percentile £70,938 £75,796 £69,914
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 19,241 14,993 20,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.86% 92.96% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,875 8,634 13,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 64 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.53%) Confluence
3 13 (1.22%) CMS
4 11 (1.03%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) 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
1 157 (14.70%) Microsoft Project
2 133 (12.45%) Microsoft Office
3 81 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 35 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.31%) Trello
6 6 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
10 1 (0.094%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.094%) Houdini
10 1 (0.094%) InDesign
10 1 (0.094%) NUKE
10 1 (0.094%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.094%) Stata
Business Applications
1 37 (3.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.94%) Shopify
4 8 (0.75%) Primavera
5 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.094%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 108 (10.11%) Power Platform
2 104 (9.74%) Azure
3 62 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (5.81%) SaaS
4 33 (3.09%) PowerApps
5 31 (2.90%) Power Automate
6 27 (2.53%) AWS
6 27 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.87%) OneDrive
9 19 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 18 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 18 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (1.50%) Smartsheet
13 13 (1.22%) Asana
14 9 (0.84%) Entra ID
14 9 (0.84%) GCP
14 9 (0.84%) Miro
15 8 (0.75%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.75%) Firewall
2 17 (1.59%) LAN
3 14 (1.31%) Broadband
3 14 (1.31%) WAN
4 9 (0.84%) Network Security
5 8 (0.75%) DNS
5 8 (0.75%) Intranet
5 8 (0.75%) VPN
6 6 (0.56%) CHAP
6 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.47%) Wireless
8 4 (0.37%) DHCP
8 4 (0.37%) NGN
8 4 (0.37%) WLAN
9 3 (0.28%) 2G
9 3 (0.28%) 3G
9 3 (0.28%) 4G
9 3 (0.28%) SSL
9 3 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.28%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (8.52%) Power BI
2 18 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 18 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.66%) Tableau
6 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.56%) Power Query
7 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.28%) Big Data
7 3 (0.28%) Metadata
7 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.094%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.094%) DB2 UDB
9 1 (0.094%) Looker
9 1 (0.094%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.094%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 116 (10.86%) JIRA
2 9 (0.84%) Git
3 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.37%) 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 (45.22%) Social Skills
2 303 (28.37%) Finance
3 241 (22.57%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (12.83%) Organisational Skills
5 103 (9.64%) Marketing
6 85 (7.96%) Influencing Skills
7 79 (7.40%) Public Sector
8 74 (6.93%) Retail
9 59 (5.52%) Legal
10 56 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 46 (4.31%) Law
12 33 (3.09%) Banking
12 33 (3.09%) Manufacturing
13 25 (2.34%) Aerospace
14 21 (1.97%) Aviation
14 21 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.78%) Advertising
15 19 (1.78%) Local Government
16 18 (1.69%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 258 (24.16%) Project Manager
2 163 (15.26%) Senior
3 113 (10.58%) Senior Manager
4 108 (10.11%) IT Manager
5 91 (8.52%) Senior Project Manager
6 81 (7.58%) Lead
7 64 (5.99%) Analyst
7 64 (5.99%) Consultant
8 61 (5.71%) IT Project Manager
9 40 (3.75%) Programme Manager
10 39 (3.65%) Delivery Manager
11 38 (3.56%) Architect
11 38 (3.56%) Service Manager
12 35 (3.28%) Support Technician
13 34 (3.18%) Developer
14 31 (2.90%) IT Support
14 31 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
15 28 (2.62%) Business Analyst
15 28 (2.62%) Service Delivery Manager
16 26 (2.43%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.72%) HTML
2 28 (2.62%) .NET
3 27 (2.53%) CSS
4 26 (2.43%) TensorFlow
5 23 (2.15%) Hugging Face
5 23 (2.15%) PyTorch
6 21 (1.97%) JSON
7 20 (1.87%) HTML5 Canvas
8 18 (1.69%) .NET Core
8 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
8 18 (1.69%) SPFx
9 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
9 4 (0.37%) XML
10 3 (0.28%) Django
10 3 (0.28%) EDI
10 3 (0.28%) Express.js
10 3 (0.28%) Node.js
10 3 (0.28%) React
10 3 (0.28%) React Native
10 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.09%) Virtual Team
2 63 (5.90%) Onboarding
3 58 (5.43%) Driving Licence
4 54 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 49 (4.59%) Product Ownership
6 41 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (2.81%) Cyber Defence
10 28 (2.62%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.62%) Social Media
11 21 (1.97%) Web Conferencing
12 19 (1.78%) Blog
13 13 (1.22%) PMI
14 11 (1.03%) Cloud Native
14 11 (1.03%) NHS
15 10 (0.94%) Life Science
15 10 (0.94%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.84%) IoT
17 7 (0.66%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.75%) Windows
2 9 (0.84%) Linux
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%) Android
6 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.094%) CentOS
6 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (36.05%) Project Delivery
2 356 (33.33%) Agile
3 316 (29.59%) Problem-Solving
4 301 (28.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 260 (24.34%) PRINCE2
6 228 (21.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 151 (14.14%) Decision-Making
8 142 (13.30%) Coaching
9 135 (12.64%) Logistics
10 133 (12.45%) Roadmaps
11 131 (12.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 124 (11.61%) Budget Management
13 121 (11.33%) Customer Experience
14 119 (11.14%) AI
15 109 (10.21%) Analytics
16 108 (10.11%) CRM
17 103 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
18 102 (9.55%) ITIL
19 101 (9.46%) Risk Management
20 97 (9.08%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 85 (7.96%) SQL
2 59 (5.52%) Python
3 35 (3.28%) JavaScript
4 32 (3.00%) C#
5 24 (2.25%) TypeScript
6 20 (1.87%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) C++
7 6 (0.56%) Java
7 6 (0.56%) VBA
8 4 (0.37%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) Dart
9 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.094%) C
11 1 (0.094%) Groovy
11 1 (0.094%) R
Qualifications
1 221 (20.69%) Degree
2 111 (10.39%) DBS Check
3 95 (8.90%) PMP
3 95 (8.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 91 (8.52%) PMI Certification
5 59 (5.52%) Security Cleared
6 37 (3.46%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.87%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.22%) APMP
10 13 (1.22%) CISSP
11 12 (1.12%) CAPM
11 12 (1.12%) CISA
11 12 (1.12%) CISM
12 11 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 10 (0.94%) ACCA
13 10 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.84%) CCNP
15 8 (0.75%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (9.83%) PMO
2 60 (5.62%) QA
3 47 (4.40%) Accessibility
4 46 (4.31%) GDPR
5 35 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.81%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.81%) ISO 9001
7 21 (1.97%) NIST
8 18 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 17 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 17 (1.59%) ISO 14001
9 17 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 16 (1.50%) GRC
11 9 (0.84%) SLA
12 6 (0.56%) COBIT
12 6 (0.56%) GAAP
13 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Docker
4 4 (0.37%) 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 (2.15%) SCCM
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.75%) Grafana
4 6 (0.56%) Ansible
5 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.37%) 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
1 246 (23.03%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.09%) SAP
3 40 (3.75%) Adobe
4 39 (3.65%) Oracle
5 35 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.18%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.34%) Fortinet
8 24 (2.25%) Google
9 21 (1.97%) SonicWALL
10 15 (1.40%) HubSpot
11 12 (1.12%) Apple
12 10 (0.94%) Cisco
12 10 (0.94%) Pardot
13 8 (0.75%) VMware
14 7 (0.66%) Citrix
14 7 (0.66%) YouTube
15 5 (0.47%) Nintex
15 5 (0.47%) Poppulo
15 5 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 5 (0.47%) Xero