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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 39 29
Rank change year-on-year -18 -10 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,075 1,022 1,545
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.31% 6.06% 6.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.33% 6.46% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 616 579 881
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £71,219
90th Percentile £84,375 £92,500 £92,000
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 20,176 15,827 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.92% 93.82% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,403 8,473 11,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 60 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.79%) Confluence
3 20 (1.86%) CMS
4 17 (1.58%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 4 (0.37%) Moodle
7 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.093%) SAS
Applications
1 159 (14.79%) Microsoft Project
2 145 (13.49%) Microsoft Office
3 85 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 9 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.28%) Blender
8 3 (0.28%) Maya
9 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.19%) Revit
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.093%) Houdini
10 1 (0.093%) NUKE
10 1 (0.093%) Stata
Business Applications
1 40 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.74%) Primavera
2 8 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.65%) Shopify
4 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
6 3 (0.28%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.19%) Magento
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.093%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.093%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 94 (8.74%) Power Platform
2 84 (7.81%) Azure
3 55 (5.12%) SaaS
4 54 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (2.33%) PowerApps
6 23 (2.14%) AWS
6 23 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (1.77%) Power Automate
9 17 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (1.21%) Asana
10 13 (1.21%) OneDrive
11 11 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 11 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (1.02%) Smartsheet
12 10 (0.93%) Google Analytics
13 8 (0.74%) ClickUp
13 8 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.35%) Firewall
2 19 (1.77%) LAN
3 16 (1.49%) WAN
4 9 (0.84%) Network Security
5 8 (0.74%) DNS
6 7 (0.65%) Intranet
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.56%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) Wireless
7 6 (0.56%) WLAN
8 5 (0.47%) 2G
8 5 (0.47%) 3G
8 5 (0.47%) 4G
8 5 (0.47%) 5G
8 5 (0.47%) DHCP
9 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.37%) VLAN
10 3 (0.28%) Broadband
10 3 (0.28%) CHAP
10 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (7.26%) Power BI
2 18 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.74%) Metadata
7 7 (0.65%) Tableau
8 6 (0.56%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.37%) Big Data
10 4 (0.37%) Power Query
11 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.19%) GIS
13 1 (0.093%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.093%) Looker
13 1 (0.093%) MySQL
13 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.093%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 115 (10.70%) JIRA
2 8 (0.74%) Git
2 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
4 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.093%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.093%) GCC
5 1 (0.093%) GitLab
5 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.093%) JUnit
5 1 (0.093%) Selenium
5 1 (0.093%) TestNG
5 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 491 (45.67%) Social Skills
2 322 (29.95%) Finance
3 254 (23.63%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (15.91%) Organisational Skills
5 116 (10.79%) Marketing
6 90 (8.37%) Influencing Skills
7 89 (8.28%) Public Sector
8 69 (6.42%) Retail
9 66 (6.14%) Legal
10 61 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 55 (5.12%) Law
12 38 (3.53%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.88%) Banking
14 28 (2.60%) Aerospace
15 27 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (2.33%) Electronics
17 19 (1.77%) Local Government
18 18 (1.67%) Telecoms
19 17 (1.58%) Advertising
19 17 (1.58%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 262 (24.37%) Project Manager
2 163 (15.16%) Senior
3 119 (11.07%) Senior Manager
4 103 (9.58%) IT Manager
5 97 (9.02%) Senior Project Manager
6 96 (8.93%) Lead
7 67 (6.23%) Consultant
8 65 (6.05%) Analyst
9 60 (5.58%) IT Project Manager
10 42 (3.91%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.63%) Programme Manager
11 39 (3.63%) Service Manager
12 38 (3.53%) Architect
13 37 (3.44%) Support Technician
14 30 (2.79%) Marketing Manager
14 30 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (2.70%) Service Delivery Manager
16 27 (2.51%) Technical Manager
17 25 (2.33%) Administrator
17 25 (2.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.42%) TensorFlow
2 23 (2.14%) Hugging Face
2 23 (2.14%) PyTorch
3 21 (1.95%) .NET
4 20 (1.86%) HTML
5 17 (1.58%) CSS
6 14 (1.30%) JSON
7 13 (1.21%) HTML5 Canvas
8 11 (1.02%) .NET Core
8 11 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (1.02%) SPFx
9 6 (0.56%) XML
10 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.28%) Django
11 3 (0.28%) Express.js
11 3 (0.28%) Godot
11 3 (0.28%) LangChain
11 3 (0.28%) Node.js
11 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 3 (0.28%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.26%) Management Information System
2 68 (6.33%) Onboarding
3 59 (5.49%) Virtual Team
4 54 (5.02%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.37%) Product Ownership
6 44 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
7 39 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (3.35%) Data Centre
8 36 (3.35%) Social Media
9 31 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
11 24 (2.23%) Web Conferencing
12 23 (2.14%) Blog
13 14 (1.30%) NHS
14 12 (1.12%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.12%) PMI
15 10 (0.93%) IoT
16 9 (0.84%) Cloud Native
17 8 (0.74%) FMCG
18 7 (0.65%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.35%) Windows
2 8 (0.74%) 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%) AIX
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Solaris
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.093%) Android
6 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.093%) CentOS
6 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (35.07%) Project Delivery
2 354 (32.93%) Agile
3 340 (31.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 320 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
5 256 (23.81%) PRINCE2
6 249 (23.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 154 (14.33%) Decision-Making
8 144 (13.40%) Coaching
9 133 (12.37%) Roadmaps
10 131 (12.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 130 (12.09%) AI
12 126 (11.72%) Logistics
13 122 (11.35%) Customer Experience
14 121 (11.26%) Budget Management
15 109 (10.14%) Analytics
16 108 (10.05%) CRM
17 105 (9.77%) Risk Management
18 98 (9.12%) ITIL
19 97 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
20 95 (8.84%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 68 (6.33%) SQL
2 48 (4.47%) Python
3 28 (2.60%) JavaScript
4 15 (1.40%) C#
5 14 (1.30%) TypeScript
6 13 (1.21%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) Java
8 5 (0.47%) VBA
9 4 (0.37%) C++
9 4 (0.37%) PHP
10 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.093%) C
12 1 (0.093%) Groovy
12 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 226 (21.02%) Degree
2 107 (9.95%) DBS Check
3 94 (8.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 83 (7.72%) PMP
5 78 (7.26%) PMI Certification
6 76 (7.07%) Security Cleared
7 51 (4.74%) SC Cleared
8 30 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.95%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.58%) APMP
11 16 (1.49%) ACCA
12 15 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (1.30%) CIMA
14 12 (1.12%) CISA
14 12 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.12%) CISM
14 12 (1.12%) CISSP
15 11 (1.02%) CAPM
15 11 (1.02%) CCNP
16 9 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (10.88%) PMO
2 54 (5.02%) Accessibility
3 51 (4.74%) QA
4 44 (4.09%) GDPR
5 33 (3.07%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.95%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.58%) NIST
9 13 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 12 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (1.12%) ISO 14001
11 9 (0.84%) SLA
12 8 (0.74%) GRC
13 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.37%) GAAP
14 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.28%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 11 (1.02%) Active Directory
1 11 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.37%) Docker
4 3 (0.28%) vSphere
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (2.05%) SCCM
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (0.37%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.28%) Ansible
4 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.093%) SCOM
5 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 253 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.49%) SAP
3 40 (3.72%) Oracle
4 35 (3.26%) Adobe
4 35 (3.26%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.07%) Salesforce
6 26 (2.42%) HubSpot
7 23 (2.14%) Fortinet
7 23 (2.14%) Google
8 20 (1.86%) SonicWALL
9 12 (1.12%) VMware
10 11 (1.02%) Pardot
11 10 (0.93%) Cisco
11 10 (0.93%) YouTube
12 8 (0.74%) Apple
13 7 (0.65%) Citrix
14 6 (0.56%) IFS
14 6 (0.56%) Xero
15 5 (0.47%) Nintex
15 5 (0.47%) Poppulo