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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 32 22
Rank change year-on-year -15 -10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,064 1,189 2,005
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.79% 7.19% 7.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.77% 7.73% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 639 661 1,447
10th Percentile £30,750 £33,250 £36,244
25th Percentile £41,038 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -3.84%
75th Percentile £71,750 £75,000 £69,914
90th Percentile £88,630 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,046
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.11% -11.59%

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 18,446 15,378 22,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.04% 92.99% 87.83%
Number of salaries quoted 13,393 9,086 16,698
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%

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 1 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 58 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.63%) Confluence
3 17 (1.60%) WordPress
4 16 (1.50%) CMS
5 4 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 142 (13.35%) Microsoft Project
2 120 (11.28%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (7.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (1.22%) Trello
6 5 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.38%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.28%) Blender
8 3 (0.28%) Maya
9 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.094%) Houdini
10 1 (0.094%) InDesign
10 1 (0.094%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 30 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (0.85%) Shopify
5 6 (0.56%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.094%) Primavera
10 1 (0.094%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 115 (10.81%) Azure
2 113 (10.62%) Power Platform
3 70 (6.58%) SaaS
4 67 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (3.38%) Power Automate
6 33 (3.10%) PowerApps
7 27 (2.54%) AWS
8 24 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (2.26%) OneDrive
9 23 (2.16%) Asana
10 20 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.60%) Smartsheet
14 12 (1.13%) Entra ID
14 12 (1.13%) GCP
15 10 (0.94%) Google Analytics
15 10 (0.94%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.48%) Firewall
2 31 (2.91%) Broadband
3 15 (1.41%) LAN
4 12 (1.13%) WAN
5 11 (1.03%) DNS
6 10 (0.94%) CHAP
7 8 (0.75%) VPN
8 7 (0.66%) DHCP
8 7 (0.66%) Network Security
8 7 (0.66%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.56%) Intranet
10 5 (0.47%) Wireless
11 4 (0.38%) NGN
11 4 (0.38%) WLAN
12 3 (0.28%) 2G
12 3 (0.28%) 3G
12 3 (0.28%) 4G
12 3 (0.28%) SSL
12 3 (0.28%) TETRA
12 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (9.12%) Power BI
2 20 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.75%) Power Query
5 8 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.56%) Tableau
8 5 (0.47%) Db2
9 4 (0.38%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.38%) QlikView
10 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.19%) Big Data
11 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.19%) Metadata
11 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.094%) Looker
12 1 (0.094%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 114 (10.71%) JIRA
2 10 (0.94%) Git
3 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Storybook
6 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.094%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.094%) GCC
7 1 (0.094%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.094%) JUnit
7 1 (0.094%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.094%) Selenium
7 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.094%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.094%) TestNG
7 1 (0.094%) WebDriver
General
1 477 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 306 (28.76%) Finance
3 221 (20.77%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 107 (10.06%) Marketing
6 84 (7.89%) Retail
7 68 (6.39%) Public Sector
8 63 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
9 57 (5.36%) Legal
10 54 (5.08%) Law
11 46 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 36 (3.38%) Manufacturing
13 32 (3.01%) Banking
13 32 (3.01%) Games
14 24 (2.26%) Advertising
14 24 (2.26%) Aviation
15 22 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.79%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.60%) Local Government
18 16 (1.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 256 (24.06%) Project Manager
2 172 (16.17%) Senior
3 114 (10.71%) Senior Manager
4 112 (10.53%) IT Manager
5 97 (9.12%) Senior Project Manager
6 78 (7.33%) Lead
7 70 (6.58%) Analyst
8 63 (5.92%) IT Project Manager
9 58 (5.45%) Consultant
10 39 (3.67%) IT Support
11 37 (3.48%) Architect
11 37 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
11 37 (3.48%) Developer
12 36 (3.38%) Service Manager
13 35 (3.29%) Programme Manager
14 34 (3.20%) Business Analyst
15 32 (3.01%) Support Technician
16 30 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
17 29 (2.73%) Applications Manager
18 28 (2.63%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.10%) HTML
2 29 (2.73%) .NET
2 29 (2.73%) CSS
3 24 (2.26%) TensorFlow
4 23 (2.16%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.16%) PyTorch
5 22 (2.07%) JSON
6 21 (1.97%) .NET Core
6 21 (1.97%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (1.79%) SPFx
8 6 (0.56%) EDI
9 5 (0.47%) XML
10 4 (0.38%) OAuth
10 4 (0.38%) OpenID
10 4 (0.38%) SAML
10 4 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.28%) Express.js
11 3 (0.28%) Node.js
11 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 67 (6.30%) Management Information System
2 66 (6.20%) Virtual Team
3 65 (6.11%) Onboarding
4 53 (4.98%) Driving Licence
5 46 (4.32%) Product Ownership
6 38 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 28 (2.63%) Mobile App
8 28 (2.63%) Social Media
9 26 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (2.26%) Cyber Defence
11 21 (1.97%) Web Conferencing
12 19 (1.79%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.50%) Blog
13 16 (1.50%) Cloud Native
14 11 (1.03%) PMI
14 11 (1.03%) Video Editing
15 10 (0.94%) Cyberattack
16 9 (0.85%) Life Science
17 8 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.95%) Windows
2 19 (1.79%) Apple iOS
3 17 (1.60%) Android
4 12 (1.13%) Linux
5 6 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.28%) Unix
7 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.094%) AIX
9 1 (0.094%) CentOS
9 1 (0.094%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.094%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (33.65%) Agile
2 347 (32.61%) Project Delivery
3 315 (29.61%) Problem-Solving
4 272 (25.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 250 (23.50%) PRINCE2
6 212 (19.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 146 (13.72%) Decision-Making
8 144 (13.53%) Roadmaps
9 138 (12.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 134 (12.59%) Coaching
10 134 (12.59%) Logistics
11 132 (12.41%) Budget Management
12 119 (11.18%) Customer Experience
12 119 (11.18%) Mentoring
13 117 (11.00%) AI
13 117 (11.00%) Analytics
14 110 (10.34%) ERP
15 104 (9.77%) CRM
16 97 (9.12%) Cybersecurity
16 97 (9.12%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (8.27%) SQL
2 58 (5.45%) Python
3 35 (3.29%) C#
4 33 (3.10%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.35%) TypeScript
6 20 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) C++
7 6 (0.56%) VBA
8 4 (0.38%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) Dart
9 3 (0.28%) Java
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
Qualifications
1 216 (20.30%) Degree
2 104 (9.77%) DBS Check
3 94 (8.83%) PMP
3 94 (8.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 89 (8.36%) PMI Certification
5 32 (3.01%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.69%) CISSP
7 16 (1.50%) SC Cleared
8 14 (1.32%) CISA
8 14 (1.32%) CISM
8 14 (1.32%) SANS
9 13 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.13%) ACCA
10 12 (1.13%) CAPM
11 11 (1.03%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.94%) APMP
12 10 (0.94%) CGEIT
12 10 (0.94%) FFIEC
13 9 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.75%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (8.46%) PMO
2 60 (5.64%) Accessibility
3 52 (4.89%) QA
4 50 (4.70%) GDPR
5 36 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (3.01%) ISO 9001
7 28 (2.63%) NIST
8 19 (1.79%) Data Quality
9 17 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 17 (1.60%) ISO 14001
9 17 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 16 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (1.32%) GRC
12 10 (0.94%) COBIT
13 8 (0.75%) GAAP
14 6 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.56%) SLA
15 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.38%) IFRS
16 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 15 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.56%) Docker
2 6 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.19%) vSphere
5 1 (0.094%) Firmware
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (1.97%) SCCM
2 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.75%) Grafana
4 7 (0.66%) Ansible
5 5 (0.47%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.19%) Argo
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) Salt
8 1 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.094%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.094%) SCOM
8 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 228 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.64%) SAP
3 51 (4.79%) Adobe
4 45 (4.23%) Oracle
5 35 (3.29%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.10%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.35%) Google
8 23 (2.16%) Fortinet
9 19 (1.79%) SonicWALL
10 17 (1.60%) HubSpot
11 14 (1.32%) Pardot
12 8 (0.75%) Apple
12 8 (0.75%) Citrix
13 7 (0.66%) Cisco
13 7 (0.66%) Hootsuite
13 7 (0.66%) Instagram
13 7 (0.66%) Wrike
14 6 (0.56%) JD Edwards
14 6 (0.56%) VMware
15 5 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud