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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 30 34
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,063 1,579 1,748
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.52% 6.74% 7.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.00% 7.67% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 618 941 1,359
10th Percentile £33,100 £40,000 £38,225
25th Percentile £46,375 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +1.77%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

All Process and 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 15,185 20,575 23,400
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 87.78% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,609 12,675 19,261
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +1.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Project Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Project Management
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Project Management over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Project Management salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.07%) WordPress
3 20 (1.88%) CMS
4 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.51%) Confluence
6 11 (1.03%) IIS
7 10 (0.94%) Moodle
8 9 (0.85%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.75%) PowerFactory
10 6 (0.56%) Drupal
11 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.19%) TPMS
12 1 (0.094%) Apache
12 1 (0.094%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.094%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.094%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.094%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 85 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (5.74%) Microsoft Project
4 36 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.98%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.13%) Trello
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.28%) Final Cut Pro
8 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) InDesign
10 1 (0.094%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.094%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.094%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 26 (2.45%) NetSuite
2 18 (1.69%) Sage 200
3 16 (1.51%) Sage CRM
4 15 (1.41%) Oracle Assets
4 15 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
4 15 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
5 12 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
6 11 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
6 11 (1.03%) Oracle EBS R12
6 11 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.94%) Infor CloudSuite
7 10 (0.94%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 9 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
8 9 (0.85%) Magento
8 9 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.85%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.85%) SAP FI
8 9 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
9 8 (0.75%) Adaptiv
10 6 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 137 (12.89%) Azure
2 76 (7.15%) Power Platform
3 70 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (5.36%) SaaS
5 52 (4.89%) Power Automate
6 47 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (3.86%) AWS
8 33 (3.10%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (2.26%) IaaS
11 20 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (1.69%) PaaS
13 17 (1.60%) Google Analytics
14 16 (1.51%) Azure AI
14 16 (1.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 16 (1.51%) Azure Key Vault
14 16 (1.51%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (1.41%) Smartsheet
16 13 (1.22%) Google Ads
17 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.20%) Firewall
2 29 (2.73%) VPN
3 26 (2.45%) WAN
4 23 (2.16%) SD-WAN
5 20 (1.88%) DNS
6 12 (1.13%) Unified Communications
7 10 (0.94%) LAN
7 10 (0.94%) SSL
8 9 (0.85%) DMARC
8 9 (0.85%) SAN
9 7 (0.66%) VoIP
9 7 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.56%) Wireless
11 4 (0.38%) BGP
11 4 (0.38%) Internet
11 4 (0.38%) MPLS
12 3 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.28%) IPsec
12 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.28%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (5.64%) Power BI
2 39 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.88%) Data Lake
4 19 (1.79%) MySQL
5 11 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.94%) SAP BW
7 9 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
7 9 (0.85%) Metadata
8 8 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.47%) GIS
10 5 (0.47%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.38%) Big Data
11 4 (0.38%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.38%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.38%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 80 (7.53%) JIRA
2 36 (3.39%) Git
3 9 (0.85%) Selenium
4 7 (0.66%) GitLab
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.094%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.094%) Subversion
General
1 461 (43.37%) Finance
2 447 (42.05%) Social Skills
3 164 (15.43%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (12.42%) Marketing
5 119 (11.19%) Banking
6 94 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 92 (8.65%) Public Sector
8 89 (8.37%) Retail
9 74 (6.96%) Legal
9 74 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
10 61 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
11 59 (5.55%) Local Government
12 56 (5.27%) Law
13 51 (4.80%) Manufacturing
14 32 (3.01%) Telecoms
15 22 (2.07%) Electronics
16 19 (1.79%) Advertising
17 17 (1.60%) General Ledger
18 15 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (1.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 221 (20.79%) Senior
2 195 (18.34%) Project Manager
3 85 (8.00%) Designer
4 81 (7.62%) Senior Designer
5 79 (7.43%) Senior UX Designer
5 79 (7.43%) UX Designer
6 78 (7.34%) IT Manager
7 67 (6.30%) Analyst
8 64 (6.02%) Developer
9 56 (5.27%) IT Project Manager
10 51 (4.80%) Lead
11 49 (4.61%) Senior Manager
12 38 (3.57%) Architect
12 38 (3.57%) Consultant
13 34 (3.20%) Business Analyst
14 33 (3.10%) Technical Director
15 29 (2.73%) Senior Project Manager
16 27 (2.54%) Head of IT
17 26 (2.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 24 (2.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.26%) HTML
2 23 (2.16%) .NET
3 16 (1.51%) Web Services
4 14 (1.32%) CSS
4 14 (1.32%) JSON
5 13 (1.22%) XML
6 12 (1.13%) Node.js
7 9 (0.85%) React
7 9 (0.85%) REST
7 9 (0.85%) SOAP
8 8 (0.75%) Flash
8 8 (0.75%) HTML5
8 8 (0.75%) Middleware
8 8 (0.75%) SAML
9 7 (0.66%) EDI
10 5 (0.47%) Pixi.js
11 4 (0.38%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.38%) Flutter
12 3 (0.28%) MACH
12 3 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.77%) NHS
2 64 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 48 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (4.33%) Data Centre
5 41 (3.86%) Social Media
6 32 (3.01%) Product Ownership
7 31 (2.92%) PMI
8 27 (2.54%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.88%) Driving Licence
10 19 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
11 18 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.60%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (1.32%) Learning Management System
14 14 (1.32%) SCADA
15 13 (1.22%) Digital Media
16 11 (1.03%) Operational Technology
17 10 (0.94%) Market Risk
18 9 (0.85%) IoT
18 9 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.05%) Windows
2 14 (1.32%) Linux
3 12 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.03%) Unix
5 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.19%) Android
6 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.19%) VMS
6 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (39.23%) Agile
2 311 (29.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 265 (24.93%) Project Delivery
4 193 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
5 158 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 155 (14.58%) PRINCE2
7 154 (14.49%) User Experience
8 151 (14.21%) Mentoring
9 142 (13.36%) Risk Management
10 125 (11.76%) Analytics
10 125 (11.76%) Roadmaps
11 116 (10.91%) ERP
12 114 (10.72%) CRM
13 110 (10.35%) UX Design
14 108 (10.16%) Change Management
15 106 (9.97%) Design Thinking
16 105 (9.88%) Wireframes
17 103 (9.69%) Usability Testing
17 103 (9.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 103 (9.69%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 109 (10.25%) SQL
2 44 (4.14%) JavaScript
3 36 (3.39%) PowerShell
4 26 (2.45%) Python
5 20 (1.88%) C#
6 19 (1.79%) Java
7 18 (1.69%) Bicep
8 13 (1.22%) PHP
9 9 (0.85%) VBA
10 7 (0.66%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.56%) Bash
11 6 (0.56%) C
12 5 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.28%) C++
13 3 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.28%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.28%) Progress 4GL
13 3 (0.28%) R
13 3 (0.28%) Tcl
14 2 (0.19%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 257 (24.18%) Degree
2 103 (9.69%) PMI Certification
3 83 (7.81%) PMP
4 66 (6.21%) Security Cleared
5 45 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (3.76%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.82%) SC Cleared
8 29 (2.73%) Azure Certification
9 26 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 25 (2.35%) Master's Degree
11 24 (2.26%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.60%) CFA
13 14 (1.32%) CCNP
13 14 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (1.13%) ISTQB
16 11 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (0.94%) ACCA
18 9 (0.85%) Postgraduate
19 8 (0.75%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (12.79%) Accessibility
2 85 (8.00%) PMO
3 76 (7.15%) QA
4 35 (3.29%) GDPR
5 22 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.79%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.22%) SLA
8 8 (0.75%) NIST
9 7 (0.66%) WCAG
10 6 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.56%) P3O
11 5 (0.47%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.28%) ISO 19650
14 2 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.19%) IFRS
14 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 6 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.47%) Docker
4 5 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.094%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (0.094%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.094%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 33 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.38%) Terraform
4 3 (0.28%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.28%) SmoothWall
5 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.094%) Ansible
6 1 (0.094%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.094%) SCCM
6 1 (0.094%) SCOM
6 1 (0.094%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.094%) SCSM
6 1 (0.094%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 207 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 74 (6.96%) SAP
3 58 (5.46%) Google
4 43 (4.05%) Salesforce
5 40 (3.76%) Adobe
6 37 (3.48%) Oracle
7 24 (2.26%) Databricks
8 23 (2.16%) Cisco
8 23 (2.16%) Sage
9 19 (1.79%) Meraki
10 15 (1.41%) TikTok
11 14 (1.32%) Murex
12 13 (1.22%) Facebook
13 12 (1.13%) VMware
14 11 (1.03%) HubSpot
14 11 (1.03%) Infor
15 10 (0.94%) Concur
15 10 (0.94%) Dell
15 10 (0.94%) Workday
16 9 (0.85%) YouTube