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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 32 24
Rank change year-on-year -10 -8 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,041 1,217 2,515
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.91% 7.42% 7.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.93% 7.93% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 631 668 1,867
10th Percentile £31,600 £32,675 £33,800
25th Percentile £41,585 £44,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,250 £73,750 £69,914
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -9.48%

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 17,569 15,347 29,009
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.87% 93.54% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12,813 9,109 22,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 9 July 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 55 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.02%) WordPress
3 20 (1.92%) CMS
3 20 (1.92%) Confluence
4 5 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.19%) Moodle
5 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.096%) Drupal
Applications
1 139 (13.35%) Microsoft Project
2 112 (10.76%) Microsoft Office
3 88 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 27 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 12 (1.15%) Trello
7 5 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.48%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.29%) Blender
9 3 (0.29%) Maya
10 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.096%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.096%) Houdini
11 1 (0.096%) InDesign
11 1 (0.096%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 30 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.34%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (1.34%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
3 12 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
3 12 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (1.15%) Oracle EBS R12
3 12 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.77%) Shopify
5 7 (0.67%) Elite 3E
6 6 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.48%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.096%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 123 (11.82%) Power Platform
2 110 (10.57%) Azure
3 71 (6.82%) SaaS
4 62 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (4.32%) PowerApps
6 36 (3.46%) Power Automate
7 27 (2.59%) OneDrive
8 25 (2.40%) Asana
9 23 (2.21%) AWS
9 23 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 17 (1.63%) Smartsheet
13 15 (1.44%) GCP
13 15 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.34%) Google Analytics
15 12 (1.15%) Entra ID
16 11 (1.06%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.75%) Broadband
2 32 (3.07%) Firewall
3 15 (1.44%) CHAP
4 14 (1.34%) LAN
5 12 (1.15%) DNS
5 12 (1.15%) WAN
6 8 (0.77%) DHCP
6 8 (0.77%) VPN
7 7 (0.67%) Network Security
7 7 (0.67%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.67%) Wireless
8 4 (0.38%) Intranet
8 4 (0.38%) NGN
9 3 (0.29%) 2G
9 3 (0.29%) 3G
9 3 (0.29%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.29%) SSL
9 3 (0.29%) TETRA
9 3 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (9.13%) Power BI
2 19 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.77%) Power Query
4 8 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.67%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.58%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.48%) Db2
7 5 (0.48%) Tableau
8 4 (0.38%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.38%) QlikView
9 3 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.19%) Big Data
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.096%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.096%) Looker
11 1 (0.096%) MySQL
11 1 (0.096%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 99 (9.51%) JIRA
2 9 (0.86%) Git
3 8 (0.77%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.48%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.29%) Storybook
6 1 (0.096%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.096%) GCC
6 1 (0.096%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.096%) JUnit
6 1 (0.096%) Selenium
6 1 (0.096%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.096%) TestNG
6 1 (0.096%) WebDriver
General
1 476 (45.73%) Social Skills
2 304 (29.20%) Finance
3 192 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (10.95%) Marketing
5 95 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
6 81 (7.78%) Retail
7 74 (7.11%) Public Sector
8 57 (5.48%) Legal
9 54 (5.19%) Law
10 47 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 37 (3.55%) Games
11 37 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
12 36 (3.46%) Banking
13 34 (3.27%) Manufacturing
14 31 (2.98%) Advertising
15 28 (2.69%) Aviation
16 25 (2.40%) Financial Institution
17 19 (1.83%) General Ledger
17 19 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
18 17 (1.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 251 (24.11%) Project Manager
2 184 (17.68%) Senior
3 119 (11.43%) Senior Manager
4 104 (9.99%) IT Manager
4 104 (9.99%) Senior Project Manager
5 80 (7.68%) Analyst
6 73 (7.01%) Lead
7 62 (5.96%) IT Project Manager
8 58 (5.57%) Consultant
9 40 (3.84%) IT Support
10 39 (3.75%) Business Analyst
11 38 (3.65%) Architect
12 37 (3.55%) Developer
13 31 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
14 30 (2.88%) Applications Manager
15 29 (2.79%) Digital Project Manager
15 29 (2.79%) Marketing Manager
15 29 (2.79%) Programme Manager
16 28 (2.69%) Support Technician
17 27 (2.59%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.17%) HTML
2 29 (2.79%) CSS
3 27 (2.59%) .NET
4 23 (2.21%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.21%) PyTorch
4 23 (2.21%) TensorFlow
5 22 (2.11%) JSON
6 21 (2.02%) .NET Core
6 21 (2.02%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (1.83%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (1.83%) SPFx
8 10 (0.96%) EDI
9 5 (0.48%) OAuth
9 5 (0.48%) OpenID
9 5 (0.48%) SAML
9 5 (0.48%) XML
10 4 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
11 3 (0.29%) Express.js
11 3 (0.29%) React
11 3 (0.29%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.49%) Management Information System
2 64 (6.15%) Onboarding
3 53 (5.09%) Driving Licence
4 47 (4.51%) Virtual Team
5 44 (4.23%) Product Ownership
6 37 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (2.98%) Social Media
8 30 (2.88%) Mobile App
9 24 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 24 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
10 23 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
12 19 (1.83%) Cloud Native
13 17 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
14 15 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
14 15 (1.44%) Video Editing
15 14 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
15 14 (1.34%) Low-Code
16 13 (1.25%) Blog
16 13 (1.25%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.55%) Windows
2 28 (2.69%) Apple iOS
3 23 (2.21%) Android
4 11 (1.06%) Linux
5 8 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.29%) Unix
7 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.096%) AIX
8 1 (0.096%) CentOS
8 1 (0.096%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.096%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (35.54%) Agile
2 331 (31.80%) Project Delivery
3 303 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
4 237 (22.77%) PRINCE2
5 230 (22.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 167 (16.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 149 (14.31%) Coaching
8 148 (14.22%) Decision-Making
9 141 (13.54%) Roadmaps
10 139 (13.35%) Budget Management
11 137 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 134 (12.87%) Mentoring
13 126 (12.10%) Logistics
14 123 (11.82%) Analytics
15 121 (11.62%) AI
16 110 (10.57%) ERP
17 109 (10.47%) CRM
18 106 (10.18%) Customer Experience
19 93 (8.93%) Risk Management
20 91 (8.74%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 85 (8.17%) SQL
2 54 (5.19%) Python
3 34 (3.27%) C#
4 32 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.40%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.11%) PowerShell
7 20 (1.92%) VBA
8 5 (0.48%) C++
9 4 (0.38%) PHP
10 3 (0.29%) Dart
10 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.096%) C
12 1 (0.096%) Groovy
12 1 (0.096%) Java
12 1 (0.096%) R
Qualifications
1 210 (20.17%) Degree
2 98 (9.41%) DBS Check
3 90 (8.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 80 (7.68%) PMP
5 76 (7.30%) PMI Certification
6 26 (2.50%) CISSP
7 20 (1.92%) SANS
7 20 (1.92%) Security Cleared
8 19 (1.83%) CISA
8 19 (1.83%) CISM
9 15 (1.44%) CGEIT
9 15 (1.44%) FFIEC
10 14 (1.34%) Master's Degree
11 13 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.15%) CAPM
13 9 (0.86%) ACCA
13 9 (0.86%) APMP
14 8 (0.77%) HNC
14 8 (0.77%) PgMP
15 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (7.97%) PMO
2 59 (5.67%) Accessibility
3 55 (5.28%) QA
4 54 (5.19%) GDPR
5 39 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (3.65%) NIST
7 32 (3.07%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.63%) ISO 14001
8 17 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 16 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 16 (1.54%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.44%) COBIT
11 14 (1.34%) GRC
12 9 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.77%) GAAP
14 4 (0.38%) IFRS
14 4 (0.38%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (1.73%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.77%) Docker
3 7 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.19%) vSphere
5 1 (0.096%) Firmware
5 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (1.54%) SCCM
2 9 (0.86%) Ansible
3 8 (0.77%) Grafana
4 7 (0.67%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.19%) Argo
6 2 (0.19%) Puppet
6 2 (0.19%) Salt
6 2 (0.19%) Terraform
7 1 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.096%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.096%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.096%) SCOM
7 1 (0.096%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 222 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.57%) Adobe
3 54 (5.19%) SAP
4 43 (4.13%) Oracle
4 43 (4.13%) Salesforce
5 33 (3.17%) Google
5 33 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 19 (1.83%) Pardot
7 17 (1.63%) HubSpot
8 15 (1.44%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.34%) SonicWALL
10 11 (1.06%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.06%) Instagram
10 11 (1.06%) Wrike
11 9 (0.86%) Apple
11 9 (0.86%) JD Edwards
12 7 (0.67%) VMware
13 5 (0.48%) Citrix
13 5 (0.48%) ForgeRock
13 5 (0.48%) Okta