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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 952 1,185 2,626
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.95% 7.98% 7.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.01% 8.42% 8.73%
Number of salaries quoted 577 616 2,000
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,599 £33,500
25th Percentile £44,447 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

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 15,838 14,066 30,071
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.29% 94.75% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,315 8,250 23,532
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 4 June 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 52 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.21%) CMS
3 20 (2.10%) WordPress
4 18 (1.89%) Confluence
5 4 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.21%) Moodle
6 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 124 (13.03%) Microsoft Project
2 101 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
3 81 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.53%) Trello
7 4 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.42%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.32%) Blender
8 3 (0.32%) Maya
8 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (2.00%) Oracle EBS
3 17 (1.79%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (1.79%) Oracle Receivables
4 16 (1.68%) Oracle Assets
4 16 (1.68%) Oracle Cash Management
5 15 (1.58%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.84%) Shopify
8 6 (0.63%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.53%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 2 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
12 2 (0.21%) SAP MDG
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
13 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
13 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
13 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 110 (11.55%) Power Platform
2 108 (11.34%) Azure
3 71 (7.46%) SaaS
4 59 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (4.52%) PowerApps
6 35 (3.68%) Power Automate
7 28 (2.94%) AWS
8 27 (2.84%) OneDrive
9 25 (2.63%) Asana
10 20 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 20 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (1.68%) GCP
12 16 (1.68%) Google Analytics
12 16 (1.68%) Smartsheet
13 15 (1.58%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
15 11 (1.16%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.89%) Broadband
2 21 (2.21%) CHAP
3 19 (2.00%) Firewall
4 8 (0.84%) DNS
5 7 (0.74%) Network Security
6 6 (0.63%) DHCP
6 6 (0.63%) LAN
6 6 (0.63%) WAN
6 6 (0.63%) Wireless
7 4 (0.42%) Intranet
7 4 (0.42%) VPN
8 3 (0.32%) IP Telephony
8 3 (0.32%) NGN
8 3 (0.32%) SCCP
8 3 (0.32%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.21%) Extranet
10 1 (0.11%) 3G
10 1 (0.11%) Internet
10 1 (0.11%) SMTP
10 1 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (8.93%) Power BI
2 19 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.16%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.84%) Power Query
5 7 (0.74%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.74%) Tableau
6 6 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.53%) DB2
8 4 (0.42%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.42%) QlikView
9 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.32%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.21%) Big Data
11 1 (0.11%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.11%) Looker
11 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.11%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 79 (8.30%) JIRA
2 9 (0.95%) Git
3 8 (0.84%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.32%) Storybook
6 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.11%) GCC
6 1 (0.11%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.11%) JUnit
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.11%) TestNG
6 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 436 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 307 (32.25%) Finance
3 168 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (11.66%) Marketing
5 81 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
6 79 (8.30%) Retail
7 78 (8.19%) Public Sector
8 72 (7.56%) Legal
9 56 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (5.88%) Law
10 36 (3.78%) Banking
10 36 (3.78%) Games
11 32 (3.36%) Manufacturing
12 28 (2.94%) Aviation
13 27 (2.84%) Financial Institution
14 26 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (2.63%) Advertising
16 22 (2.31%) General Ledger
17 21 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 226 (23.74%) Project Manager
2 181 (19.01%) Senior
3 123 (12.92%) Senior Manager
4 101 (10.61%) Senior Project Manager
5 84 (8.82%) IT Manager
6 81 (8.51%) Analyst
7 70 (7.35%) Lead
8 50 (5.25%) IT Project Manager
9 46 (4.83%) Business Analyst
10 44 (4.62%) Consultant
11 41 (4.31%) Architect
12 36 (3.78%) IT Support
13 34 (3.57%) Developer
14 33 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
15 32 (3.36%) Applications Manager
16 29 (3.05%) Marketing Manager
17 28 (2.94%) Digital Project Manager
17 28 (2.94%) Systems Manager
18 26 (2.73%) Senior Digital Project Manager
19 25 (2.63%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.47%) HTML
2 31 (3.26%) CSS
3 26 (2.73%) .NET
4 22 (2.31%) JSON
5 21 (2.21%) .NET Core
5 21 (2.21%) HTML5 Canvas
5 21 (2.21%) Hugging Face
5 21 (2.21%) PyTorch
5 21 (2.21%) TensorFlow
6 20 (2.10%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (2.00%) SPFx
8 17 (1.79%) EDI
9 5 (0.53%) OAuth
9 5 (0.53%) OpenID
9 5 (0.53%) SAML
10 3 (0.32%) Express.js
10 3 (0.32%) Node.js
10 3 (0.32%) React Native
10 3 (0.32%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 3 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.72%) Management Information System
2 56 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 49 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 44 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 38 (3.99%) Virtual Team
6 29 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (3.05%) Mobile App
6 29 (3.05%) Social Media
7 24 (2.52%) Cyber Defence
7 24 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
11 15 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.58%) Video Editing
12 14 (1.47%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
12 14 (1.47%) Low-Code
13 13 (1.37%) Data Centre
14 11 (1.16%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.94%) Apple iOS
2 27 (2.84%) Windows
3 23 (2.42%) Android
4 7 (0.74%) Linux
5 6 (0.63%) Unix
6 5 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) AIX
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (37.61%) Agile
2 279 (29.31%) Project Delivery
3 258 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
4 220 (23.11%) PRINCE2
5 170 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 163 (17.12%) Coaching
7 155 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 142 (14.92%) Budget Management
9 138 (14.50%) Roadmaps
10 132 (13.87%) Mentoring
11 131 (13.76%) Decision-Making
12 127 (13.34%) Analytics
13 122 (12.82%) AI
14 118 (12.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 103 (10.82%) ERP
16 98 (10.29%) B2B
17 97 (10.19%) Logistics
18 94 (9.87%) Customer Experience
19 93 (9.77%) CRM
20 90 (9.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (8.09%) SQL
2 50 (5.25%) Python
3 36 (3.78%) C#
4 32 (3.36%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.63%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.42%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.68%) VBA
8 5 (0.53%) C++
9 4 (0.42%) PHP
10 3 (0.32%) Dart
10 3 (0.32%) Java
10 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.21%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.11%) C
12 1 (0.11%) Groovy
12 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 203 (21.32%) Degree
2 77 (8.09%) DBS Check
2 77 (8.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 64 (6.72%) PMP
4 60 (6.30%) PMI Certification
5 33 (3.47%) CISSP
6 26 (2.73%) SANS
7 25 (2.63%) CISA
7 25 (2.63%) CISM
8 21 (2.21%) CGEIT
8 21 (2.21%) FFIEC
9 20 (2.10%) Security Cleared
10 15 (1.58%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.26%) CAPM
12 9 (0.95%) APMP
12 9 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 8 (0.84%) HNC
13 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.84%) PgMP
14 7 (0.74%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.51%) PMO
2 60 (6.30%) GDPR
3 55 (5.78%) Accessibility
4 46 (4.83%) QA
5 45 (4.73%) NIST
6 37 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (3.05%) ISO 9001
8 21 (2.21%) COBIT
9 15 (1.58%) GRC
10 13 (1.37%) Data Quality
11 11 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (1.05%) ISO 14001
12 10 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 9 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.63%) GAAP
15 4 (0.42%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.95%) Docker
3 5 (0.53%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (1.37%) SCCM
2 10 (1.05%) Ansible
3 8 (0.84%) Grafana
3 8 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.32%) Terraform
5 2 (0.21%) Argo
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.21%) Puppet
5 2 (0.21%) Salt
6 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 198 (20.80%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.67%) Adobe
3 47 (4.94%) Salesforce
4 46 (4.83%) SAP
5 42 (4.41%) Oracle
6 35 (3.68%) Google
7 28 (2.94%) ServiceNow
8 20 (2.10%) Pardot
9 17 (1.79%) HubSpot
10 11 (1.16%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.16%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.16%) Instagram
10 11 (1.16%) Wrike
11 9 (0.95%) Apple
11 9 (0.95%) JD Edwards
11 9 (0.95%) SonicWALL
12 7 (0.74%) Planon
13 6 (0.63%) VMware
13 6 (0.63%) Workday
14 5 (0.53%) Okta