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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 36 30
Rank change year-on-year -16 -6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,067 1,068 1,585
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.46% 6.58% 6.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.46% 7.07% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 622 623 976
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,150 £37,639
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.73% +3.18%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £90,000
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 19,546 15,102 20,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.74% 93.04% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,050 8,683 12,951
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 12 September 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 67 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.44%) Confluence
3 16 (1.50%) CMS
4 14 (1.31%) WordPress
5 5 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 161 (15.09%) Microsoft Project
2 139 (13.03%) Microsoft Office
3 86 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.31%) Trello
6 7 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
10 2 (0.19%) InDesign
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.19%) Revit
11 1 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.094%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.094%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.094%) Houdini
11 1 (0.094%) NUKE
11 1 (0.094%) Stata
Business Applications
1 38 (3.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.94%) Shopify
4 8 (0.75%) Primavera
5 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.28%) Misys Midas
8 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.19%) Sage 50
9 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.094%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 106 (9.93%) Power Platform
2 98 (9.18%) Azure
3 62 (5.81%) SaaS
4 59 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (3.00%) PowerApps
6 30 (2.81%) Power Automate
7 26 (2.44%) AWS
8 25 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (1.78%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 17 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
13 14 (1.31%) Smartsheet
14 11 (1.03%) Asana
15 9 (0.84%) Miro
16 8 (0.75%) ClickUp
16 8 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (0.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.56%) Firewall
2 18 (1.69%) LAN
3 15 (1.41%) WAN
4 13 (1.22%) Broadband
5 10 (0.94%) Network Security
6 8 (0.75%) DNS
7 7 (0.66%) Intranet
8 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.56%) VPN
8 6 (0.56%) Wireless
9 4 (0.37%) CHAP
9 4 (0.37%) DHCP
9 4 (0.37%) NGN
9 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.37%) WLAN
10 3 (0.28%) 3G
10 3 (0.28%) 4G
10 3 (0.28%) 5G
10 3 (0.28%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (8.34%) Power BI
2 18 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.66%) Tableau
7 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.56%) Power Query
8 4 (0.37%) Big Data
8 4 (0.37%) Metadata
9 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.094%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.094%) DB2 UDB
11 1 (0.094%) Looker
11 1 (0.094%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.094%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 116 (10.87%) JIRA
2 9 (0.84%) Git
3 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.28%) Storybook
5 3 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.094%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.094%) GCC
6 1 (0.094%) GitLab
6 1 (0.094%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.094%) JUnit
6 1 (0.094%) Selenium
6 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.094%) TestNG
6 1 (0.094%) WebDriver
General
1 487 (45.64%) Social Skills
2 305 (28.58%) Finance
3 242 (22.68%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (13.40%) Organisational Skills
5 108 (10.12%) Marketing
6 84 (7.87%) Influencing Skills
7 80 (7.50%) Public Sector
8 71 (6.65%) Retail
9 59 (5.53%) Legal
10 54 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 43 (4.03%) Law
12 34 (3.19%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.91%) Banking
14 27 (2.53%) Aerospace
15 22 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.97%) Aviation
17 19 (1.78%) Local Government
17 19 (1.78%) Telecoms
18 18 (1.69%) Advertising
19 17 (1.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 251 (23.52%) Project Manager
2 163 (15.28%) Senior
3 115 (10.78%) Senior Manager
4 103 (9.65%) IT Manager
5 93 (8.72%) Senior Project Manager
6 88 (8.25%) Lead
7 65 (6.09%) Consultant
8 64 (6.00%) Analyst
9 56 (5.25%) IT Project Manager
10 39 (3.66%) Architect
10 39 (3.66%) Delivery Manager
11 38 (3.56%) Service Manager
12 37 (3.47%) Programme Manager
13 35 (3.28%) Support Technician
14 33 (3.09%) Developer
15 31 (2.91%) IT Support
15 31 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
16 28 (2.62%) Service Delivery Manager
17 26 (2.44%) Business Analyst
18 25 (2.34%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.62%) HTML
2 27 (2.53%) .NET
3 26 (2.44%) CSS
3 26 (2.44%) TensorFlow
4 23 (2.16%) Hugging Face
4 23 (2.16%) PyTorch
5 20 (1.87%) JSON
6 19 (1.78%) HTML5 Canvas
7 17 (1.59%) .NET Core
7 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Graph
7 17 (1.59%) SPFx
8 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
8 4 (0.37%) XML
9 3 (0.28%) Express.js
9 3 (0.28%) Flutter
9 3 (0.28%) Godot
9 3 (0.28%) React
9 3 (0.28%) React Native
9 3 (0.28%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 68 (6.37%) Onboarding
2 65 (6.09%) Virtual Team
3 60 (5.62%) Management Information System
4 55 (5.15%) Driving Licence
5 46 (4.31%) Product Ownership
6 43 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
7 41 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (3.19%) Social Media
9 32 (3.00%) Data Centre
10 30 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 30 (2.81%) Cyber Defence
11 23 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (2.06%) Blog
13 13 (1.22%) PMI
14 12 (1.12%) NHS
15 10 (0.94%) Cloud Native
15 10 (0.94%) IoT
15 10 (0.94%) Life Science
16 9 (0.84%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.84%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.56%) Windows
2 9 (0.84%) 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%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.094%) AIX
6 1 (0.094%) Android
6 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.094%) CentOS
6 1 (0.094%) Solaris
6 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (35.24%) Project Delivery
2 348 (32.61%) Agile
3 316 (29.62%) Problem-Solving
4 305 (28.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 254 (23.81%) PRINCE2
6 234 (21.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (14.25%) Decision-Making
8 141 (13.21%) Coaching
9 133 (12.46%) Roadmaps
10 131 (12.28%) Logistics
10 131 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 122 (11.43%) AI
11 122 (11.43%) Budget Management
11 122 (11.43%) Customer Experience
12 112 (10.50%) CRM
13 109 (10.22%) Analytics
14 103 (9.65%) ITIL
15 101 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
16 99 (9.28%) ERP
17 97 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (7.78%) SQL
2 57 (5.34%) Python
3 34 (3.19%) JavaScript
4 30 (2.81%) C#
5 23 (2.16%) TypeScript
6 19 (1.78%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.56%) C++
7 6 (0.56%) Java
7 6 (0.56%) VBA
8 4 (0.37%) PHP
9 3 (0.28%) Dart
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
11 1 (0.094%) R
Qualifications
1 223 (20.90%) Degree
2 109 (10.22%) DBS Check
3 92 (8.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 90 (8.43%) PMP
5 86 (8.06%) PMI Certification
6 64 (6.00%) Security Cleared
7 41 (3.84%) SC Cleared
8 25 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.87%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.31%) APMP
12 13 (1.22%) CISSP
13 12 (1.12%) CISA
13 12 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.12%) CISM
14 11 (1.03%) ACCA
14 11 (1.03%) CAPM
14 11 (1.03%) CCNP
14 11 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 9 (0.84%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (10.22%) PMO
2 59 (5.53%) QA
3 49 (4.59%) Accessibility
4 44 (4.12%) GDPR
5 32 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (2.91%) Data Quality
7 27 (2.53%) ISO 9001
8 19 (1.78%) NIST
9 15 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (1.31%) ISO 14001
10 14 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 13 (1.22%) GRC
12 9 (0.84%) SLA
13 5 (0.47%) GAAP
13 5 (0.47%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.37%) COBIT
14 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Docker
4 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.16%) SCCM
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.66%) Grafana
4 6 (0.56%) Ansible
5 4 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.37%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.19%) Argo
6 2 (0.19%) Puppet
6 2 (0.19%) Salt
7 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.094%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.094%) SCOM
7 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 251 (23.52%) Microsoft
2 63 (5.90%) SAP
3 40 (3.75%) Adobe
4 38 (3.56%) Oracle
5 35 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.34%) Fortinet
7 24 (2.25%) Google
8 21 (1.97%) HubSpot
8 21 (1.97%) SonicWALL
9 11 (1.03%) Cisco
9 11 (1.03%) Pardot
10 10 (0.94%) Apple
11 9 (0.84%) VMware
12 8 (0.75%) YouTube
13 7 (0.66%) Citrix
14 6 (0.56%) Xero
15 5 (0.47%) IFS
15 5 (0.47%) Poppulo
15 5 (0.47%) Sage