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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 35 30
Rank change year-on-year -16 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,080 1,066 1,584
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.51% 6.57% 6.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.51% 7.06% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 634 625 978
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,950 £37,639
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.73% +3.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,125 £90,000 £90,375
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 19,614 15,094 20,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.92% 93.04% 87.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14,115 8,698 12,932
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,252
25th Percentile £44,784 £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 10 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 68 (6.30%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.41%) Confluence
3 16 (1.48%) CMS
4 14 (1.30%) WordPress
5 5 (0.46%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 162 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
2 140 (12.96%) Microsoft Office
3 87 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 39 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.30%) Trello
6 7 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.46%) 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
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.093%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.093%) Houdini
11 1 (0.093%) NUKE
11 1 (0.093%) Revit
11 1 (0.093%) Stata
Business Applications
1 38 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.93%) Shopify
4 8 (0.74%) Primavera
5 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.46%) 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 (0.093%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.093%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 108 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 102 (9.44%) Azure
3 64 (5.93%) SaaS
4 63 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (3.06%) PowerApps
6 31 (2.87%) Power Automate
7 26 (2.41%) AWS
7 26 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (1.85%) OneDrive
10 19 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
11 18 (1.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 18 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
12 17 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
13 15 (1.39%) Smartsheet
14 11 (1.02%) Asana
15 9 (0.83%) Entra ID
15 9 (0.83%) Miro
16 8 (0.74%) ClickUp
16 8 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.70%) Firewall
2 18 (1.67%) LAN
3 15 (1.39%) WAN
4 13 (1.20%) Broadband
5 10 (0.93%) Network Security
6 8 (0.74%) DNS
6 8 (0.74%) Intranet
6 8 (0.74%) VPN
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.56%) Wireless
8 4 (0.37%) CHAP
8 4 (0.37%) DHCP
8 4 (0.37%) NGN
8 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.37%) WLAN
9 3 (0.28%) 3G
9 3 (0.28%) 4G
9 3 (0.28%) 5G
9 3 (0.28%) SSL
9 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (8.43%) Power BI
2 18 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 18 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.65%) Tableau
6 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.56%) Power Query
7 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.28%) Big Data
7 3 (0.28%) Metadata
7 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.093%) Db2
9 1 (0.093%) DB2 UDB
9 1 (0.093%) Looker
9 1 (0.093%) MySQL
9 1 (0.093%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 118 (10.93%) JIRA
2 9 (0.83%) Git
3 8 (0.74%) 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 (0.093%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.093%) GCC
6 1 (0.093%) GitLab
6 1 (0.093%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.093%) JUnit
6 1 (0.093%) Selenium
6 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.093%) TestNG
6 1 (0.093%) WebDriver
General
1 493 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 309 (28.61%) Finance
3 246 (22.78%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (13.24%) Organisational Skills
5 111 (10.28%) Marketing
6 83 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 79 (7.31%) Public Sector
8 72 (6.67%) Retail
9 60 (5.56%) Legal
10 55 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 44 (4.07%) Law
12 34 (3.15%) Manufacturing
13 32 (2.96%) Banking
14 26 (2.41%) Aerospace
15 22 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.94%) Aviation
17 19 (1.76%) Local Government
17 19 (1.76%) Telecoms
18 18 (1.67%) Advertising
19 17 (1.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 257 (23.80%) Project Manager
2 163 (15.09%) Senior
3 114 (10.56%) Senior Manager
4 105 (9.72%) IT Manager
5 92 (8.52%) Senior Project Manager
6 88 (8.15%) Lead
7 65 (6.02%) Consultant
8 64 (5.93%) Analyst
9 58 (5.37%) IT Project Manager
10 39 (3.61%) Delivery Manager
10 39 (3.61%) Programme Manager
11 38 (3.52%) Architect
11 38 (3.52%) Service Manager
12 35 (3.24%) Support Technician
13 34 (3.15%) Developer
14 31 (2.87%) IT Support
14 31 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
15 28 (2.59%) Service Delivery Manager
16 26 (2.41%) Business Analyst
16 26 (2.41%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.69%) HTML
2 28 (2.59%) .NET
3 27 (2.50%) CSS
4 26 (2.41%) TensorFlow
5 23 (2.13%) Hugging Face
5 23 (2.13%) PyTorch
6 21 (1.94%) JSON
7 20 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
8 18 (1.67%) .NET Core
8 18 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
8 18 (1.67%) SPFx
9 4 (0.37%) Unreal Engine
9 4 (0.37%) XML
10 3 (0.28%) Django
10 3 (0.28%) EDI
10 3 (0.28%) Express.js
10 3 (0.28%) Node.js
10 3 (0.28%) React
10 3 (0.28%) React Native
10 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 67 (6.20%) Onboarding
2 65 (6.02%) Virtual Team
3 59 (5.46%) Management Information System
4 57 (5.28%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.35%) Product Ownership
6 43 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
7 41 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (3.15%) Social Media
9 32 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (2.96%) Data Centre
10 30 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
11 23 (2.13%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (2.04%) Blog
13 13 (1.20%) PMI
14 11 (1.02%) NHS
15 10 (0.93%) Cloud Native
15 10 (0.93%) Life Science
16 9 (0.83%) IoT
16 9 (0.83%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.83%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.70%) Windows
2 9 (0.83%) Linux
3 5 (0.46%) 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 (0.093%) AIX
6 1 (0.093%) Android
6 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.093%) CentOS
6 1 (0.093%) Solaris
6 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (35.65%) Project Delivery
2 352 (32.59%) Agile
3 318 (29.44%) Problem-Solving
4 309 (28.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 258 (23.89%) PRINCE2
6 235 (21.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 153 (14.17%) Decision-Making
8 142 (13.15%) Coaching
9 136 (12.59%) Roadmaps
10 135 (12.50%) Logistics
11 131 (12.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 123 (11.39%) Budget Management
13 122 (11.30%) Customer Experience
14 121 (11.20%) AI
15 112 (10.37%) CRM
16 107 (9.91%) Analytics
17 103 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
17 103 (9.54%) ITIL
18 102 (9.44%) Risk Management
19 99 (9.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 84 (7.78%) SQL
2 58 (5.37%) Python
3 35 (3.24%) JavaScript
4 31 (2.87%) C#
5 24 (2.22%) TypeScript
6 20 (1.85%) 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 (0.093%) C
11 1 (0.093%) Groovy
11 1 (0.093%) R
Qualifications
1 222 (20.56%) Degree
2 110 (10.19%) DBS Check
3 95 (8.80%) PMP
3 95 (8.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 91 (8.43%) PMI Certification
5 62 (5.74%) Security Cleared
6 39 (3.61%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.30%) APMP
11 13 (1.20%) CISSP
12 12 (1.11%) ACCA
12 12 (1.11%) CAPM
12 12 (1.11%) CISA
12 12 (1.11%) CISM
13 11 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 10 (0.93%) CCNP
14 10 (0.93%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (10.09%) PMO
2 59 (5.46%) QA
3 48 (4.44%) Accessibility
4 43 (3.98%) GDPR
5 34 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (2.87%) Data Quality
7 29 (2.69%) ISO 9001
8 19 (1.76%) NIST
9 17 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (1.48%) GRC
10 16 (1.48%) ISO 14001
10 16 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 9 (0.83%) SLA
12 6 (0.56%) GAAP
13 5 (0.46%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.37%) COBIT
14 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 4 (0.37%) PERC
System Software
1 13 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.46%) 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 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (2.13%) SCCM
2 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.65%) 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 (0.093%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.093%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.093%) SCOM
7 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 254 (23.52%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.02%) SAP
3 41 (3.80%) Adobe
4 38 (3.52%) Oracle
5 35 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.24%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.31%) Fortinet
7 24 (2.22%) Google
8 21 (1.94%) HubSpot
8 21 (1.94%) SonicWALL
9 12 (1.11%) Apple
10 11 (1.02%) Cisco
10 11 (1.02%) Pardot
11 9 (0.83%) VMware
12 8 (0.74%) YouTube
13 7 (0.65%) Citrix
14 6 (0.56%) Xero
15 5 (0.46%) Nintex
15 5 (0.46%) Poppulo
15 5 (0.46%) Sage