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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 22 25
Rank change year-on-year -29 +3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 754 1,347 2,442
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.50% 9.13% 8.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 9.59% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 470 715 1,822
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,573
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,758 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +9.09% -5.98%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,508
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.51% -8.68%

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 14,323 14,051 27,011
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.46% 95.24% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,353 8,959 22,405
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7 March 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 24 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.39%) CMS
3 14 (1.86%) WordPress
4 12 (1.59%) Confluence
5 4 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 63 (8.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.93%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.93%) Trello
7 5 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.66%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) Notion
9 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.39%) Oracle EBS
2 15 (1.99%) Oracle Assets
2 15 (1.99%) Oracle Payables
2 15 (1.99%) Oracle Receivables
3 13 (1.72%) Oracle Cash Management
4 12 (1.59%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.80%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.53%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.40%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.40%) SAP PS
9 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (9.95%) Azure
2 71 (9.42%) SaaS
3 60 (7.96%) Power Platform
4 49 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (3.85%) AWS
6 20 (2.65%) Asana
7 18 (2.39%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.39%) PowerApps
8 14 (1.86%) Google Analytics
9 13 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.72%) Miro
10 12 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.46%) GCP
11 11 (1.46%) Sprout Social
12 9 (1.19%) Figma
12 9 (1.19%) Google Workspace
13 8 (1.06%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.93%) Canva
14 7 (0.93%) OneDrive
15 6 (0.80%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.58%) Broadband
2 21 (2.79%) CHAP
3 12 (1.59%) VPN
4 11 (1.46%) DNS
4 11 (1.46%) LAN
5 10 (1.33%) Firewall
5 10 (1.33%) WAN
6 9 (1.19%) DHCP
7 7 (0.93%) Network Security
7 7 (0.93%) Wireless
8 6 (0.80%) BGP
8 6 (0.80%) MPLS
8 6 (0.80%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.66%) Internet
9 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.53%) Intranet
10 4 (0.53%) IPsec
10 4 (0.53%) Junos
10 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.57%) Power BI
2 13 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.33%) Tableau
4 6 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.53%) Big Data
6 4 (0.53%) DB2
6 4 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.40%) DB2 UDB
7 3 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.40%) Power Query
7 3 (0.40%) QlikView
8 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.13%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 33 (4.38%) JIRA
2 7 (0.93%) Git
3 6 (0.80%) GitLab
4 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
General
1 370 (49.07%) Social Skills
2 283 (37.53%) Finance
3 162 (21.49%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (14.06%) Marketing
5 97 (12.86%) Public Sector
6 87 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 84 (11.14%) Legal
8 71 (9.42%) Organisational Skills
9 65 (8.62%) Retail
10 58 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
11 49 (6.50%) Law
12 31 (4.11%) Games
13 30 (3.98%) Banking
14 29 (3.85%) Financial Institution
15 27 (3.58%) Manufacturing
16 19 (2.52%) General Ledger
17 14 (1.86%) Advertising
18 13 (1.72%) Aviation
19 12 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
19 12 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 130 (17.24%) Project Manager
2 102 (13.53%) Senior
3 87 (11.54%) Analyst
4 66 (8.75%) IT Manager
4 66 (8.75%) Lead
5 56 (7.43%) Senior Manager
6 53 (7.03%) Business Analyst
7 48 (6.37%) Architect
8 41 (5.44%) IT Project Manager
9 39 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (4.38%) Senior Project Manager
11 32 (4.24%) Consultant
12 28 (3.71%) Digital Project Manager
13 26 (3.45%) Senior Digital Project Manager
14 25 (3.32%) IT Support
15 24 (3.18%) Systems Manager
16 21 (2.79%) Auditor
16 21 (2.79%) Finance Manager
17 20 (2.65%) Internal Auditor
17 20 (2.65%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.12%) EDI
2 9 (1.19%) HTML
3 6 (0.80%) CSS
4 4 (0.53%) FIDO
4 4 (0.53%) OAuth
4 4 (0.53%) OpenID
4 4 (0.53%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.53%) SAML
5 3 (0.40%) .NET
5 3 (0.40%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.40%) Flutter
5 3 (0.40%) Node.js
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.40%) React
6 2 (0.27%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.27%) XML
7 1 (0.13%) Flask
7 1 (0.13%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.81%) Management Information System
2 50 (6.63%) Onboarding
3 45 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 34 (4.51%) Virtual Team
5 31 (4.11%) Social Media
6 26 (3.45%) Blog
6 26 (3.45%) Mobile App
7 20 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.99%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.86%) Legacy Applications
9 14 (1.86%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.72%) Cloud Native
11 12 (1.59%) Blockchain
12 11 (1.46%) Video Editing
13 10 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.33%) GNSS
13 10 (1.33%) Satnav
14 7 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.71%) Apple iOS
2 23 (3.05%) Android
2 23 (3.05%) Windows
3 11 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.66%) Unix
5 4 (0.53%) Linux
5 4 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.27%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (34.48%) Agile
2 211 (27.98%) Problem-Solving
3 172 (22.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 157 (20.82%) Project Delivery
5 150 (19.89%) AI
5 150 (19.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 128 (16.98%) Analytics
7 125 (16.58%) Decision-Making
8 106 (14.06%) PRINCE2
9 104 (13.79%) Roadmaps
10 91 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 90 (11.94%) Risk Management
12 89 (11.80%) Coaching
13 88 (11.67%) Mentoring
14 87 (11.54%) Change Management
15 83 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
16 76 (10.08%) B2B
17 66 (8.75%) ERP
17 66 (8.75%) Process Improvement
18 64 (8.49%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.11%) SQL
2 20 (2.65%) Python
3 14 (1.86%) VBA
4 8 (1.06%) C#
4 8 (1.06%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.06%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.66%) C
6 4 (0.53%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.40%) PHP
7 3 (0.40%) Tcl
8 2 (0.27%) Bash
8 2 (0.27%) Java
8 2 (0.27%) R
9 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.13%) C++
9 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 158 (20.95%) Degree
2 61 (8.09%) PMP
3 45 (5.97%) Security Cleared
4 40 (5.31%) PMI Certification
5 30 (3.98%) DBS Check
6 28 (3.71%) CISSP
7 25 (3.32%) Master's Degree
7 25 (3.32%) SANS
8 23 (3.05%) SC Cleared
9 21 (2.79%) CGEIT
9 21 (2.79%) CISA
9 21 (2.79%) CISM
9 21 (2.79%) FFIEC
10 18 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.46%) ACCA
12 11 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.33%) CCNP
13 10 (1.33%) DV Cleared
14 9 (1.19%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.23%) GDPR
2 45 (5.97%) Accessibility
3 44 (5.84%) PMO
4 33 (4.38%) NIST
5 31 (4.11%) QA
6 21 (2.79%) COBIT
7 20 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.46%) ISO 9001
9 9 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.66%) SLA
12 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.40%) GAAP
12 3 (0.40%) GRC
12 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.40%) WCAG
13 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.27%) P3O
13 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.13%) EMIR
System Software
1 29 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.19%) Docker
3 6 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (1.19%) Ansible
1 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.66%) Terraform
4 4 (0.53%) SCCM
5 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 150 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.50%) Salesforce
3 38 (5.04%) SAP
4 37 (4.91%) Adobe
5 36 (4.77%) Google
6 34 (4.51%) Oracle
7 15 (1.99%) HubSpot
8 14 (1.86%) Cisco
9 13 (1.72%) Pardot
10 12 (1.59%) Workday
11 11 (1.46%) Hootsuite
11 11 (1.46%) Instagram
11 11 (1.46%) Wrike
12 9 (1.19%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.06%) JD Edwards
13 8 (1.06%) Okta
14 7 (0.93%) VMware
15 6 (0.80%) Apple
16 5 (0.66%) Planon
17 4 (0.53%) Fortinet