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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 32 22
Rank change year-on-year -14 -10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,059 1,200 2,112
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.85% 7.28% 7.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.85% 7.82% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 639 668 1,526
10th Percentile £31,200 £33,250 £35,604
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,927 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £71,750 £74,063 £69,914
90th Percentile £87,720 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -10.77%

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 18,117 15,347 24,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.98% 93.11% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,143 9,074 17,866
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 26 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 58 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.55%) Confluence
3 20 (1.89%) WordPress
4 17 (1.61%) CMS
5 5 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) Moodle
6 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 142 (13.41%) Microsoft Project
2 116 (10.95%) Microsoft Office
3 86 (8.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 13 (1.23%) Trello
7 5 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.28%) Blender
9 3 (0.28%) Maya
10 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.094%) Houdini
10 1 (0.094%) InDesign
10 1 (0.094%) NUKE
10 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
3 12 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 10 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
4 10 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
4 10 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.94%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (0.85%) Shopify
6 6 (0.57%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.19%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
11 1 (0.094%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 115 (10.86%) Azure
2 114 (10.76%) Power Platform
3 73 (6.89%) SaaS
4 68 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (3.40%) Power Automate
6 33 (3.12%) PowerApps
7 25 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (2.36%) OneDrive
8 24 (2.27%) Asana
8 24 (2.27%) AWS
9 20 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
10 19 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
11 18 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (1.61%) Smartsheet
13 12 (1.13%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.13%) GCP
13 12 (1.13%) Google Analytics
14 10 (0.94%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.59%) Broadband
2 36 (3.40%) Firewall
3 15 (1.42%) LAN
4 12 (1.13%) WAN
5 11 (1.04%) CHAP
5 11 (1.04%) DNS
6 8 (0.76%) VPN
7 7 (0.66%) DHCP
7 7 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.57%) Wireless
9 5 (0.47%) Intranet
9 5 (0.47%) Network Security
10 4 (0.38%) NGN
10 4 (0.38%) WLAN
11 3 (0.28%) 2G
11 3 (0.28%) 3G
11 3 (0.28%) 4G
11 3 (0.28%) SSL
11 3 (0.28%) TETRA
11 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (9.25%) Power BI
2 19 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (1.79%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.76%) Power Query
4 8 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.57%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.57%) Tableau
7 5 (0.47%) Db2
8 4 (0.38%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.38%) QlikView
9 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.19%) Big Data
10 2 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.094%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.094%) Looker
11 1 (0.094%) MySQL
11 1 (0.094%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 112 (10.58%) JIRA
2 9 (0.85%) Git
3 8 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Storybook
6 1 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.094%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.094%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.094%) GCC
6 1 (0.094%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.094%) JUnit
6 1 (0.094%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.094%) Selenium
6 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.094%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.094%) TestNG
6 1 (0.094%) WebDriver
General
1 472 (44.57%) Social Skills
2 299 (28.23%) Finance
3 212 (20.02%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (10.58%) Marketing
5 99 (9.35%) Organisational Skills
6 89 (8.40%) Retail
7 69 (6.52%) Public Sector
8 60 (5.67%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (5.19%) Legal
10 54 (5.10%) Law
11 41 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (3.49%) Games
13 34 (3.21%) Manufacturing
14 32 (3.02%) Banking
15 25 (2.36%) Advertising
16 24 (2.27%) Aviation
17 19 (1.79%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
19 17 (1.61%) Local Government
20 16 (1.51%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 243 (22.95%) Project Manager
2 170 (16.05%) Senior
3 111 (10.48%) IT Manager
4 109 (10.29%) Senior Manager
5 94 (8.88%) Senior Project Manager
6 80 (7.55%) Lead
7 74 (6.99%) Analyst
8 62 (5.85%) IT Project Manager
9 58 (5.48%) Consultant
10 40 (3.78%) IT Support
11 38 (3.59%) Delivery Manager
12 37 (3.49%) Architect
12 37 (3.49%) Developer
13 36 (3.40%) Business Analyst
13 36 (3.40%) Service Manager
14 33 (3.12%) Programme Manager
15 31 (2.93%) Support Technician
16 30 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
17 29 (2.74%) Applications Manager
18 28 (2.64%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.12%) HTML
2 29 (2.74%) CSS
3 28 (2.64%) .NET
4 24 (2.27%) TensorFlow
5 23 (2.17%) Hugging Face
5 23 (2.17%) PyTorch
6 22 (2.08%) JSON
7 21 (1.98%) .NET Core
7 21 (1.98%) HTML5 Canvas
8 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (1.79%) SPFx
9 7 (0.66%) EDI
10 5 (0.47%) XML
11 4 (0.38%) OAuth
11 4 (0.38%) OpenID
11 4 (0.38%) SAML
11 4 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
12 3 (0.28%) Express.js
12 3 (0.28%) Node.js
12 3 (0.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 71 (6.70%) Management Information System
2 70 (6.61%) Onboarding
3 66 (6.23%) Virtual Team
4 53 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 47 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 38 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (3.12%) Mobile App
8 29 (2.74%) Social Media
9 27 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
11 23 (2.17%) Web Conferencing
12 22 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
13 16 (1.51%) Cloud Native
13 16 (1.51%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.42%) Blog
15 13 (1.23%) Video Editing
16 11 (1.04%) PMI
17 10 (0.94%) Cyberattack
18 9 (0.85%) Life Science
18 9 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (3.97%) Windows
2 27 (2.55%) Apple iOS
3 24 (2.27%) Android
4 12 (1.13%) Linux
5 6 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.28%) Unix
7 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.094%) AIX
9 1 (0.094%) CentOS
9 1 (0.094%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.094%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (33.81%) Agile
2 338 (31.92%) Project Delivery
3 307 (28.99%) Problem-Solving
4 265 (25.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 244 (23.04%) PRINCE2
6 202 (19.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (14.35%) Decision-Making
8 150 (14.16%) Roadmaps
9 135 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 134 (12.65%) Coaching
10 134 (12.65%) Logistics
11 128 (12.09%) Budget Management
12 125 (11.80%) Analytics
12 125 (11.80%) Mentoring
13 124 (11.71%) AI
14 122 (11.52%) Customer Experience
15 112 (10.58%) ERP
16 105 (9.92%) CRM
17 94 (8.88%) ITIL
18 91 (8.59%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 88 (8.31%) SQL
2 55 (5.19%) Python
3 34 (3.21%) C#
4 33 (3.12%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.36%) TypeScript
6 20 (1.89%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.57%) VBA
8 5 (0.47%) C++
9 4 (0.38%) PHP
10 3 (0.28%) Dart
10 3 (0.28%) Java
10 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.094%) C
12 1 (0.094%) Groovy
12 1 (0.094%) R
Qualifications
1 214 (20.21%) Degree
2 103 (9.73%) DBS Check
3 91 (8.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 88 (8.31%) PMP
5 83 (7.84%) PMI Certification
6 28 (2.64%) Security Cleared
7 19 (1.79%) CISSP
8 15 (1.42%) CISA
8 15 (1.42%) CISM
8 15 (1.42%) SANS
9 13 (1.23%) ACCA
9 13 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.23%) SC Cleared
10 12 (1.13%) CAPM
11 11 (1.04%) CGEIT
11 11 (1.04%) FFIEC
12 10 (0.94%) APMP
12 10 (0.94%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.76%) PgMP
13 8 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (8.31%) PMO
2 63 (5.95%) Accessibility
3 53 (5.00%) QA
4 50 (4.72%) GDPR
5 35 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (3.02%) ISO 9001
7 29 (2.74%) NIST
8 17 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.61%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.61%) ISO 14001
8 17 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 16 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (1.32%) GRC
11 11 (1.04%) COBIT
12 8 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.76%) GAAP
13 6 (0.57%) SLA
14 4 (0.38%) IFRS
14 4 (0.38%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.57%) Docker
2 6 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.19%) vSphere
5 1 (0.094%) Firmware
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (1.89%) SCCM
2 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.76%) Grafana
4 7 (0.66%) Ansible
5 5 (0.47%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.19%) Argo
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.19%) Salt
8 1 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.094%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.094%) SCOM
8 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 223 (21.06%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.48%) SAP
3 54 (5.10%) Adobe
4 45 (4.25%) Oracle
5 37 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.12%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.55%) Google
8 19 (1.79%) Fortinet
9 18 (1.70%) HubSpot
9 18 (1.70%) SonicWALL
10 16 (1.51%) Pardot
11 9 (0.85%) Hootsuite
11 9 (0.85%) Instagram
11 9 (0.85%) Wrike
12 8 (0.76%) Citrix
13 7 (0.66%) Apple
13 7 (0.66%) JD Edwards
14 6 (0.57%) VMware
15 5 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 4 (0.38%) ForgeRock