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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 933 1,173 2,612
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.90% 8.08% 7.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.90% 8.52% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 568 600 2,014
10th Percentile £33,625 £31,960 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.95% +13.81% -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 15,823 13,768 29,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.03% 94.85% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 8,032 23,418
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,826 £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 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%

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 27 May 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 51 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.36%) CMS
3 20 (2.14%) WordPress
4 17 (1.82%) Confluence
5 4 (0.43%) 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
1 121 (12.97%) Microsoft Project
2 102 (10.93%) Microsoft Office
3 79 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.54%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.54%) Trello
7 4 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.21%) Blender
9 2 (0.21%) Maya
Business Applications
1 20 (2.14%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
2 17 (1.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 16 (1.71%) Oracle Assets
3 16 (1.71%) Oracle Cash Management
4 15 (1.61%) Oracle EBS R12
5 10 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.96%) Shopify
7 6 (0.64%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.54%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
10 2 (0.21%) Magento
10 2 (0.21%) SAP MDG
11 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
11 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 110 (11.79%) Azure
2 106 (11.36%) Power Platform
3 74 (7.93%) SaaS
4 60 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (4.61%) PowerApps
6 34 (3.64%) Power Automate
7 28 (3.00%) AWS
8 27 (2.89%) OneDrive
9 25 (2.68%) Asana
10 20 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.82%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.71%) GCP
14 16 (1.71%) Google Analytics
14 16 (1.71%) Smartsheet
15 14 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (1.18%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.97%) Broadband
2 21 (2.25%) CHAP
3 18 (1.93%) Firewall
4 8 (0.86%) DNS
5 7 (0.75%) Network Security
5 7 (0.75%) WAN
6 6 (0.64%) DHCP
6 6 (0.64%) LAN
6 6 (0.64%) Wireless
7 5 (0.54%) VPN
8 3 (0.32%) Intranet
8 3 (0.32%) IP Telephony
8 3 (0.32%) NGN
8 3 (0.32%) SCCP
9 2 (0.21%) Extranet
9 2 (0.21%) Internet
9 2 (0.21%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.11%) SSL
10 1 (0.11%) VoIP
10 1 (0.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.90%) Power BI
2 19 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.07%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.75%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.75%) Power Query
5 7 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.75%) Tableau
6 6 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.54%) DB2
8 4 (0.43%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.43%) QlikView
9 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
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%) MySQL
11 1 (0.11%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 75 (8.04%) JIRA
2 8 (0.86%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.75%) Git
4 5 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.32%) Storybook
6 1 (0.11%) GCC
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 424 (45.44%) Social Skills
2 304 (32.58%) Finance
3 166 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (12.22%) Marketing
5 81 (8.68%) Retail
6 80 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
7 79 (8.47%) Public Sector
8 76 (8.15%) Legal
9 59 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 58 (6.22%) Law
11 37 (3.97%) Banking
12 36 (3.86%) Games
13 31 (3.32%) Manufacturing
14 28 (3.00%) Financial Institution
15 27 (2.89%) Aviation
16 24 (2.57%) Advertising
17 22 (2.36%) General Ledger
17 22 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (1.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 225 (24.12%) Project Manager
2 181 (19.40%) Senior
3 126 (13.50%) Senior Manager
4 102 (10.93%) Senior Project Manager
5 83 (8.90%) IT Manager
6 80 (8.57%) Analyst
7 66 (7.07%) Lead
8 46 (4.93%) Business Analyst
8 46 (4.93%) IT Project Manager
9 40 (4.29%) Architect
10 35 (3.75%) IT Support
11 33 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
12 32 (3.43%) Applications Manager
12 32 (3.43%) Consultant
13 29 (3.11%) Marketing Manager
14 28 (3.00%) Developer
14 28 (3.00%) Digital Project Manager
14 28 (3.00%) Systems Manager
15 27 (2.89%) Development Manager
16 26 (2.79%) Senior Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.54%) HTML
2 31 (3.32%) CSS
3 25 (2.68%) .NET
4 22 (2.36%) JSON
5 21 (2.25%) .NET Core
5 21 (2.25%) HTML5 Canvas
6 20 (2.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (2.04%) SPFx
8 18 (1.93%) EDI
9 16 (1.71%) Hugging Face
9 16 (1.71%) PyTorch
9 16 (1.71%) TensorFlow
10 5 (0.54%) OAuth
10 5 (0.54%) OpenID
10 5 (0.54%) SAML
11 3 (0.32%) Flutter
11 3 (0.32%) Jest
11 3 (0.32%) React
11 3 (0.32%) React Native
11 3 (0.32%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 73 (7.82%) Management Information System
2 56 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 51 (5.47%) Product Ownership
4 41 (4.39%) Driving Licence
5 39 (4.18%) Virtual Team
6 29 (3.11%) Mobile App
6 29 (3.11%) Social Media
7 26 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
12 16 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
13 15 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.61%) Video Editing
14 14 (1.50%) Cloud Native
14 14 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (1.50%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.39%) Data Centre
16 11 (1.18%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.00%) Apple iOS
2 26 (2.79%) Windows
3 23 (2.47%) Android
4 7 (0.75%) Linux
5 6 (0.64%) Unix
6 5 (0.54%) 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 (38.37%) Agile
2 278 (29.80%) Project Delivery
3 243 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
4 218 (23.37%) PRINCE2
5 165 (17.68%) Coaching
6 159 (17.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 154 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 145 (15.54%) Budget Management
9 133 (14.26%) Roadmaps
10 128 (13.72%) Analytics
11 125 (13.40%) Mentoring
12 124 (13.29%) AI
13 118 (12.65%) Decision-Making
14 112 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 99 (10.61%) B2B
15 99 (10.61%) ERP
16 93 (9.97%) Customer Experience
16 93 (9.97%) Logistics
17 92 (9.86%) Risk Management
18 88 (9.43%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 70 (7.50%) SQL
2 42 (4.50%) Python
3 36 (3.86%) C#
4 30 (3.22%) JavaScript
5 24 (2.57%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.47%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.71%) VBA
8 5 (0.54%) PHP
9 4 (0.43%) C++
10 3 (0.32%) Dart
10 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.21%) Java
12 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 207 (22.19%) Degree
2 74 (7.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 73 (7.82%) DBS Check
4 64 (6.86%) PMP
5 60 (6.43%) PMI Certification
6 33 (3.54%) CISSP
7 26 (2.79%) SANS
8 25 (2.68%) CISA
8 25 (2.68%) CISM
9 23 (2.47%) Security Cleared
10 21 (2.25%) CGEIT
10 21 (2.25%) FFIEC
11 17 (1.82%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.29%) CAPM
13 9 (0.96%) APMP
13 9 (0.96%) MBA
13 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (0.86%) HNC
14 8 (0.86%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.11%) GDPR
2 55 (5.89%) Accessibility
3 48 (5.14%) PMO
4 44 (4.72%) NIST
5 39 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (3.64%) QA
7 28 (3.00%) ISO 9001
8 21 (2.25%) COBIT
9 15 (1.61%) GRC
10 12 (1.29%) Data Quality
11 10 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.96%) ISO 14001
12 9 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 6 (0.64%) GAAP
14 5 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.43%) NCSC
15 4 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.96%) Docker
3 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.29%) SCCM
2 10 (1.07%) Ansible
3 8 (0.86%) Grafana
3 8 (0.86%) 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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 199 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.89%) Adobe
3 45 (4.82%) Salesforce
4 44 (4.72%) SAP
5 39 (4.18%) Oracle
6 35 (3.75%) Google
7 25 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 20 (2.14%) Pardot
9 17 (1.82%) HubSpot
10 11 (1.18%) Hootsuite
10 11 (1.18%) Instagram
10 11 (1.18%) Wrike
11 10 (1.07%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.96%) Apple
12 9 (0.96%) JD Edwards
13 8 (0.86%) SonicWALL
14 7 (0.75%) Planon
14 7 (0.75%) Workday
15 6 (0.64%) VMware
16 5 (0.54%) Okta