Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 188 89
Rank change year-on-year +45 -99 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 459 267 753
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.95% 1.66% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.79% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 295 217 484
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,600 £36,783
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £43,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 22,107 14,927 22,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.55% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,711 9,017 15,266
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Project Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Project Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Project Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Project Manager job vacancies

Project Manager
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 5 September 2026.

Project Manager salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 258 (56.21%) Agile
1 258 (56.21%) Project Management
2 207 (45.10%) Project Delivery
3 172 (37.47%) PRINCE2
4 161 (35.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 122 (26.58%) Microsoft Project
6 105 (22.88%) Budget Management
7 104 (22.66%) Degree
8 93 (20.26%) Waterfall
9 86 (18.74%) Microsoft Office
10 75 (16.34%) Coaching
11 73 (15.90%) Customer Experience
12 72 (15.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 72 (15.69%) Programme Governance
13 67 (14.60%) Microsoft
13 67 (14.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 66 (14.38%) Conflict Management
14 66 (14.38%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (14.38%) Operations Management
15 61 (13.29%) JIRA
16 60 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 60 (13.07%) PMP
17 59 (12.85%) Migration
18 54 (11.76%) PMI Certification
19 52 (11.33%) ERP
19 52 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
19 52 (11.33%) SAP
20 51 (11.11%) CRM
21 48 (10.46%) Software Delivery
22 43 (9.37%) Data Migration

Project Manager Skill Set
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 13 (2.83%) Confluence
1 13 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 122 (26.58%) Microsoft Project
2 86 (18.74%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.96%) Trello
6 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (6.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.31%) Primavera
4 4 (0.87%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.44%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.44%) Shopify
5 2 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 32 (6.97%) Azure
2 23 (5.01%) SaaS
3 13 (2.83%) AWS
4 11 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.53%) GCP
8 5 (1.09%) Asana
8 5 (1.09%) ClickUp
8 5 (1.09%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.65%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.65%) Miro
9 3 (0.65%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.44%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.18%) Network Security
2 8 (1.74%) LAN
2 8 (1.74%) WAN
3 4 (0.87%) Firewall
4 3 (0.65%) Intranet
5 2 (0.44%) Internet
5 2 (0.44%) RFID
5 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.22%) DAB
6 1 (0.22%) Extranet
6 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.22%) Big Data
2 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.22%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (13.29%) JIRA
General
1 193 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 107 (23.31%) Finance
3 30 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (5.23%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.79%) Retail
6 20 (4.36%) Legal
6 20 (4.36%) Manufacturing
7 18 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (3.49%) Law
10 15 (3.27%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.40%) Marketing
12 8 (1.74%) Banking
12 8 (1.74%) Electronics
13 7 (1.53%) Military
14 6 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.09%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.87%) Legal Technology
17 3 (0.65%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) LangChain
1 3 (0.65%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.65%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.22%) FHIR
3 1 (0.22%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.28%) Enterprise Software
2 34 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 14 (3.05%) EPoS
4 10 (2.18%) Reinsurance
5 9 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 9 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.53%) Life Science
8 6 (1.31%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.31%) NHS
8 6 (1.31%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.65%) PMI
11 2 (0.44%) FMCG
11 2 (0.44%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.44%) LIMS
11 2 (0.44%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.44%) Windows
1 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.22%) Android
2 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (56.21%) Agile
1 258 (56.21%) Project Management
2 207 (45.10%) Project Delivery
3 172 (37.47%) PRINCE2
4 161 (35.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 105 (22.88%) Budget Management
6 93 (20.26%) Waterfall
7 75 (16.34%) Coaching
8 73 (15.90%) Customer Experience
9 72 (15.69%) Programme Governance
10 67 (14.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 66 (14.38%) Conflict Management
11 66 (14.38%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (14.38%) Operations Management
12 60 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 59 (12.85%) Migration
14 52 (11.33%) ERP
14 52 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
15 51 (11.11%) CRM
16 48 (10.46%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.09%) SQL
2 3 (0.65%) Python
3 1 (0.22%) Java
3 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (22.66%) Degree
2 72 (15.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 60 (13.07%) PMP
4 54 (11.76%) PMI Certification
5 39 (8.50%) Security Cleared
6 27 (5.88%) SC Cleared
7 24 (5.23%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.09%) CCNA
9 5 (1.09%) CCNP
9 5 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.44%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.22%) APMP
12 1 (0.22%) CCIE
12 1 (0.22%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.66%) PMO
2 16 (3.49%) QA
3 12 (2.61%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.40%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.87%) GRC
5 4 (0.87%) GxP
6 3 (0.65%) GDPR
7 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.44%) MiFID
8 1 (0.22%) HL7
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 67 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.33%) SAP
3 36 (7.84%) Oracle
4 31 (6.75%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.27%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.18%) Cisco
7 4 (0.87%) Google
8 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.65%) iManage
8 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.44%) Aderant
9 2 (0.44%) Arista
9 2 (0.44%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.44%) Citrix
9 2 (0.44%) IFS
9 2 (0.44%) Intapp
9 2 (0.44%) Juniper
9 2 (0.44%) Sage
9 2 (0.44%) Workday
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe