Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £63,076 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 81 79
Rank change year-on-year -100 -2 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 223 597 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.36% 3.84% 3.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 4.03% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 182 333 831
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,084 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,058 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.07% +1.82% -8.33%

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 15,409 14,827 26,323
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 95.49% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,265 9,057 22,029
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 19 February 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 19 February 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.

1 127 (56.95%) Project Management
2 109 (48.88%) Agile
2 109 (48.88%) Project Delivery
3 67 (30.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (21.97%) Microsoft
5 49 (21.97%) PRINCE2
6 45 (20.18%) Risk Management
6 45 (20.18%) Waterfall
7 41 (18.39%) Budget Management
8 36 (16.14%) Change Management
9 29 (13.00%) Coaching
10 28 (12.56%) Mentoring
11 24 (10.76%) Business Case
11 24 (10.76%) PMI Certification
12 21 (9.42%) PMP
13 20 (8.97%) Degree
14 19 (8.52%) Project Planning
14 19 (8.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 18 (8.07%) Business Change Management
15 18 (8.07%) Collaborative Culture
15 18 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
15 18 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (7.62%) Azure
16 17 (7.62%) Change Control
16 17 (7.62%) PMO
17 16 (7.17%) Decision-Making
17 16 (7.17%) Digital Strategy
17 16 (7.17%) Power Platform
18 15 (6.73%) Conflict Resolution

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 6 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (6.73%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Trello
4 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.45%) Magento
3 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.45%) Primavera
3 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.62%) Azure
2 16 (7.17%) Power Platform
3 14 (6.28%) PowerApps
4 7 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.69%) SaaS
6 5 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.90%) AWS
8 2 (0.90%) Miro
9 1 (0.45%) Asana
9 1 (0.45%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.45%) GCP
9 1 (0.45%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.45%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.45%) Stripe
9 1 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.14%) WAN
2 6 (2.69%) Network Security
3 5 (2.24%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.35%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) Broadband
5 1 (0.45%) Firewall
5 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.45%) GIS
1 1 (0.45%) Power BI
1 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (6.28%) JIRA
General
1 80 (35.87%) Finance
1 80 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.94%) Public Sector
3 14 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (5.83%) Legal
5 9 (4.04%) Law
5 9 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (3.59%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.14%) Banking
7 7 (3.14%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.14%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.69%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.24%) Advertising
9 5 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.79%) Marketing
10 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.35%) International Banking
12 2 (0.90%) French Language
12 2 (0.90%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) Middleware
1 1 (0.45%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.52%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (6.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (6.28%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (6.28%) Low-Code
4 13 (5.83%) Driving Licence
5 12 (5.38%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.69%) PMI
7 5 (2.24%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.79%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.90%) FMCG
10 2 (0.90%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.45%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.45%) Social Media
11 1 (0.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
1 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (56.95%) Project Management
2 109 (48.88%) Agile
2 109 (48.88%) Project Delivery
3 67 (30.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (21.97%) PRINCE2
6 45 (20.18%) Risk Management
6 45 (20.18%) Waterfall
7 41 (18.39%) Budget Management
8 36 (16.14%) Change Management
9 29 (13.00%) Coaching
10 28 (12.56%) Mentoring
11 24 (10.76%) Business Case
12 19 (8.52%) Project Planning
12 19 (8.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 18 (8.07%) Business Change Management
13 18 (8.07%) Collaborative Culture
13 18 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (7.62%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.28%) VBA
2 1 (0.45%) Java
2 1 (0.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (10.76%) PMI Certification
2 21 (9.42%) PMP
3 20 (8.97%) Degree
4 12 (5.38%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.69%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.79%) BC Cleared
7 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.35%) APMP
8 3 (1.35%) CAPM
8 3 (1.35%) HNC
8 3 (1.35%) HND
8 3 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.90%) CCNA
9 2 (0.90%) CCNP
9 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.45%) CBAP
10 1 (0.45%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.62%) PMO
2 7 (3.14%) QA
3 6 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.24%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.35%) GDPR
6 2 (0.90%) Basel III
6 2 (0.90%) MiFID
6 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.45%) EMIR
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) P3O
7 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 49 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.59%) SAP
3 6 (2.69%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.69%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.24%) Cisco
5 4 (1.79%) Aruba
6 3 (1.35%) Google
7 2 (0.90%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.90%) Planview
7 2 (0.90%) Workday
8 1 (0.45%) Adobe
8 1 (0.45%) Civica
8 1 (0.45%) Databricks
8 1 (0.45%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.45%) Kronos
8 1 (0.45%) PayPal