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 24 January 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 84 89
Rank change year-on-year -101 +5 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 205 622 858
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.31% 3.80% 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 3.96% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 167 335 686
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,125 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £76,250
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 14,620 15,720 23,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 96.01% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9,539 9,451 19,773
10th Percentile £30,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.41%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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.

1 119 (58.05%) Project Management
2 108 (52.68%) Agile
3 96 (46.83%) Project Delivery
4 64 (31.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (25.85%) Microsoft
6 49 (23.90%) PRINCE2
7 44 (21.46%) Risk Management
8 42 (20.49%) Waterfall
9 31 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (14.15%) Change Management
11 28 (13.66%) Business Case
12 27 (13.17%) Budget Management
13 23 (11.22%) PMI Certification
14 22 (10.73%) Degree
15 19 (9.27%) PMP
16 18 (8.78%) Business Change Management
16 18 (8.78%) Coaching
17 17 (8.29%) Azure
17 17 (8.29%) Power Platform
18 16 (7.80%) Digital Strategy
18 16 (7.80%) PMO
18 16 (7.80%) PowerApps
19 15 (7.32%) Change Control
19 15 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
19 15 (7.32%) Conflict Resolution
19 15 (7.32%) Programme Management
19 15 (7.32%) Roadmaps
19 15 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 15 (7.32%) Supplier Management
20 14 (6.83%) Business Analysis

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 10 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.93%) Confluence
3 1 (0.49%) TPMS
Applications
1 10 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.98%) Trello
5 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.49%) Magento
2 1 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.49%) Primavera
2 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.29%) Azure
1 17 (8.29%) Power Platform
2 16 (7.80%) PowerApps
3 10 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.41%) SaaS
5 6 (2.93%) Power Automate
6 4 (1.95%) AWS
6 4 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.98%) Miro
8 1 (0.49%) Asana
8 1 (0.49%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.49%) GCP
8 1 (0.49%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.49%) OCI
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.49%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.49%) Stripe
8 1 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.95%) Network Security
1 4 (1.95%) SD-WAN
1 4 (1.95%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.95%) WAN
2 1 (0.49%) Broadband
2 1 (0.49%) Firewall
2 1 (0.49%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.49%) GIS
1 1 (0.49%) Power BI
1 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (6.34%) JIRA
General
1 81 (39.51%) Social Skills
2 75 (36.59%) Finance
3 27 (13.17%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.37%) Legal
6 8 (3.90%) Advertising
6 8 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.41%) Law
7 7 (3.41%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.93%) Banking
8 6 (2.93%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.44%) Marketing
9 5 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.46%) Billing
10 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Back Office
11 2 (0.98%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.95%) Web Services
2 1 (0.49%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.76%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (6.83%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (6.83%) Low-Code
4 11 (5.37%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.90%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.90%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.44%) PMI
8 4 (1.95%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.95%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.98%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.98%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.49%) FMCG
11 1 (0.49%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Social Media
11 1 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.49%) VMS
1 1 (0.49%) Windows
1 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (58.05%) Project Management
2 108 (52.68%) Agile
3 96 (46.83%) Project Delivery
4 64 (31.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (23.90%) PRINCE2
6 44 (21.46%) Risk Management
7 42 (20.49%) Waterfall
8 31 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (14.15%) Change Management
10 28 (13.66%) Business Case
11 27 (13.17%) Budget Management
12 18 (8.78%) Business Change Management
12 18 (8.78%) Coaching
13 16 (7.80%) Digital Strategy
14 15 (7.32%) Change Control
14 15 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (7.32%) Conflict Resolution
14 15 (7.32%) Programme Management
14 15 (7.32%) Roadmaps
14 15 (7.32%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.83%) VBA
2 1 (0.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (11.22%) PMI Certification
2 22 (10.73%) Degree
3 19 (9.27%) PMP
4 10 (4.88%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.93%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.93%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.46%) APMP
8 3 (1.46%) CAPM
8 3 (1.46%) HNC
8 3 (1.46%) HND
8 3 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.98%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.49%) CBAP
10 1 (0.49%) MBA
10 1 (0.49%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.80%) PMO
2 6 (2.93%) QA
3 5 (2.44%) NEBOSH
4 4 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.46%) GDPR
6 2 (0.98%) Basel III
6 2 (0.98%) MiFID
6 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.49%) EMIR
7 1 (0.49%) GRC
7 1 (0.49%) P3O
7 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 53 (25.85%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.37%) SAP
3 4 (1.95%) Civica
3 4 (1.95%) Workday
4 3 (1.46%) Aruba
4 3 (1.46%) Cisco
4 3 (1.46%) Google
4 3 (1.46%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.98%) Adobe
5 2 (0.98%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.98%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.49%) Databricks
6 1 (0.49%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.49%) Kronos
6 1 (0.49%) Marketo
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle
6 1 (0.49%) PayPal
6 1 (0.49%) Planview