Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 196 66
Rank change year-on-year +65 -130 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 444 269 1,221
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.08% 1.63% 3.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 1.77% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 305 216 913
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +12.75% -7.27%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,997
% change year-on-year - +15.39% -13.34%

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 20,071 15,221 30,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 92.31% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 14,571 9,459 23,646
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,023
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.84% -8.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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.

1 249 (56.08%) Agile
1 249 (56.08%) Project Management
2 214 (48.20%) Project Delivery
3 155 (34.91%) PRINCE2
4 131 (29.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (26.35%) Budget Management
6 114 (25.68%) Microsoft Project
7 95 (21.40%) Coaching
8 92 (20.72%) Degree
9 85 (19.14%) Waterfall
10 84 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
11 70 (15.77%) Customer Experience
12 69 (15.54%) Programme Governance
13 67 (15.09%) Conflict Management
13 67 (15.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 66 (14.86%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (14.86%) Operations Management
15 65 (14.64%) Microsoft
16 62 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (13.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 57 (12.84%) JIRA
19 52 (11.71%) PMP
20 51 (11.49%) ERP
20 51 (11.49%) Migration
21 49 (11.04%) PMI Certification
22 47 (10.59%) CRM
23 43 (9.68%) Change Management
24 42 (9.46%) SAP
25 41 (9.23%) Software Delivery
26 39 (8.78%) DevOps

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 12 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.48%) Confluence
3 2 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 114 (25.68%) Microsoft Project
2 84 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.58%) Trello
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (6.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.45%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.45%) Shopify
4 2 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.53%) Azure
2 17 (3.83%) Power Platform
2 17 (3.83%) SaaS
3 11 (2.48%) PowerApps
4 10 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.58%) AWS
7 7 (1.58%) GCP
8 4 (0.90%) Smartsheet
9 3 (0.68%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.45%) Miro
10 2 (0.45%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.23%) Asana
11 1 (0.23%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.58%) Network Security
1 7 (1.58%) WAN
2 5 (1.13%) LAN
3 4 (0.90%) Firewall
3 4 (0.90%) Intranet
3 4 (0.90%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.45%) Extranet
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
4 2 (0.45%) RFID
5 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.23%) Big Data
2 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.23%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 57 (12.84%) JIRA
General
1 170 (38.29%) Social Skills
2 94 (21.17%) Finance
3 51 (11.49%) Public Sector
4 23 (5.18%) Retail
5 22 (4.95%) Legal
6 20 (4.50%) Law
7 16 (3.60%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.48%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (2.25%) Marketing
12 8 (1.80%) Electronics
12 8 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.13%) Advertising
13 5 (1.13%) French Language
13 5 (1.13%) Legal Technology
14 4 (0.90%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.68%) Banking
15 3 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.68%) LangChain
1 3 (0.68%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.68%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.23%) FHIR
3 1 (0.23%) HEVC
3 1 (0.23%) Middleware
3 1 (0.23%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.56%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.88%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.38%) EPoS
5 14 (3.15%) Legacy Applications
6 11 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.48%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.80%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.80%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.13%) PMI
11 4 (0.90%) Derivative
11 4 (0.90%) FMCG
11 4 (0.90%) Life Science
11 4 (0.90%) NHS
11 4 (0.90%) OTC Derivatives
11 4 (0.90%) Wiki
12 3 (0.68%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (56.08%) Agile
1 249 (56.08%) Project Management
2 214 (48.20%) Project Delivery
3 155 (34.91%) PRINCE2
4 131 (29.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (26.35%) Budget Management
6 95 (21.40%) Coaching
7 85 (19.14%) Waterfall
8 70 (15.77%) Customer Experience
9 69 (15.54%) Programme Governance
10 67 (15.09%) Conflict Management
11 66 (14.86%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (14.86%) Operations Management
12 62 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (13.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 51 (11.49%) ERP
14 51 (11.49%) Migration
15 47 (10.59%) CRM
16 43 (9.68%) Change Management
17 41 (9.23%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.48%) VBA
2 4 (0.90%) SQL
3 3 (0.68%) Python
4 1 (0.23%) Java
4 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (20.72%) Degree
2 67 (15.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 52 (11.71%) PMP
4 49 (11.04%) PMI Certification
5 27 (6.08%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.48%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (0.68%) CCNA
8 3 (0.68%) CCNP
8 3 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.45%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.45%) HNC
9 2 (0.45%) HND
10 1 (0.23%) APMP
10 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.23%) CAPM
10 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.76%) PMO
2 11 (2.48%) QA
3 8 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.90%) GDPR
5 4 (0.90%) MiFID
6 3 (0.68%) GxP
7 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Vendors
1 65 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.46%) SAP
3 34 (7.66%) ServiceNow
4 31 (6.98%) Oracle
5 10 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.35%) Cisco
7 4 (0.90%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.68%) Google
9 2 (0.45%) Aruba
9 2 (0.45%) IFS
10 1 (0.23%) Aderant
10 1 (0.23%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.23%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.23%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.23%) iManage
10 1 (0.23%) Intapp
10 1 (0.23%) Meraki
10 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.23%) SaltStack
10 1 (0.23%) Workday