Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 185 72
Rank change year-on-year +66 -113 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 423 291 1,311
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.15% 1.92% 3.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 2.09% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 291 207 1,001
10th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +15.69% -7.27%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -16.67%

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 18,542 13,914 32,971
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 91.99% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13,523 8,567 25,882
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 12 June 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 12 June 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.

1 233 (55.08%) Agile
1 233 (55.08%) Project Management
2 198 (46.81%) Project Delivery
3 144 (34.04%) PRINCE2
4 114 (26.95%) Budget Management
5 112 (26.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (25.30%) Microsoft Project
7 98 (23.17%) Coaching
8 89 (21.04%) Degree
9 81 (19.15%) Microsoft Office
10 79 (18.68%) Waterfall
11 69 (16.31%) Customer Experience
12 68 (16.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 68 (16.08%) Programme Governance
13 67 (15.84%) Conflict Management
14 66 (15.60%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (15.60%) Operations Management
15 62 (14.66%) Microsoft
16 56 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
17 51 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 50 (11.82%) JIRA
19 49 (11.58%) ERP
20 45 (10.64%) PMP
21 44 (10.40%) Migration
22 42 (9.93%) PMI Certification
23 41 (9.69%) CRM
24 39 (9.22%) Change Management
25 38 (8.98%) SAP
26 36 (8.51%) Risk Management
27 34 (8.04%) Mentoring

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 (2.36%) Confluence
1 10 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 107 (25.30%) Microsoft Project
2 81 (19.15%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (5.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.47%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 21 (4.96%) Power Platform
2 20 (4.73%) Azure
3 14 (3.31%) PowerApps
4 13 (3.07%) SaaS
5 9 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.42%) GCP
8 5 (1.18%) AWS
8 5 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.95%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.71%) Miro
11 2 (0.47%) Asana
12 1 (0.24%) Anthropic Claude
12 1 (0.24%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.24%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.24%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.42%) Network Security
1 6 (1.42%) WAN
2 4 (0.95%) LAN
3 3 (0.71%) Intranet
3 3 (0.71%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.47%) Extranet
4 2 (0.47%) Firewall
4 2 (0.47%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.47%) Power BI
2 1 (0.24%) Big Data
2 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.24%) GIS
Development Applications
1 50 (11.82%) JIRA
General
1 154 (36.41%) Social Skills
2 92 (21.75%) Finance
3 52 (12.29%) Public Sector
4 22 (5.20%) Legal
5 19 (4.49%) Retail
6 16 (3.78%) Law
7 15 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.31%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.13%) Marketing
11 8 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (1.89%) Electronics
12 6 (1.42%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.18%) Banking
14 4 (0.95%) Legal Technology
14 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.71%) Advertising
15 3 (0.71%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.24%) FHIR
2 1 (0.24%) HEVC
2 1 (0.24%) LangChain
2 1 (0.24%) LangGraph
2 1 (0.24%) LlamaIndex
2 1 (0.24%) Middleware
2 1 (0.24%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.51%) Driving Licence
2 32 (7.57%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (4.02%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (3.31%) Low-Code
6 13 (3.07%) EPoS
7 9 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.13%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.89%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.18%) PMI
12 4 (0.95%) Derivative
12 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.95%) OTC Derivatives
12 4 (0.95%) Wiki
13 3 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.71%) FMCG
13 3 (0.71%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (55.08%) Agile
1 233 (55.08%) Project Management
2 198 (46.81%) Project Delivery
3 144 (34.04%) PRINCE2
4 114 (26.95%) Budget Management
5 112 (26.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 98 (23.17%) Coaching
7 79 (18.68%) Waterfall
8 69 (16.31%) Customer Experience
9 68 (16.08%) Programme Governance
10 67 (15.84%) Conflict Management
11 66 (15.60%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (15.60%) Operations Management
12 56 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 49 (11.58%) ERP
15 44 (10.40%) Migration
16 41 (9.69%) CRM
17 39 (9.22%) Change Management
18 36 (8.51%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.31%) VBA
2 3 (0.71%) SQL
3 1 (0.24%) Java
3 1 (0.24%) Python
3 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (21.04%) Degree
2 68 (16.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 45 (10.64%) PMP
4 42 (9.93%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.67%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.89%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.71%) CCNA
9 3 (0.71%) CCNP
9 3 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.71%) HNC
9 3 (0.71%) HND
10 2 (0.47%) APMP
10 2 (0.47%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.24%) CAPM
11 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.38%) PMO
2 13 (3.07%) QA
3 8 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.18%) GDPR
5 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.95%) MiFID
6 3 (0.71%) GxP
7 2 (0.47%) GRC
7 2 (0.47%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.24%) HL7
8 1 (0.24%) P3O
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Vendors
1 62 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.98%) SAP
3 32 (7.57%) ServiceNow
4 27 (6.38%) Oracle
5 7 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.42%) Cisco
7 4 (0.95%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.71%) Google
9 2 (0.47%) Aruba
9 2 (0.47%) IFS
9 2 (0.47%) Planview
10 1 (0.24%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.24%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.24%) Meraki
10 1 (0.24%) NETGEAR
10 1 (0.24%) Palo Alto