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 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 84 91
Rank change year-on-year -96 +7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 200 643 668
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 3.65% 3.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 3.80% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 158 355 551
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,818
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,352 16,943 18,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 96.26% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,323 10,583 15,353
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025, 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.

1 124 (62.00%) Project Management
2 101 (50.50%) Agile
3 91 (45.50%) Project Delivery
4 75 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (26.00%) PRINCE2
6 46 (23.00%) Waterfall
7 44 (22.00%) Risk Management
8 39 (19.50%) Microsoft
9 38 (19.00%) Change Management
10 35 (17.50%) Business Case
11 28 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (11.00%) Azure
12 22 (11.00%) Budget Management
12 22 (11.00%) Business Change Management
13 21 (10.50%) Degree
14 20 (10.00%) PMI Certification
14 20 (10.00%) PMO
14 20 (10.00%) SAP
15 19 (9.50%) PMP
16 18 (9.00%) Business Analysis
16 18 (9.00%) ERP
16 18 (9.00%) Scrum
17 17 (8.50%) CRM
17 17 (8.50%) Roadmaps
18 16 (8.00%) Change Control
18 16 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
18 16 (8.00%) JIRA
19 15 (7.50%) DevOps
19 15 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
19 15 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 11 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.00%) Confluence
3 2 (1.00%) CMS
3 2 (1.00%) TPMS
4 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.50%) Trello
5 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.00%) Magento
3 3 (1.50%) Shopify
4 2 (1.00%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.00%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.00%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.50%) Primavera
5 1 (0.50%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.50%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.00%) Azure
2 15 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.50%) SaaS
5 6 (3.00%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.00%) AWS
6 4 (2.00%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.50%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.00%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.50%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.50%) Miro
9 1 (0.50%) OCI
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle CX
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.50%) Stripe
9 1 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.50%) Network Security
2 4 (2.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.00%) Unified Communications
2 4 (2.00%) WAN
3 1 (0.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.00%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.50%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 96 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 77 (38.50%) Finance
3 12 (6.00%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.00%) Advertising
6 8 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.00%) Marketing
7 7 (3.50%) Legal
7 7 (3.50%) Retail
8 6 (3.00%) Law
8 6 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.00%) Automotive
9 4 (2.00%) Back Office
9 4 (2.00%) Banking
9 4 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.50%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.00%) Web Services
2 1 (0.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.50%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.50%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.50%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.00%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.00%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.00%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.00%) PMI
5 4 (2.00%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.00%) FMCG
7 2 (1.00%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.00%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) IoT
8 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.00%) VMS
2 1 (0.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (62.00%) Project Management
2 101 (50.50%) Agile
3 91 (45.50%) Project Delivery
4 75 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (26.00%) PRINCE2
6 46 (23.00%) Waterfall
7 44 (22.00%) Risk Management
8 38 (19.00%) Change Management
9 35 (17.50%) Business Case
10 28 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (11.00%) Budget Management
11 22 (11.00%) Business Change Management
12 18 (9.00%) Business Analysis
12 18 (9.00%) ERP
12 18 (9.00%) Scrum
13 17 (8.50%) CRM
13 17 (8.50%) Roadmaps
14 16 (8.00%) Change Control
14 16 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
15 15 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (10.50%) Degree
2 20 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 19 (9.50%) PMP
4 11 (5.50%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.50%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.50%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.00%) APMP
8 3 (1.50%) CAPM
8 3 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.00%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.50%) CBAP
10 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) MBA
10 1 (0.50%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.00%) PMO
2 6 (3.00%) QA
3 5 (2.50%) NEBOSH
4 3 (1.50%) GDPR
4 3 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.00%) Basel III
5 2 (1.00%) MiFID
6 1 (0.50%) EMIR
6 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 39 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.00%) SAP
3 7 (3.50%) Adobe
4 6 (3.00%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.50%) Workday
6 4 (2.00%) Civica
7 3 (1.50%) Aruba
7 3 (1.50%) Cisco
7 3 (1.50%) Google
8 2 (1.00%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.00%) Databricks
8 2 (1.00%) Marketo
9 1 (0.50%) dotdigital
9 1 (0.50%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.50%) Kronos
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle
9 1 (0.50%) PayPal
9 1 (0.50%) Veritas