Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 81 87
Rank change year-on-year -111 +6 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 198 633 672
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.29% 3.65% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 3.79% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 156 345 552
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,813 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.12% -7.50% -

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 14,325 16,704 18,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 96.23% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,291 10,369 15,399
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £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 £96,750 £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 20 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 20 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.

1 118 (59.60%) Project Management
2 100 (50.51%) Agile
3 85 (42.93%) Project Delivery
4 74 (37.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (26.26%) PRINCE2
6 45 (22.73%) Waterfall
7 42 (21.21%) Risk Management
8 38 (19.19%) Microsoft
9 35 (17.68%) Change Management
10 33 (16.67%) Business Case
11 28 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (11.62%) Degree
13 22 (11.11%) PMI Certification
14 21 (10.61%) Azure
14 21 (10.61%) PMP
15 20 (10.10%) Business Change Management
15 20 (10.10%) SAP
16 19 (9.60%) Budget Management
17 18 (9.09%) Business Analysis
17 18 (9.09%) PMO
18 17 (8.59%) CRM
18 17 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 16 (8.08%) ERP
19 16 (8.08%) JIRA
19 16 (8.08%) Scrum
20 15 (7.58%) Programme Management
20 15 (7.58%) Roadmaps
21 14 (7.07%) Change Control
21 14 (7.07%) Collaborative Culture
21 14 (7.07%) 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 11 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.04%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) CMS
3 2 (1.01%) TPMS
4 1 (0.51%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.57%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.52%) Trello
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.52%) Shopify
3 2 (1.01%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.01%) Magento
3 2 (1.01%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.01%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.01%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.51%) Primavera
4 1 (0.51%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.51%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.51%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.61%) Azure
2 14 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.54%) SaaS
5 6 (3.03%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.02%) AWS
6 4 (2.02%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.02%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.01%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.51%) Asana
9 1 (0.51%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.51%) Miro
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle CX
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.51%) Stripe
9 1 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.53%) Network Security
2 4 (2.02%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.02%) Unified Communications
2 4 (2.02%) WAN
3 1 (0.51%) Broadband
3 1 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.01%) Power BI
2 2 (1.01%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (8.08%) JIRA
General
1 91 (45.96%) Social Skills
2 77 (38.89%) Finance
3 12 (6.06%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.04%) Legal
5 8 (4.04%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.54%) Advertising
6 7 (3.54%) Marketing
6 7 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.54%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.03%) Law
7 6 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (3.03%) Retail
8 5 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.02%) Billing
9 4 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Banking
10 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.02%) Web Services
2 1 (0.51%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.55%) Driving Licence
1 9 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.54%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.02%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.02%) Digital Media
4 4 (2.02%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.02%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.02%) PMI
5 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.01%) FMCG
6 2 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.01%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) IoT
7 1 (0.51%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.01%) VMS
2 1 (0.51%) Windows
2 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (59.60%) Project Management
2 100 (50.51%) Agile
3 85 (42.93%) Project Delivery
4 74 (37.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (26.26%) PRINCE2
6 45 (22.73%) Waterfall
7 42 (21.21%) Risk Management
8 35 (17.68%) Change Management
9 33 (16.67%) Business Case
10 28 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (10.10%) Business Change Management
12 19 (9.60%) Budget Management
13 18 (9.09%) Business Analysis
14 17 (8.59%) CRM
14 17 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 16 (8.08%) ERP
15 16 (8.08%) Scrum
16 15 (7.58%) Programme Management
16 15 (7.58%) Roadmaps
17 14 (7.07%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (11.62%) Degree
2 22 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 21 (10.61%) PMP
4 11 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.54%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.54%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.02%) APMP
6 4 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.52%) CAPM
7 3 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.01%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.51%) CBAP
9 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) MBA
9 1 (0.51%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.09%) PMO
2 6 (3.03%) QA
3 5 (2.53%) NEBOSH
4 4 (2.02%) GDPR
5 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.01%) Basel III
6 2 (1.01%) MiFID
7 1 (0.51%) EMIR
7 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 38 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.10%) SAP
3 5 (2.53%) Adobe
3 5 (2.53%) Workday
4 4 (2.02%) Civica
4 4 (2.02%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.52%) Aruba
5 3 (1.52%) Cisco
5 3 (1.52%) Google
6 2 (1.01%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.01%) Databricks
6 2 (1.01%) Marketo
7 1 (0.51%) dotdigital
7 1 (0.51%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.51%) Kronos
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle
7 1 (0.51%) PayPal
7 1 (0.51%) Veritas