Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 January 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 81 91
Rank change year-on-year -115 +10 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 191 616 711
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.26% 3.70% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 3.85% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 152 332 574
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,100 £41,825
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,688 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.72% -3.15% -4.17%

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 14,199 16,000 20,145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 96.14% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,188 9,719 16,436
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,344 £46,250 £45,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +2.01% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,288 £97,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%

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 7 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 7 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.

1 110 (57.59%) Project Management
2 102 (53.40%) Agile
3 85 (44.50%) Project Delivery
4 71 (37.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (26.70%) PRINCE2
6 47 (24.61%) Waterfall
7 44 (23.04%) Risk Management
8 37 (19.37%) Microsoft
9 36 (18.85%) Change Management
10 34 (17.80%) Business Case
11 31 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (12.04%) Degree
13 22 (11.52%) PMI Certification
14 21 (10.99%) Business Change Management
14 21 (10.99%) PMP
15 20 (10.47%) Azure
16 17 (8.90%) Business Analysis
17 16 (8.38%) CRM
17 16 (8.38%) PMO
17 16 (8.38%) Roadmaps
18 15 (7.85%) Budget Management
18 15 (7.85%) Collaborative Culture
18 15 (7.85%) JIRA
18 15 (7.85%) Scrum
18 15 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 14 (7.33%) Programme Management
20 13 (6.81%) Change Control
20 13 (6.81%) DevOps
20 13 (6.81%) ERP
20 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Project

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 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.66%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) CMS
3 2 (1.05%) TPMS
4 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.57%) Trello
5 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.05%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.05%) Shopify
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.52%) Magento
3 1 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.52%) Primavera
3 1 (0.52%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.52%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.47%) Azure
2 12 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.14%) Power Automate
5 5 (2.62%) SaaS
6 4 (2.09%) AWS
6 4 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.09%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.09%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.05%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.52%) Asana
8 1 (0.52%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.52%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.52%) Miro
8 1 (0.52%) OCI
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.52%) Stripe
8 1 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.09%) Network Security
1 4 (2.09%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.09%) Unified Communications
1 4 (2.09%) WAN
2 1 (0.52%) Broadband
2 1 (0.52%) Firewall
2 1 (0.52%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.05%) Power BI
3 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.85%) JIRA
General
1 87 (45.55%) Social Skills
2 75 (39.27%) Finance
3 12 (6.28%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.71%) Legal
6 7 (3.66%) Advertising
6 7 (3.66%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.66%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.14%) Law
7 6 (3.14%) Marketing
7 6 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.14%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.62%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.57%) Banking
10 3 (1.57%) Billing
10 3 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.57%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.57%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.09%) Web Services
2 1 (0.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.71%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.19%) Driving Licence
3 7 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.14%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.62%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.09%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.09%) Digital Media
6 4 (2.09%) PMI
7 3 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.05%) FMCG
8 2 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.05%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.52%) NHS
9 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.05%) VMS
2 1 (0.52%) Windows
2 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (57.59%) Project Management
2 102 (53.40%) Agile
3 85 (44.50%) Project Delivery
4 71 (37.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (26.70%) PRINCE2
6 47 (24.61%) Waterfall
7 44 (23.04%) Risk Management
8 36 (18.85%) Change Management
9 34 (17.80%) Business Case
10 31 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (10.99%) Business Change Management
12 17 (8.90%) Business Analysis
13 16 (8.38%) CRM
13 16 (8.38%) Roadmaps
14 15 (7.85%) Budget Management
14 15 (7.85%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (7.85%) Scrum
14 15 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (7.33%) Programme Management
16 13 (6.81%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (12.04%) Degree
2 22 (11.52%) PMI Certification
3 21 (10.99%) PMP
4 9 (4.71%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.14%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.14%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.09%) APMP
7 4 (2.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.57%) CAPM
9 2 (1.05%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.52%) CBAP
10 1 (0.52%) MBA
10 1 (0.52%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.38%) PMO
2 7 (3.66%) QA
3 5 (2.62%) NEBOSH
4 4 (2.09%) GDPR
5 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.05%) Basel III
6 2 (1.05%) MiFID
7 1 (0.52%) EMIR
7 1 (0.52%) GRC
7 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 37 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.81%) SAP
3 4 (2.09%) Civica
3 4 (2.09%) Workday
4 3 (1.57%) Adobe
4 3 (1.57%) Aruba
4 3 (1.57%) Cisco
4 3 (1.57%) Google
4 3 (1.57%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.05%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.05%) Databricks
5 2 (1.05%) Marketo
6 1 (0.52%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.52%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.52%) Kronos
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle
6 1 (0.52%) PayPal