Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £63,076 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 147 70
Rank change year-on-year -1 -77 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 329 353 1,282
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.79% 2.46% 3.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 2.67% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 275 232 1,009
10th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £53,375 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +18.81% -10.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +12.75% -15.00%

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 17,176 13,242 31,169
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 92.14% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,581 8,981 24,884
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,047
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,777
% change year-on-year -5.17% +9.90% -12.04%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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.

1 152 (46.20%) Agile
2 149 (45.29%) Project Management
3 131 (39.82%) Project Delivery
4 83 (25.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 79 (24.01%) PRINCE2
6 65 (19.76%) Waterfall
7 60 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (17.63%) Microsoft
9 56 (17.02%) Budget Management
10 43 (13.07%) PMI Certification
11 42 (12.77%) PMP
12 39 (11.85%) Coaching
13 38 (11.55%) Change Management
13 38 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 37 (11.25%) Risk Management
15 36 (10.94%) JIRA
16 34 (10.33%) Microsoft Project
17 33 (10.03%) Mentoring
18 30 (9.12%) Degree
19 29 (8.81%) Change Control
20 27 (8.21%) ERP
21 26 (7.90%) Migration
22 25 (7.60%) PMO
22 25 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
23 23 (6.99%) Business Case
24 22 (6.69%) Microsoft Office
25 21 (6.38%) Azure
25 21 (6.38%) CRM
25 21 (6.38%) Security Cleared
26 20 (6.08%) Cybersecurity

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 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.43%) Confluence
3 2 (0.61%) CMS
Applications
1 34 (10.33%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (6.69%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.30%) Magento
2 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (6.38%) Azure
2 19 (5.78%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.26%) PowerApps
4 10 (3.04%) SaaS
5 7 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.52%) AWS
6 5 (1.52%) GCP
7 4 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.22%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.91%) Miro
9 2 (0.61%) Asana
10 1 (0.30%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.30%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.30%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.30%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.82%) Network Security
1 6 (1.82%) WAN
2 4 (1.22%) LAN
2 4 (1.22%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.91%) Firewall
4 2 (0.61%) Extranet
4 2 (0.61%) Intranet
5 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.61%) Power BI
2 1 (0.30%) Big Data
2 1 (0.30%) GIS
Development Applications
1 36 (10.94%) JIRA
General
1 85 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 84 (25.53%) Finance
3 49 (14.89%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.38%) Legal
5 17 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (5.17%) Law
6 14 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.95%) Retail
8 11 (3.34%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.43%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (2.13%) Banking
10 7 (2.13%) Marketing
10 7 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.82%) Electronics
11 6 (1.82%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Advertising
13 3 (0.91%) International Banking
13 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.61%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.30%) FHIR
2 1 (0.30%) HEVC
2 1 (0.30%) Middleware
2 1 (0.30%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.81%) Driving Licence
2 20 (6.08%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (5.17%) Legacy Applications
4 15 (4.56%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.26%) Low-Code
6 9 (2.74%) EPoS
6 9 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.74%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.43%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.13%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (1.52%) PMI
10 4 (1.22%) Derivative
10 4 (1.22%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.22%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (1.22%) Wiki
11 3 (0.91%) FMCG
11 3 (0.91%) Life Science
12 2 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.30%) Windows
1 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (46.20%) Agile
2 149 (45.29%) Project Management
3 131 (39.82%) Project Delivery
4 83 (25.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 79 (24.01%) PRINCE2
6 65 (19.76%) Waterfall
7 60 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (17.02%) Budget Management
9 39 (11.85%) Coaching
10 38 (11.55%) Change Management
10 38 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 37 (11.25%) Risk Management
12 33 (10.03%) Mentoring
13 29 (8.81%) Change Control
14 27 (8.21%) ERP
15 26 (7.90%) Migration
16 25 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
17 23 (6.99%) Business Case
18 21 (6.38%) CRM
19 20 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.26%) VBA
2 2 (0.61%) SQL
3 1 (0.30%) Java
3 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (13.07%) PMI Certification
2 42 (12.77%) PMP
3 30 (9.12%) Degree
4 21 (6.38%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 8 (2.43%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.82%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.22%) BC Cleared
11 3 (0.91%) HNC
11 3 (0.91%) HND
12 2 (0.61%) APMP
12 2 (0.61%) CCNA
12 2 (0.61%) CCNP
12 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.60%) PMO
2 11 (3.34%) QA
3 8 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.52%) GDPR
5 5 (1.52%) MiFID
5 5 (1.52%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.91%) GxP
7 2 (0.61%) GRC
7 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.30%) Basel III
8 1 (0.30%) HL7
8 1 (0.30%) P3O
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Vendors
1 58 (17.63%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.47%) SAP
2 18 (5.47%) ServiceNow
3 10 (3.04%) Oracle
4 5 (1.52%) Atlassian
4 5 (1.52%) Cisco
4 5 (1.52%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.91%) Google
6 2 (0.61%) Aruba
6 2 (0.61%) Planview
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe
7 1 (0.30%) Databricks
7 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.30%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.30%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.30%) Meraki
7 1 (0.30%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.30%) PayPal