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 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 101 71
Rank change year-on-year -64 -30 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 257 465 1,238
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 3.36% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 3.54% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 214 258 984
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,291 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,813 £50,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £75,772
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +6.48% -10.00%

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 15,714 13,119 28,666
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 94.78% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,613 8,875 23,922
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 13 March 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 13 March 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.

1 135 (52.53%) Project Management
2 124 (48.25%) Agile
3 119 (46.30%) Project Delivery
4 69 (26.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 56 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (21.40%) Waterfall
7 54 (21.01%) PRINCE2
8 53 (20.62%) Microsoft
9 48 (18.68%) Risk Management
10 43 (16.73%) Budget Management
11 40 (15.56%) Change Management
12 33 (12.84%) PMI Certification
13 30 (11.67%) PMP
14 29 (11.28%) Mentoring
15 27 (10.51%) Coaching
16 25 (9.73%) Degree
17 24 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 22 (8.56%) Business Case
18 22 (8.56%) Change Control
19 21 (8.17%) PMO
19 21 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
20 20 (7.78%) Azure
20 20 (7.78%) Project Planning
21 19 (7.39%) Business Change Management
21 19 (7.39%) JIRA
22 18 (7.00%) Collaborative Culture
22 18 (7.00%) ERP
23 17 (6.61%) Cybersecurity
23 17 (6.61%) Power Platform
24 16 (6.23%) Conflict Resolution

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 9 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.95%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (5.84%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.78%) Trello
4 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.39%) Magento
2 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.39%) Primavera
2 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.78%) Azure
2 17 (6.61%) Power Platform
3 14 (5.45%) PowerApps
4 8 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.33%) SaaS
6 4 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.17%) AWS
8 2 (0.78%) Asana
8 2 (0.78%) GCP
8 2 (0.78%) Miro
8 2 (0.78%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.39%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.39%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.72%) WAN
2 5 (1.95%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.56%) Network Security
4 3 (1.17%) LAN
5 2 (0.78%) Extranet
5 2 (0.78%) Intranet
6 1 (0.39%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.39%) GIS
1 1 (0.39%) Power BI
1 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (7.39%) JIRA
General
1 87 (33.85%) Finance
2 83 (32.30%) Social Skills
3 45 (17.51%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (6.23%) Legal
6 14 (5.45%) Law
7 10 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.50%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (2.72%) Banking
10 7 (2.72%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.33%) Marketing
11 6 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.33%) Retail
12 5 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.56%) Advertising
14 3 (1.17%) International Banking
15 2 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.39%) Middleware
1 1 (0.39%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.39%) Driving Licence
2 17 (6.61%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (5.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (5.45%) Legacy Applications
4 14 (5.45%) Low-Code
5 12 (4.67%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.33%) PMI
6 6 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.56%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.56%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.78%) Derivative
10 2 (0.78%) EPoS
10 2 (0.78%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.78%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.78%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.39%) Windows
1 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (52.53%) Project Management
2 124 (48.25%) Agile
3 119 (46.30%) Project Delivery
4 69 (26.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 56 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (21.40%) Waterfall
7 54 (21.01%) PRINCE2
8 48 (18.68%) Risk Management
9 43 (16.73%) Budget Management
10 40 (15.56%) Change Management
11 29 (11.28%) Mentoring
12 27 (10.51%) Coaching
13 24 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (8.56%) Business Case
14 22 (8.56%) Change Control
15 21 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
16 20 (7.78%) Project Planning
17 19 (7.39%) Business Change Management
18 18 (7.00%) Collaborative Culture
18 18 (7.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.45%) VBA
2 1 (0.39%) Java
2 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (12.84%) PMI Certification
2 30 (11.67%) PMP
3 25 (9.73%) Degree
4 14 (5.45%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.95%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.56%) BC Cleared
8 3 (1.17%) CAPM
8 3 (1.17%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.17%) HNC
8 3 (1.17%) HND
8 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.78%) APMP
9 2 (0.78%) CCNA
9 2 (0.78%) CCNP
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.39%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.17%) PMO
2 8 (3.11%) QA
3 6 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.95%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.17%) GDPR
5 3 (1.17%) MiFID
6 2 (0.78%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) Basel III
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) P3O
7 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 53 (20.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.11%) ServiceNow
3 7 (2.72%) SAP
4 6 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.56%) Aruba
5 4 (1.56%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.17%) Cisco
6 3 (1.17%) Google
7 2 (0.78%) Planview
8 1 (0.39%) Adobe
8 1 (0.39%) Databricks
8 1 (0.39%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.39%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle
8 1 (0.39%) PayPal