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 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 84 80
Rank change year-on-year -101 -4 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 222 606 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.37% 3.88% 3.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 4.05% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 182 331 818
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,419 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,058 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% +4.55% -4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.07% +1.82% -8.33%

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 15,190 14,959 26,570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 95.68% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,125 9,042 22,220
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £79,727 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
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 16 February 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 16 February 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.

1 125 (56.31%) Project Management
2 110 (49.55%) Agile
3 107 (48.20%) Project Delivery
4 66 (29.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (22.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (22.07%) Microsoft
6 48 (21.62%) PRINCE2
7 45 (20.27%) Risk Management
8 44 (19.82%) Waterfall
9 41 (18.47%) Budget Management
10 36 (16.22%) Change Management
11 29 (13.06%) Coaching
12 28 (12.61%) Mentoring
13 25 (11.26%) PMI Certification
14 24 (10.81%) Business Case
15 21 (9.46%) Degree
15 21 (9.46%) PMP
16 19 (8.56%) Project Planning
16 19 (8.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 18 (8.11%) Business Change Management
17 18 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
17 18 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
18 17 (7.66%) Azure
18 17 (7.66%) Change Control
18 17 (7.66%) PMO
19 16 (7.21%) Digital Strategy
19 16 (7.21%) Power Platform
19 16 (7.21%) Problem-Solving
20 15 (6.76%) Conflict Resolution
20 15 (6.76%) Decision-Making

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 6 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Trello
4 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.45%) Magento
2 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.45%) Primavera
2 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.45%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.66%) Azure
2 16 (7.21%) Power Platform
3 14 (6.31%) PowerApps
4 7 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.70%) SaaS
6 5 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.90%) AWS
8 2 (0.90%) Miro
9 1 (0.45%) Asana
9 1 (0.45%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.45%) GCP
9 1 (0.45%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.45%) Stripe
9 1 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.70%) WAN
2 5 (2.25%) Network Security
2 5 (2.25%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.90%) LAN
4 1 (0.45%) Broadband
4 1 (0.45%) Firewall
4 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.45%) GIS
1 1 (0.45%) Power BI
1 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (5.86%) JIRA
General
1 82 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 79 (35.59%) Finance
3 40 (18.02%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (5.86%) Legal
6 8 (3.60%) Financial Institution
6 8 (3.60%) Law
6 8 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.15%) Advertising
7 7 (3.15%) Banking
7 7 (3.15%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.80%) Marketing
10 4 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.35%) International Banking
12 2 (0.90%) French Language
12 2 (0.90%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) Middleware
1 1 (0.45%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.56%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (6.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (6.31%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (6.31%) Low-Code
4 13 (5.86%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.95%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.70%) PMI
7 5 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.25%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.80%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.80%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.90%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.45%) FMCG
10 1 (0.45%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
1 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (56.31%) Project Management
2 110 (49.55%) Agile
3 107 (48.20%) Project Delivery
4 66 (29.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (22.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (21.62%) PRINCE2
7 45 (20.27%) Risk Management
8 44 (19.82%) Waterfall
9 41 (18.47%) Budget Management
10 36 (16.22%) Change Management
11 29 (13.06%) Coaching
12 28 (12.61%) Mentoring
13 24 (10.81%) Business Case
14 19 (8.56%) Project Planning
14 19 (8.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 18 (8.11%) Business Change Management
15 18 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
15 18 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
16 17 (7.66%) Change Control
17 16 (7.21%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.31%) VBA
2 1 (0.45%) Java
2 1 (0.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (11.26%) PMI Certification
2 21 (9.46%) Degree
2 21 (9.46%) PMP
3 12 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.70%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.70%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.80%) BC Cleared
7 3 (1.35%) APMP
7 3 (1.35%) CAPM
7 3 (1.35%) HNC
7 3 (1.35%) HND
7 3 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.45%) CBAP
9 1 (0.45%) CCNA
9 1 (0.45%) CCNP
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.45%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.66%) PMO
2 6 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.70%) QA
3 5 (2.25%) NEBOSH
4 3 (1.35%) GDPR
5 2 (0.90%) Basel III
5 2 (0.90%) MiFID
5 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.45%) EMIR
6 1 (0.45%) GRC
6 1 (0.45%) P3O
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 49 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.05%) SAP
3 5 (2.25%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.25%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.80%) Aruba
4 4 (1.80%) Cisco
5 3 (1.35%) Google
6 2 (0.90%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.90%) Planview
6 2 (0.90%) Workday
7 1 (0.45%) Adobe
7 1 (0.45%) Civica
7 1 (0.45%) Databricks
7 1 (0.45%) dotdigital
7 1 (0.45%) Kronos
7 1 (0.45%) PayPal