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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 176 75
Rank change year-on-year +58 -101 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 408 310 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 2.14% 3.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 2.32% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 282 213 1,011
10th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +17.65% -7.27%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £79,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -16.67%

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 17,912 13,354 31,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13,218 8,198 25,117
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £79,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 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 27 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.

1 225 (55.15%) Project Management
2 218 (53.43%) Agile
3 195 (47.79%) Project Delivery
4 138 (33.82%) PRINCE2
5 113 (27.70%) Budget Management
6 100 (24.51%) Microsoft Project
7 98 (24.02%) Coaching
8 97 (23.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 88 (21.57%) Degree
10 81 (19.85%) Microsoft Office
11 71 (17.40%) Waterfall
12 68 (16.67%) Customer Experience
12 68 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 68 (16.67%) Programme Governance
13 67 (16.42%) Conflict Management
14 66 (16.18%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (16.18%) Operations Management
15 61 (14.95%) Microsoft
16 59 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (10.78%) PMP
18 43 (10.54%) PMI Certification
18 43 (10.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 42 (10.29%) JIRA
20 37 (9.07%) Change Management
20 37 (9.07%) ERP
20 37 (9.07%) Risk Management
21 34 (8.33%) Change Control
21 34 (8.33%) Migration
22 33 (8.09%) Mentoring
23 29 (7.11%) Business Case

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 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.96%) Confluence
3 2 (0.49%) CMS
Applications
1 100 (24.51%) Microsoft Project
2 81 (19.85%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.49%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (4.90%) Azure
2 19 (4.66%) Power Platform
3 14 (3.43%) PowerApps
4 11 (2.70%) SaaS
5 7 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.23%) GCP
8 4 (0.98%) AWS
8 4 (0.98%) Smartsheet
9 3 (0.74%) Miro
10 2 (0.49%) Asana
11 1 (0.25%) BigCommerce
11 1 (0.25%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.25%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.25%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.47%) Network Security
1 6 (1.47%) WAN
2 4 (0.98%) LAN
3 3 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.49%) Extranet
4 2 (0.49%) Firewall
4 2 (0.49%) Internet
4 2 (0.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.49%) Power BI
2 1 (0.25%) Big Data
2 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.25%) GIS
Development Applications
1 42 (10.29%) JIRA
General
1 149 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 89 (21.81%) Finance
3 51 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 22 (5.39%) Legal
5 17 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (4.17%) Law
5 17 (4.17%) Retail
6 14 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.19%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.45%) Marketing
9 8 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (1.96%) Electronics
10 6 (1.47%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.23%) Banking
11 5 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.98%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.74%) Advertising
13 3 (0.74%) International Banking
14 2 (0.49%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.25%) FHIR
2 1 (0.25%) HEVC
2 1 (0.25%) Middleware
2 1 (0.25%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 22 (5.39%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (3.43%) Low-Code
6 11 (2.70%) EPoS
7 9 (2.21%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.21%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.96%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.23%) PMI
12 4 (0.98%) Derivative
12 4 (0.98%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.98%) OTC Derivatives
12 4 (0.98%) Wiki
13 3 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.74%) FMCG
13 3 (0.74%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (55.15%) Project Management
2 218 (53.43%) Agile
3 195 (47.79%) Project Delivery
4 138 (33.82%) PRINCE2
5 113 (27.70%) Budget Management
6 98 (24.02%) Coaching
7 97 (23.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 71 (17.40%) Waterfall
9 68 (16.67%) Customer Experience
9 68 (16.67%) Programme Governance
10 67 (16.42%) Conflict Management
11 66 (16.18%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (16.18%) Operations Management
12 59 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 43 (10.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 37 (9.07%) Change Management
14 37 (9.07%) ERP
14 37 (9.07%) Risk Management
15 34 (8.33%) Change Control
15 34 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.43%) VBA
2 3 (0.74%) SQL
3 1 (0.25%) Java
3 1 (0.25%) PHP
3 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (21.57%) Degree
2 68 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 44 (10.78%) PMP
4 43 (10.54%) PMI Certification
5 26 (6.37%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.96%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (0.98%) BC Cleared
11 3 (0.74%) CCNA
11 3 (0.74%) CCNP
11 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.74%) HNC
11 3 (0.74%) HND
12 2 (0.49%) APMP
12 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.25%) CAPM
13 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.13%) PMO
2 11 (2.70%) QA
3 8 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.23%) GDPR
5 5 (1.23%) NEBOSH
6 4 (0.98%) MiFID
7 3 (0.74%) GxP
8 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 2 (0.49%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.25%) HL7
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Vendors
1 61 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.62%) SAP
3 24 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.92%) Oracle
5 6 (1.47%) Cisco
6 5 (1.23%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.98%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.74%) Google
9 2 (0.49%) Aruba
9 2 (0.49%) Planview
10 1 (0.25%) Adobe
10 1 (0.25%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.25%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.25%) IFS
10 1 (0.25%) Meraki
10 1 (0.25%) NETGEAR
10 1 (0.25%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.25%) PayPal