Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £64,038 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 81 90
Rank change year-on-year -100 +9 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 199 622 777
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 3.79% 3.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 3.94% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 162 332 619
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,100 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,038 £57,750 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% +3.13% -2.61%
75th Percentile £78,438 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £56,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.07% -2.61% -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 14,368 15,773 21,868
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 96.08% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,386 9,503 17,972
10th Percentile £30,125 £35,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 17 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 17 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.

1 114 (57.29%) Project Management
2 105 (52.76%) Agile
3 91 (45.73%) Project Delivery
4 69 (34.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (25.13%) PRINCE2
6 45 (22.61%) Microsoft
6 45 (22.61%) Risk Management
7 44 (22.11%) Waterfall
8 34 (17.09%) Change Management
9 31 (15.58%) Business Case
10 30 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (11.56%) Degree
11 23 (11.56%) PMI Certification
12 21 (10.55%) Budget Management
13 20 (10.05%) Business Change Management
13 20 (10.05%) PMP
14 18 (9.05%) Azure
14 18 (9.05%) PMO
15 16 (8.04%) Business Analysis
15 16 (8.04%) CRM
15 16 (8.04%) Roadmaps
15 16 (8.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 15 (7.54%) Change Control
16 15 (7.54%) Collaborative Culture
16 15 (7.54%) Programme Management
17 14 (7.04%) JIRA
17 14 (7.04%) Project Governance
17 14 (7.04%) Scrum
18 13 (6.53%) ERP
19 12 (6.03%) Coaching

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 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.02%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) TPMS
Applications
1 12 (6.03%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.51%) Trello
5 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.50%) Magento
3 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.50%) Primavera
3 1 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.50%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.05%) Azure
2 12 (6.03%) Power Platform
3 11 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.03%) PowerApps
5 7 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.02%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.51%) SaaS
8 4 (2.01%) AWS
8 4 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.01%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.50%) Asana
10 1 (0.50%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.50%) GCP
10 1 (0.50%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.50%) Miro
10 1 (0.50%) OCI
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle CX
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.50%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.01%) Network Security
1 4 (2.01%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.01%) Unified Communications
1 4 (2.01%) WAN
2 1 (0.50%) Broadband
2 1 (0.50%) Firewall
2 1 (0.50%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.01%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.50%) GIS
3 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (7.04%) JIRA
General
1 84 (42.21%) Social Skills
2 76 (38.19%) Finance
3 20 (10.05%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.52%) Advertising
5 9 (4.52%) Legal
6 8 (4.02%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.52%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.51%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.51%) Marketing
10 4 (2.01%) Banking
10 4 (2.01%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.01%) Law
11 3 (1.51%) Billing
11 3 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.01%) Web Services
2 2 (1.01%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.53%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (4.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (4.52%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.02%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.02%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.02%) Legacy Applications
3 8 (4.02%) Low-Code
4 6 (3.02%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.02%) PMI
5 5 (2.51%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.01%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.01%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.51%) FMCG
7 3 (1.51%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.01%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.01%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.50%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.01%) VMS
2 1 (0.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (57.29%) Project Management
2 105 (52.76%) Agile
3 91 (45.73%) Project Delivery
4 69 (34.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (25.13%) PRINCE2
6 45 (22.61%) Risk Management
7 44 (22.11%) Waterfall
8 34 (17.09%) Change Management
9 31 (15.58%) Business Case
10 30 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (10.55%) Budget Management
12 20 (10.05%) Business Change Management
13 16 (8.04%) Business Analysis
13 16 (8.04%) CRM
13 16 (8.04%) Roadmaps
13 16 (8.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (7.54%) Change Control
14 15 (7.54%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (7.54%) Programme Management
15 14 (7.04%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.02%) VBA
2 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (11.56%) Degree
1 23 (11.56%) PMI Certification
2 20 (10.05%) PMP
3 9 (4.52%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.02%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.02%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.01%) APMP
6 4 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.51%) CAPM
8 2 (1.01%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.50%) CBAP
9 1 (0.50%) HNC
9 1 (0.50%) HND
9 1 (0.50%) MBA
9 1 (0.50%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.05%) PMO
2 6 (3.02%) QA
3 5 (2.51%) NEBOSH
4 4 (2.01%) GDPR
5 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.01%) Basel III
6 2 (1.01%) MiFID
7 1 (0.50%) EMIR
7 1 (0.50%) GRC
7 1 (0.50%) P3O
7 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 45 (22.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.03%) SAP
3 4 (2.01%) Civica
3 4 (2.01%) Google
3 4 (2.01%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.01%) Workday
4 3 (1.51%) Aruba
4 3 (1.51%) Cisco
5 2 (1.01%) Adobe
5 2 (1.01%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.01%) Databricks
6 1 (0.50%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.50%) Kronos
6 1 (0.50%) Marketo
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle
6 1 (0.50%) PayPal
6 1 (0.50%) Planview
6 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow