Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 198 98
Rank change year-on-year +48 -100 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 449 257 679
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.81% 1.53% 3.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 1.64% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 272 210 385
10th Percentile £40,083 £44,950 £40,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +12.15% -6.14%
75th Percentile £71,750 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -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 23,311 15,641 21,430
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 93.06% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 16,123 8,776 13,320
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £54,824 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.71% -0.32% -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 5 October 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 5 October 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.

1 260 (57.91%) Project Management
2 243 (54.12%) Agile
3 211 (46.99%) Project Delivery
4 168 (37.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 167 (37.19%) PRINCE2
6 123 (27.39%) Microsoft Project
7 107 (23.83%) Degree
8 105 (23.39%) Budget Management
9 89 (19.82%) Waterfall
10 83 (18.49%) Microsoft Office
11 77 (17.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 74 (16.48%) Customer Experience
13 72 (16.04%) Coaching
13 72 (16.04%) Programme Governance
14 67 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 66 (14.70%) Conflict Management
15 66 (14.70%) Impact Analysis
15 66 (14.70%) Operations Management
15 66 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
16 62 (13.81%) Microsoft
17 59 (13.14%) JIRA
18 55 (12.25%) Migration
19 54 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
20 50 (11.14%) PMP
21 49 (10.91%) CRM
22 47 (10.47%) ERP
23 46 (10.24%) SAP
24 45 (10.02%) Software Delivery
25 44 (9.80%) PMI Certification
26 41 (9.13%) Security Cleared

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 13 (2.90%) Confluence
2 11 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 123 (27.39%) Microsoft Project
2 83 (18.49%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (2.00%) Trello
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (7.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.34%) Primavera
4 3 (0.67%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.45%) Shopify
5 2 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.46%) Azure
2 28 (6.24%) SaaS
3 20 (4.45%) AWS
4 14 (3.12%) GCP
5 10 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.56%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (1.11%) Asana
9 4 (0.89%) ClickUp
9 4 (0.89%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.67%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (0.67%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.67%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.45%) Miro
12 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.22%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.23%) LAN
1 10 (2.23%) Network Security
1 10 (2.23%) WAN
2 3 (0.67%) 2G
2 3 (0.67%) 3G
2 3 (0.67%) 4G
2 3 (0.67%) 5G
2 3 (0.67%) Firewall
2 3 (0.67%) MVNO
3 2 (0.45%) DHCP
3 2 (0.45%) DNS
3 2 (0.45%) Internet
3 2 (0.45%) Intranet
3 2 (0.45%) RFID
3 2 (0.45%) VLAN
3 2 (0.45%) WLAN
4 1 (0.22%) DAB
4 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (0.45%) GIS
2 1 (0.22%) Big Data
2 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 59 (13.14%) JIRA
2 7 (1.56%) TeamCity
General
1 202 (44.99%) Social Skills
2 103 (22.94%) Finance
3 35 (7.80%) Organisational Skills
4 28 (6.24%) Retail
5 27 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (5.57%) Law
7 19 (4.23%) Legal
8 18 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (4.01%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.79%) Public Sector
10 16 (3.56%) Banking
11 15 (3.34%) Aerospace
12 13 (2.90%) Marketing
13 9 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.78%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.56%) Back Office
15 7 (1.56%) Military
16 5 (1.11%) Billing
16 5 (1.11%) French Language
16 5 (1.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.56%) Terraform
2 3 (0.67%) LangChain
2 3 (0.67%) LangGraph
2 3 (0.67%) LlamaIndex
3 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.22%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.24%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (6.46%) Driving Licence
3 13 (2.90%) EPoS
4 12 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.23%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.23%) Reinsurance
7 6 (1.34%) Life Science
7 6 (1.34%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.34%) NHS
8 4 (0.89%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.89%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.67%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.45%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.45%) LIMS
10 2 (0.45%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.45%) PMI
11 1 (0.22%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.45%) Windows
1 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.22%) Android
2 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (57.91%) Project Management
2 243 (54.12%) Agile
3 211 (46.99%) Project Delivery
4 168 (37.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 167 (37.19%) PRINCE2
6 105 (23.39%) Budget Management
7 89 (19.82%) Waterfall
8 74 (16.48%) Customer Experience
9 72 (16.04%) Coaching
9 72 (16.04%) Programme Governance
10 67 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 66 (14.70%) Conflict Management
11 66 (14.70%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (14.70%) Operations Management
11 66 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (12.25%) Migration
13 54 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (10.91%) CRM
15 47 (10.47%) ERP
16 45 (10.02%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.78%) Java
2 5 (1.11%) SQL
3 3 (0.67%) Python
4 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (23.83%) Degree
2 77 (17.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 50 (11.14%) PMP
4 44 (9.80%) PMI Certification
5 41 (9.13%) Security Cleared
6 34 (7.57%) SC Cleared
7 21 (4.68%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (1.34%) CCNA
10 6 (1.34%) CCNP
10 6 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.89%) APMP
11 4 (0.89%) ISEB
11 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.45%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.22%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.79%) PMO
2 13 (2.90%) QA
3 12 (2.67%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.00%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.67%) GRC
5 3 (0.67%) GxP
6 2 (0.45%) GDPR
6 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (0.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (1.56%) Grafana
1 7 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 46 (10.24%) SAP
3 36 (8.02%) Oracle
4 32 (7.13%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.56%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.23%) Cisco
7 4 (0.89%) Google
8 3 (0.67%) iManage
9 2 (0.45%) Aderant
9 2 (0.45%) Adobe
9 2 (0.45%) Arista
9 2 (0.45%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.45%) Citrix
9 2 (0.45%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.45%) IFS
9 2 (0.45%) Intapp
9 2 (0.45%) Juniper
9 2 (0.45%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.45%) Sage
9 2 (0.45%) Workday