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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 115 77
Rank change year-on-year -43 -38 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 301 376 1,281
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.69% 2.83% 3.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 3.05% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 254 239 1,030
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +17.65% -11.30%
75th Percentile £75,750 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £63,076 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.70% +9.52% -12.50%

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 16,623 12,344 31,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 92.95% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,964 9,039 24,993
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,833
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,950 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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.

1 137 (45.51%) Agile
2 131 (43.52%) Project Management
3 122 (40.53%) Project Delivery
4 79 (26.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (20.93%) PRINCE2
5 63 (20.93%) Waterfall
6 60 (19.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (17.94%) Microsoft
8 47 (15.61%) Risk Management
9 46 (15.28%) Budget Management
10 39 (12.96%) Change Management
10 39 (12.96%) PMI Certification
11 36 (11.96%) PMP
12 32 (10.63%) Mentoring
12 32 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (9.63%) Coaching
14 27 (8.97%) JIRA
15 26 (8.64%) Change Control
16 24 (7.97%) Business Case
16 24 (7.97%) PMO
17 23 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
18 22 (7.31%) Degree
18 22 (7.31%) ERP
19 21 (6.98%) Migration
19 21 (6.98%) Security Cleared
20 20 (6.64%) Azure
20 20 (6.64%) Microsoft Project
20 20 (6.64%) Project Governance
20 20 (6.64%) Project Planning
21 19 (6.31%) Cybersecurity

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 11 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.66%) Confluence
3 2 (0.66%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (6.64%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.33%) Magento
3 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.33%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.64%) Azure
2 19 (6.31%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.65%) PowerApps
4 8 (2.66%) SaaS
5 7 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.66%) AWS
6 5 (1.66%) GCP
7 4 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.00%) Miro
8 3 (1.00%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.66%) Asana
10 1 (0.33%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.33%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.33%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.33%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.66%) WAN
2 6 (1.99%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.66%) Network Security
4 4 (1.33%) LAN
5 2 (0.66%) Extranet
5 2 (0.66%) Firewall
5 2 (0.66%) Intranet
6 1 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.66%) Power BI
2 1 (0.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (8.97%) JIRA
General
1 90 (29.90%) Finance
2 75 (24.92%) Social Skills
3 50 (16.61%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.31%) Legal
5 17 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.32%) Law
6 13 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.33%) Banking
8 7 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.99%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.99%) Marketing
9 6 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.99%) Retail
10 5 (1.66%) Electronics
11 3 (1.00%) Advertising
11 3 (1.00%) International Banking
12 2 (0.66%) Local Government
12 2 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.33%) FHIR
2 1 (0.33%) HEVC
2 1 (0.33%) Middleware
2 1 (0.33%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.64%) Driving Licence
2 20 (6.64%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (5.65%) Legacy Applications
4 15 (4.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.65%) Low-Code
6 10 (3.32%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.66%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.33%) PMI
8 7 (2.33%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.99%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.99%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.00%) Derivative
11 3 (1.00%) FMCG
11 3 (1.00%) Learning Management System
11 3 (1.00%) OTC Derivatives
11 3 (1.00%) Wiki
12 2 (0.66%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.33%) Windows
1 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (45.51%) Agile
2 131 (43.52%) Project Management
3 122 (40.53%) Project Delivery
4 79 (26.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (20.93%) PRINCE2
5 63 (20.93%) Waterfall
6 60 (19.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (15.61%) Risk Management
8 46 (15.28%) Budget Management
9 39 (12.96%) Change Management
10 32 (10.63%) Mentoring
10 32 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 29 (9.63%) Coaching
12 26 (8.64%) Change Control
13 24 (7.97%) Business Case
14 23 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (7.31%) ERP
16 21 (6.98%) Migration
17 20 (6.64%) Project Governance
17 20 (6.64%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.65%) VBA
2 2 (0.66%) SQL
3 1 (0.33%) Java
3 1 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (12.96%) PMI Certification
2 36 (11.96%) PMP
3 22 (7.31%) Degree
4 21 (6.98%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.66%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.99%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.33%) BC Cleared
7 4 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.00%) HNC
8 3 (1.00%) HND
9 2 (0.66%) APMP
9 2 (0.66%) CCNA
9 2 (0.66%) CCNP
9 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.33%) CAPM
10 1 (0.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.97%) PMO
2 12 (3.99%) QA
3 6 (1.99%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.66%) NEBOSH
5 4 (1.33%) GDPR
5 4 (1.33%) MiFID
6 2 (0.66%) GRC
6 2 (0.66%) GxP
6 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.66%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.33%) Basel III
7 1 (0.33%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) P3O
7 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 54 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.32%) SAP
2 13 (4.32%) ServiceNow
3 5 (1.66%) Oracle
3 5 (1.66%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.33%) Aruba
4 4 (1.33%) Atlassian
4 4 (1.33%) Cisco
5 2 (0.66%) Google
5 2 (0.66%) Planview
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe
6 1 (0.33%) Databricks
6 1 (0.33%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.33%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.33%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.33%) Meraki
6 1 (0.33%) NETGEAR
6 1 (0.33%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.33%) PayPal