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 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 119 72
Rank change year-on-year -27 -47 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 328 365 1,287
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.81% 2.71% 3.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 2.95% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 275 238 1,020
10th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £40,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +17.65% -11.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% +11.65% -14.17%

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 16,996 12,353 31,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 91.73% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,322 9,032 24,949
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,104
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,401
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -9.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,475 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%

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 2 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 2 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.

1 152 (46.34%) Agile
2 145 (44.21%) Project Management
3 133 (40.55%) Project Delivery
4 84 (25.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 78 (23.78%) PRINCE2
6 64 (19.51%) Waterfall
7 63 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 57 (17.38%) Microsoft
9 54 (16.46%) Budget Management
10 44 (13.41%) Risk Management
11 42 (12.80%) PMI Certification
12 40 (12.20%) PMP
13 39 (11.89%) Change Management
14 38 (11.59%) Coaching
15 35 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 33 (10.06%) JIRA
17 32 (9.76%) Mentoring
18 31 (9.45%) Microsoft Project
19 30 (9.15%) Degree
20 27 (8.23%) Change Control
21 26 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
22 25 (7.62%) PMO
23 24 (7.32%) Business Case
23 24 (7.32%) ERP
24 23 (7.01%) Migration
25 22 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
26 21 (6.40%) Azure
26 21 (6.40%) Security Cleared
27 20 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
28 19 (5.79%) Power Platform

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 12 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.44%) Confluence
3 2 (0.61%) CMS
Applications
1 31 (9.45%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.30%) Magento
3 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (6.40%) Azure
2 19 (5.79%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.27%) PowerApps
4 9 (2.74%) SaaS
5 7 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.52%) AWS
6 5 (1.52%) GCP
7 4 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.22%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.91%) Miro
9 2 (0.61%) Asana
10 1 (0.30%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.30%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.30%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.30%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.44%) WAN
2 6 (1.83%) Network Security
2 6 (1.83%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.22%) LAN
4 3 (0.91%) Firewall
5 2 (0.61%) Extranet
5 2 (0.61%) Intranet
6 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.61%) Power BI
2 1 (0.30%) Big Data
2 1 (0.30%) GIS
Development Applications
1 33 (10.06%) JIRA
General
1 90 (27.44%) Finance
2 87 (26.52%) Social Skills
3 50 (15.24%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.10%) Legal
5 17 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (4.88%) Law
7 13 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.66%) Retail
9 9 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (2.13%) Banking
11 7 (2.13%) Marketing
11 7 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.83%) Electronics
12 6 (1.83%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Advertising
13 3 (0.91%) International Banking
13 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.61%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.30%) FHIR
2 1 (0.30%) HEVC
2 1 (0.30%) Middleware
2 1 (0.30%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.62%) Driving Licence
2 20 (6.10%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (5.18%) Legacy Applications
4 15 (4.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.27%) Low-Code
6 12 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.05%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.74%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.44%) EPoS
9 8 (2.44%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.83%) PMI
11 4 (1.22%) Derivative
11 4 (1.22%) OTC Derivatives
11 4 (1.22%) Wiki
12 3 (0.91%) FMCG
12 3 (0.91%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.91%) Life Science
13 2 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.30%) Windows
1 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (46.34%) Agile
2 145 (44.21%) Project Management
3 133 (40.55%) Project Delivery
4 84 (25.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 78 (23.78%) PRINCE2
6 64 (19.51%) Waterfall
7 63 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (16.46%) Budget Management
9 44 (13.41%) Risk Management
10 39 (11.89%) Change Management
11 38 (11.59%) Coaching
12 35 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 32 (9.76%) Mentoring
14 27 (8.23%) Change Control
15 26 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (7.32%) Business Case
16 24 (7.32%) ERP
17 23 (7.01%) Migration
18 20 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
19 19 (5.79%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.27%) VBA
2 2 (0.61%) SQL
3 1 (0.30%) Java
3 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (12.80%) PMI Certification
2 40 (12.20%) PMP
3 30 (9.15%) Degree
4 21 (6.40%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 8 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.83%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.22%) BC Cleared
8 4 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.91%) HNC
9 3 (0.91%) HND
10 2 (0.61%) APMP
10 2 (0.61%) CCNA
10 2 (0.61%) CCNP
10 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.30%) CAPM
11 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.62%) PMO
2 12 (3.66%) QA
3 8 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.52%) GDPR
5 5 (1.52%) MiFID
5 5 (1.52%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.91%) GxP
7 2 (0.61%) GRC
7 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.30%) Basel III
8 1 (0.30%) HL7
8 1 (0.30%) P3O
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Vendors
1 57 (17.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.57%) SAP
2 15 (4.57%) ServiceNow
3 7 (2.13%) Oracle
4 5 (1.52%) Atlassian
4 5 (1.52%) Cisco
4 5 (1.52%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.22%) Aruba
6 3 (0.91%) Google
7 2 (0.61%) Planview
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe
8 1 (0.30%) Databricks
8 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.30%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.30%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.30%) Meraki
8 1 (0.30%) NETGEAR
8 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.30%) PayPal