Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 102 77
Rank change year-on-year -93 -25 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 265 696 965
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.63% 2.98% 3.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 3.10% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 215 431 814
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,783 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,640
UK median annual salary £61,250 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -12.50% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 15,056 22,468 23,975
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 96.27% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,997 14,462 19,872
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,541 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Project Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Project Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Project Manager job vacancies

Project Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Project Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 194 (73.21%) Project Management
2 124 (46.79%) Agile
2 124 (46.79%) Social Skills
3 120 (45.28%) Project Delivery
4 96 (36.23%) Finance
5 95 (35.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 91 (34.34%) PRINCE2
7 64 (24.15%) Business Case
8 58 (21.89%) Waterfall
9 55 (20.75%) Change Management
9 55 (20.75%) Microsoft
10 47 (17.74%) Degree
11 46 (17.36%) Risk Management
12 36 (13.58%) PMP
12 36 (13.58%) Microsoft Project
13 35 (13.21%) SAP
13 35 (13.21%) JIRA
13 35 (13.21%) Project Planning
14 34 (12.83%) PMO
14 34 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
15 32 (12.08%) ERP
16 30 (11.32%) PMI Certification
17 29 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 29 (10.94%) Budget Management
18 26 (9.81%) Collaborative Working
19 24 (9.06%) Azure
19 24 (9.06%) Process Improvement
20 21 (7.92%) Project Governance
20 21 (7.92%) Business Change Management
21 20 (7.55%) Business Analysis

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.64%) Confluence
3 2 (0.75%) CMS
3 2 (0.75%) TPMS
3 2 (0.75%) WordPress
4 1 (0.38%) Drupal
4 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 36 (13.58%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.15%) Trello
5 10 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (3.77%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 13 (4.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.02%) SAP CO
2 8 (3.02%) SAP FI
2 8 (3.02%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (2.26%) Magento
4 4 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.13%) Shopify
6 2 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.38%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.38%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.38%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.06%) Azure
2 19 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.53%) SaaS
5 8 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.26%) AWS
6 6 (2.26%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.26%) Smartsheet
7 5 (1.89%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.89%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.51%) GCP
9 3 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.75%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.38%) BigCommerce
11 1 (0.38%) OCI
11 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.38%) Oracle CX
11 1 (0.38%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 1 (0.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.64%) Network Security
2 4 (1.51%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.38%) Broadband
3 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.38%) VLAN
3 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.02%) SAP BW
2 5 (1.89%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.51%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.51%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.13%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 35 (13.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Yeoman
General
1 124 (46.79%) Social Skills
2 96 (36.23%) Finance
3 19 (7.17%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.04%) Retail
6 15 (5.66%) Marketing
7 14 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.77%) Law
10 9 (3.40%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.02%) Back Office
11 8 (3.02%) Legal
12 6 (2.26%) Advertising
12 6 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.89%) Billing
13 5 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.51%) Automotive
14 4 (1.51%) Banking
14 4 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.51%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.51%) Web Services
2 1 (0.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.53%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.15%) Driving Licence
2 11 (4.15%) Social Media
3 10 (3.77%) Virtual Team
4 7 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.89%) Digital Media
5 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.89%) PMI
6 4 (1.51%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.13%) Derivative
7 3 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.13%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.75%) FMCG
8 2 (0.75%) Life Science
8 2 (0.75%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.75%) NHS
8 2 (0.75%) Pharmacovigilance
8 2 (0.75%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.02%) Windows
2 2 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (73.21%) Project Management
2 124 (46.79%) Agile
3 120 (45.28%) Project Delivery
4 95 (35.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 91 (34.34%) PRINCE2
6 64 (24.15%) Business Case
7 58 (21.89%) Waterfall
8 55 (20.75%) Change Management
9 46 (17.36%) Risk Management
10 35 (13.21%) Project Planning
11 34 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
12 32 (12.08%) ERP
13 29 (10.94%) Budget Management
13 29 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 26 (9.81%) Collaborative Working
15 24 (9.06%) Process Improvement
16 21 (7.92%) Business Change Management
16 21 (7.92%) Project Governance
17 20 (7.55%) Business Analysis
18 19 (7.17%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (17.74%) Degree
2 36 (13.58%) PMP
3 30 (11.32%) PMI Certification
4 13 (4.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 13 (4.91%) Security Cleared
5 12 (4.53%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.77%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.64%) SC Cleared
8 6 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.51%) SAP Certification
10 3 (1.13%) APMP
10 3 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.38%) CAPM
12 1 (0.38%) CBAP
12 1 (0.38%) MBA
12 1 (0.38%) PgMP
12 1 (0.38%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.83%) PMO
2 19 (7.17%) QA
3 4 (1.51%) GDPR
4 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.75%) GxP
6 1 (0.38%) Basel III
6 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.38%) EMIR
6 1 (0.38%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 55 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.21%) SAP
3 9 (3.40%) Adobe
4 7 (2.64%) Workday
5 6 (2.26%) Google
5 6 (2.26%) Oracle
5 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.89%) Databricks
7 4 (1.51%) Civica
7 4 (1.51%) Teradata
8 3 (1.13%) Cisco
8 3 (1.13%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.75%) Marketo
9 2 (0.75%) Snow
10 1 (0.38%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.38%) HP
10 1 (0.38%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.38%) Kronos
10 1 (0.38%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.38%) Veritas