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 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 103 72
Rank change year-on-year -65 -31 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 259 461 1,248
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.54% 3.42% 4.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 3.61% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 216 260 990
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,221 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,625 £50,688 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +11.63% -6.52%
75th Percentile £79,063 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,625 £75,077
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +6.48% -10.00%

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 15,831 12,774 28,805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 94.68% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,739 8,896 24,013
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,625 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,313 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 18 March 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 18 March 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.

1 136 (52.51%) Project Management
2 125 (48.26%) Agile
3 119 (45.95%) Project Delivery
4 71 (27.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (22.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (21.24%) Waterfall
7 53 (20.46%) Microsoft
7 53 (20.46%) PRINCE2
8 47 (18.15%) Risk Management
9 44 (16.99%) Budget Management
10 39 (15.06%) Change Management
11 32 (12.36%) PMI Certification
12 29 (11.20%) Mentoring
12 29 (11.20%) PMP
13 27 (10.42%) Coaching
14 24 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (8.88%) Change Control
15 23 (8.88%) Degree
16 22 (8.49%) Business Case
16 22 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
17 21 (8.11%) PMO
18 19 (7.34%) Azure
18 19 (7.34%) Business Change Management
18 19 (7.34%) JIRA
18 19 (7.34%) Project Planning
19 18 (6.95%) Collaborative Culture
20 17 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
20 17 (6.56%) ERP
20 17 (6.56%) Power Platform
20 17 (6.56%) Project Governance

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 9 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.93%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (6.18%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.77%) Trello
4 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.39%) Magento
2 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.39%) Primavera
2 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.34%) Azure
2 17 (6.56%) Power Platform
3 14 (5.41%) PowerApps
4 8 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.32%) SaaS
6 4 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.16%) AWS
7 3 (1.16%) Miro
8 2 (0.77%) Asana
8 2 (0.77%) GCP
8 2 (0.77%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.39%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.39%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.70%) WAN
2 5 (1.93%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.16%) LAN
3 3 (1.16%) Network Security
4 2 (0.77%) Extranet
4 2 (0.77%) Intranet
5 1 (0.39%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.39%) GIS
1 1 (0.39%) Power BI
1 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (7.34%) JIRA
General
1 88 (33.98%) Finance
2 81 (31.27%) Social Skills
3 46 (17.76%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (6.18%) Legal
6 14 (5.41%) Law
7 11 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.47%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (2.70%) Banking
10 7 (2.70%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.70%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.32%) Marketing
11 6 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.32%) Retail
12 5 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.16%) Advertising
13 3 (1.16%) International Banking
14 2 (0.77%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.39%) Middleware
1 1 (0.39%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.34%) Driving Licence
2 18 (6.95%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (5.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (5.41%) Legacy Applications
4 14 (5.41%) Low-Code
5 12 (4.63%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.32%) PMI
6 6 (2.32%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.93%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.93%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.93%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.54%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.16%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.16%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.77%) Derivative
10 2 (0.77%) EPoS
10 2 (0.77%) FMCG
10 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.77%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.39%) Windows
1 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (52.51%) Project Management
2 125 (48.26%) Agile
3 119 (45.95%) Project Delivery
4 71 (27.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (22.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (21.24%) Waterfall
7 53 (20.46%) PRINCE2
8 47 (18.15%) Risk Management
9 44 (16.99%) Budget Management
10 39 (15.06%) Change Management
11 29 (11.20%) Mentoring
12 27 (10.42%) Coaching
13 24 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (8.88%) Change Control
15 22 (8.49%) Business Case
15 22 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
16 19 (7.34%) Business Change Management
16 19 (7.34%) Project Planning
17 18 (6.95%) Collaborative Culture
18 17 (6.56%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.41%) VBA
2 1 (0.39%) Java
2 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (12.36%) PMI Certification
2 29 (11.20%) PMP
3 23 (8.88%) Degree
4 15 (5.79%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.93%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.54%) BC Cleared
7 4 (1.54%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.16%) HNC
8 3 (1.16%) HND
8 3 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.77%) APMP
9 2 (0.77%) CAPM
9 2 (0.77%) CCNA
9 2 (0.77%) CCNP
9 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.39%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.11%) PMO
2 8 (3.09%) QA
3 6 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.93%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.16%) GDPR
5 3 (1.16%) MiFID
6 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) Basel III
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) P3O
7 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 53 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.09%) ServiceNow
3 7 (2.70%) SAP
4 6 (2.32%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.54%) Aruba
5 4 (1.54%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.16%) Google
7 2 (0.77%) Cisco
7 2 (0.77%) Planview
8 1 (0.39%) Adobe
8 1 (0.39%) Databricks
8 1 (0.39%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.39%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle
8 1 (0.39%) PayPal