Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 85 91
Rank change year-on-year -97 +6 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 200 643 680
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.31% 3.61% 3.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 3.75% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 158 355 565
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.12% -7.50% -

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 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 14,238 17,169 19,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 96.30% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,244 10,770 15,640
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025, 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.

1 125 (62.50%) Project Management
2 100 (50.00%) Agile
3 90 (45.00%) Project Delivery
4 76 (38.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (26.00%) PRINCE2
6 46 (23.00%) Waterfall
7 44 (22.00%) Risk Management
8 39 (19.50%) Microsoft
9 38 (19.00%) Change Management
10 36 (18.00%) Business Case
11 29 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (11.00%) Azure
12 22 (11.00%) Budget Management
12 22 (11.00%) Business Change Management
13 21 (10.50%) Degree
13 21 (10.50%) SAP
14 20 (10.00%) PMI Certification
14 20 (10.00%) PMO
14 20 (10.00%) PMP
15 19 (9.50%) ERP
16 18 (9.00%) Scrum
17 17 (8.50%) Business Analysis
17 17 (8.50%) CRM
17 17 (8.50%) Roadmaps
18 16 (8.00%) Change Control
18 16 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
18 16 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 15 (7.50%) DevOps
19 15 (7.50%) JIRA
19 15 (7.50%) Microsoft 365

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 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.00%) Confluence
3 2 (1.00%) CMS
3 2 (1.00%) TPMS
4 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.00%) Trello
5 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.00%) Magento
3 3 (1.50%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.50%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.50%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (1.50%) Shopify
4 2 (1.00%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.50%) Primavera
5 1 (0.50%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.50%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.00%) Azure
2 15 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.00%) Power Automate
4 6 (3.00%) SaaS
5 4 (2.00%) AWS
5 4 (2.00%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.50%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.00%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.50%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.50%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.50%) OCI
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.50%) Stripe
8 1 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.50%) Network Security
2 4 (2.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.00%) Unified Communications
2 4 (2.00%) WAN
3 1 (0.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (1.50%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.50%) Power BI
2 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.50%) JIRA
General
1 98 (49.00%) Social Skills
2 77 (38.50%) Finance
3 12 (6.00%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.00%) Advertising
6 8 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.00%) Marketing
7 7 (3.50%) Legal
7 7 (3.50%) Retail
8 6 (3.00%) Law
8 6 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.00%) Automotive
9 4 (2.00%) Back Office
10 3 (1.50%) Banking
10 3 (1.50%) Billing
10 3 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.00%) Web Services
2 1 (0.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.50%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.50%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.50%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.00%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.00%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.00%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.50%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.50%) PMI
7 2 (1.00%) FMCG
7 2 (1.00%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.00%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) NHS
8 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.00%) VMS
1 2 (1.00%) Windows
2 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (62.50%) Project Management
2 100 (50.00%) Agile
3 90 (45.00%) Project Delivery
4 76 (38.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (26.00%) PRINCE2
6 46 (23.00%) Waterfall
7 44 (22.00%) Risk Management
8 38 (19.00%) Change Management
9 36 (18.00%) Business Case
10 29 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (11.00%) Budget Management
11 22 (11.00%) Business Change Management
12 19 (9.50%) ERP
13 18 (9.00%) Scrum
14 17 (8.50%) Business Analysis
14 17 (8.50%) CRM
14 17 (8.50%) Roadmaps
15 16 (8.00%) Change Control
15 16 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
15 16 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (10.50%) Degree
2 20 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 20 (10.00%) PMP
3 11 (5.50%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.50%) Master's Degree
4 7 (3.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.50%) APMP
6 3 (1.50%) CAPM
6 3 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.00%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.50%) CBAP
8 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.50%) MBA
8 1 (0.50%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.00%) PMO
2 7 (3.50%) QA
3 5 (2.50%) NEBOSH
4 3 (1.50%) GDPR
4 3 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.00%) Basel III
5 2 (1.00%) MiFID
6 1 (0.50%) EMIR
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 39 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.50%) SAP
3 7 (3.50%) Adobe
4 6 (3.00%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.50%) Workday
6 4 (2.00%) Civica
7 3 (1.50%) Aruba
7 3 (1.50%) Cisco
7 3 (1.50%) Google
8 2 (1.00%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.00%) Databricks
8 2 (1.00%) Marketo
9 1 (0.50%) dotdigital
9 1 (0.50%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.50%) Kronos
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle
9 1 (0.50%) PayPal
9 1 (0.50%) Veritas