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 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 207 68
Rank change year-on-year +67 -139 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 454 271 976
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.04% 1.64% 3.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 1.78% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 304 219 705
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,125 £81,250 £75,772
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%

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 20,891 15,233 25,032
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 92.11% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 15,095 9,453 18,639
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 1 August 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 1 August 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.

1 256 (56.39%) Project Management
2 252 (55.51%) Agile
3 209 (46.04%) Project Delivery
4 164 (36.12%) PRINCE2
5 146 (32.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 115 (25.33%) Microsoft Project
7 112 (24.67%) Budget Management
8 98 (21.59%) Degree
9 91 (20.04%) Waterfall
10 87 (19.16%) Coaching
11 85 (18.72%) Microsoft Office
12 74 (16.30%) Programme Governance
13 72 (15.86%) Customer Experience
14 71 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 68 (14.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 66 (14.54%) Conflict Management
16 66 (14.54%) Impact Analysis
16 66 (14.54%) Operations Management
17 62 (13.66%) JIRA
17 62 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 58 (12.78%) Microsoft
19 57 (12.56%) PMP
20 52 (11.45%) ERP
20 52 (11.45%) Migration
20 52 (11.45%) PMI Certification
21 50 (11.01%) CRM
22 45 (9.91%) SAP
23 44 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
24 43 (9.47%) Software Delivery
25 39 (8.59%) Change Control

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 13 (2.86%) Confluence
2 12 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 115 (25.33%) Microsoft Project
2 85 (18.72%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.76%) Trello
4 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (6.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.44%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.44%) Shopify
4 2 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.22%) Primavera
5 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 30 (6.61%) Azure
2 19 (4.19%) SaaS
3 12 (2.64%) AWS
4 10 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (1.54%) GCP
6 5 (1.10%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.88%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.66%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (0.66%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.66%) Miro
9 2 (0.44%) Asana
9 2 (0.44%) ClickUp
9 2 (0.44%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.76%) Network Security
2 6 (1.32%) WAN
3 5 (1.10%) LAN
4 4 (0.88%) Firewall
4 4 (0.88%) Intranet
5 3 (0.66%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.44%) Extranet
6 2 (0.44%) Internet
6 2 (0.44%) RFID
7 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.22%) Big Data
2 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.22%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (13.66%) JIRA
General
1 183 (40.31%) Social Skills
2 104 (22.91%) Finance
3 39 (8.59%) Public Sector
4 23 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (4.85%) Retail
6 21 (4.63%) Legal
7 19 (4.19%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.96%) Law
9 16 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.42%) Marketing
12 8 (1.76%) Electronics
12 8 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.54%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.10%) French Language
14 5 (1.10%) Legal Technology
15 3 (0.66%) Advertising
15 3 (0.66%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.44%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.66%) LangChain
1 3 (0.66%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.66%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.22%) FHIR
3 1 (0.22%) HEVC
3 1 (0.22%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.71%) Enterprise Software
2 34 (7.49%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.30%) EPoS
4 8 (1.76%) Reinsurance
4 8 (1.76%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.54%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.32%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.32%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.10%) Life Science
7 5 (1.10%) NHS
8 4 (0.88%) Derivative
8 4 (0.88%) OTC Derivatives
8 4 (0.88%) Wiki
9 3 (0.66%) FMCG
9 3 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.66%) PMI
10 2 (0.44%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.44%) Windows
1 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.22%) Android
2 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (56.39%) Project Management
2 252 (55.51%) Agile
3 209 (46.04%) Project Delivery
4 164 (36.12%) PRINCE2
5 146 (32.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 112 (24.67%) Budget Management
7 91 (20.04%) Waterfall
8 87 (19.16%) Coaching
9 74 (16.30%) Programme Governance
10 72 (15.86%) Customer Experience
11 71 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 66 (14.54%) Conflict Management
12 66 (14.54%) Impact Analysis
12 66 (14.54%) Operations Management
13 62 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 52 (11.45%) ERP
14 52 (11.45%) Migration
15 50 (11.01%) CRM
16 44 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
17 43 (9.47%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.88%) SQL
2 3 (0.66%) Python
3 2 (0.44%) Java
4 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (21.59%) Degree
2 68 (14.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 57 (12.56%) PMP
4 52 (11.45%) PMI Certification
5 34 (7.49%) Security Cleared
6 20 (4.41%) SC Cleared
7 17 (3.74%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.66%) CCNA
11 3 (0.66%) CCNP
11 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.44%) MBA
12 2 (0.44%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.22%) APMP
13 1 (0.22%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.22%) CAPM
13 1 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.39%) PMO
2 12 (2.64%) QA
3 8 (1.76%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.88%) GDPR
5 4 (0.88%) MiFID
6 3 (0.66%) GxP
7 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 58 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.91%) SAP
3 34 (7.49%) Oracle
4 31 (6.83%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.76%) Cisco
7 4 (0.88%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.66%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.66%) Google
8 3 (0.66%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.44%) Aderant
9 2 (0.44%) Arista
9 2 (0.44%) Citrix
9 2 (0.44%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.44%) IFS
9 2 (0.44%) iManage
9 2 (0.44%) Intapp
9 2 (0.44%) Juniper
9 2 (0.44%) Workday
10 1 (0.22%) Sage