Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £58,446 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 197 79
Rank change year-on-year +64 -118 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 464 267 863
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.05% 1.63% 3.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 1.76% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 310 220 605
10th Percentile £42,375 £42,500 £36,624
25th Percentile £52,125 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £71,438 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,375 £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 21,342 15,130 24,004
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.10% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,304 9,326 17,534
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,857
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.62% -7.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 12 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 12 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.

1 260 (56.03%) Agile
1 260 (56.03%) Project Management
2 208 (44.83%) Project Delivery
3 169 (36.42%) PRINCE2
4 149 (32.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (25.22%) Microsoft Project
6 108 (23.28%) Budget Management
7 106 (22.84%) Degree
8 99 (21.34%) Waterfall
9 87 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
10 81 (17.46%) Coaching
11 74 (15.95%) Programme Governance
12 72 (15.52%) Customer Experience
13 69 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 69 (14.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 66 (14.22%) Conflict Management
14 66 (14.22%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (14.22%) Operations Management
15 65 (14.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 62 (13.36%) Microsoft
17 61 (13.15%) JIRA
18 57 (12.28%) PMP
19 54 (11.64%) ERP
20 53 (11.42%) Migration
20 53 (11.42%) PMI Certification
21 52 (11.21%) CRM
22 51 (10.99%) SAP
23 46 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
23 46 (9.91%) Software Delivery
24 41 (8.84%) Data Migration

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 14 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.59%) Confluence
3 2 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 117 (25.22%) Microsoft Project
2 87 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.94%) Trello
4 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (6.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.08%) Primavera
4 4 (0.86%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.43%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.43%) Shopify
5 2 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 32 (6.90%) Azure
2 20 (4.31%) SaaS
3 13 (2.80%) AWS
4 11 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.72%) GCP
7 6 (1.29%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.08%) Asana
9 4 (0.86%) ClickUp
9 4 (0.86%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (0.65%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.65%) Miro
11 2 (0.43%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.51%) Network Security
2 5 (1.08%) WAN
3 4 (0.86%) Firewall
3 4 (0.86%) Intranet
3 4 (0.86%) LAN
4 3 (0.65%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.43%) Extranet
5 2 (0.43%) Internet
5 2 (0.43%) RFID
6 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.43%) 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 61 (13.15%) JIRA
General
1 185 (39.87%) Social Skills
2 107 (23.06%) Finance
3 34 (7.33%) Public Sector
4 27 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (4.74%) Retail
6 21 (4.53%) Legal
6 21 (4.53%) Manufacturing
7 19 (4.09%) Law
8 18 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (2.80%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.37%) Marketing
12 8 (1.72%) Electronics
12 8 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.29%) Military
14 5 (1.08%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.86%) French Language
16 3 (0.65%) Advertising
16 3 (0.65%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) LangChain
1 3 (0.65%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.65%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.22%) FHIR
3 1 (0.22%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.76%) Enterprise Software
2 35 (7.54%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.23%) EPoS
4 8 (1.72%) Reinsurance
4 8 (1.72%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.51%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.29%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.29%) Life Science
6 6 (1.29%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.29%) NHS
6 6 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.08%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.86%) Derivative
8 4 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
8 4 (0.86%) Wiki
9 3 (0.65%) FMCG
9 3 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.65%) PMI
10 2 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.43%) Windows
1 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.22%) Android
2 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (56.03%) Agile
1 260 (56.03%) Project Management
2 208 (44.83%) Project Delivery
3 169 (36.42%) PRINCE2
4 149 (32.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 108 (23.28%) Budget Management
6 99 (21.34%) Waterfall
7 81 (17.46%) Coaching
8 74 (15.95%) Programme Governance
9 72 (15.52%) Customer Experience
10 69 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (14.22%) Conflict Management
11 66 (14.22%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (14.22%) Operations Management
12 65 (14.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (11.64%) ERP
14 53 (11.42%) Migration
15 52 (11.21%) CRM
16 46 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
16 46 (9.91%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.86%) SQL
2 3 (0.65%) Python
3 2 (0.43%) Java
4 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (22.84%) Degree
2 69 (14.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 57 (12.28%) PMP
4 53 (11.42%) PMI Certification
5 40 (8.62%) Security Cleared
6 26 (5.60%) SC Cleared
7 24 (5.17%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.86%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.43%) CCNA
10 2 (0.43%) CCNP
10 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.43%) MBA
10 2 (0.43%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.22%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.22%) CAPM
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.47%) PMO
2 17 (3.66%) QA
3 12 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.94%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.86%) GDPR
5 4 (0.86%) MiFID
6 3 (0.65%) GxP
7 2 (0.43%) GRC
7 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.22%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.99%) SAP
3 35 (7.54%) Oracle
4 31 (6.68%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.02%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.51%) Cisco
7 4 (0.86%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.86%) Google
8 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.43%) Aderant
9 2 (0.43%) Arista
9 2 (0.43%) Citrix
9 2 (0.43%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.43%) IFS
9 2 (0.43%) iManage
9 2 (0.43%) Intapp
9 2 (0.43%) Juniper
9 2 (0.43%) Workday
10 1 (0.22%) Sage