Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 June 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 194 70
Rank change year-on-year +67 -124 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 429 280 1,278
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 1.78% 3.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 1.93% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 294 209 965
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £51,997
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +10.58% -5.46%
75th Percentile £71,688 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,150 £74,613
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - +16.50% -14.17%

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 19,306 14,514 32,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 92.19% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,109 8,961 25,140
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,730
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,242
Median % change year-on-year - +8.61% -11.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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.

1 238 (55.48%) Agile
1 238 (55.48%) Project Management
2 204 (47.55%) Project Delivery
3 148 (34.50%) PRINCE2
4 118 (27.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (27.27%) Budget Management
6 108 (25.17%) Microsoft Project
7 98 (22.84%) Coaching
8 87 (20.28%) Degree
9 81 (18.88%) Waterfall
10 80 (18.65%) Microsoft Office
11 69 (16.08%) Customer Experience
12 68 (15.85%) Programme Governance
13 67 (15.62%) Conflict Management
13 67 (15.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 66 (15.38%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (15.38%) Operations Management
15 65 (15.15%) Microsoft
16 58 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
17 51 (11.89%) JIRA
17 51 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 50 (11.66%) ERP
19 46 (10.72%) PMP
20 45 (10.49%) Migration
21 43 (10.02%) CRM
22 42 (9.79%) PMI Certification
23 39 (9.09%) Change Management
23 39 (9.09%) SAP
24 37 (8.62%) Risk Management
25 35 (8.16%) Mentoring

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 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.33%) Confluence
3 2 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 108 (25.17%) Microsoft Project
2 80 (18.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (5.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.93%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.47%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (5.36%) Azure
2 20 (4.66%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.73%) SaaS
4 14 (3.26%) PowerApps
5 9 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.86%) GCP
6 8 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.63%) AWS
8 5 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.93%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.70%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.47%) Miro
12 1 (0.23%) Asana
12 1 (0.23%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.23%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.40%) Network Security
1 6 (1.40%) WAN
2 4 (0.93%) Firewall
2 4 (0.93%) LAN
3 3 (0.70%) Intranet
3 3 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.47%) Extranet
4 2 (0.47%) Internet
4 2 (0.47%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.23%) Big Data
2 1 (0.23%) GIS
2 1 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 51 (11.89%) JIRA
General
1 159 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 89 (20.75%) Finance
3 52 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 22 (5.13%) Legal
4 22 (5.13%) Retail
5 17 (3.96%) Law
6 15 (3.50%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.10%) Marketing
9 8 (1.86%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (1.86%) Electronics
10 7 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.17%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.17%) French Language
12 4 (0.93%) Banking
12 4 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.93%) Legal Technology
13 3 (0.70%) Advertising
13 3 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.70%) LangChain
1 3 (0.70%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.70%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.23%) FHIR
3 1 (0.23%) HEVC
3 1 (0.23%) Middleware
3 1 (0.23%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.62%) Driving Licence
2 33 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (3.96%) Legacy Applications
5 15 (3.50%) EPoS
6 14 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (3.26%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.10%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.86%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.86%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.40%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.93%) Derivative
10 4 (0.93%) NHS
10 4 (0.93%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (0.93%) PMI
10 4 (0.93%) Wiki
11 3 (0.70%) FMCG
11 3 (0.70%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.70%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (55.48%) Agile
1 238 (55.48%) Project Management
2 204 (47.55%) Project Delivery
3 148 (34.50%) PRINCE2
4 118 (27.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (27.27%) Budget Management
6 98 (22.84%) Coaching
7 81 (18.88%) Waterfall
8 69 (16.08%) Customer Experience
9 68 (15.85%) Programme Governance
10 67 (15.62%) Conflict Management
11 66 (15.38%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (15.38%) Operations Management
12 58 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (11.66%) ERP
15 45 (10.49%) Migration
16 43 (10.02%) CRM
17 39 (9.09%) Change Management
18 37 (8.62%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.26%) VBA
2 4 (0.93%) SQL
3 3 (0.70%) Python
4 1 (0.23%) Java
4 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (20.28%) Degree
2 67 (15.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 46 (10.72%) PMP
4 42 (9.79%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.59%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.10%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (1.86%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.70%) CCNA
8 3 (0.70%) CCNP
8 3 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.70%) HNC
8 3 (0.70%) HND
9 2 (0.47%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.23%) APMP
10 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.53%) PMO
2 12 (2.80%) QA
3 8 (1.86%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.93%) GDPR
4 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.93%) MiFID
5 3 (0.70%) GxP
6 2 (0.47%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) HL7
7 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Vendors
1 65 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.09%) SAP
3 33 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 29 (6.76%) Oracle
5 7 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.40%) Cisco
7 4 (0.93%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.70%) Google
9 2 (0.47%) Aruba
9 2 (0.47%) IFS
9 2 (0.47%) Planview
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe
10 1 (0.23%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.23%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.23%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.23%) Meraki
10 1 (0.23%) NETGEAR
10 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto