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 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 81 90
Rank change year-on-year -115 +9 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 190 619 698
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.26% 3.66% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 3.81% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 151 332 568
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -
75th Percentile £78,125 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,500 £59,476
% change year-on-year +17.12% -6.68% -0.87%

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 14,134 16,257 19,706
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 96.14% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,119 9,929 16,028
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,032
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 2 January 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 2 January 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.

1 110 (57.89%) Project Management
2 102 (53.68%) Agile
3 83 (43.68%) Project Delivery
4 71 (37.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (26.84%) PRINCE2
6 46 (24.21%) Waterfall
7 43 (22.63%) Risk Management
8 35 (18.42%) Change Management
8 35 (18.42%) Microsoft
9 33 (17.37%) Business Case
10 31 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (12.11%) Degree
12 22 (11.58%) PMI Certification
13 21 (11.05%) PMP
14 20 (10.53%) Azure
14 20 (10.53%) Business Change Management
15 17 (8.95%) Business Analysis
15 17 (8.95%) CRM
16 16 (8.42%) PMO
16 16 (8.42%) Roadmaps
17 15 (7.89%) Budget Management
17 15 (7.89%) Collaborative Culture
17 15 (7.89%) JIRA
17 15 (7.89%) Programme Management
17 15 (7.89%) Scrum
17 15 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 14 (7.37%) SAP
19 13 (6.84%) Change Control
19 13 (6.84%) DevOps
19 13 (6.84%) Microsoft Project

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 (5.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.68%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) CMS
3 2 (1.05%) TPMS
4 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.84%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.58%) Trello
5 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.05%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.05%) Shopify
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.53%) Magento
3 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.53%) Primavera
3 1 (0.53%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.53%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.53%) Azure
2 12 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.16%) Power Automate
5 5 (2.63%) SaaS
6 4 (2.11%) AWS
6 4 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.11%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.11%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.05%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.53%) Asana
8 1 (0.53%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.53%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.53%) Miro
8 1 (0.53%) OCI
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.53%) Stripe
8 1 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.11%) Network Security
1 4 (2.11%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.11%) Unified Communications
1 4 (2.11%) WAN
2 1 (0.53%) Broadband
2 1 (0.53%) Firewall
2 1 (0.53%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.05%) Power BI
3 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.89%) JIRA
General
1 87 (45.79%) Social Skills
2 74 (38.95%) Finance
3 12 (6.32%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.74%) Legal
6 7 (3.68%) Advertising
6 7 (3.68%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.68%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.16%) Law
7 6 (3.16%) Marketing
7 6 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.11%) Billing
9 4 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.58%) Banking
10 3 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.58%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.58%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.11%) Web Services
2 1 (0.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.74%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.21%) Driving Licence
3 7 (3.68%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.11%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.11%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (2.11%) PMI
6 3 (1.58%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.05%) FMCG
7 2 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.05%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.53%) NHS
8 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.05%) VMS
2 1 (0.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (57.89%) Project Management
2 102 (53.68%) Agile
3 83 (43.68%) Project Delivery
4 71 (37.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (26.84%) PRINCE2
6 46 (24.21%) Waterfall
7 43 (22.63%) Risk Management
8 35 (18.42%) Change Management
9 33 (17.37%) Business Case
10 31 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (10.53%) Business Change Management
12 17 (8.95%) Business Analysis
12 17 (8.95%) CRM
13 16 (8.42%) Roadmaps
14 15 (7.89%) Budget Management
14 15 (7.89%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (7.89%) Programme Management
14 15 (7.89%) Scrum
14 15 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 13 (6.84%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (12.11%) Degree
2 22 (11.58%) PMI Certification
3 21 (11.05%) PMP
4 9 (4.74%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.16%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.16%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.11%) APMP
7 4 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.58%) CAPM
9 2 (1.05%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.53%) CBAP
10 1 (0.53%) MBA
10 1 (0.53%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.42%) PMO
2 7 (3.68%) QA
3 5 (2.63%) NEBOSH
4 4 (2.11%) GDPR
5 3 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.05%) Basel III
6 2 (1.05%) MiFID
7 1 (0.53%) EMIR
7 1 (0.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 35 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.37%) SAP
3 5 (2.63%) Workday
4 4 (2.11%) Civica
5 3 (1.58%) Adobe
5 3 (1.58%) Aruba
5 3 (1.58%) Cisco
5 3 (1.58%) Google
5 3 (1.58%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.05%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.05%) Databricks
6 2 (1.05%) Marketo
7 1 (0.53%) dotdigital
7 1 (0.53%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.53%) Kronos
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle
7 1 (0.53%) PayPal