Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £63,076 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 111 70
Rank change year-on-year -42 -41 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 298 374 1,293
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.70% 2.83% 3.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 3.05% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 252 234 1,026
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,300 £35,875
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +17.65% -11.30%
75th Percentile £76,188 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £63,076 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.70% +9.52% -12.50%

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 16,430 12,262 31,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 92.94% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,808 9,000 24,985
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,125 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% +6.40% -9.59%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,525 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.53% -10.34%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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.

1 137 (45.97%) Agile
2 131 (43.96%) Project Management
3 121 (40.60%) Project Delivery
4 78 (26.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (21.48%) Waterfall
6 63 (21.14%) PRINCE2
7 60 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (18.12%) Microsoft
9 47 (15.77%) Budget Management
10 45 (15.10%) Risk Management
11 39 (13.09%) Change Management
11 39 (13.09%) PMI Certification
12 36 (12.08%) PMP
13 32 (10.74%) Mentoring
13 32 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (9.73%) Coaching
15 27 (9.06%) Change Control
15 27 (9.06%) JIRA
16 23 (7.72%) Business Case
16 23 (7.72%) Degree
16 23 (7.72%) PMO
16 23 (7.72%) Problem-Solving
17 21 (7.05%) ERP
17 21 (7.05%) Microsoft Project
17 21 (7.05%) Security Cleared
18 20 (6.71%) Azure
18 20 (6.71%) Migration
18 20 (6.71%) Project Planning
19 19 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
19 19 (6.38%) Power Platform

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 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.68%) Confluence
3 2 (0.67%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (7.05%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.34%) Magento
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.34%) Primavera
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.71%) Azure
2 19 (6.38%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.70%) PowerApps
4 8 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (2.68%) SaaS
5 7 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.34%) AWS
6 4 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.34%) GCP
7 3 (1.01%) Miro
7 3 (1.01%) Smartsheet
8 2 (0.67%) Asana
9 1 (0.34%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.34%) ClickUp
9 1 (0.34%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.34%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.68%) WAN
2 6 (2.01%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.68%) Network Security
4 4 (1.34%) LAN
5 2 (0.67%) Extranet
5 2 (0.67%) Firewall
5 2 (0.67%) Intranet
6 1 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.67%) Power BI
2 1 (0.34%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (9.06%) JIRA
General
1 91 (30.54%) Finance
2 75 (25.17%) Social Skills
3 50 (16.78%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.38%) Legal
5 17 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.36%) Law
6 13 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.35%) Banking
8 7 (2.35%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.01%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.01%) Marketing
9 6 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.01%) Retail
10 5 (1.68%) Electronics
11 3 (1.01%) Advertising
11 3 (1.01%) International Banking
11 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.67%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.34%) FHIR
2 1 (0.34%) Middleware
2 1 (0.34%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.72%) Driving Licence
2 21 (7.05%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (5.70%) Legacy Applications
4 15 (5.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.70%) Low-Code
6 10 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.68%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.35%) PMI
8 7 (2.35%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.68%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.01%) Derivative
12 3 (1.01%) FMCG
12 3 (1.01%) Learning Management System
12 3 (1.01%) OTC Derivatives
12 3 (1.01%) Wiki
13 2 (0.67%) EPoS
13 2 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.34%) Windows
1 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (45.97%) Agile
2 131 (43.96%) Project Management
3 121 (40.60%) Project Delivery
4 78 (26.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (21.48%) Waterfall
6 63 (21.14%) PRINCE2
7 60 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (15.77%) Budget Management
9 45 (15.10%) Risk Management
10 39 (13.09%) Change Management
11 32 (10.74%) Mentoring
11 32 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 29 (9.73%) Coaching
13 27 (9.06%) Change Control
14 23 (7.72%) Business Case
14 23 (7.72%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (7.05%) ERP
16 20 (6.71%) Migration
16 20 (6.71%) Project Planning
17 19 (6.38%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.70%) VBA
2 2 (0.67%) SQL
3 1 (0.34%) Java
3 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (13.09%) PMI Certification
2 36 (12.08%) PMP
3 23 (7.72%) Degree
4 21 (7.05%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.01%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.34%) BC Cleared
7 4 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.01%) HNC
8 3 (1.01%) HND
9 2 (0.67%) APMP
9 2 (0.67%) CCNA
9 2 (0.67%) CCNP
9 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.34%) CAPM
10 1 (0.34%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.72%) PMO
2 12 (4.03%) QA
3 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.68%) NEBOSH
5 4 (1.34%) MiFID
6 3 (1.01%) GDPR
7 2 (0.67%) GRC
7 2 (0.67%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) Basel III
8 1 (0.34%) GxP
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) HL7
8 1 (0.34%) P3O
8 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Vendors
1 54 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.36%) ServiceNow
3 12 (4.03%) SAP
4 5 (1.68%) Oracle
4 5 (1.68%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.34%) Aruba
5 4 (1.34%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.34%) Cisco
6 2 (0.67%) Google
6 2 (0.67%) Planview
7 1 (0.34%) Adobe
7 1 (0.34%) Databricks
7 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.34%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.34%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.34%) Meraki
7 1 (0.34%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.34%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.34%) PayPal