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 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 114 72
Rank change year-on-year -36 -42 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 305 374 1,276
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.71% 2.80% 3.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 3.02% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 258 239 1,023
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £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 £76,563 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £89,125 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £63,076 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +9.70% +10.58% -13.33%

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 16,722 12,400 31,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 92.93% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,033 9,079 24,854
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 21 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 21 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.

1 140 (45.90%) Agile
2 133 (43.61%) Project Management
3 122 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 79 (25.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 65 (21.31%) PRINCE2
6 63 (20.66%) Waterfall
7 61 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (18.36%) Microsoft
9 47 (15.41%) Risk Management
10 45 (14.75%) Budget Management
11 40 (13.11%) PMI Certification
12 39 (12.79%) Change Management
13 37 (12.13%) PMP
14 34 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 32 (10.49%) Mentoring
16 30 (9.84%) Coaching
16 30 (9.84%) JIRA
17 28 (9.18%) Change Control
18 25 (8.20%) PMO
18 25 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
19 24 (7.87%) Business Case
20 23 (7.54%) Degree
20 23 (7.54%) ERP
21 22 (7.21%) Microsoft Project
21 22 (7.21%) Migration
22 21 (6.89%) Security Cleared
23 20 (6.56%) Azure
23 20 (6.56%) Project Governance
23 20 (6.56%) Project Planning
24 19 (6.23%) 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 12 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.62%) Confluence
3 2 (0.66%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (7.21%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.33%) Magento
3 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.33%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.56%) Azure
2 19 (6.23%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.59%) PowerApps
4 8 (2.62%) SaaS
5 7 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.64%) AWS
6 5 (1.64%) GCP
7 4 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.31%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.98%) Miro
9 2 (0.66%) Asana
10 1 (0.33%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.33%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.33%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.33%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.62%) WAN
2 6 (1.97%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.64%) Network Security
4 4 (1.31%) LAN
5 2 (0.66%) Extranet
5 2 (0.66%) Firewall
5 2 (0.66%) Intranet
6 1 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.66%) Power BI
2 1 (0.33%) Big Data
2 1 (0.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 30 (9.84%) JIRA
General
1 91 (29.84%) Finance
2 77 (25.25%) Social Skills
3 50 (16.39%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.90%) Legal
5 17 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.26%) Law
6 13 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.30%) Banking
8 7 (2.30%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.30%) Retail
9 6 (1.97%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.97%) Marketing
10 5 (1.64%) Electronics
11 3 (0.98%) Advertising
11 3 (0.98%) International Banking
11 3 (0.98%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.66%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.33%) FHIR
2 1 (0.33%) HEVC
2 1 (0.33%) Middleware
2 1 (0.33%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.87%) Driving Licence
2 20 (6.56%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (5.57%) Legacy Applications
4 15 (4.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.59%) Low-Code
6 10 (3.28%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.62%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.62%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.30%) PMI
9 6 (1.97%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.97%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.31%) Derivative
10 4 (1.31%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (1.31%) Wiki
11 3 (0.98%) EPoS
11 3 (0.98%) FMCG
11 3 (0.98%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.98%) Life Science
12 2 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.33%) Windows
1 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (45.90%) Agile
2 133 (43.61%) Project Management
3 122 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 79 (25.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 65 (21.31%) PRINCE2
6 63 (20.66%) Waterfall
7 61 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (15.41%) Risk Management
9 45 (14.75%) Budget Management
10 39 (12.79%) Change Management
11 34 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (10.49%) Mentoring
13 30 (9.84%) Coaching
14 28 (9.18%) Change Control
15 25 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (7.87%) Business Case
17 23 (7.54%) ERP
18 22 (7.21%) Migration
19 20 (6.56%) Project Governance
19 20 (6.56%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.59%) VBA
2 2 (0.66%) SQL
3 1 (0.33%) Java
3 1 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 40 (13.11%) PMI Certification
2 37 (12.13%) PMP
3 23 (7.54%) Degree
4 21 (6.89%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.62%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.97%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.31%) BC Cleared
7 4 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (0.98%) HNC
8 3 (0.98%) HND
8 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.66%) APMP
9 2 (0.66%) CCNA
9 2 (0.66%) CCNP
9 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.33%) CAPM
10 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.20%) PMO
2 12 (3.93%) QA
3 6 (1.97%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.64%) GDPR
4 5 (1.64%) MiFID
4 5 (1.64%) NEBOSH
5 3 (0.98%) GxP
6 2 (0.66%) GRC
6 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.66%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.33%) Basel III
7 1 (0.33%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) P3O
7 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 56 (18.36%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.59%) SAP
2 14 (4.59%) ServiceNow
3 6 (1.97%) Oracle
4 5 (1.64%) Atlassian
4 5 (1.64%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.31%) Aruba
5 4 (1.31%) Cisco
6 2 (0.66%) Google
6 2 (0.66%) Planview
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe
7 1 (0.33%) Databricks
7 1 (0.33%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.33%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.33%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.33%) Meraki
7 1 (0.33%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.33%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.33%) PayPal