Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 192 98
Rank change year-on-year +46 -94 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 461 266 696
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.89% 1.64% 3.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 1.77% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 284 216 421
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £36,783
25th Percentile £51,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,197 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.33% +14.66% -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 22,898 15,017 22,332
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 92.66% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,035 8,936 14,304
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,531
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 21 September 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 September 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.

1 258 (55.97%) Project Management
2 251 (54.45%) Agile
3 212 (45.99%) Project Delivery
4 175 (37.96%) PRINCE2
5 170 (36.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 124 (26.90%) Microsoft Project
7 107 (23.21%) Degree
8 106 (22.99%) Budget Management
9 90 (19.52%) Waterfall
10 85 (18.44%) Microsoft Office
11 76 (16.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 72 (15.62%) Coaching
12 72 (15.62%) Customer Experience
12 72 (15.62%) Programme Governance
13 71 (15.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 66 (14.32%) Conflict Management
14 66 (14.32%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (14.32%) Operations Management
15 65 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
16 64 (13.88%) Microsoft
17 62 (13.45%) JIRA
18 58 (12.58%) Migration
19 57 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
19 57 (12.36%) PMP
20 51 (11.06%) PMI Certification
21 50 (10.85%) CRM
22 49 (10.63%) SAP
23 47 (10.20%) ERP
24 46 (9.98%) Software Delivery
25 42 (9.11%) Security Cleared

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 15 (3.25%) Confluence
2 14 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 124 (26.90%) Microsoft Project
2 85 (18.44%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.95%) Trello
6 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (6.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.30%) Primavera
4 3 (0.65%) 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
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 31 (6.72%) Azure
2 27 (5.86%) SaaS
3 18 (3.90%) AWS
4 12 (2.60%) GCP
5 10 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (1.08%) Asana
7 5 (1.08%) ClickUp
7 5 (1.08%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (0.65%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.65%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.43%) Miro
9 2 (0.43%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.39%) Network Security
2 10 (2.17%) LAN
2 10 (2.17%) WAN
3 4 (0.87%) Firewall
4 2 (0.43%) Internet
4 2 (0.43%) Intranet
4 2 (0.43%) RFID
4 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.22%) 2G
5 1 (0.22%) 3G
5 1 (0.22%) 4G
5 1 (0.22%) 5G
5 1 (0.22%) DAB
5 1 (0.22%) DHCP
5 1 (0.22%) DNS
5 1 (0.22%) MVNO
5 1 (0.22%) VLAN
5 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.22%) Wireless
5 1 (0.22%) WLAN
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%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.22%) GIS
2 1 (0.22%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (13.45%) JIRA
2 5 (1.08%) TeamCity
General
1 198 (42.95%) Social Skills
2 102 (22.13%) Finance
3 36 (7.81%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (5.64%) Retail
5 22 (4.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (4.56%) Legal
7 20 (4.34%) Law
8 19 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (4.12%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.25%) Aerospace
11 13 (2.82%) Banking
11 13 (2.82%) Marketing
12 9 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.52%) Military
14 6 (1.30%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.08%) Back Office
15 5 (1.08%) Electronics
15 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.08%) Terraform
2 3 (0.65%) LangChain
2 3 (0.65%) LangGraph
2 3 (0.65%) LlamaIndex
3 2 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.22%) FHIR
4 1 (0.22%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.03%) Enterprise Software
2 30 (6.51%) Driving Licence
3 13 (2.82%) EPoS
4 12 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.39%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.17%) Reinsurance
7 7 (1.52%) NHS
8 6 (1.30%) Life Science
8 6 (1.30%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.87%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.43%) Derivative
12 2 (0.43%) FMCG
12 2 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.43%) LIMS
12 2 (0.43%) OTC Derivatives
12 2 (0.43%) PMI
12 2 (0.43%) Wiki
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
1 258 (55.97%) Project Management
2 251 (54.45%) Agile
3 212 (45.99%) Project Delivery
4 175 (37.96%) PRINCE2
5 170 (36.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 106 (22.99%) Budget Management
7 90 (19.52%) Waterfall
8 72 (15.62%) Coaching
8 72 (15.62%) Customer Experience
8 72 (15.62%) Programme Governance
9 71 (15.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 66 (14.32%) Conflict Management
10 66 (14.32%) Impact Analysis
10 66 (14.32%) Operations Management
11 65 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
12 58 (12.58%) Migration
13 57 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (10.85%) CRM
15 47 (10.20%) ERP
16 46 (9.98%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.30%) Java
2 5 (1.08%) SQL
3 3 (0.65%) Python
4 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (23.21%) Degree
2 76 (16.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 57 (12.36%) PMP
4 51 (11.06%) PMI Certification
5 42 (9.11%) Security Cleared
6 31 (6.72%) SC Cleared
7 23 (4.99%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (1.30%) CCNA
10 6 (1.30%) CCNP
10 6 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.87%) APMP
11 4 (0.87%) ISEB
11 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.43%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.22%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.07%) PMO
2 16 (3.47%) QA
3 12 (2.60%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.39%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.87%) GRC
6 3 (0.65%) GxP
7 2 (0.43%) GDPR
7 2 (0.43%) MiFID
7 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.22%) HL7
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (0.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.08%) Grafana
1 5 (1.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 64 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.63%) SAP
3 36 (7.81%) Oracle
4 34 (7.38%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.47%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.39%) Cisco
7 4 (0.87%) Google
8 3 (0.65%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.65%) iManage
8 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.43%) Aderant
9 2 (0.43%) Adobe
9 2 (0.43%) Arista
9 2 (0.43%) Citrix
9 2 (0.43%) IFS
9 2 (0.43%) Intapp
9 2 (0.43%) Juniper
9 2 (0.43%) Sage
9 2 (0.43%) Workday