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 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 102 71
Rank change year-on-year -55 -31 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 281 432 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.69% 3.34% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 3.55% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 236 255 1,015
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,221 £36,241
25th Percentile £54,250 £51,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £76,750 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £75,000
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 15,607 12,181 29,717
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 94.20% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,144 8,996 24,435
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,767
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 30 March 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 30 March 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.

1 134 (47.69%) Project Management
2 129 (45.91%) Agile
3 115 (40.93%) Project Delivery
4 75 (26.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (22.42%) Waterfall
6 58 (20.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (20.64%) PRINCE2
7 52 (18.51%) Microsoft
8 48 (17.08%) Risk Management
9 44 (15.66%) Budget Management
10 40 (14.23%) Change Management
11 35 (12.46%) PMI Certification
12 32 (11.39%) Mentoring
12 32 (11.39%) PMP
13 29 (10.32%) Coaching
14 26 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 24 (8.54%) Business Case
15 24 (8.54%) Change Control
16 22 (7.83%) Degree
17 21 (7.47%) ERP
17 21 (7.47%) JIRA
18 20 (7.12%) PMO
18 20 (7.12%) Project Planning
19 19 (6.76%) Azure
19 19 (6.76%) Business Change Management
19 19 (6.76%) Microsoft Project
19 19 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
19 19 (6.76%) Project Governance
20 18 (6.41%) Power Platform
21 17 (6.05%) Cybersecurity

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 8 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.42%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (6.76%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) Trello
4 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.36%) Magento
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.36%) Primavera
3 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.36%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.36%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.76%) Azure
2 18 (6.41%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.98%) PowerApps
4 8 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.49%) SaaS
6 4 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.07%) Miro
8 2 (0.71%) Asana
8 2 (0.71%) AWS
8 2 (0.71%) GCP
8 2 (0.71%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.36%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.36%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.36%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.85%) WAN
2 6 (2.14%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.42%) LAN
3 4 (1.42%) Network Security
4 2 (0.71%) Extranet
4 2 (0.71%) Firewall
4 2 (0.71%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.71%) Power BI
2 1 (0.36%) GIS
Development Applications
1 21 (7.47%) JIRA
General
1 91 (32.38%) Finance
2 77 (27.40%) Social Skills
3 53 (18.86%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (6.05%) Legal
5 13 (4.63%) Law
6 12 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.20%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.49%) Banking
9 6 (2.14%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.14%) Retail
10 5 (1.78%) Electronics
10 5 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.78%) Marketing
10 5 (1.78%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.07%) Advertising
11 3 (1.07%) International Banking
11 3 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.36%) Middleware
1 1 (0.36%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.47%) Driving Licence
1 21 (7.47%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (6.05%) Legacy Applications
3 15 (5.34%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.98%) Low-Code
5 9 (3.20%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.49%) PMI
7 6 (2.14%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.14%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.07%) FMCG
8 3 (1.07%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.07%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.71%) Derivative
9 2 (0.71%) EPoS
9 2 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.71%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Windows
1 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (47.69%) Project Management
2 129 (45.91%) Agile
3 115 (40.93%) Project Delivery
4 75 (26.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (22.42%) Waterfall
6 58 (20.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (20.64%) PRINCE2
7 48 (17.08%) Risk Management
8 44 (15.66%) Budget Management
9 40 (14.23%) Change Management
10 32 (11.39%) Mentoring
11 29 (10.32%) Coaching
12 26 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (8.54%) Business Case
13 24 (8.54%) Change Control
14 21 (7.47%) ERP
15 20 (7.12%) Project Planning
16 19 (6.76%) Business Change Management
16 19 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
16 19 (6.76%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.98%) VBA
2 1 (0.36%) Java
2 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 35 (12.46%) PMI Certification
2 32 (11.39%) PMP
3 22 (7.83%) Degree
4 16 (5.69%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.78%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.42%) BC Cleared
8 4 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (1.07%) HNC
9 3 (1.07%) HND
9 3 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.71%) APMP
10 2 (0.71%) CCNA
10 2 (0.71%) CCNP
10 2 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.36%) CAPM
11 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.36%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.12%) PMO
2 9 (3.20%) QA
3 6 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.78%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.07%) GDPR
5 3 (1.07%) MiFID
6 2 (0.71%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.36%) Basel III
7 1 (0.36%) GRC
7 1 (0.36%) GxP
7 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.36%) P3O
7 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Vendors
1 52 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.91%) SAP
3 10 (3.56%) ServiceNow
4 5 (1.78%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.42%) Aruba
6 3 (1.07%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.07%) Cisco
6 3 (1.07%) Oracle
7 2 (0.71%) Google
7 2 (0.71%) Planview
8 1 (0.36%) Adobe
8 1 (0.36%) Databricks
8 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.36%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.36%) Meraki
8 1 (0.36%) NETGEAR
8 1 (0.36%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.36%) PayPal