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 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 177 73
Rank change year-on-year +59 -104 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 412 308 1,292
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.15% 2.06% 3.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 2.24% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 288 213 1,001
10th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +17.65% -7.27%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,600 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -16.67%

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 18,059 13,754 31,988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 92.06% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 13,294 8,501 25,332
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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.

1 230 (55.83%) Project Management
2 224 (54.37%) Agile
3 200 (48.54%) Project Delivery
4 140 (33.98%) PRINCE2
5 113 (27.43%) Budget Management
6 104 (25.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 103 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
8 98 (23.79%) Coaching
9 88 (21.36%) Degree
10 81 (19.66%) Microsoft Office
11 73 (17.72%) Waterfall
12 69 (16.75%) Customer Experience
13 68 (16.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 68 (16.50%) Programme Governance
14 67 (16.26%) Conflict Management
15 66 (16.02%) Impact Analysis
15 66 (16.02%) Operations Management
16 63 (15.29%) Microsoft
17 57 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
18 46 (11.17%) JIRA
18 46 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 44 (10.68%) PMP
20 43 (10.44%) PMI Certification
21 42 (10.19%) ERP
22 38 (9.22%) Change Management
23 37 (8.98%) Risk Management
24 36 (8.74%) Migration
25 33 (8.01%) Mentoring
26 31 (7.52%) Change Control
26 31 (7.52%) CRM

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 10 (2.43%) Confluence
1 10 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.49%) CMS
Applications
1 103 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 81 (19.66%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.49%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.24%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (4.85%) Azure
1 20 (4.85%) Power Platform
2 14 (3.40%) PowerApps
3 12 (2.91%) SaaS
4 7 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.21%) GCP
7 4 (0.97%) AWS
7 4 (0.97%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.73%) Miro
9 2 (0.49%) Asana
10 1 (0.24%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.24%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.24%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.46%) Network Security
1 6 (1.46%) WAN
2 4 (0.97%) LAN
3 3 (0.73%) Intranet
3 3 (0.73%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.49%) Extranet
4 2 (0.49%) Firewall
4 2 (0.49%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.49%) Power BI
2 1 (0.24%) Big Data
2 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.24%) GIS
Development Applications
1 46 (11.17%) JIRA
General
1 154 (37.38%) Social Skills
2 89 (21.60%) Finance
3 51 (12.38%) Public Sector
4 22 (5.34%) Legal
5 18 (4.37%) Retail
6 17 (4.13%) Law
7 15 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.16%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.43%) Marketing
11 9 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (1.94%) Electronics
13 6 (1.46%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.21%) Banking
15 4 (0.97%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.73%) Advertising
16 3 (0.73%) International Banking
17 2 (0.49%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.24%) FHIR
2 1 (0.24%) HEVC
2 1 (0.24%) Middleware
2 1 (0.24%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.77%) Driving Licence
2 25 (6.07%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (5.10%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (4.13%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (3.40%) Low-Code
6 12 (2.91%) EPoS
7 9 (2.18%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.18%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.94%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.70%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.21%) PMI
12 4 (0.97%) Derivative
12 4 (0.97%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.97%) OTC Derivatives
12 4 (0.97%) Wiki
13 3 (0.73%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.73%) FMCG
13 3 (0.73%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (55.83%) Project Management
2 224 (54.37%) Agile
3 200 (48.54%) Project Delivery
4 140 (33.98%) PRINCE2
5 113 (27.43%) Budget Management
6 104 (25.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 98 (23.79%) Coaching
8 73 (17.72%) Waterfall
9 69 (16.75%) Customer Experience
10 68 (16.50%) Programme Governance
11 67 (16.26%) Conflict Management
12 66 (16.02%) Impact Analysis
12 66 (16.02%) Operations Management
13 57 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 46 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 42 (10.19%) ERP
16 38 (9.22%) Change Management
17 37 (8.98%) Risk Management
18 36 (8.74%) Migration
19 33 (8.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.40%) VBA
2 3 (0.73%) SQL
3 1 (0.24%) Java
3 1 (0.24%) PHP
3 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (21.36%) Degree
2 68 (16.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 44 (10.68%) PMP
4 43 (10.44%) PMI Certification
5 26 (6.31%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.18%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.94%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.97%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.73%) CCNA
10 3 (0.73%) CCNP
10 3 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.73%) HNC
10 3 (0.73%) HND
11 2 (0.49%) APMP
11 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.24%) CAPM
12 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.31%) PMO
2 12 (2.91%) QA
3 8 (1.94%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.21%) GDPR
6 4 (0.97%) MiFID
7 3 (0.73%) GxP
8 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 2 (0.49%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.24%) P3O
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Vendors
1 63 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.28%) SAP
3 26 (6.31%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.61%) Oracle
5 6 (1.46%) Cisco
5 6 (1.46%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.21%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.73%) Google
8 2 (0.49%) Aruba
8 2 (0.49%) Planview
9 1 (0.24%) Adobe
9 1 (0.24%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.24%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.24%) IFS
9 1 (0.24%) Meraki
9 1 (0.24%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.24%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.24%) PayPal