Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 185 72
Rank change year-on-year +62 -113 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 425 292 1,321
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 1.89% 3.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 2.05% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 292 211 1,010
10th Percentile £47,625 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +12.75% -7.27%
75th Percentile £71,563 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,421
% change year-on-year - +19.00% -15.96%

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 18,928 14,257 33,399
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.13% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,810 8,734 26,113
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 20 June 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 20 June 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.

1 234 (55.06%) Agile
1 234 (55.06%) Project Management
2 200 (47.06%) Project Delivery
3 144 (33.88%) PRINCE2
4 115 (27.06%) Budget Management
5 113 (26.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (25.18%) Microsoft Project
7 98 (23.06%) Coaching
8 86 (20.24%) Degree
9 80 (18.82%) Microsoft Office
9 80 (18.82%) Waterfall
10 69 (16.24%) Customer Experience
11 68 (16.00%) Programme Governance
12 67 (15.76%) Conflict Management
12 67 (15.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 66 (15.53%) Impact Analysis
13 66 (15.53%) Operations Management
14 65 (15.29%) Microsoft
15 58 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 50 (11.76%) ERP
16 50 (11.76%) JIRA
16 50 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 44 (10.35%) Migration
18 43 (10.12%) CRM
18 43 (10.12%) PMP
19 39 (9.18%) Change Management
19 39 (9.18%) PMI Certification
19 39 (9.18%) SAP
20 35 (8.24%) Risk Management
21 34 (8.00%) Mentoring

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 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.12%) Confluence
3 2 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 107 (25.18%) Microsoft Project
2 80 (18.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.47%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 22 (5.18%) Azure
2 20 (4.71%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.76%) SaaS
4 14 (3.29%) PowerApps
5 9 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.65%) GCP
8 6 (1.41%) AWS
9 5 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.94%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.47%) Miro
12 1 (0.24%) Asana
12 1 (0.24%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.24%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.41%) Network Security
1 6 (1.41%) WAN
2 4 (0.94%) Firewall
2 4 (0.94%) LAN
3 3 (0.71%) Intranet
3 3 (0.71%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.47%) Extranet
4 2 (0.47%) Internet
4 2 (0.47%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.24%) Big Data
1 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.24%) GIS
1 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 50 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 158 (37.18%) Social Skills
2 89 (20.94%) Finance
3 52 (12.24%) Public Sector
4 21 (4.94%) Legal
4 21 (4.94%) Retail
5 16 (3.76%) Law
6 15 (3.53%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.88%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (1.88%) Electronics
8 8 (1.88%) Marketing
9 6 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.18%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.94%) Banking
11 4 (0.94%) French Language
11 4 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.94%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.71%) Advertising
12 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.47%) LangChain
1 2 (0.47%) LangGraph
1 2 (0.47%) LlamaIndex
1 2 (0.47%) 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 37 (8.71%) Driving Licence
2 33 (7.76%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (4.71%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
5 15 (3.53%) EPoS
6 14 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (3.29%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.35%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.88%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.88%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.94%) Derivative
11 4 (0.94%) OTC Derivatives
11 4 (0.94%) PMI
11 4 (0.94%) Wiki
12 3 (0.71%) FMCG
12 3 (0.71%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.71%) Life Science
12 3 (0.71%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (55.06%) Agile
1 234 (55.06%) Project Management
2 200 (47.06%) Project Delivery
3 144 (33.88%) PRINCE2
4 115 (27.06%) Budget Management
5 113 (26.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 98 (23.06%) Coaching
7 80 (18.82%) Waterfall
8 69 (16.24%) Customer Experience
9 68 (16.00%) Programme Governance
10 67 (15.76%) Conflict Management
11 66 (15.53%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (15.53%) Operations Management
12 58 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (11.76%) ERP
13 50 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 44 (10.35%) Migration
15 43 (10.12%) CRM
16 39 (9.18%) Change Management
17 35 (8.24%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.29%) VBA
2 3 (0.71%) SQL
3 2 (0.47%) Python
4 1 (0.24%) Java
4 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (20.24%) Degree
2 67 (15.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 43 (10.12%) PMP
4 39 (9.18%) PMI Certification
5 24 (5.65%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.88%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.71%) CCNA
9 3 (0.71%) CCNP
9 3 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.71%) HNC
9 3 (0.71%) HND
10 2 (0.47%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.24%) APMP
11 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.24%) CAPM
11 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.35%) PMO
2 13 (3.06%) QA
3 8 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.94%) GDPR
4 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.94%) MiFID
5 3 (0.71%) GxP
6 2 (0.47%) GRC
6 2 (0.47%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) HL7
7 1 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Vendors
1 65 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.18%) SAP
3 33 (7.76%) ServiceNow
4 28 (6.59%) Oracle
5 7 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.41%) Cisco
7 4 (0.94%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.71%) Google
9 2 (0.47%) Aruba
9 2 (0.47%) IFS
9 2 (0.47%) Planview
10 1 (0.24%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.24%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.24%) Meraki
10 1 (0.24%) NETGEAR
10 1 (0.24%) Palo Alto