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 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 82 88
Rank change year-on-year -107 +6 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 199 626 689
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.31% 3.66% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 3.80% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 157 339 561
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.12% -7.50% -

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 14,171 16,465 19,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.19% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,129 10,128 15,838
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,900 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 31 December 2025.

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 December 2025, 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.

1 114 (57.29%) Project Management
2 104 (52.26%) Agile
3 85 (42.71%) Project Delivery
4 75 (37.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (26.63%) PRINCE2
6 47 (23.62%) Waterfall
7 43 (21.61%) Risk Management
8 36 (18.09%) Change Management
8 36 (18.09%) Microsoft
9 34 (17.09%) Business Case
10 30 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (11.56%) Degree
12 22 (11.06%) PMI Certification
13 21 (10.55%) Azure
13 21 (10.55%) Business Change Management
13 21 (10.55%) PMP
14 17 (8.54%) Business Analysis
14 17 (8.54%) CRM
14 17 (8.54%) SAP
14 17 (8.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 16 (8.04%) Budget Management
15 16 (8.04%) JIRA
15 16 (8.04%) PMO
15 16 (8.04%) Scrum
16 15 (7.54%) Programme Management
16 15 (7.54%) Project Governance
16 15 (7.54%) Roadmaps
17 14 (7.04%) Change Control
17 14 (7.04%) Collaborative Culture
17 14 (7.04%) DevOps

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 (5.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.02%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) CMS
3 2 (1.01%) TPMS
4 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.53%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.51%) Trello
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.51%) Shopify
3 2 (1.01%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.50%) Magento
4 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.50%) Primavera
4 1 (0.50%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.55%) Azure
2 13 (6.53%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.02%) Power Automate
4 6 (3.02%) SaaS
5 4 (2.01%) AWS
5 4 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.01%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.01%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.01%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.50%) Asana
7 1 (0.50%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.50%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.50%) Miro
7 1 (0.50%) OCI
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.50%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.01%) Network Security
1 4 (2.01%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.01%) Unified Communications
1 4 (2.01%) WAN
2 1 (0.50%) Broadband
2 1 (0.50%) Firewall
2 1 (0.50%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.01%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (8.04%) JIRA
General
1 91 (45.73%) Social Skills
2 76 (38.19%) Finance
3 12 (6.03%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.52%) Legal
6 8 (4.02%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.52%) Advertising
7 7 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.52%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.02%) Law
8 6 (3.02%) Marketing
8 6 (3.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.51%) Retail
10 4 (2.01%) Billing
10 4 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.51%) Banking
11 3 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.51%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.01%) Web Services
2 1 (0.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.52%) Driving Licence
1 9 (4.52%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.52%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.01%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.01%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (2.01%) PMI
6 3 (1.51%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.01%) FMCG
7 2 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.01%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.50%) NHS
8 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.01%) VMS
2 1 (0.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (57.29%) Project Management
2 104 (52.26%) Agile
3 85 (42.71%) Project Delivery
4 75 (37.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (26.63%) PRINCE2
6 47 (23.62%) Waterfall
7 43 (21.61%) Risk Management
8 36 (18.09%) Change Management
9 34 (17.09%) Business Case
10 30 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (10.55%) Business Change Management
12 17 (8.54%) Business Analysis
12 17 (8.54%) CRM
12 17 (8.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (8.04%) Budget Management
13 16 (8.04%) Scrum
14 15 (7.54%) Programme Management
14 15 (7.54%) Project Governance
14 15 (7.54%) Roadmaps
15 14 (7.04%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (11.56%) Degree
2 22 (11.06%) PMI Certification
3 21 (10.55%) PMP
4 11 (5.53%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.52%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.02%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.01%) APMP
7 4 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.51%) CAPM
8 3 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.01%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.50%) CBAP
10 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) MBA
10 1 (0.50%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.04%) PMO
2 7 (3.52%) QA
3 5 (2.51%) NEBOSH
4 4 (2.01%) GDPR
5 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.01%) Basel III
6 2 (1.01%) MiFID
7 1 (0.50%) EMIR
7 1 (0.50%) GRC
7 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 36 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.54%) SAP
3 5 (2.51%) Workday
4 4 (2.01%) Adobe
4 4 (2.01%) Civica
4 4 (2.01%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.51%) Aruba
5 3 (1.51%) Cisco
5 3 (1.51%) Google
6 2 (1.01%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.01%) Databricks
6 2 (1.01%) Marketo
7 1 (0.50%) dotdigital
7 1 (0.50%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.50%) Kronos
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle
7 1 (0.50%) PayPal