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 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 204 80
Rank change year-on-year +68 -124 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 460 266 854
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.03% 1.60% 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 1.74% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 303 218 597
10th Percentile £41,500 £43,375 £36,540
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £71,375 £73,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,250 £75,772
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,484
% change year-on-year - +18.85% -15.86%

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 21,358 15,317 23,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.23% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,271 9,305 17,421
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 14 August 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 14 August 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.

1 259 (56.30%) Agile
2 255 (55.43%) Project Management
3 210 (45.65%) Project Delivery
4 170 (36.96%) PRINCE2
5 152 (33.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 118 (25.65%) Microsoft Project
7 106 (23.04%) Degree
8 105 (22.83%) Budget Management
9 97 (21.09%) Waterfall
10 87 (18.91%) Microsoft Office
11 75 (16.30%) Coaching
12 74 (16.09%) Programme Governance
13 72 (15.65%) Customer Experience
14 70 (15.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 66 (14.35%) Conflict Management
15 66 (14.35%) Impact Analysis
15 66 (14.35%) Operations Management
16 65 (14.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 64 (13.91%) Microsoft
18 63 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
19 60 (13.04%) JIRA
20 58 (12.61%) PMP
21 54 (11.74%) Migration
21 54 (11.74%) PMI Certification
22 53 (11.52%) ERP
23 52 (11.30%) CRM
23 52 (11.30%) SAP
24 47 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
25 46 (10.00%) Software Delivery
26 41 (8.91%) Data Migration

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 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.61%) Confluence
3 2 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 118 (25.65%) Microsoft Project
2 87 (18.91%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.96%) Trello
5 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (6.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.30%) Primavera
4 4 (0.87%) 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
Cloud Services
1 32 (6.96%) Azure
2 20 (4.35%) SaaS
3 13 (2.83%) AWS
4 12 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.74%) GCP
7 6 (1.30%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.09%) Asana
9 4 (0.87%) ClickUp
9 4 (0.87%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (0.65%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.65%) Miro
11 2 (0.43%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.52%) Network Security
2 5 (1.09%) WAN
3 4 (0.87%) Firewall
3 4 (0.87%) Intranet
3 4 (0.87%) LAN
4 3 (0.65%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.43%) Extranet
5 2 (0.43%) Internet
5 2 (0.43%) RFID
6 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.22%) Wireless
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%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 60 (13.04%) JIRA
General
1 187 (40.65%) Social Skills
2 108 (23.48%) Finance
3 30 (6.52%) Public Sector
4 27 (5.87%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (5.22%) Retail
6 20 (4.35%) Legal
6 20 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 19 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (4.13%) Law
8 16 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (3.04%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.61%) Marketing
11 8 (1.74%) Electronics
11 8 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.52%) Military
13 6 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.09%) Legal Technology
14 5 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.87%) Banking
16 3 (0.65%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) LangChain
1 3 (0.65%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.65%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.22%) FHIR
3 1 (0.22%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.83%) Enterprise Software
2 34 (7.39%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.26%) EPoS
4 8 (1.74%) Reinsurance
5 7 (1.52%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.30%) Life Science
6 6 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.30%) NHS
6 6 (1.30%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.09%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.87%) Derivative
8 4 (0.87%) OTC Derivatives
8 4 (0.87%) Wiki
9 3 (0.65%) FMCG
9 3 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.65%) PMI
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
1 259 (56.30%) Agile
2 255 (55.43%) Project Management
3 210 (45.65%) Project Delivery
4 170 (36.96%) PRINCE2
5 152 (33.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 105 (22.83%) Budget Management
7 97 (21.09%) Waterfall
8 75 (16.30%) Coaching
9 74 (16.09%) Programme Governance
10 72 (15.65%) Customer Experience
11 66 (14.35%) Conflict Management
11 66 (14.35%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (14.35%) Operations Management
12 65 (14.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 63 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
14 54 (11.74%) Migration
15 53 (11.52%) ERP
16 52 (11.30%) CRM
17 47 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
18 46 (10.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.87%) SQL
2 3 (0.65%) Python
3 1 (0.22%) Java
3 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (23.04%) Degree
2 70 (15.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 58 (12.61%) PMP
4 54 (11.74%) PMI Certification
5 41 (8.91%) Security Cleared
6 27 (5.87%) SC Cleared
7 26 (5.65%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.43%) CCNA
11 2 (0.43%) CCNP
11 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.43%) MBA
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.43%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.22%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.74%) PMO
2 18 (3.91%) QA
3 13 (2.83%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.87%) GDPR
5 4 (0.87%) MiFID
6 3 (0.65%) GxP
7 2 (0.43%) GRC
7 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.22%) HL7
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 64 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.30%) SAP
3 35 (7.61%) Oracle
4 31 (6.74%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.52%) Cisco
7 4 (0.87%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.87%) Google
8 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.43%) Aderant
9 2 (0.43%) Arista
9 2 (0.43%) Citrix
9 2 (0.43%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.43%) IFS
9 2 (0.43%) iManage
9 2 (0.43%) Intapp
9 2 (0.43%) Juniper
9 2 (0.43%) Workday
10 1 (0.22%) Sage