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 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 165 73
Rank change year-on-year +43 -92 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 398 339 1,289
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.12% 2.25% 3.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.26% 2.43% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 278 233 1,015
10th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% +12.75% -7.27%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,625 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +12.75% -15.00%

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 17,621 13,922 31,249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 92.22% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,951 8,831 24,870
10th Percentile £34,764 £31,250 £33,116
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,500 £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 20 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 20 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.

1 219 (55.03%) Project Management
2 215 (54.02%) Agile
3 195 (48.99%) Project Delivery
4 138 (34.67%) PRINCE2
5 112 (28.14%) Budget Management
6 97 (24.37%) Coaching
7 95 (23.87%) Microsoft Project
8 90 (22.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 88 (22.11%) Degree
10 80 (20.10%) Microsoft Office
11 69 (17.34%) Waterfall
12 68 (17.09%) Customer Experience
12 68 (17.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 68 (17.09%) Programme Governance
13 67 (16.83%) Conflict Management
14 66 (16.58%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (16.58%) Operations Management
15 59 (14.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (14.82%) Microsoft
16 43 (10.80%) PMI Certification
16 43 (10.80%) PMP
17 40 (10.05%) JIRA
18 39 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 37 (9.30%) Risk Management
20 36 (9.05%) Change Management
21 34 (8.54%) ERP
22 33 (8.29%) Change Control
22 33 (8.29%) Mentoring
23 30 (7.54%) Migration
24 29 (7.29%) Business Case

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 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.01%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) CMS
Applications
1 95 (23.87%) Microsoft Project
2 80 (20.10%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.50%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (4.77%) Azure
1 19 (4.77%) Power Platform
2 14 (3.52%) PowerApps
3 11 (2.76%) SaaS
4 6 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.26%) GCP
6 4 (1.01%) AWS
6 4 (1.01%) Smartsheet
7 3 (0.75%) Miro
8 2 (0.50%) Asana
9 1 (0.25%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.25%) ClickUp
9 1 (0.25%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.25%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.51%) Network Security
1 6 (1.51%) WAN
2 4 (1.01%) LAN
3 3 (0.75%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.50%) Extranet
4 2 (0.50%) Firewall
4 2 (0.50%) Intranet
5 1 (0.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.50%) Power BI
2 1 (0.25%) Big Data
2 1 (0.25%) GIS
Development Applications
1 40 (10.05%) JIRA
General
1 143 (35.93%) Social Skills
2 85 (21.36%) Finance
3 49 (12.31%) Public Sector
4 21 (5.28%) Legal
5 17 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (4.27%) Law
6 16 (4.02%) Retail
7 14 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.27%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.51%) Marketing
10 8 (2.01%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (2.01%) Electronics
11 7 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.51%) Banking
12 6 (1.51%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.75%) Advertising
14 3 (0.75%) International Banking
14 3 (0.75%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.50%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.25%) FHIR
2 1 (0.25%) HEVC
2 1 (0.25%) Middleware
2 1 (0.25%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.04%) Driving Licence
2 20 (5.03%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (4.77%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (4.27%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (3.52%) Low-Code
6 10 (2.51%) EPoS
7 9 (2.26%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.26%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.01%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.76%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.26%) PMI
12 4 (1.01%) Derivative
12 4 (1.01%) Learning Management System
12 4 (1.01%) OTC Derivatives
12 4 (1.01%) Wiki
13 3 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.75%) FMCG
13 3 (0.75%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (55.03%) Project Management
2 215 (54.02%) Agile
3 195 (48.99%) Project Delivery
4 138 (34.67%) PRINCE2
5 112 (28.14%) Budget Management
6 97 (24.37%) Coaching
7 90 (22.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 69 (17.34%) Waterfall
9 68 (17.09%) Customer Experience
9 68 (17.09%) Programme Governance
10 67 (16.83%) Conflict Management
11 66 (16.58%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (16.58%) Operations Management
12 59 (14.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 37 (9.30%) Risk Management
15 36 (9.05%) Change Management
16 34 (8.54%) ERP
17 33 (8.29%) Change Control
17 33 (8.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.52%) VBA
2 2 (0.50%) SQL
3 1 (0.25%) Java
3 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 88 (22.11%) Degree
2 68 (17.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 43 (10.80%) PMI Certification
3 43 (10.80%) PMP
4 22 (5.53%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 6 (1.51%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.01%) BC Cleared
9 3 (0.75%) CCNA
9 3 (0.75%) CCNP
9 3 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.75%) HNC
9 3 (0.75%) HND
10 2 (0.50%) APMP
10 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.25%) CAPM
11 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.28%) PMO
2 12 (3.02%) QA
3 8 (2.01%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.26%) GDPR
5 5 (1.26%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.01%) MiFID
7 3 (0.75%) GxP
8 2 (0.50%) GRC
8 2 (0.50%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.25%) HL7
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
9 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Vendors
1 59 (14.82%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.53%) SAP
3 21 (5.28%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.27%) Oracle
5 6 (1.51%) Cisco
6 5 (1.26%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.26%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.75%) Google
8 2 (0.50%) Aruba
8 2 (0.50%) Planview
9 1 (0.25%) Adobe
9 1 (0.25%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.25%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.25%) Meraki
9 1 (0.25%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.25%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.25%) PayPal