Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 198 65
Rank change year-on-year +67 -133 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 444 286 1,237
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 1.74% 3.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 1.88% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 304 221 931
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% +12.75% -7.27%
75th Percentile £71,563 £70,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £74,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,999
% change year-on-year - +15.39% -13.34%

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 19,942 15,207 31,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.34% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 14,507 9,447 24,016
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +3.51% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 10 July 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 10 July 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.

1 251 (56.53%) Project Management
2 248 (55.86%) Agile
3 213 (47.97%) Project Delivery
4 153 (34.46%) PRINCE2
5 130 (29.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 120 (27.03%) Budget Management
7 114 (25.68%) Microsoft Project
8 98 (22.07%) Coaching
9 92 (20.72%) Degree
10 85 (19.14%) Waterfall
11 84 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
12 70 (15.77%) Customer Experience
13 69 (15.54%) Microsoft
14 68 (15.32%) Programme Governance
15 67 (15.09%) Conflict Management
15 67 (15.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 66 (14.86%) Impact Analysis
16 66 (14.86%) Operations Management
17 60 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
18 56 (12.61%) JIRA
18 56 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 51 (11.49%) ERP
19 51 (11.49%) PMP
20 50 (11.26%) Migration
21 48 (10.81%) PMI Certification
22 47 (10.59%) CRM
23 42 (9.46%) Change Management
23 42 (9.46%) SAP
24 39 (8.78%) Software Delivery
25 38 (8.56%) 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 12 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.48%) Confluence
3 2 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 114 (25.68%) Microsoft Project
2 84 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.35%) Trello
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (6.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.45%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.45%) Shopify
4 2 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 28 (6.31%) Azure
2 20 (4.50%) Power Platform
3 17 (3.83%) SaaS
4 14 (3.15%) PowerApps
5 10 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.80%) GCP
7 7 (1.58%) AWS
8 4 (0.90%) Smartsheet
9 3 (0.68%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.45%) Miro
10 2 (0.45%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.23%) Asana
11 1 (0.23%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.58%) Network Security
1 7 (1.58%) WAN
2 5 (1.13%) LAN
3 4 (0.90%) Firewall
3 4 (0.90%) Intranet
3 4 (0.90%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.45%) Extranet
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
4 2 (0.45%) RFID
5 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.23%) Big Data
2 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.23%) GIS
2 1 (0.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (12.61%) JIRA
General
1 168 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 94 (21.17%) Finance
3 53 (11.94%) Public Sector
4 23 (5.18%) Legal
4 23 (5.18%) Retail
5 19 (4.28%) Law
6 16 (3.60%) Manufacturing
7 14 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (2.25%) Marketing
10 8 (1.80%) Electronics
10 8 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.13%) Advertising
11 5 (1.13%) French Language
11 5 (1.13%) Legal Technology
12 4 (0.90%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.68%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.68%) LangChain
1 3 (0.68%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.68%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.23%) FHIR
3 1 (0.23%) HEVC
3 1 (0.23%) Middleware
3 1 (0.23%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.78%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.88%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (4.50%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (3.83%) Legacy Applications
5 15 (3.38%) EPoS
6 14 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (3.15%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.80%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.58%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.13%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.13%) PMI
10 4 (0.90%) Derivative
10 4 (0.90%) FMCG
10 4 (0.90%) Life Science
10 4 (0.90%) NHS
10 4 (0.90%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (0.90%) Wiki
11 3 (0.68%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (56.53%) Project Management
2 248 (55.86%) Agile
3 213 (47.97%) Project Delivery
4 153 (34.46%) PRINCE2
5 130 (29.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 120 (27.03%) Budget Management
7 98 (22.07%) Coaching
8 85 (19.14%) Waterfall
9 70 (15.77%) Customer Experience
10 68 (15.32%) Programme Governance
11 67 (15.09%) Conflict Management
12 66 (14.86%) Impact Analysis
12 66 (14.86%) Operations Management
13 60 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
14 56 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 51 (11.49%) ERP
16 50 (11.26%) Migration
17 47 (10.59%) CRM
18 42 (9.46%) Change Management
19 39 (8.78%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.15%) VBA
2 4 (0.90%) SQL
3 3 (0.68%) Python
4 1 (0.23%) Java
4 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (20.72%) Degree
2 67 (15.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 51 (11.49%) PMP
4 48 (10.81%) PMI Certification
5 25 (5.63%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 9 (2.03%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.68%) CCNA
8 3 (0.68%) CCNP
8 3 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.68%) HNC
8 3 (0.68%) HND
8 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.45%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.23%) APMP
10 1 (0.23%) CAPM
10 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.76%) PMO
2 11 (2.48%) QA
3 8 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.90%) GDPR
5 4 (0.90%) MiFID
6 3 (0.68%) GxP
7 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Vendors
1 69 (15.54%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.46%) SAP
3 34 (7.66%) ServiceNow
4 31 (6.98%) Oracle
5 8 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.35%) Cisco
7 4 (0.90%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.90%) Google
8 2 (0.45%) Aruba
8 2 (0.45%) IFS
9 1 (0.23%) Aderant
9 1 (0.23%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.23%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.23%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.23%) iManage
9 1 (0.23%) Intapp
9 1 (0.23%) Meraki
9 1 (0.23%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.23%) SaltStack