Project Manager Jobs with Work from Home Options

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 83 107
Rank change year-on-year +21 +24 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 1,118 1,279 2,819
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.00% 3.90% 3.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.16% 4.07% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 735 1,062 1,802
10th Percentile £36,241 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £45,300 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -3.93% +4.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,475 £80,000
UK median annual salary £51,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 26,891 31,453 76,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.84% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19,582 23,849 44,441
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,749 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,728 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Project Manager.

Project Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Project Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 839 (75.04%) Project Management
2 451 (40.34%) Agile
3 409 (36.58%) Social Skills
4 331 (29.61%) Project Delivery
5 273 (24.42%) PRINCE2
6 233 (20.84%) Finance
7 204 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 166 (14.85%) Degree
9 142 (12.70%) SDLC
10 135 (12.08%) Microsoft
11 131 (11.72%) Software Delivery
12 130 (11.63%) Agile Project Management
13 124 (11.09%) Presales
14 119 (10.64%) Mentoring
14 119 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
15 111 (9.93%) Actionable Insight
16 106 (9.48%) Waterfall
17 102 (9.12%) Security Cleared
17 102 (9.12%) Risk Management
18 100 (8.94%) Change Management
19 95 (8.50%) PMI Certification
20 94 (8.41%) PMP
20 94 (8.41%) Coaching
21 86 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 75 (6.71%) Public Sector
23 71 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
24 69 (6.17%) Project Planning
25 68 (6.08%) ERP
26 63 (5.64%) CRM
27 62 (5.55%) Retail

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.25%) CMS
4 6 (0.54%) Kentico
5 5 (0.45%) Confluence
6 3 (0.27%) Drupal
6 3 (0.27%) WordPress
7 1 (0.089%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.089%) Umbraco
Applications
1 38 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
2 28 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.63%) Trello
6 6 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.45%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.45%) SketchUp
8 2 (0.18%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 20 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.54%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.54%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
2 6 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.54%) Shopify
3 4 (0.36%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.36%) Primavera
4 2 (0.18%) BPCS
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.18%) Magento
5 1 (0.089%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.089%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.089%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.089%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.089%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.089%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.089%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 47 (4.20%) Azure
2 39 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (2.33%) SaaS
4 23 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
4 23 (2.06%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (0.89%) AWS
6 10 (0.89%) OCI
7 8 (0.72%) PaaS
8 7 (0.63%) Basecamp
8 7 (0.63%) Smartsheet
9 6 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (0.54%) Kontent
10 5 (0.45%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.45%) GCP
11 4 (0.36%) Asana
11 4 (0.36%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.27%) Figma
12 3 (0.27%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.77%) Wi-Fi
2 25 (2.24%) LAN
2 25 (2.24%) WAN
3 18 (1.61%) DNS
4 17 (1.52%) Firewall
5 16 (1.43%) DHCP
5 16 (1.43%) MPLS
5 16 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
5 16 (1.43%) VLAN
5 16 (1.43%) VPN
6 9 (0.81%) Intranet
7 6 (0.54%) Network Security
7 6 (0.54%) SAN
8 5 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.45%) Wireless
9 4 (0.36%) Extranet
9 4 (0.36%) Internet
9 4 (0.36%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.27%) LTE
10 3 (0.27%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.98%) Power BI
2 3 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.18%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.089%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.089%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.089%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.089%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.089%) Impala
4 1 (0.089%) MySQL
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.089%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.089%) Power Query
4 1 (0.089%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.089%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.089%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 33 (2.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.089%) GitLab
2 1 (0.089%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 409 (36.58%) Social Skills
2 233 (20.84%) Finance
3 86 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (6.71%) Public Sector
5 71 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (5.55%) Retail
7 61 (5.46%) Manufacturing
8 49 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (4.03%) Games
10 37 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (3.22%) Marketing
12 35 (3.13%) Legal
13 27 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
14 25 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (2.06%) Aerospace
15 23 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.97%) Banking
17 20 (1.79%) Local Government
18 16 (1.43%) Health Technology
18 16 (1.43%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.15%) EDI
2 13 (1.16%) .NET
3 7 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.45%) React Native
4 5 (0.45%) SOAP
4 5 (0.45%) V-Ray
5 4 (0.36%) HTML
5 4 (0.36%) RESTful
6 3 (0.27%) REST
7 2 (0.18%) CSS
7 2 (0.18%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.18%) XML
8 1 (0.089%) ADO
8 1 (0.089%) JSON
8 1 (0.089%) Kafka
8 1 (0.089%) Node.js
8 1 (0.089%) React
8 1 (0.089%) WSDL
8 1 (0.089%) XSD
8 1 (0.089%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (3.04%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.95%) Onboarding
4 31 (2.77%) Data Centre
5 30 (2.68%) Driving Licence
6 21 (1.88%) PMI
7 16 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 15 (1.34%) Mobile App
8 15 (1.34%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.16%) Freedom of Information
10 11 (0.98%) NHS
11 10 (0.89%) FMCG
12 9 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.54%) EPoS
15 5 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.45%) Product Ownership
16 4 (0.36%) Client/Server
17 3 (0.27%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.98%) Windows
2 8 (0.72%) Android
2 8 (0.72%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.36%) Windows Vista
4 2 (0.18%) Linux
4 2 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 839 (75.04%) Project Management
2 451 (40.34%) Agile
3 331 (29.61%) Project Delivery
4 273 (24.42%) PRINCE2
5 204 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 142 (12.70%) SDLC
7 131 (11.72%) Software Delivery
8 130 (11.63%) Agile Project Management
9 124 (11.09%) Presales
10 119 (10.64%) Mentoring
10 119 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
11 111 (9.93%) Actionable Insight
12 106 (9.48%) Waterfall
13 102 (9.12%) Risk Management
14 100 (8.94%) Change Management
15 94 (8.41%) Coaching
16 69 (6.17%) Project Planning
17 68 (6.08%) ERP
18 63 (5.64%) CRM
19 61 (5.46%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (0.54%) JavaScript
1 6 (0.54%) Python
2 5 (0.45%) SQL
3 3 (0.27%) Java
4 1 (0.089%) Ada
4 1 (0.089%) C#
4 1 (0.089%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.089%) Scala
Qualifications
1 166 (14.85%) Degree
2 102 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 95 (8.50%) PMI Certification
4 94 (8.41%) PMP
5 41 (3.67%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 26 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 24 (2.15%) DV Cleared
9 23 (2.06%) APMP
10 18 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.16%) HNC
12 10 (0.89%) RIBA
13 6 (0.54%) HND
13 6 (0.54%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.36%) CAPM
14 4 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
15 3 (0.27%) APMG
15 3 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.55%) QA
2 45 (4.03%) PMO
3 10 (0.89%) GDPR
4 7 (0.63%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (0.63%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.27%) GAMP
5 3 (0.27%) SLA
6 2 (0.18%) GMP
6 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.089%) GxP
7 1 (0.089%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.43%) Hyper-V
2 16 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
2 16 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.089%) Firmware
3 1 (0.089%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (1.43%) WSUS
2 9 (0.81%) SCOM
3 4 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.089%) FTK
Vendors
1 135 (12.08%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.33%) IFS
3 23 (2.06%) Cisco
4 22 (1.97%) SAP
5 19 (1.70%) Oracle
5 19 (1.70%) Workday
6 18 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.43%) Ruckus Wireless
7 16 (1.43%) VMware
8 12 (1.07%) Adobe
9 9 (0.81%) NEC
10 7 (0.63%) BT
10 7 (0.63%) Sage
11 5 (0.45%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.45%) Google
12 4 (0.36%) Apple
12 4 (0.36%) DocuSign
12 4 (0.36%) iManage
12 4 (0.36%) Intapp
13 3 (0.27%) Progress