Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 82 89
Rank change year-on-year -110 +7 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 195 637 672
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 3.65% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 3.79% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 153 348 553
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -

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 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 14,256 16,805 18,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.24% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 10,446 15,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 18 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 18 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.

1 119 (61.03%) Project Management
2 98 (50.26%) Agile
3 85 (43.59%) Project Delivery
4 73 (37.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (26.15%) PRINCE2
6 45 (23.08%) Waterfall
7 41 (21.03%) Risk Management
8 38 (19.49%) Microsoft
9 35 (17.95%) Change Management
10 33 (16.92%) Business Case
11 28 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (11.28%) Degree
13 21 (10.77%) Azure
13 21 (10.77%) PMI Certification
14 20 (10.26%) Business Change Management
14 20 (10.26%) PMP
14 20 (10.26%) SAP
15 19 (9.74%) Budget Management
15 19 (9.74%) PMO
16 18 (9.23%) Business Analysis
16 18 (9.23%) CRM
17 17 (8.72%) ERP
18 16 (8.21%) JIRA
18 16 (8.21%) Scrum
19 15 (7.69%) Change Control
19 15 (7.69%) Roadmaps
19 15 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 14 (7.18%) Collaborative Culture
20 14 (7.18%) DevOps
20 14 (7.18%) Microsoft 365

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 (5.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.10%) Confluence
3 2 (1.03%) CMS
3 2 (1.03%) TPMS
4 1 (0.51%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.54%) Trello
5 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.54%) Shopify
3 2 (1.03%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.03%) Magento
3 2 (1.03%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.03%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.03%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.51%) Primavera
4 1 (0.51%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.51%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.51%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.77%) Azure
2 14 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.08%) Power Automate
4 6 (3.08%) SaaS
5 4 (2.05%) AWS
5 4 (2.05%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.05%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.03%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.51%) Asana
8 1 (0.51%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.51%) Miro
8 1 (0.51%) OCI
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.51%) Stripe
8 1 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.56%) Network Security
2 4 (2.05%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.05%) Unified Communications
2 4 (2.05%) WAN
3 1 (0.51%) Broadband
3 1 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.03%) Power BI
2 2 (1.03%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (8.21%) JIRA
General
1 91 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 74 (37.95%) Finance
3 12 (6.15%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.10%) Advertising
5 8 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.10%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.59%) Legal
6 7 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.59%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.08%) Law
7 6 (3.08%) Marketing
7 6 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.08%) Retail
8 4 (2.05%) Billing
8 4 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.54%) Automotive
9 3 (1.54%) Banking
9 3 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.05%) Web Services
2 1 (0.51%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.62%) Driving Licence
1 9 (4.62%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.59%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.05%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.05%) Digital Media
4 4 (2.05%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.05%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.05%) PMI
5 2 (1.03%) FMCG
5 2 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.03%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.03%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.51%) IoT
6 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.03%) VMS
2 1 (0.51%) Windows
2 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (61.03%) Project Management
2 98 (50.26%) Agile
3 85 (43.59%) Project Delivery
4 73 (37.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (26.15%) PRINCE2
6 45 (23.08%) Waterfall
7 41 (21.03%) Risk Management
8 35 (17.95%) Change Management
9 33 (16.92%) Business Case
10 28 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (10.26%) Business Change Management
12 19 (9.74%) Budget Management
13 18 (9.23%) Business Analysis
13 18 (9.23%) CRM
14 17 (8.72%) ERP
15 16 (8.21%) Scrum
16 15 (7.69%) Change Control
16 15 (7.69%) Roadmaps
16 15 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 14 (7.18%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (11.28%) Degree
2 21 (10.77%) PMI Certification
3 20 (10.26%) PMP
4 11 (5.64%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.59%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.59%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.05%) APMP
6 4 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.54%) CAPM
7 3 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.03%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.51%) CBAP
9 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) MBA
9 1 (0.51%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.74%) PMO
2 6 (3.08%) QA
3 5 (2.56%) NEBOSH
4 4 (2.05%) GDPR
5 3 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.03%) Basel III
6 2 (1.03%) MiFID
7 1 (0.51%) EMIR
7 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 38 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.26%) SAP
3 5 (2.56%) Adobe
3 5 (2.56%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.56%) Workday
4 4 (2.05%) Civica
5 3 (1.54%) Aruba
5 3 (1.54%) Cisco
5 3 (1.54%) Google
6 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.03%) Databricks
6 2 (1.03%) Marketo
7 1 (0.51%) dotdigital
7 1 (0.51%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.51%) Kronos
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle
7 1 (0.51%) PayPal
7 1 (0.51%) Veritas