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 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 87 84
Rank change year-on-year -96 -3 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 230 632 816
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 3.21% 3.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 3.32% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 183 332 670
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -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 14,779 19,019 21,254
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 96.64% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,925 11,814 17,326
10th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +0.81%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 9 November 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 9 November 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.

1 163 (70.87%) Project Management
2 111 (48.26%) Agile
3 110 (47.83%) Project Delivery
4 84 (36.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (30.87%) PRINCE2
6 51 (22.17%) Waterfall
7 48 (20.87%) Change Management
7 48 (20.87%) Risk Management
8 47 (20.43%) Business Case
9 46 (20.00%) Microsoft
10 36 (15.65%) Degree
11 35 (15.22%) PMO
12 27 (11.74%) Budget Management
12 27 (11.74%) SAP
13 25 (10.87%) ERP
14 24 (10.43%) Project Planning
15 23 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (9.57%) Azure
16 22 (9.57%) Business Change Management
16 22 (9.57%) PMI Certification
16 22 (9.57%) PMP
16 22 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
16 22 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 20 (8.70%) Project Governance
18 19 (8.26%) Business Analysis
18 19 (8.26%) JIRA
19 18 (7.83%) Collaborative Working
19 18 (7.83%) Microsoft Project
19 18 (7.83%) Roadmaps
19 18 (7.83%) Scrum

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 13 (5.65%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.48%) Confluence
3 2 (0.87%) CMS
3 2 (0.87%) TPMS
3 2 (0.87%) WordPress
4 1 (0.43%) Drupal
4 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (7.83%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.61%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.61%) Trello
5 4 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.48%) SAP CO
2 8 (3.48%) SAP FI
2 8 (3.48%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (1.74%) Magento
4 2 (0.87%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.87%) Shopify
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.43%) Primavera
5 1 (0.43%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.43%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.43%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.43%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.57%) Azure
2 15 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.04%) SaaS
5 6 (2.61%) Power Automate
6 5 (2.17%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.74%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.30%) AWS
8 3 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.87%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.43%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.43%) OCI
10 1 (0.43%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.43%) Oracle CX
10 1 (0.43%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.61%) Network Security
2 4 (1.74%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.30%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.30%) WAN
4 1 (0.43%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.48%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.87%) Power BI
4 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (8.26%) JIRA
General
1 109 (47.39%) Social Skills
2 85 (36.96%) Finance
3 18 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.52%) Retail
6 14 (6.09%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.78%) Marketing
9 10 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (3.91%) Legal
10 9 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.48%) Advertising
11 8 (3.48%) Law
11 8 (3.48%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.04%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.74%) Automotive
14 4 (1.74%) Back Office
14 4 (1.74%) Banking
14 4 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.74%) Web Services
2 1 (0.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.78%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.61%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.17%) Digital Media
4 5 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.17%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.74%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.74%) Social Media
6 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.30%) PMI
7 2 (0.87%) FMCG
7 2 (0.87%) Life Science
7 2 (0.87%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (0.87%) NHS
7 2 (0.87%) Pharmacovigilance
7 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.43%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.43%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.74%) Windows
2 2 (0.87%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (70.87%) Project Management
2 111 (48.26%) Agile
3 110 (47.83%) Project Delivery
4 84 (36.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (30.87%) PRINCE2
6 51 (22.17%) Waterfall
7 48 (20.87%) Change Management
7 48 (20.87%) Risk Management
8 47 (20.43%) Business Case
9 27 (11.74%) Budget Management
10 25 (10.87%) ERP
11 24 (10.43%) Project Planning
12 23 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (9.57%) Business Change Management
13 22 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 20 (8.70%) Project Governance
15 19 (8.26%) Business Analysis
16 18 (7.83%) Scrum
16 18 (7.83%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (15.65%) Degree
2 22 (9.57%) PMI Certification
2 22 (9.57%) PMP
3 12 (5.22%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 9 (3.91%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.04%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.61%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.30%) APMP
9 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.30%) CAPM
9 3 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.43%) CBAP
10 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.43%) MBA
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.43%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.22%) PMO
2 12 (5.22%) QA
3 5 (2.17%) GDPR
4 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.87%) GxP
4 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) Basel III
5 1 (0.43%) EMIR
5 1 (0.43%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 46 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.74%) SAP
3 7 (3.04%) Adobe
4 6 (2.61%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.61%) Workday
5 4 (1.74%) Cisco
5 4 (1.74%) Civica
6 3 (1.30%) Aruba
6 3 (1.30%) Google
6 3 (1.30%) Oracle
7 2 (0.87%) Marketo
7 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.87%) Snow
8 1 (0.43%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.43%) Databricks
8 1 (0.43%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.43%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.43%) HP
8 1 (0.43%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.43%) Kronos