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 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 152 71
Rank change year-on-year +15 -81 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 350 353 1,288
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.90% 2.43% 3.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 2.63% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 277 237 1,017
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 £75,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £51,150
% change year-on-year +8.70% +12.41% -14.75%

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 17,299 13,414 31,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 92.22% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,679 8,969 24,913
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.74% -12.42%

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 12 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 12 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.

1 170 (48.57%) Project Management
2 169 (48.29%) Agile
3 149 (42.57%) Project Delivery
4 98 (28.00%) PRINCE2
5 84 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 72 (20.57%) Budget Management
7 65 (18.57%) Waterfall
8 59 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 58 (16.57%) Microsoft
10 56 (16.00%) Coaching
11 52 (14.86%) Microsoft Project
12 47 (13.43%) Degree
13 43 (12.29%) PMI Certification
14 42 (12.00%) PMP
15 39 (11.14%) Microsoft Office
16 38 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 37 (10.57%) Change Management
17 37 (10.57%) JIRA
17 37 (10.57%) Risk Management
18 33 (9.43%) Mentoring
19 30 (8.57%) Change Control
20 28 (8.00%) ERP
20 28 (8.00%) Programme Governance
21 27 (7.71%) Customer Experience
21 27 (7.71%) Migration
21 27 (7.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
22 26 (7.43%) Conflict Management
23 25 (7.14%) Impact Analysis
23 25 (7.14%) Operations Management
23 25 (7.14%) PMO

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 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.29%) Confluence
3 2 (0.57%) CMS
Applications
1 52 (14.86%) Microsoft Project
2 39 (11.14%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.29%) Magento
3 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (6.00%) Azure
2 19 (5.43%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.00%) PowerApps
4 11 (3.14%) SaaS
5 7 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.43%) AWS
6 5 (1.43%) GCP
7 4 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.14%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.86%) Miro
9 2 (0.57%) Asana
10 1 (0.29%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.29%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.29%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.29%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.71%) Network Security
1 6 (1.71%) WAN
2 4 (1.14%) LAN
2 4 (1.14%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.86%) Firewall
4 2 (0.57%) Extranet
4 2 (0.57%) Intranet
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.57%) Power BI
2 1 (0.29%) Big Data
2 1 (0.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 37 (10.57%) JIRA
General
1 102 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 84 (24.00%) Finance
3 49 (14.00%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.00%) Legal
5 17 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (4.86%) Law
6 14 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.71%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.71%) Retail
8 8 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.29%) Electronics
9 7 (2.00%) Banking
9 7 (2.00%) Marketing
9 7 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.71%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.86%) Advertising
12 3 (0.86%) International Banking
12 3 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.57%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.29%) FHIR
2 1 (0.29%) HEVC
2 1 (0.29%) Middleware
2 1 (0.29%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.57%) Driving Licence
2 20 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.86%) Legacy Applications
4 16 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (4.00%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.57%) EPoS
7 9 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.57%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.29%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.43%) PMI
11 4 (1.14%) Derivative
11 4 (1.14%) Learning Management System
11 4 (1.14%) OTC Derivatives
11 4 (1.14%) Wiki
12 3 (0.86%) FMCG
12 3 (0.86%) Life Science
13 2 (0.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.29%) Windows
1 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (48.57%) Project Management
2 169 (48.29%) Agile
3 149 (42.57%) Project Delivery
4 98 (28.00%) PRINCE2
5 84 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 72 (20.57%) Budget Management
7 65 (18.57%) Waterfall
8 59 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (16.00%) Coaching
10 38 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 37 (10.57%) Change Management
11 37 (10.57%) Risk Management
12 33 (9.43%) Mentoring
13 30 (8.57%) Change Control
14 28 (8.00%) ERP
14 28 (8.00%) Programme Governance
15 27 (7.71%) Customer Experience
15 27 (7.71%) Migration
16 26 (7.43%) Conflict Management
17 25 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.00%) VBA
2 2 (0.57%) SQL
3 1 (0.29%) Java
3 1 (0.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 47 (13.43%) Degree
2 43 (12.29%) PMI Certification
3 42 (12.00%) PMP
4 27 (7.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 21 (6.00%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 6 (1.71%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.14%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.86%) HNC
10 3 (0.86%) HND
11 2 (0.57%) APMP
11 2 (0.57%) CCNA
11 2 (0.57%) CCNP
11 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.29%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.14%) PMO
2 11 (3.14%) QA
3 8 (2.29%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.43%) GDPR
5 5 (1.43%) MiFID
5 5 (1.43%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.86%) GxP
7 2 (0.57%) GRC
7 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) Basel III
8 1 (0.29%) HL7
8 1 (0.29%) P3O
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 58 (16.57%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.43%) SAP
2 19 (5.43%) ServiceNow
3 11 (3.14%) Oracle
4 5 (1.43%) Atlassian
4 5 (1.43%) Cisco
4 5 (1.43%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.86%) Google
6 2 (0.57%) Aruba
6 2 (0.57%) Planview
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe
7 1 (0.29%) Databricks
7 1 (0.29%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.29%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.29%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.29%) Meraki
7 1 (0.29%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.29%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.29%) PayPal