Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 200 84
Rank change year-on-year +66 -116 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 470 265 820
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.05% 1.60% 3.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 1.74% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 311 217 560
10th Percentile £40,825 £43,887 £36,750
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £75,772
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,186
% change year-on-year - +17.22% -14.69%

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 21,538 15,261 23,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.27% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15,386 9,299 17,197
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,950 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.55% - -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 August 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 18 August 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.

1 267 (56.81%) Agile
2 263 (55.96%) Project Management
3 217 (46.17%) Project Delivery
4 174 (37.02%) PRINCE2
5 157 (33.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 120 (25.53%) Microsoft Project
7 108 (22.98%) Budget Management
8 107 (22.77%) Degree
9 100 (21.28%) Waterfall
10 88 (18.72%) Microsoft Office
11 75 (15.96%) Coaching
12 74 (15.74%) Programme Governance
13 72 (15.32%) Customer Experience
14 70 (14.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 68 (14.47%) Microsoft
16 66 (14.04%) Conflict Management
16 66 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 66 (14.04%) Impact Analysis
16 66 (14.04%) Operations Management
16 66 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 64 (13.62%) PMP
18 62 (13.19%) JIRA
19 58 (12.34%) PMI Certification
20 56 (11.91%) Migration
21 54 (11.49%) ERP
22 53 (11.28%) CRM
23 52 (11.06%) SAP
24 50 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
25 47 (10.00%) Software Delivery
26 43 (9.15%) Data Migration

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 15 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.55%) Confluence
3 2 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 120 (25.53%) Microsoft Project
2 88 (18.72%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.91%) Trello
6 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (6.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (3.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.28%) Primavera
4 4 (0.85%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.43%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.43%) Shopify
5 2 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 33 (7.02%) Azure
2 21 (4.47%) SaaS
3 14 (2.98%) AWS
4 13 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.70%) GCP
8 6 (1.28%) Asana
8 6 (1.28%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.06%) ClickUp
10 4 (0.85%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.64%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (0.64%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.64%) Miro
12 2 (0.43%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.21%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.21%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.91%) Network Security
2 7 (1.49%) WAN
3 6 (1.28%) LAN
4 4 (0.85%) Firewall
4 4 (0.85%) Intranet
5 3 (0.64%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.43%) Extranet
6 2 (0.43%) Internet
6 2 (0.43%) RFID
7 1 (0.21%) DAB
7 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.21%) Big Data
2 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.21%) Power BI
2 1 (0.21%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (13.19%) JIRA
General
1 192 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 112 (23.83%) Finance
3 30 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 29 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (5.11%) Retail
6 21 (4.47%) Legal
7 20 (4.26%) Law
7 20 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 19 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (2.98%) Aerospace
11 13 (2.77%) Marketing
12 8 (1.70%) Electronics
12 8 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.49%) Military
14 6 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.06%) Banking
15 5 (1.06%) Legal Technology
15 5 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.64%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.64%) LangChain
1 3 (0.64%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.64%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.21%) FHIR
3 1 (0.21%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.66%) Enterprise Software
2 34 (7.23%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.19%) EPoS
4 9 (1.91%) Data Centre
5 8 (1.70%) Reinsurance
5 8 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.49%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.28%) Life Science
7 6 (1.28%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.28%) NHS
7 6 (1.28%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.85%) Derivative
9 4 (0.85%) OTC Derivatives
9 4 (0.85%) Wiki
10 3 (0.64%) FMCG
10 3 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.64%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.43%) Windows
1 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.21%) Android
2 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (56.81%) Agile
2 263 (55.96%) Project Management
3 217 (46.17%) Project Delivery
4 174 (37.02%) PRINCE2
5 157 (33.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 108 (22.98%) Budget Management
7 100 (21.28%) Waterfall
8 75 (15.96%) Coaching
9 74 (15.74%) Programme Governance
10 72 (15.32%) Customer Experience
11 66 (14.04%) Conflict Management
11 66 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (14.04%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (14.04%) Operations Management
11 66 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 56 (11.91%) Migration
13 54 (11.49%) ERP
14 53 (11.28%) CRM
15 50 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
16 47 (10.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.06%) SQL
2 3 (0.64%) Python
3 1 (0.21%) Java
3 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (22.77%) Degree
2 70 (14.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 64 (13.62%) PMP
4 58 (12.34%) PMI Certification
5 41 (8.72%) Security Cleared
6 27 (5.74%) SC Cleared
7 26 (5.53%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (0.85%) CCNA
10 4 (0.85%) CCNP
10 4 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.43%) MBA
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.43%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.21%) CAPM
12 1 (0.21%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.60%) PMO
2 18 (3.83%) QA
3 13 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.13%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.85%) GDPR
5 4 (0.85%) MiFID
6 3 (0.64%) GxP
7 2 (0.43%) GRC
7 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.21%) HL7
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 68 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.06%) SAP
3 35 (7.45%) Oracle
4 31 (6.60%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.98%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.91%) Cisco
7 4 (0.85%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.85%) Google
8 3 (0.64%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.64%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.43%) Aderant
9 2 (0.43%) Arista
9 2 (0.43%) Citrix
9 2 (0.43%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.43%) IFS
9 2 (0.43%) iManage
9 2 (0.43%) Intapp
9 2 (0.43%) Juniper
9 2 (0.43%) Sage
9 2 (0.43%) Workday