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 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 101 72
Rank change year-on-year -60 -29 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 269 455 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.57% 3.38% 4.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 3.58% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 227 263 1,004
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,527 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,875 £50,875 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £78,125 £70,000 £64,142
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £63,076 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.70% +9.52% -12.50%

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 16,042 12,708 29,336
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 94.47% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,919 8,952 24,254
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,996
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 23 March 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 23 March 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.

1 133 (49.44%) Project Management
2 126 (46.84%) Agile
3 116 (43.12%) Project Delivery
4 68 (25.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (22.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (21.93%) Waterfall
7 52 (19.33%) Microsoft
7 52 (19.33%) PRINCE2
8 48 (17.84%) Risk Management
9 42 (15.61%) Budget Management
10 39 (14.50%) Change Management
11 32 (11.90%) Mentoring
12 31 (11.52%) PMI Certification
13 29 (10.78%) Coaching
14 28 (10.41%) PMP
15 24 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (8.55%) Business Case
17 22 (8.18%) Change Control
17 22 (8.18%) Degree
18 21 (7.81%) PMO
19 20 (7.43%) JIRA
19 20 (7.43%) Problem-Solving
19 20 (7.43%) Project Planning
20 19 (7.06%) Business Change Management
20 19 (7.06%) ERP
21 18 (6.69%) Azure
22 17 (6.32%) Microsoft Project
22 17 (6.32%) Power Platform
23 16 (5.95%) Collaborative Culture
23 16 (5.95%) Conflict Resolution

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 8 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.49%) Confluence
3 1 (0.37%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (6.32%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.74%) Trello
4 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.37%) Magento
2 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.37%) Primavera
2 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.69%) Azure
2 17 (6.32%) Power Platform
3 14 (5.20%) PowerApps
4 8 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.60%) SaaS
6 4 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.12%) Miro
8 2 (0.74%) Asana
8 2 (0.74%) AWS
8 2 (0.74%) GCP
8 2 (0.74%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.37%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.37%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.60%) WAN
2 5 (1.86%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.12%) LAN
3 3 (1.12%) Network Security
4 2 (0.74%) Extranet
4 2 (0.74%) Intranet
5 1 (0.37%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.37%) GIS
1 1 (0.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (7.43%) JIRA
General
1 92 (34.20%) Finance
2 80 (29.74%) Social Skills
3 53 (19.70%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (5.95%) Legal
5 13 (4.83%) Law
6 12 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.60%) Banking
10 6 (2.23%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.23%) Retail
10 6 (2.23%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.86%) Marketing
12 4 (1.49%) Electronics
12 4 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.12%) Advertising
13 3 (1.12%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.37%) Middleware
1 1 (0.37%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.81%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (7.43%) Driving Licence
3 17 (6.32%) Legacy Applications
4 15 (5.58%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (5.20%) Low-Code
6 9 (3.35%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.60%) PMI
8 6 (2.23%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (2.23%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.23%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.86%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.12%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.12%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.74%) Derivative
11 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.74%) EPoS
11 2 (0.74%) FMCG
11 2 (0.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.37%) Windows
1 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (49.44%) Project Management
2 126 (46.84%) Agile
3 116 (43.12%) Project Delivery
4 68 (25.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (22.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (21.93%) Waterfall
7 52 (19.33%) PRINCE2
8 48 (17.84%) Risk Management
9 42 (15.61%) Budget Management
10 39 (14.50%) Change Management
11 32 (11.90%) Mentoring
12 29 (10.78%) Coaching
13 24 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (8.55%) Business Case
15 22 (8.18%) Change Control
16 20 (7.43%) Problem-Solving
16 20 (7.43%) Project Planning
17 19 (7.06%) Business Change Management
17 19 (7.06%) ERP
18 16 (5.95%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.20%) VBA
2 1 (0.37%) Java
2 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (11.52%) PMI Certification
2 28 (10.41%) PMP
3 22 (8.18%) Degree
4 15 (5.58%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.86%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.86%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.49%) BC Cleared
8 3 (1.12%) HNC
8 3 (1.12%) HND
8 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.74%) APMP
9 2 (0.74%) CCNA
9 2 (0.74%) CCNP
9 2 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CAPM
10 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.37%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.81%) PMO
2 8 (2.97%) QA
3 6 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.86%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.12%) GDPR
5 3 (1.12%) MiFID
6 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.37%) Basel III
7 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) GxP
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) P3O
7 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.37%) Firmware
Vendors
1 52 (19.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.35%) ServiceNow
3 8 (2.97%) SAP
4 5 (1.86%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.49%) Aruba
6 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.74%) Cisco
7 2 (0.74%) Google
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle
7 2 (0.74%) Planview
8 1 (0.37%) Adobe
8 1 (0.37%) Databricks
8 1 (0.37%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.37%) PayPal