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 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 192 82
Rank change year-on-year +53 -110 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 462 269 818
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.98% 1.63% 3.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 1.76% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 301 218 532
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,910 £36,805
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,000 £42,446
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £71,500 £73,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £76,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -13.33%

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 21,947 15,289 23,373
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.58% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,637 9,335 16,129
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
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 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 31 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 31 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.

1 264 (57.14%) Agile
2 258 (55.84%) Project Management
3 212 (45.89%) Project Delivery
4 172 (37.23%) PRINCE2
5 158 (34.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 121 (26.19%) Microsoft Project
7 107 (23.16%) Budget Management
8 106 (22.94%) Degree
9 96 (20.78%) Waterfall
10 86 (18.61%) Microsoft Office
11 75 (16.23%) Coaching
12 73 (15.80%) Customer Experience
12 73 (15.80%) Programme Governance
13 72 (15.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 70 (15.15%) Microsoft
15 66 (14.29%) Conflict Management
15 66 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
15 66 (14.29%) Operations Management
16 64 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 63 (13.64%) PMP
18 61 (13.20%) Continuous Improvement
18 61 (13.20%) JIRA
19 58 (12.55%) Migration
20 57 (12.34%) PMI Certification
21 53 (11.47%) ERP
22 51 (11.04%) CRM
22 51 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
22 51 (11.04%) SAP
23 47 (10.17%) Software Delivery
24 42 (9.09%) 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 13 (2.81%) Confluence
1 13 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 121 (26.19%) Microsoft Project
2 86 (18.61%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.95%) Trello
6 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (6.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.30%) Primavera
4 4 (0.87%) 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 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 34 (7.36%) Azure
2 22 (4.76%) SaaS
3 13 (2.81%) AWS
3 13 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (1.52%) GCP
6 6 (1.30%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.08%) Asana
7 5 (1.08%) ClickUp
8 3 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (0.65%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.65%) Miro
8 3 (0.65%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.43%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.16%) Network Security
2 7 (1.52%) LAN
2 7 (1.52%) WAN
3 4 (0.87%) Firewall
4 3 (0.65%) Intranet
5 2 (0.43%) Internet
5 2 (0.43%) RFID
5 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.22%) DAB
6 1 (0.22%) Extranet
6 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.22%) Big Data
2 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.22%) Power BI
2 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (13.20%) JIRA
General
1 194 (41.99%) Social Skills
2 108 (23.38%) Finance
3 30 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.98%) Retail
6 19 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 18 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.90%) Legal
8 17 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (3.46%) Law
10 14 (3.03%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.38%) Marketing
12 8 (1.73%) Banking
12 8 (1.73%) Electronics
13 7 (1.52%) Military
13 7 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.65%) Advertising
15 3 (0.65%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) LangChain
1 3 (0.65%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.65%) LlamaIndex
1 3 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.22%) FHIR
2 1 (0.22%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.79%) Enterprise Software
2 34 (7.36%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.25%) EPoS
4 9 (1.95%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.73%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.73%) Reinsurance
6 6 (1.30%) Life Science
6 6 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.30%) NHS
6 6 (1.30%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.65%) Derivative
8 3 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.65%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.65%) OTC Derivatives
8 3 (0.65%) PMI
8 3 (0.65%) Wiki
9 2 (0.43%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.43%) Windows
1 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.22%) Android
2 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (57.14%) Agile
2 258 (55.84%) Project Management
3 212 (45.89%) Project Delivery
4 172 (37.23%) PRINCE2
5 158 (34.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (23.16%) Budget Management
7 96 (20.78%) Waterfall
8 75 (16.23%) Coaching
9 73 (15.80%) Customer Experience
9 73 (15.80%) Programme Governance
10 66 (14.29%) Conflict Management
10 66 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
10 66 (14.29%) Operations Management
11 64 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 61 (13.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (12.55%) Migration
14 53 (11.47%) ERP
15 51 (11.04%) CRM
15 51 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
16 47 (10.17%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.08%) SQL
2 3 (0.65%) Python
3 1 (0.22%) Java
3 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (22.94%) Degree
2 72 (15.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 63 (13.64%) PMP
4 57 (12.34%) PMI Certification
5 41 (8.87%) Security Cleared
6 27 (5.84%) SC Cleared
7 26 (5.63%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.08%) CCNA
9 5 (1.08%) CCNP
9 5 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.43%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.22%) CCIE
12 1 (0.22%) ISEB
12 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.28%) PMO
2 17 (3.68%) QA
3 12 (2.60%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.16%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.87%) GRC
6 3 (0.65%) GDPR
6 3 (0.65%) GxP
6 3 (0.65%) MiFID
7 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.22%) HL7
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 51 (11.04%) SAP
3 36 (7.79%) Oracle
4 31 (6.71%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.16%) Cisco
7 4 (0.87%) Google
8 3 (0.65%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.43%) Aderant
9 2 (0.43%) Arista
9 2 (0.43%) Citrix
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
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe