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 27 January 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 81 89
Rank change year-on-year -105 +8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 204 620 886
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 3.82% 3.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 3.98% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 167 336 706
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.07% +1.82% -8.33%

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 14,652 15,594 24,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 96.03% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,565 9,354 20,536
10th Percentile £30,350 £35,825 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -4.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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.

1 118 (57.84%) Project Management
2 107 (52.45%) Agile
3 97 (47.55%) Project Delivery
4 63 (30.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (25.98%) Microsoft
6 47 (23.04%) PRINCE2
7 43 (21.08%) Risk Management
8 42 (20.59%) Waterfall
9 31 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (14.22%) Change Management
11 27 (13.24%) Budget Management
11 27 (13.24%) Business Case
12 23 (11.27%) PMI Certification
13 22 (10.78%) Degree
14 19 (9.31%) PMP
15 18 (8.82%) Azure
15 18 (8.82%) Business Change Management
15 18 (8.82%) Coaching
15 18 (8.82%) Power Platform
16 16 (7.84%) Change Control
16 16 (7.84%) Digital Strategy
16 16 (7.84%) PMO
16 16 (7.84%) PowerApps
17 15 (7.35%) Conflict Resolution
17 15 (7.35%) DevOps
17 15 (7.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 15 (7.35%) Supplier Management
18 14 (6.86%) Collaborative Culture
18 14 (6.86%) JIRA
18 14 (6.86%) Mentoring

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 9 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.94%) Confluence
3 1 (0.49%) TPMS
Applications
1 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.98%) Trello
5 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.49%) Magento
2 1 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.49%) Primavera
2 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.82%) Azure
1 18 (8.82%) Power Platform
2 16 (7.84%) PowerApps
3 8 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.43%) SaaS
5 5 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.45%) Power Automate
6 4 (1.96%) AWS
7 2 (0.98%) Miro
8 1 (0.49%) Asana
8 1 (0.49%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.49%) GCP
8 1 (0.49%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.49%) OCI
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.49%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.49%) Stripe
8 1 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.96%) Network Security
1 4 (1.96%) SD-WAN
1 4 (1.96%) WAN
2 3 (1.47%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.49%) Broadband
3 1 (0.49%) Firewall
3 1 (0.49%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.49%) GIS
1 1 (0.49%) Power BI
1 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (6.86%) JIRA
General
1 81 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 75 (36.76%) Finance
3 27 (13.24%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.39%) Legal
6 8 (3.92%) Advertising
6 8 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.43%) Law
7 7 (3.43%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.94%) Banking
8 6 (2.94%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.45%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.45%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.45%) Marketing
9 5 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.47%) Billing
10 3 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Retail
11 2 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.47%) Web Services
2 1 (0.49%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.80%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (7.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (6.86%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (6.86%) Low-Code
4 11 (5.39%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.92%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.43%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.45%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.45%) PMI
8 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.47%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.98%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.98%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.49%) FMCG
11 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.49%) VMS
1 1 (0.49%) Windows
1 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (57.84%) Project Management
2 107 (52.45%) Agile
3 97 (47.55%) Project Delivery
4 63 (30.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (23.04%) PRINCE2
6 43 (21.08%) Risk Management
7 42 (20.59%) Waterfall
8 31 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (14.22%) Change Management
10 27 (13.24%) Budget Management
10 27 (13.24%) Business Case
11 18 (8.82%) Business Change Management
11 18 (8.82%) Coaching
12 16 (7.84%) Change Control
12 16 (7.84%) Digital Strategy
13 15 (7.35%) Conflict Resolution
13 15 (7.35%) DevOps
13 15 (7.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (7.35%) Supplier Management
14 14 (6.86%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.86%) VBA
2 1 (0.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (11.27%) PMI Certification
2 22 (10.78%) Degree
3 19 (9.31%) PMP
4 11 (5.39%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.47%) APMP
8 3 (1.47%) BC Cleared
8 3 (1.47%) CAPM
8 3 (1.47%) HNC
8 3 (1.47%) HND
9 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.49%) CBAP
10 1 (0.49%) MBA
10 1 (0.49%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.84%) PMO
2 7 (3.43%) QA
3 5 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.45%) NEBOSH
4 3 (1.47%) GDPR
5 2 (0.98%) Basel III
5 2 (0.98%) MiFID
5 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.49%) EMIR
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
6 1 (0.49%) P3O
6 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 53 (25.98%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.39%) SAP
3 4 (1.96%) Workday
4 3 (1.47%) Aruba
4 3 (1.47%) Cisco
4 3 (1.47%) Civica
4 3 (1.47%) Google
4 3 (1.47%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.98%) Adobe
5 2 (0.98%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.98%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.49%) Databricks
6 1 (0.49%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.49%) Kronos
6 1 (0.49%) Marketo
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle
6 1 (0.49%) PayPal
6 1 (0.49%) Planview