Hybrid/Remote Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 200 67
Rank change year-on-year +65 -133 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 443 274 1,093
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.04% 1.66% 3.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 1.80% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 300 222 803
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,100 £35,825
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,813 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +11.65% -6.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,675 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - +16.50% -14.17%

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 20,389 15,199 27,973
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.21% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,786 9,441 21,248
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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.

1 250 (56.43%) Agile
2 249 (56.21%) Project Management
3 211 (47.63%) Project Delivery
4 161 (36.34%) PRINCE2
5 136 (30.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 113 (25.51%) Budget Management
6 113 (25.51%) Microsoft Project
7 94 (21.22%) Degree
8 92 (20.77%) Coaching
9 87 (19.64%) Waterfall
10 84 (18.96%) Microsoft Office
11 72 (16.25%) Customer Experience
12 70 (15.80%) Programme Governance
13 67 (15.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 66 (14.90%) Conflict Management
14 66 (14.90%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (14.90%) Operations Management
15 64 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (14.00%) Microsoft
17 58 (13.09%) JIRA
18 56 (12.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 55 (12.42%) PMP
20 52 (11.74%) Migration
21 51 (11.51%) ERP
21 51 (11.51%) PMI Certification
22 48 (10.84%) CRM
23 43 (9.71%) SAP
24 42 (9.48%) Change Management
24 42 (9.48%) Software Delivery
25 39 (8.80%) DevOps

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 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.71%) Confluence
3 2 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 113 (25.51%) Microsoft Project
2 84 (18.96%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.58%) Trello
4 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (6.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.45%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.45%) Shopify
4 2 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.55%) Azure
2 17 (3.84%) SaaS
3 12 (2.71%) Power Platform
4 10 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.58%) AWS
7 7 (1.58%) GCP
8 6 (1.35%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.90%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.68%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.68%) Miro
11 2 (0.45%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.23%) Asana
12 1 (0.23%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.23%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.58%) Network Security
1 7 (1.58%) WAN
2 5 (1.13%) LAN
3 4 (0.90%) Firewall
3 4 (0.90%) Intranet
3 4 (0.90%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.45%) Extranet
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
4 2 (0.45%) RFID
5 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.23%) Big Data
2 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.23%) Spatial Data
2 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 58 (13.09%) JIRA
General
1 173 (39.05%) Social Skills
2 94 (21.22%) Finance
3 47 (10.61%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.42%) Retail
5 22 (4.97%) Legal
6 20 (4.51%) Law
7 17 (3.84%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.48%) Marketing
11 8 (1.81%) Electronics
11 8 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.13%) French Language
13 5 (1.13%) Legal Technology
14 4 (0.90%) Banking
14 4 (0.90%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.68%) Advertising
15 3 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.68%) LangChain
1 3 (0.68%) LangGraph
1 3 (0.68%) LlamaIndex
2 2 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.23%) FHIR
3 1 (0.23%) HEVC
3 1 (0.23%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.13%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.90%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (3.39%) EPoS
4 12 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (1.81%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.81%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.81%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.35%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.35%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.13%) NHS
10 4 (0.90%) Derivative
10 4 (0.90%) Life Science
10 4 (0.90%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (0.90%) PMI
10 4 (0.90%) Wiki
11 3 (0.68%) FMCG
11 3 (0.68%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.45%) Windows
1 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.23%) Android
2 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (56.43%) Agile
2 249 (56.21%) Project Management
3 211 (47.63%) Project Delivery
4 161 (36.34%) PRINCE2
5 136 (30.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 113 (25.51%) Budget Management
7 92 (20.77%) Coaching
8 87 (19.64%) Waterfall
9 72 (16.25%) Customer Experience
10 70 (15.80%) Programme Governance
11 66 (14.90%) Conflict Management
11 66 (14.90%) Impact Analysis
11 66 (14.90%) Operations Management
12 64 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (12.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 52 (11.74%) Migration
15 51 (11.51%) ERP
16 48 (10.84%) CRM
17 42 (9.48%) Change Management
17 42 (9.48%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.35%) VBA
2 4 (0.90%) SQL
3 3 (0.68%) Python
4 2 (0.45%) Java
5 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (21.22%) Degree
2 67 (15.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 55 (12.42%) PMP
4 51 (11.51%) PMI Certification
5 29 (6.55%) Security Cleared
6 14 (3.16%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.71%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (0.68%) CCNA
9 3 (0.68%) CCNP
9 3 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.45%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.23%) APMP
11 1 (0.23%) CAPM
11 1 (0.23%) HNC
11 1 (0.23%) HND
11 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) MBA
11 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.55%) PMO
2 11 (2.48%) QA
3 8 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.90%) GDPR
5 4 (0.90%) MiFID
6 3 (0.68%) GxP
7 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 43 (9.71%) SAP
3 34 (7.67%) ServiceNow
4 33 (7.45%) Oracle
5 12 (2.71%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.35%) Cisco
7 4 (0.90%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.68%) Google
9 2 (0.45%) Aruba
9 2 (0.45%) Citrix
9 2 (0.45%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.45%) IFS
9 2 (0.45%) Workday
10 1 (0.23%) Aderant
10 1 (0.23%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.23%) iManage
10 1 (0.23%) Intapp
10 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.23%) SaltStack