Hybrid/Remote Senior Project Leader Job Trends

Senior Project Lead
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Project Lead salary for remote/hybrid work is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 440 -
Rank change year-on-year +71 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Leader 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.033% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.006% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £63,875 - -
25th Percentile £67,813 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile - £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 14,192 15,786 20,712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 96.08% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 9,506 16,952
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £35,514
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,057 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,244 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Senior Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Project Leader' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Project Leader job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Project Leader
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Project Leader job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Project Leader job vacancies

Senior Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Project Leader 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 Senior Project Leader in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Ansible
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Docker
3 1 (20.00%) FPGA Design
3 1 (20.00%) GitLab
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (20.00%) Linux+ Certification
3 1 (20.00%) LPIC
3 1 (20.00%) OpenStack
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) PhD
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Puppet
3 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

Senior Project Leader 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 1 (20.00%) OpenStack
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) ASIC
2 1 (20.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) Robotics
2 1 (20.00%) Verilog
2 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) AI
1 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) ITSM
1 1 (20.00%) People Management
1 1 (20.00%) Physics
1 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Perl
2 1 (20.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Linux+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) LPIC
1 1 (20.00%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Puppet
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform