Hybrid/Remote Senior Project Manager Job Trends

Senior Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Project Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 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 348 342 409
Rank change year-on-year -6 +67 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 26 99 80
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.60% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.63% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 21 58 69
10th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £52,496
25th Percentile £60,511 £51,042 £52,581
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% -4.80% -10.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £60,175 £60,000
% change year-on-year +24.64% +0.29% -14.29%

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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Project Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Project Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Project Manager job vacancies

Senior Project Manager
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior Project Manager over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Senior Project Manager salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

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

1 17 (65.38%) Agile
2 13 (50.00%) Project Management
3 12 (46.15%) Project Delivery
4 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (34.62%) PRINCE2
6 7 (26.92%) Budget Management
6 7 (26.92%) Programme Management
7 6 (23.08%) JIRA
7 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 6 (23.08%) Waterfall
8 5 (19.23%) Confluence
8 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (19.23%) CRM
9 4 (15.38%) Business Transformation
9 4 (15.38%) Change Management
9 4 (15.38%) ERP
9 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (15.38%) PMO
9 4 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
9 4 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 4 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
9 4 (15.38%) Sprint Retrospective
10 3 (11.54%) Backlog Refinement
10 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (11.54%) Conflict Resolution
10 3 (11.54%) Customer Experience
10 3 (11.54%) Data Pipeline
10 3 (11.54%) Degree
10 3 (11.54%) Google
10 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification

Senior 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 5 (19.23%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (3.85%) Magento
2 1 (3.85%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (3.85%) Primavera
2 1 (3.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.69%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (7.69%) PowerApps
2 2 (7.69%) SaaS
2 2 (7.69%) Smartsheet
3 1 (3.85%) Asana
3 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) BigCommerce
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.85%) OCI
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle CX
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) GIS
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.54%) Marketing
4 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.69%) Advertising
5 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Billing
6 1 (3.85%) Law
6 1 (3.85%) Legal
6 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (7.69%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (3.85%) NHS
3 1 (3.85%) PMI
3 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Agile
2 13 (50.00%) Project Management
3 12 (46.15%) Project Delivery
4 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (34.62%) PRINCE2
6 7 (26.92%) Budget Management
6 7 (26.92%) Programme Management
7 6 (23.08%) Waterfall
8 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (19.23%) CRM
9 4 (15.38%) Business Transformation
9 4 (15.38%) Change Management
9 4 (15.38%) ERP
9 4 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
9 4 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 4 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
9 4 (15.38%) Sprint Retrospective
10 3 (11.54%) Backlog Refinement
10 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (11.54%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) VBA
2 1 (3.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
1 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) PMP
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Google
3 2 (7.69%) Adobe
4 1 (3.85%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.85%) Marketo
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle
4 1 (3.85%) PayPal
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce