Project Manager Jobs with Work from Home Options

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £51,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 81 118
Rank change year-on-year +13 +37 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 1,438 1,500 2,570
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.06% 3.99% 3.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.22% 4.15% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,134 1,715
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £45,924 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £84,263 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Project Manager.

Project Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Project Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 1,071 (74.48%) Project Management
2 576 (40.06%) Agile
3 488 (33.94%) Social Skills
4 436 (30.32%) Project Delivery
5 327 (22.74%) Finance
6 314 (21.84%) PRINCE2
7 237 (16.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 220 (15.30%) Degree
9 188 (13.07%) SDLC
10 172 (11.96%) Microsoft
11 170 (11.82%) Agile Project Management
12 167 (11.61%) Software Delivery
13 165 (11.47%) Presales
14 164 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
15 147 (10.22%) Mentoring
16 138 (9.60%) Risk Management
17 135 (9.39%) Actionable Insight
18 130 (9.04%) Security Cleared
19 123 (8.55%) Waterfall
20 116 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 110 (7.65%) PMP
21 110 (7.65%) PMI Certification
22 109 (7.58%) Change Management
23 107 (7.44%) Coaching
24 106 (7.37%) Public Sector
25 96 (6.68%) Retail
26 94 (6.54%) CRM
27 90 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
28 88 (6.12%) Decision-Making
29 87 (6.05%) ERP

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.81%) CMS
4 8 (0.56%) Drupal
5 5 (0.35%) Kentico
5 5 (0.35%) WordPress
6 3 (0.21%) Confluence
6 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.14%) Joomla!
8 1 (0.070%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.070%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (3.62%) Microsoft Project
2 42 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.76%) Trello
7 5 (0.35%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.28%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.14%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 25 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.56%) Shopify
3 7 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.35%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
4 5 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.21%) BPCS
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.21%) Magento
5 3 (0.21%) Primavera
5 3 (0.21%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.070%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.070%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.070%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.070%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.070%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 68 (4.73%) Azure
2 44 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (2.23%) SaaS
4 27 (1.88%) Power Platform
5 26 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (0.56%) AWS
6 8 (0.56%) Entra ID
6 8 (0.56%) OCI
6 8 (0.56%) PaaS
7 7 (0.49%) PowerApps
7 7 (0.49%) Smartsheet
8 6 (0.42%) Basecamp
8 6 (0.42%) GCP
9 5 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.35%) Kontent
9 5 (0.35%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.28%) Asana
10 4 (0.28%) Google Docs
10 4 (0.28%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
2 27 (1.88%) LAN
2 27 (1.88%) WAN
3 19 (1.32%) Intranet
4 18 (1.25%) DNS
4 18 (1.25%) Firewall
5 17 (1.18%) MPLS
5 17 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
6 16 (1.11%) DHCP
6 16 (1.11%) VLAN
6 16 (1.11%) VPN
7 13 (0.90%) Internet
8 11 (0.76%) Extranet
9 9 (0.63%) Wireless
10 6 (0.42%) Network Security
11 5 (0.35%) LTE
11 5 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
11 5 (0.35%) TETRA
12 4 (0.28%) SAN
12 4 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.83%) Power BI
2 5 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.28%) Metadata
4 3 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.14%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.070%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.070%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.070%) Big Data
6 1 (0.070%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.070%) Impala
6 1 (0.070%) MySQL
6 1 (0.070%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.070%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.070%) Power Query
6 1 (0.070%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.070%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.070%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 49 (3.41%) JIRA
2 3 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.14%) JIRA Agile
3 2 (0.14%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.070%) Eclipse
General
1 488 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 327 (22.74%) Finance
3 116 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 106 (7.37%) Public Sector
5 96 (6.68%) Retail
6 90 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
7 76 (5.29%) Manufacturing
8 70 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
9 62 (4.31%) Marketing
10 58 (4.03%) Games
11 51 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (3.13%) Legal
13 42 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
15 28 (1.95%) Local Government
16 27 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.74%) Aerospace
18 21 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
19 18 (1.25%) Banking
19 18 (1.25%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.88%) EDI
2 24 (1.67%) .NET
3 17 (1.18%) SOAP
4 16 (1.11%) RESTful
5 6 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.35%) ADO
6 5 (0.35%) React Native
7 3 (0.21%) Node.js
7 3 (0.21%) React
7 3 (0.21%) REST
8 2 (0.14%) CSS
8 2 (0.14%) Express.js
8 2 (0.14%) HTML
8 2 (0.14%) MERN Stack
8 2 (0.14%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.14%) XML
9 1 (0.070%) Pyjs
9 1 (0.070%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.070%) XSD
9 1 (0.070%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 45 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 40 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 34 (2.36%) Onboarding
3 34 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.29%) Data Centre
5 29 (2.02%) PMI
6 27 (1.88%) Virtual Team
7 17 (1.18%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.11%) Public Cloud
9 14 (0.97%) FMCG
9 14 (0.97%) NHS
10 13 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
11 10 (0.70%) Client/Server
11 10 (0.70%) Freedom of Information
11 10 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.70%) Social Media
12 6 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.42%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.35%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.11%) Windows
2 13 (0.90%) Android
2 13 (0.90%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.28%) Linux
4 4 (0.28%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,071 (74.48%) Project Management
2 576 (40.06%) Agile
3 436 (30.32%) Project Delivery
4 314 (21.84%) PRINCE2
5 237 (16.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 188 (13.07%) SDLC
7 170 (11.82%) Agile Project Management
8 167 (11.61%) Software Delivery
9 165 (11.47%) Presales
10 164 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
11 147 (10.22%) Mentoring
12 138 (9.60%) Risk Management
13 135 (9.39%) Actionable Insight
14 123 (8.55%) Waterfall
15 109 (7.58%) Change Management
16 107 (7.44%) Coaching
17 94 (6.54%) CRM
18 88 (6.12%) Decision-Making
19 87 (6.05%) ERP
20 80 (5.56%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (1.25%) JavaScript
2 7 (0.49%) Python
3 5 (0.35%) SQL
4 4 (0.28%) Java
4 4 (0.28%) PHP
5 3 (0.21%) C#
6 1 (0.070%) Ada
6 1 (0.070%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.070%) Scala
Qualifications
1 220 (15.30%) Degree
2 130 (9.04%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.65%) PMI Certification
3 110 (7.65%) PMP
4 69 (4.80%) SC Cleared
5 55 (3.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 31 (2.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 28 (1.95%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.74%) APMP
9 18 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.04%) HNC
11 8 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.56%) RIBA
12 6 (0.42%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.35%) CAPM
13 5 (0.35%) HND
14 4 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
14 4 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.70%) PMO
2 61 (4.24%) QA
3 20 (1.39%) GDPR
4 16 (1.11%) ISO 9001
5 10 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.49%) Good Clinical Practice
8 6 (0.42%) GAMP
9 5 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.35%) GMP
9 5 (0.35%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.14%) SLA
11 1 (0.070%) GxP
11 1 (0.070%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.070%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.070%) TickIT
System Software
1 26 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.18%) Hyper-V
2 17 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.070%) Firmware
4 1 (0.070%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (1.11%) SCOM
1 16 (1.11%) WSUS
2 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.070%) FTK
Vendors
1 172 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 30 (2.09%) SAP
3 27 (1.88%) IFS
4 26 (1.81%) Cisco
5 18 (1.25%) Salesforce
5 18 (1.25%) Workday
6 17 (1.18%) Oracle
6 17 (1.18%) VMware
7 16 (1.11%) Ruckus Wireless
8 12 (0.83%) Adobe
9 10 (0.70%) Google
9 10 (0.70%) Progress
10 9 (0.63%) BT
11 8 (0.56%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.56%) Sage
12 7 (0.49%) NEC
13 6 (0.42%) Apple
14 3 (0.21%) Epicor
14 3 (0.21%) JD Edwards
14 3 (0.21%) Northgate