Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Team over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 206 185
Rank change year-on-year -246 -21 +130
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 532 1,745 3,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 1.79% 2.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% 4.19% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 309 548 1,324
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £57,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,899 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.73% -13.00% +12.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £120,600 £100,355 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,800 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.43% -13.14% +25.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

Virtual Team is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,381 41,658 80,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.48% 42.79% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,078 22,714 34,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,738 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,070 £46,350 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Virtual Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team.

Salary trend for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Team within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -224 442 £62,500 +2.63% 136
UK excluding London -300 295 £57,500 -5.43% 71
Work from Home +34 282 £60,000 -14.29% 90
London -41 189 £81,250 +4.84% 70
Midlands -20 71 £57,500 -4.17% 13
West Midlands +31 57 £57,500 -5.43% 9
South East -196 55 £60,000 -1.48% 19
North of England -111 52 £55,000 -9.54% 12
South West -40 47 £50,000 -17.76% 8
Scotland -150 35 £75,000 +23.36% 5
North West -67 34 £55,000 -9.54% 8
Wales -70 15 £60,000 +4.35% 7
East of England -123 15 £48,900 -19.57% 9
Yorkshire -21 12 £55,000 -9.54% 4
East Midlands -50 12 £82,500 +35.69% 4
North East -12 6 £55,000 -9.54%
Northern Ireland 0 5 - - 1

Virtual Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.07%) Confluence
4 8 (1.50%) Apache
5 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.38%) nginx
6 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.38%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.19%) Drupal
7 1 (0.19%) Liferay
7 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.88%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.38%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Blender
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (4.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.69%) SAP CO
3 9 (1.69%) SAP FI
3 9 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
4 8 (1.50%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.94%) Endur
5 5 (0.94%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.38%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.38%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.38%) SAP GTS
6 2 (0.38%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.38%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.38%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 91 (17.11%) Azure
2 81 (15.23%) AWS
3 48 (9.02%) Power Platform
4 41 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (5.26%) SaaS
7 22 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (3.38%) GitHub
9 17 (3.20%) GCP
9 17 (3.20%) Serverless
10 16 (3.01%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (2.63%) PowerApps
13 10 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.32%) Firebase
15 6 (1.13%) Entra ID
15 6 (1.13%) IaaS
15 6 (1.13%) PaaS
16 5 (0.94%) Amazon S3
17 4 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.57%) Firewall
2 17 (3.20%) Network Security
3 14 (2.63%) DNS
4 13 (2.44%) BGP
4 13 (2.44%) OSPF
5 10 (1.88%) DHCP
6 9 (1.69%) WAN
7 8 (1.50%) VPN
7 8 (1.50%) Wireless
8 7 (1.32%) LAN
8 7 (1.32%) Multicast
9 5 (0.94%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.94%) WLAN
10 4 (0.75%) Internet
10 4 (0.75%) IPsec
10 4 (0.75%) PBX
10 4 (0.75%) VoIP
11 2 (0.38%) MPLS
11 2 (0.38%) SAN
11 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.02%) Power BI
2 31 (5.83%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.82%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.88%) RDBMS
5 9 (1.69%) MySQL
6 8 (1.50%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.32%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.32%) Tableau
8 5 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.94%) Metadata
9 4 (0.75%) Big Data
9 4 (0.75%) GIS
9 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.75%) Redis
10 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.56%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.56%) DTS
11 2 (0.38%) Flink
11 2 (0.38%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 52 (9.77%) Git
2 21 (3.95%) JIRA
3 15 (2.82%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.50%) Maven
5 7 (1.32%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.13%) Crashlytics
6 6 (1.13%) git-flow
6 6 (1.13%) Selenium
7 5 (0.94%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.94%) Xcode
8 4 (0.75%) Ant
8 4 (0.75%) GitLab
8 4 (0.75%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.56%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.38%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.38%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.38%) NUnit
10 2 (0.38%) Subversion
10 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 185 (34.77%) Social Skills
2 158 (29.70%) Finance
3 84 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (9.77%) Presentation Skills
6 35 (6.58%) Marketing
7 29 (5.45%) Banking
8 23 (4.32%) Law
9 20 (3.76%) Manufacturing
10 17 (3.20%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (3.01%) Retail
12 15 (2.82%) Games
12 15 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.26%) Legal
14 9 (1.69%) Tech for Good
15 8 (1.50%) French Language
16 7 (1.32%) German Language
16 7 (1.32%) Health Technology
16 7 (1.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 99 (18.61%) Lead
2 87 (16.35%) Senior
3 79 (14.85%) Developer
4 50 (9.40%) Architect
5 45 (8.46%) Project Manager
6 36 (6.77%) Analyst
6 36 (6.77%) Software Engineer
7 22 (4.14%) Senior Manager
8 21 (3.95%) Business Analyst
8 21 (3.95%) Senior Architect
8 21 (3.95%) Technical Manager
9 20 (3.76%) Senior Developer
10 19 (3.57%) Consultant
11 17 (3.20%) Salesforce Architect
12 16 (3.01%) Service Manager
12 16 (3.01%) Software Developer
12 16 (3.01%) Software Manager
13 15 (2.82%) .NET Developer
13 15 (2.82%) Data Engineer
13 15 (2.82%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.21%) HTML
2 47 (8.83%) .NET
3 39 (7.33%) CSS
4 28 (5.26%) React
5 21 (3.95%) AngularJS
6 19 (3.57%) LESS
6 19 (3.57%) Node.js
7 18 (3.38%) ASP.NET
7 18 (3.38%) RESTful
7 18 (3.38%) SOAP
8 17 (3.20%) .NET Core
9 16 (3.01%) .NET Framework
9 16 (3.01%) Entity Framework
9 16 (3.01%) HTML5 Canvas
9 16 (3.01%) Spring
10 14 (2.63%) Spring Boot
11 13 (2.44%) Redux
12 10 (1.88%) Hibernate
12 10 (1.88%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (1.69%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.20%) Data Structures
2 30 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (5.45%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.08%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.38%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.20%) Algorithms
7 16 (3.01%) IoT
7 16 (3.01%) Mobile App
7 16 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.44%) Client/Server
8 13 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (2.26%) Biopharmaceutical
9 12 (2.26%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (2.07%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.88%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.13%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.94%) Cyberattack
14 5 (0.94%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 44 (8.27%) Windows
2 26 (4.89%) Linux
3 19 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.20%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.26%) Android
6 8 (1.50%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.75%) Windows Vista
8 3 (0.56%) Unix
9 2 (0.38%) VMS
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.19%) Debian
10 1 (0.19%) Solaris
10 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (32.52%) Agile
2 160 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (19.55%) Virtual Team Management
4 99 (18.61%) Software Engineering
5 96 (18.05%) Project Management
6 79 (14.85%) Business Strategy
7 74 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (12.97%) Computer Science
9 65 (12.22%) DevOps
10 64 (12.03%) Mentoring
11 60 (11.28%) Project Delivery
12 58 (10.90%) Business Development
13 55 (10.34%) Actionable Insight
14 47 (8.83%) CI/CD
14 47 (8.83%) Data Science
15 45 (8.46%) Scrum
16 43 (8.08%) Presales
16 43 (8.08%) SDLC
17 41 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
18 39 (7.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 77 (14.47%) JavaScript
2 50 (9.40%) Python
3 45 (8.46%) C#
4 41 (7.71%) Java
5 39 (7.33%) TypeScript
6 33 (6.20%) SQL
7 16 (3.01%) Go
8 15 (2.82%) C++
9 13 (2.44%) PHP
9 13 (2.44%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.88%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.69%) Bash
11 9 (1.69%) Rust
11 9 (1.69%) Swift
12 8 (1.50%) Scala
13 6 (1.13%) C
13 6 (1.13%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.94%) VB
15 3 (0.56%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 157 (29.51%) Degree
2 102 (19.17%) Security Cleared
3 94 (17.67%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.07%) PMP
7 11 (2.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (1.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.69%) MCSE
10 8 (1.50%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.32%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.13%) CISSP
13 5 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.94%) CCNP
14 4 (0.75%) APMP
14 4 (0.75%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.27%) QA
2 15 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.50%) SLA
5 7 (1.32%) GDPR
5 7 (1.32%) GxP
5 7 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.75%) NIST
7 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.38%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.19%) CDISC
9 1 (0.19%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.19%) UCITS
System Software
1 23 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.14%) Docker
3 10 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.94%) vSphere
6 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.19%) KVM
7 1 (0.19%) LXC
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (5.45%) Terraform
2 27 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.63%) Ansible
4 10 (1.88%) SCCM
5 5 (0.94%) Argo
5 5 (0.94%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.94%) Puppet
6 4 (0.75%) SCOM
7 3 (0.56%) CASB
7 3 (0.56%) Grafana
7 3 (0.56%) WSUS
8 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.38%) Nessus
8 2 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.38%) WebSphere Cast Iron
9 1 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.19%) Juju
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.19%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 88 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.51%) SAP
3 18 (3.38%) Salesforce
4 15 (2.82%) Cisco
4 15 (2.82%) VMware
5 13 (2.44%) Oracle
6 11 (2.07%) Google
7 10 (1.88%) Dell
8 8 (1.50%) Meraki
9 7 (1.32%) Computacenter
9 7 (1.32%) Symantec
10 6 (1.13%) Amplitude
10 6 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.13%) SolarWinds
10 6 (1.13%) Sybase
11 5 (0.94%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (0.94%) McAfee
11 5 (0.94%) OpenLink
11 5 (0.94%) TIBCO