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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 216 194
Rank change year-on-year -218 -22 +138
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 544 1,812 3,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 1.78% 2.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.55% 4.17% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 322 523 1,328
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £49,063 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £64,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -8.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £95,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,800 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.43% -13.14% +21.74%

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 35,055 43,406 74,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.74% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 23,055 23,484 33,996
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £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 8 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 8 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 -226 441 £62,500 -3.85% 174
UK excluding London -285 306 £57,500 -5.43% 83
Work from Home +34 299 £60,000 -14.29% 108
London -66 187 £80,000 - 83
Midlands -6 74 £57,500 +4.55% 15
West Midlands +41 60 £57,500 -5.43% 5
North of England -108 53 £55,000 -9.54% 17
South East -200 51 £60,000 -7.69% 22
South West -28 50 £51,250 -15.84% 11
Scotland -143 45 £70,000 +15.13% 4
North West -58 33 £56,250 -7.48% 11
Wales -64 15 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Yorkshire -16 14 £55,000 -9.54% 6
East of England -117 13 £48,900 -11.73% 8
East Midlands -51 12 £82,500 +57.14% 10
North East -5 6 £55,000 -9.69%
Northern Ireland +9 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 27 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.21%) Confluence
4 7 (1.29%) Apache
5 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.55%) CMS
6 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.37%) nginx
6 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.18%) Drupal
7 1 (0.18%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.37%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.37%) Trello
5 1 (0.18%) Blender
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (4.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.02%) Endur
4 9 (1.65%) SAP CO
4 9 (1.65%) SAP FI
4 9 (1.65%) SAP FI/CO
5 8 (1.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (1.47%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 4 (0.74%) SAP CRM
6 4 (0.74%) SAP CX
6 4 (0.74%) SAP GTS
6 4 (0.74%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.74%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.37%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 101 (18.57%) Azure
2 81 (14.89%) AWS
3 46 (8.46%) Power Platform
4 44 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (6.62%) SaaS
6 35 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (4.23%) GCP
7 23 (4.23%) GitHub
8 22 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (3.68%) Serverless
10 18 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (2.94%) Power Automate
12 15 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (2.57%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.29%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.29%) Firebase
15 6 (1.10%) IaaS
15 6 (1.10%) PaaS
16 5 (0.92%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.49%) Firewall
2 17 (3.13%) Network Security
3 13 (2.39%) BGP
3 13 (2.39%) DNS
3 13 (2.39%) OSPF
4 12 (2.21%) WAN
5 9 (1.65%) DHCP
6 8 (1.47%) VPN
6 8 (1.47%) Wireless
7 7 (1.29%) LAN
7 7 (1.29%) Multicast
8 5 (0.92%) MPLS
8 5 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.92%) WLAN
9 4 (0.74%) Internet
9 4 (0.74%) IPsec
9 4 (0.74%) PBX
9 4 (0.74%) VoIP
10 3 (0.55%) SNMP
10 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.17%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.51%) Power BI
3 21 (3.86%) Relational Database
4 16 (2.94%) RDBMS
5 10 (1.84%) MySQL
6 6 (1.10%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.10%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.10%) Tableau
7 5 (0.92%) Metadata
8 4 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.74%) Redis
9 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.55%) Big Data
9 3 (0.55%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.55%) GIS
10 2 (0.37%) Apache Pinot
10 2 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (0.37%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 58 (10.66%) Git
2 20 (3.68%) Jenkins
2 20 (3.68%) JIRA
3 10 (1.84%) CircleCI
3 10 (1.84%) Maven
4 9 (1.65%) git-flow
5 8 (1.47%) Selenium
6 7 (1.29%) GitLab
7 6 (1.10%) Crashlytics
7 6 (1.10%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.92%) Xcode
9 4 (0.74%) Ant
10 3 (0.55%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.37%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.37%) Mercurial
11 2 (0.37%) Subversion
11 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.18%) NUnit
12 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 182 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 150 (27.57%) Finance
3 81 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (10.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (6.62%) Marketing
7 25 (4.60%) Banking
8 23 (4.23%) Law
9 22 (4.04%) Games
10 20 (3.68%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.84%) Legal
14 9 (1.65%) Back Office
14 9 (1.65%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.65%) Tech for Good
15 7 (1.29%) Health Technology
16 6 (1.10%) Retail
17 5 (0.92%) French Language
Job Titles
1 99 (18.20%) Lead
2 86 (15.81%) Senior
3 84 (15.44%) Developer
4 45 (8.27%) Project Manager
5 44 (8.09%) Architect
5 44 (8.09%) Software Engineer
6 30 (5.51%) Analyst
7 23 (4.23%) Senior Developer
8 20 (3.68%) Business Analyst
8 20 (3.68%) Consultant
9 19 (3.49%) Software Developer
10 18 (3.31%) Software Manager
11 17 (3.13%) Senior Manager
11 17 (3.13%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (2.94%) Technical Manager
13 15 (2.76%) .NET Developer
13 15 (2.76%) Data Engineer
13 15 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
14 14 (2.57%) C# Developer
14 14 (2.57%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.38%) HTML
2 50 (9.19%) .NET
3 39 (7.17%) CSS
4 26 (4.78%) React
5 21 (3.86%) AngularJS
6 20 (3.68%) ASP.NET
6 20 (3.68%) SOAP
7 19 (3.49%) LESS
7 19 (3.49%) Node.js
7 19 (3.49%) RESTful
8 17 (3.13%) .NET Core
9 16 (2.94%) .NET Framework
9 16 (2.94%) Entity Framework
9 16 (2.94%) HTML5 Canvas
9 16 (2.94%) Spring
10 14 (2.57%) Spring Boot
11 13 (2.39%) Redux
12 10 (1.84%) Hibernate
12 10 (1.84%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (1.65%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.51%) Data Centre
2 25 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.23%) Cloud Native
4 23 (4.23%) Data Structures
5 22 (4.04%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.76%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.39%) Client/Server
8 13 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (2.21%) IoT
9 12 (2.21%) Mobile App
10 11 (2.02%) Biopharmaceutical
10 11 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (2.02%) Swaptions
11 8 (1.47%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.10%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (10.11%) Windows
2 40 (7.35%) Linux
3 18 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.94%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.02%) Android
6 9 (1.65%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.47%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.74%) Windows Vista
9 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.37%) Unix
10 2 (0.37%) VMS
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.18%) Debian
11 1 (0.18%) Solaris
11 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (32.90%) Agile
2 149 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (19.85%) Software Engineering
4 104 (19.12%) Virtual Team Management
5 91 (16.73%) Project Management
6 70 (12.87%) Business Strategy
6 70 (12.87%) DevOps
7 68 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 64 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (11.03%) Business Development
9 60 (11.03%) Project Delivery
10 56 (10.29%) Mentoring
11 55 (10.11%) Actionable Insight
12 53 (9.74%) Scrum
13 52 (9.56%) Data Science
13 52 (9.56%) SDLC
14 48 (8.82%) CI/CD
15 39 (7.17%) Process Improvement
16 38 (6.99%) Presales
16 38 (6.99%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 81 (14.89%) JavaScript
2 51 (9.38%) Python
3 48 (8.82%) C#
4 47 (8.64%) Java
5 40 (7.35%) TypeScript
6 31 (5.70%) SQL
7 17 (3.13%) Go
8 15 (2.76%) C++
9 14 (2.57%) Bash
9 14 (2.57%) PHP
9 14 (2.57%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.02%) VB
11 10 (1.84%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.84%) Rust
12 9 (1.65%) Swift
13 8 (1.47%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.29%) Scala
15 6 (1.10%) C
16 4 (0.74%) R
17 3 (0.55%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 149 (27.39%) Degree
2 109 (20.04%) Security Cleared
3 100 (18.38%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.84%) MCSE
7 10 (1.84%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.65%) PMP
9 8 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 8 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 6 (1.10%) CISSP
11 5 (0.92%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.92%) CCNP
12 4 (0.74%) APMP
12 4 (0.74%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.80%) QA
2 12 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.47%) SLA
4 7 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.10%) GDPR
5 6 (1.10%) GxP
6 5 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.74%) NIST
7 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.18%) CDISC
9 1 (0.18%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) UCITS
System Software
1 29 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.78%) Docker
3 13 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.92%) vSphere
5 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) KVM
6 1 (0.18%) LXC
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (5.88%) Terraform
2 29 (5.33%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.94%) Ansible
4 12 (2.21%) SCCM
5 7 (1.29%) Argo
5 7 (1.29%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.29%) Puppet
6 3 (0.55%) CASB
6 3 (0.55%) Grafana
6 3 (0.55%) SCOM
6 3 (0.55%) WSUS
7 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.37%) Nessus
7 2 (0.37%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.37%) WebSphere Cast Iron
8 1 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.18%) Juju
8 1 (0.18%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 87 (15.99%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.60%) SAP
3 18 (3.31%) Dell
3 18 (3.31%) Oracle
4 17 (3.13%) Cisco
4 17 (3.13%) VMware
5 13 (2.39%) Google
6 12 (2.21%) Sybase
7 11 (2.02%) OpenLink
7 11 (2.02%) TIBCO
8 9 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.47%) McAfee
9 8 (1.47%) Meraki
10 7 (1.29%) Symantec
11 6 (1.10%) Amplitude
11 6 (1.10%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (0.92%) Juniper
12 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.74%) ION Trading