Virtual Team Contract Job Trends in Central London

Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 110 121
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 +29
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 22 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.90% 0.75% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.73% 2.21% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 5
10th Percentile £288 £303 £228
25th Percentile £444 £460 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £633 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% +15.00% -7.56%
75th Percentile £578 £678 £573
90th Percentile £701 £711 -
London median daily rate £500 £475 £516
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.99% -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
London median hourly rate £59.44 £27.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +120.15% +13.45% -45.91%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Virtual Team falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 805 679 744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 32.91% 33.92% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 437 524
10th Percentile £350 £357 £266
25th Percentile £463 £474 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £687 £696 £700
90th Percentile £793 £800 £850
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 10
10th Percentile £19.29 £23.78 £12.75
25th Percentile £21.99 £26.45 £16.73
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +26.39% -34.29%
75th Percentile £41.85 £31.00 £26.25
90th Percentile £59.40 £72.40 £29.78
London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -1.26% +36.33% -25.71%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Team relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Virtual Team job vacancy trend in Central London

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Virtual Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in Central London

Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Virtual Team.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Team within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -6 21 £475 -25.78% 19
Virtual Team
London

Virtual Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Matillion
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Network Security
1 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.55%) 4G
2 1 (4.55%) 5G
2 1 (4.55%) Broadband
2 1 (4.55%) Internet
2 1 (4.55%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.55%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
1 1 (4.55%) WinAutomation
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.55%) Front Office
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 5 (22.73%) Senior
4 4 (18.18%) Network Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Network Security Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Network Support
4 4 (18.18%) Network Support Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Security Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Business Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Python Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Broadcast Project Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Content Manager
6 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
6 2 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Platform Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Content Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Automation Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Kafka
2 2 (9.09%) Django
2 2 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (9.09%) REST
2 2 (9.09%) Svelte
3 1 (4.55%) PySpark
3 1 (4.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) PMI
2 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) AI Agents
3 1 (4.55%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.55%) Derivative
3 1 (4.55%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) Project Management
2 5 (22.73%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (18.18%) Business Case
3 4 (18.18%) Change Management
3 4 (18.18%) Incident Response
3 4 (18.18%) IT Strategy
3 4 (18.18%) Network Architecture
3 4 (18.18%) Security Operations
3 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Virtual Team Management
3 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (13.64%) AI
4 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
4 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
4 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (13.64%) Microservices
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
1 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.55%) Basel III
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) GMP
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Autotask
2 1 (4.55%) logstash
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) BT
2 1 (4.55%) Ericsson
2 1 (4.55%) Google
2 1 (4.55%) Huawei
2 1 (4.55%) Nokia