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 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 110 126
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 +38
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 24 11 6
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.12% 0.54% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.15% 1.69% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 3
10th Percentile - £339 £134
25th Percentile £463 £399 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £564 £520
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +8.41% -3.70%
75th Percentile £538 £666 £607
90th Percentile £595 £720 £653
London median daily rate £515 £481 £498
% change year-on-year +7.01% -3.27% -14.22%

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 762 649 793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 35.54% 31.72% 30.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 421 547
10th Percentile £350 £363 £267
25th Percentile £431 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £717
90th Percentile £781 £775 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 13
10th Percentile £20.46 - £13.60
25th Percentile £26.11 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.06 £31.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +63.16% -45.71%
75th Percentile £41.89 - £27.50
90th Percentile £59.00 - £49.55
London median hourly rate £28.72 £39.04 £26.25
% change year-on-year -26.45% +48.72% -18.84%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 +7 24 £525 -6.87% 11
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 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Matillion
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Network Security
1 5 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.17%) Broadband
2 1 (4.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.17%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) WinAutomation
General
1 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Analyst
1 8 (33.33%) Senior
2 6 (25.00%) Python Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Network Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Network Security Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Network Support
3 5 (20.83%) Network Support Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
3 5 (20.83%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Broadcast Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Content Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Platform Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Content Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Snowflake Data Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Snowflake Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Sustainability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) RESTful
2 2 (8.33%) jQuery
2 2 (8.33%) XML
2 2 (8.33%) XSL
3 1 (4.17%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) PMI
2 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Test Automation
3 6 (25.00%) API Development
3 6 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
3 6 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 6 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 6 (25.00%) Microservices
3 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (20.83%) Change Management
4 5 (20.83%) Incident Response
4 5 (20.83%) IT Strategy
4 5 (20.83%) Network Architecture
4 5 (20.83%) Security Operations
4 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (16.67%) Project Management
5 4 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
6 3 (12.50%) Budget Management
6 3 (12.50%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) C#
2 2 (8.33%) Java
2 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.17%) GMP
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) Autotask
2 1 (4.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) BT