Virtual Team Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 106 125
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 +37
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 25 12 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.23% 0.66% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.69% 2.00% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 6 1
10th Percentile £408 £339 -
25th Percentile £463 £399 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £564 £40
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +1309.38% -95.00%
75th Percentile £538 £666 -
90th Percentile £594 £720 -
Central London median daily rate £515 £564 £280
% change year-on-year -8.65% +101.34% -48.15%

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 678 601 713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 33.43% 33.30% 30.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 385 493
10th Percentile £350 £375 £263
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% -4.42%
75th Percentile £675 £696 £703
90th Percentile £800 £800 £837
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 10
10th Percentile £19.39 - £12.75
25th Percentile £23.66 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £31.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.65% +63.16% -45.71%
75th Percentile £50.83 - £41.94
90th Percentile £66.53 - £52.60
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% +63.16% -45.71%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Virtual Team job vacancy trend in the City of London

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Virtual Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in the City of London

Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Virtual Team.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Matillion
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Network Security
1 5 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.00%) 4G
2 1 (4.00%) 5G
2 1 (4.00%) Broadband
2 1 (4.00%) Internet
2 1 (4.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.00%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) WinAutomation
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Finance
4 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Senior
2 8 (32.00%) Analyst
3 7 (28.00%) Python Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Network Analyst
4 5 (20.00%) Network Security Analyst
4 5 (20.00%) Network Support
4 5 (20.00%) Network Support Analyst
4 5 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 5 (20.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Broadcast Project Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Content Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Platform Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Content Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Automation Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Data Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Network Design Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Pensions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) RESTful
2 2 (8.00%) Kafka
3 1 (4.00%) Django
3 1 (4.00%) jQuery
3 1 (4.00%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (4.00%) REST
3 1 (4.00%) Svelte
3 1 (4.00%) XML
3 1 (4.00%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) PMI
2 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) AI Agents
3 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) CI/CD
2 7 (28.00%) Microservices
2 7 (28.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (24.00%) API Development
3 6 (24.00%) Asynchronous Programming
3 6 (24.00%) Code Quality
3 6 (24.00%) Design Patterns
3 6 (24.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (20.00%) Change Management
4 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 5 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (16.00%) Project Management
5 4 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (16.00%) Virtual Team Management
6 3 (12.00%) Business Case
6 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) C#
2 1 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
1 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.00%) GMP
2 1 (4.00%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Autotask
2 1 (4.00%) logstash
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) BT
2 1 (4.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (4.00%) Huawei
2 1 (4.00%) Nokia
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle