Virtual Team Contracts in England

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

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 286 259
Rank change year-on-year -41 -27 +29
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 219 454 777
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.90% 1.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.93% 2.67% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 271 557
10th Percentile £335 £356 £400
25th Percentile £436 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +5.52%
75th Percentile £614 £675 £675
90th Percentile £668 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 10
10th Percentile - £37.50 £24.03
25th Percentile £13.00 - £28.32
Median hourly rate £26.00 £44.00 £44.78
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% -1.73% +2.93%
75th Percentile £26.50 £47.00 £63.44
90th Percentile - £74.00 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £24.90 £44.00 £44.78
% change year-on-year -43.41% -1.73% +2.93%

All Generic Skills
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 16,983 24,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.76% 33.65% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,428 11,801 17,096
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 820 591 641
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Team in England

Virtual Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team in England.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Team in England

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in England

Virtual Team
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team in England.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Team in England

Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Team in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Virtual Team in England

Virtual Team
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -55 92 £516 -8.63% 83
North of England +67 64 £500 -4.76% 26
North West +62 60 £493 -3.80% 18
Midlands +29 24 £500 -3.57% 16
South East -11 21 £615 +23.00% 32
West Midlands +33 16 £456 -20.65% 6
East Midlands +19 8 £585 +27.17% 10
East of England -24 8 £475 -13.64% 5
South West +13 7 £467 -1.62% 9
Yorkshire +20 4 £638 +15.91% 5
Virtual Team
UK

Virtual Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.20%) CMS
3 5 (2.28%) Confluence
4 3 (1.37%) IIS
4 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.46%) Apache
5 1 (0.46%) nginx
5 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.46%) SAS
5 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (12.33%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (11.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (6.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle 11i
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.91%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.91%) Primavera
4 1 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.46%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.87%) AWS
2 19 (8.68%) Azure
3 16 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.39%) IaaS
4 14 (6.39%) SaaS
5 13 (5.94%) Google Workspace
5 13 (5.94%) PaaS
6 7 (3.20%) GitHub
6 7 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.83%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.83%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.91%) Figma
8 2 (0.91%) GCP
8 2 (0.91%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.91%) Miro
8 2 (0.91%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.91%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.91%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.13%) Firewall
2 7 (3.20%) DSL
2 7 (3.20%) LAN
3 4 (1.83%) Network Security
3 4 (1.83%) WAN
4 3 (1.37%) 5G
4 3 (1.37%) Internet
4 3 (1.37%) NAS
4 3 (1.37%) SAN
5 2 (0.91%) DKIM
5 2 (0.91%) DMARC
5 2 (0.91%) DNS
5 2 (0.91%) Extranet
5 2 (0.91%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.91%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.91%) VPN
5 2 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.91%) Wireless
5 2 (0.91%) WLAN
6 1 (0.46%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.20%) Big Data
2 6 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.83%) Power BI
3 4 (1.83%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.37%) Star Schema
5 2 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.91%) DB2
5 2 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.91%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.91%) MySQL
5 2 (0.91%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.46%) KDB
6 1 (0.46%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (10.96%) JIRA
2 12 (5.48%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.74%) CircleCI
3 6 (2.74%) Git
3 6 (2.74%) Gradle
4 4 (1.83%) ERwin
4 4 (1.83%) JUnit
5 3 (1.37%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.37%) Mockito
5 3 (1.37%) SpecFlow
5 3 (1.37%) TestRail
6 2 (0.91%) FitNesse
6 2 (0.91%) JMeter
6 2 (0.91%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.46%) GitLab
7 1 (0.46%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
General
1 92 (42.01%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.72%) Finance
3 34 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.24%) Public Sector
5 22 (10.05%) Legal
6 19 (8.68%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (6.39%) Banking
8 12 (5.48%) Retail
9 11 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.83%) Local Government
11 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.37%) Back Office
12 3 (1.37%) Front Office
12 3 (1.37%) Publishing
12 3 (1.37%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.91%) Billing
13 2 (0.91%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (8.68%) Project Manager
2 15 (6.85%) Consultant
3 14 (6.39%) Analyst
4 13 (5.94%) Architect
4 13 (5.94%) Problem Manager
4 13 (5.94%) Senior
5 9 (4.11%) Delivery Manager
5 9 (4.11%) IT Support
6 8 (3.65%) Integration Analyst
6 8 (3.65%) SAP Analyst
6 8 (3.65%) Software Asset Manager
6 8 (3.65%) Software Manager
7 7 (3.20%) Developer
7 7 (3.20%) Lead
7 7 (3.20%) Windows Engineer
8 6 (2.74%) Agile Delivery Manager
8 6 (2.74%) Designer
8 6 (2.74%) Integration Specialist
8 6 (2.74%) Senior Manager
9 5 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.48%) REST
2 7 (3.20%) Android Jetpack
2 7 (3.20%) Jetpack Compose
3 5 (2.28%) JSON
3 5 (2.28%) OAuth
3 5 (2.28%) RAML
3 5 (2.28%) React Native
4 4 (1.83%) Bazel
4 4 (1.83%) Dagger
4 4 (1.83%) OkHttp
4 4 (1.83%) OpenID
4 4 (1.83%) RxJava
4 4 (1.83%) SAML
4 4 (1.83%) WireMock
4 4 (1.83%) XML
5 3 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.37%) Middleware
5 3 (1.37%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.37%) Spring
6 2 (0.91%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (7.76%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.48%) CMDB
4 11 (5.02%) Public Cloud
5 9 (4.11%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.65%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.20%) EPoS
7 7 (3.20%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.74%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.37%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.37%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.37%) FMCG
10 3 (1.37%) Freedom of Information
10 3 (1.37%) Freedom of Information Act
10 3 (1.37%) NHS
10 3 (1.37%) PKI
10 3 (1.37%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.22%) Windows
2 15 (6.85%) Linux
2 15 (6.85%) Unix
3 8 (3.65%) Android
4 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.46%) OS/390
4 1 (0.46%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (35.62%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (23.74%) Virtual Team Management
3 41 (18.72%) Agile
4 33 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (14.16%) Project Management
6 30 (13.70%) Service Management
7 27 (12.33%) Mentoring
7 27 (12.33%) Quality Management
8 24 (10.96%) Statistics
9 23 (10.50%) ITIL
10 21 (9.59%) Computer Science
11 20 (9.13%) CI/CD
12 18 (8.22%) DevOps
13 17 (7.76%) Project Delivery
13 17 (7.76%) Roadmaps
14 16 (7.31%) Proactive Monitoring
15 15 (6.85%) Customer Requirements
15 15 (6.85%) Root Cause Analysis
16 14 (6.39%) Analytics
16 14 (6.39%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.02%) Java
2 10 (4.57%) SQL
3 9 (4.11%) Python
4 7 (3.20%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.20%) Ruby
5 4 (1.83%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.83%) Kotlin
5 4 (1.83%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.83%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.37%) BeanShell
7 2 (0.91%) C++
7 2 (0.91%) Go
7 2 (0.91%) VB
8 1 (0.46%) C#
8 1 (0.46%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.46%) Perl
8 1 (0.46%) Swift
8 1 (0.46%) XPath
Qualifications
1 51 (23.29%) Degree
2 48 (21.92%) Security Cleared
3 29 (13.24%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.76%) DV Cleared
5 16 (7.31%) PMP
6 14 (6.39%) APMP
6 14 (6.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (5.94%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.37%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.37%) CISSP
9 3 (1.37%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.91%) APMG
10 2 (0.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.91%) GIAC
10 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.94%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.20%) PMO
2 7 (3.20%) QA
2 7 (3.20%) SLA
3 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (1.83%) NIST
3 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.37%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.91%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.46%) COREP
6 1 (0.46%) FINREP
6 1 (0.46%) GRC
6 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (5.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.37%) Docker
2 3 (1.37%) OpenAM
2 3 (1.37%) OpenIDM
3 2 (0.91%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.91%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (3.65%) Ansible
1 8 (3.65%) Progress Chef
1 8 (3.65%) Puppet
2 7 (3.20%) CFEngine
2 7 (3.20%) PowerBroker
3 5 (2.28%) SCCM
4 4 (1.83%) Terraform
5 3 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.37%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.91%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.91%) SCOM
6 2 (0.91%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.91%) VxRail
7 1 (0.46%) CASB
7 1 (0.46%) Consul
7 1 (0.46%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.46%) Salt
7 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.42%) Oracle
3 17 (7.76%) Dell
4 15 (6.85%) Google
5 14 (6.39%) SAP
6 13 (5.94%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.65%) Atlassian
8 5 (2.28%) Ariba
9 4 (1.83%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.37%) BMC
10 3 (1.37%) ForgeRock
10 3 (1.37%) Workday
11 2 (0.91%) Avaya
11 2 (0.91%) Commvault
11 2 (0.91%) Databricks
11 2 (0.91%) Dell Compellent
11 2 (0.91%) Equitrac
11 2 (0.91%) Genesys
11 2 (0.91%) HP
11 2 (0.91%) Juniper