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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 280 253
Rank change year-on-year -49 -27 +37
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 224 423 789
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.89% 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 2.64% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 252 559
10th Percentile £330 £376 £410
25th Percentile £430 £492 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £596 £675 £675
90th Percentile £653 £813 £800
UK median daily rate £495 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 10
10th Percentile £13.00 £26.75 £25.54
25th Percentile £18.05 £34.25 £37.08
Median hourly rate £26.00 £44.00 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% -21.08% +32.74%
75th Percentile £26.50 £47.00 £66.88
90th Percentile - £74.00 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £24.90 £44.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.41% -12.00% +19.05%

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 11,251 16,013 23,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.49% 33.73% 33.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,173 17,077
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £415 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 834 558 608
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.19 £10.63 £17.38
Median hourly rate £36.00 £22.49 £26.14
Median % change year-on-year +60.11% -13.97% +2.49%
75th Percentile £62.38 £62.99 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.69 £75.00 £65.46
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
% change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -39 108 £498 -17.08% 93
North of England +56 57 £493 +2.71% 14
North West +55 52 £493 +2.71% 9
South East -18 23 £588 +22.40% 22
Midlands +30 22 £520 -9.57% 13
West Midlands +15 13 £450 -21.74% 11
East Midlands +18 9 £581 +12.05% 2
East of England -24 7 £488 -11.36% 18
Yorkshire +17 5 £564 +2.50% 5
South West -1 5 £479 +12.62% 10
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 10 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.68%) CMS
3 5 (2.23%) Confluence
3 5 (2.23%) IIS
4 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.89%) Apache
6 2 (0.89%) nginx
6 2 (0.89%) SAS
6 2 (0.89%) WordPress
7 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (12.95%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.45%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle 11i
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (1.79%) Oracle Receivables
1 4 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.45%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.50%) AWS
2 18 (8.04%) Azure
2 18 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (6.25%) IaaS
3 14 (6.25%) SaaS
4 13 (5.80%) Google Workspace
4 13 (5.80%) PaaS
5 9 (4.02%) GitHub
5 9 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (3.13%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.23%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.23%) WhatsApp
8 4 (1.79%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.34%) Figma
9 3 (1.34%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.34%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.34%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.38%) Firewall
2 6 (2.68%) LAN
3 5 (2.23%) DNS
4 4 (1.79%) Internet
4 4 (1.79%) NAS
4 4 (1.79%) SAN
5 3 (1.34%) 5G
5 3 (1.34%) DKIM
5 3 (1.34%) DMARC
5 3 (1.34%) Extranet
5 3 (1.34%) VPN
5 3 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.34%) Wireless
6 2 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.89%) WAN
7 1 (0.45%) 4G
7 1 (0.45%) Broadband
7 1 (0.45%) LTE
7 1 (0.45%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.57%) Big Data
2 7 (3.13%) Power BI
3 6 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.68%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.23%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.79%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.34%) MySQL
6 3 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.34%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.89%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.89%) KDB
7 2 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.89%) Tableau
8 1 (0.45%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.45%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.45%) Impala
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 23 (10.27%) JIRA
2 11 (4.91%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.02%) Git
4 8 (3.57%) Gradle
5 7 (3.13%) CircleCI
6 5 (2.23%) JUnit
7 4 (1.79%) ERwin
8 3 (1.34%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.34%) Mockito
8 3 (1.34%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.34%) TestRail
9 2 (0.89%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.89%) FitNesse
9 2 (0.89%) GitLab
9 2 (0.89%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.89%) JMeter
9 2 (0.89%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.89%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.89%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 94 (41.96%) Social Skills
2 44 (19.64%) Finance
3 28 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.82%) Legal
5 20 (8.93%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (6.70%) Banking
7 12 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (4.91%) Retail
9 9 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.23%) Local Government
11 4 (1.79%) Front Office
11 4 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.34%) Back Office
12 3 (1.34%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.34%) Publishing
13 2 (0.89%) Billing
13 2 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.89%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (9.82%) Project Manager
2 16 (7.14%) Architect
3 14 (6.25%) Consultant
3 14 (6.25%) Problem Manager
4 13 (5.80%) Senior
5 11 (4.91%) Analyst
5 11 (4.91%) Delivery Manager
5 11 (4.91%) Developer
6 9 (4.02%) IT Support
7 8 (3.57%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 8 (3.57%) Integration Analyst
7 8 (3.57%) SAP Analyst
7 8 (3.57%) Software Asset Manager
7 8 (3.57%) Software Manager
8 7 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.68%) Designer
9 6 (2.68%) Integration Specialist
10 5 (2.23%) Configuration Manager
10 5 (2.23%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (2.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.80%) REST
2 8 (3.57%) Android Jetpack
2 8 (3.57%) Jetpack Compose
3 6 (2.68%) JSON
4 5 (2.23%) Dagger
4 5 (2.23%) OAuth
4 5 (2.23%) RAML
4 5 (2.23%) React Native
4 5 (2.23%) XML
5 4 (1.79%) OkHttp
5 4 (1.79%) OpenID
5 4 (1.79%) RxJava
5 4 (1.79%) SAML
5 4 (1.79%) WireMock
6 3 (1.34%) LDAP
6 3 (1.34%) Middleware
6 3 (1.34%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (1.34%) Software Packaging
6 3 (1.34%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.82%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (6.70%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.36%) CMDB
4 11 (4.91%) Product Ownership
5 10 (4.46%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.13%) Legacy Code
6 7 (3.13%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.68%) EPoS
8 5 (2.23%) NHS
8 5 (2.23%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.79%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.79%) PKI
10 3 (1.34%) Freedom of Information
10 3 (1.34%) Freedom of Information Act
10 3 (1.34%) SCADA
10 3 (1.34%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.80%) Linux
2 12 (5.36%) Windows
3 10 (4.46%) Android
3 10 (4.46%) Unix
4 2 (0.89%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) AIX
5 1 (0.45%) CentOS
5 1 (0.45%) OS/390
5 1 (0.45%) Solaris
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (33.48%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 53 (23.66%) Agile
4 33 (14.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (14.29%) Quality Management
6 31 (13.84%) Project Management
6 31 (13.84%) Service Management
7 29 (12.95%) ITIL
7 29 (12.95%) Mentoring
8 27 (12.05%) Computer Science
9 25 (11.16%) Statistics
10 18 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.59%) CI/CD
11 17 (7.59%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (7.59%) Scrum
12 16 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
12 16 (7.14%) Problem Management
13 15 (6.70%) Change Management
13 15 (6.70%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (6.70%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.70%) SQL
2 12 (5.36%) Java
2 12 (5.36%) Python
3 9 (4.02%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.23%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.23%) Kotlin
4 5 (2.23%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.79%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.34%) BeanShell
6 3 (1.34%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.89%) C++
7 2 (0.89%) VB
8 1 (0.45%) C#
8 1 (0.45%) Dart
8 1 (0.45%) Go
8 1 (0.45%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.45%) PHP
8 1 (0.45%) Swift
8 1 (0.45%) XPath
Qualifications
1 54 (24.11%) Degree
2 50 (22.32%) Security Cleared
3 31 (13.84%) SC Cleared
4 19 (8.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.59%) DV Cleared
6 15 (6.70%) PMP
7 14 (6.25%) PMI Certification
8 13 (5.80%) APMP
9 5 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.79%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.79%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.34%) CISSP
11 3 (1.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.89%) APMG
12 2 (0.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.89%) GIAC
12 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.91%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.02%) QA
2 9 (4.02%) SLA
3 6 (2.68%) PMO
4 3 (1.34%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.34%) NIST
4 3 (1.34%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.89%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.45%) GRC
6 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.79%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.34%) BitLocker
3 3 (1.34%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.34%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.45%) Docker
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.45%) XenApp
4 1 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (3.57%) Terraform
2 6 (2.68%) Ansible
3 5 (2.23%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.23%) SCCM
4 4 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.34%) NetBackup
5 3 (1.34%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.34%) SCOM
5 3 (1.34%) SCVMM
5 3 (1.34%) VxRail
6 2 (0.89%) Puppet
6 2 (0.89%) Salt
7 1 (0.45%) CASB
7 1 (0.45%) Grafana
7 1 (0.45%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.45%) PowerBroker
7 1 (0.45%) SELinux
7 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.45%) yum
Vendors
1 43 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.71%) Oracle
3 18 (8.04%) Dell
4 16 (7.14%) Google
5 14 (6.25%) Salesforce
6 13 (5.80%) SAP
7 4 (1.79%) Ariba
7 4 (1.79%) VMware
8 3 (1.34%) Avaya
8 3 (1.34%) BMC
8 3 (1.34%) Brio
8 3 (1.34%) Brocade
8 3 (1.34%) Cisco
8 3 (1.34%) Commvault
8 3 (1.34%) EMC
8 3 (1.34%) Forcepoint
8 3 (1.34%) HP
8 3 (1.34%) Juniper
8 3 (1.34%) Mitel
8 3 (1.34%) Wyse