Virtual Team Contract Job Trends in Reading

Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - 96
Rank change year-on-year - - -16
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 15 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.49% - 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.17% - 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £460 - -
25th Percentile £523 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £625 - £650
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £450 £588
% change year-on-year +33.33% -23.40% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £83.00 - -
Median hourly rate £84.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 360 137 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 35.86% 26.15% 26.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 97 183
10th Percentile £303 £310 £205
25th Percentile £391 £425 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £501
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% +3.30% -9.00%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £608
90th Percentile £700 £650 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 1 6
10th Percentile £20.50 - £35.25
25th Percentile £80.38 £42.50 £52.90
Median hourly rate £84.00 £45.00 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year +86.67% -22.68% -19.17%
75th Percentile £88.00 £47.50 £60.95
90th Percentile - - £72.73
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +34.97% +44.69% -39.29%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Virtual Team job vacancy trend in Reading

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team in Reading over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in Reading

Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Aerospace
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (26.67%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Project Assurance Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Security Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Security Assurance Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Security Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Security Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) Principal Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Principal Security Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Product Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Principal Security Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Product Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Product Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (73.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (60.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 8 (53.33%) Computer Science
3 8 (53.33%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (53.33%) Validation
3 8 (53.33%) Verification and Validation
4 7 (46.67%) Requirements Engineering
4 7 (46.67%) SBOM
4 7 (46.67%) Security Architecture
4 7 (46.67%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (40.00%) Digital Enablement
5 6 (40.00%) Digital Engineering
5 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
6 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (26.67%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (26.67%) Patch Management
7 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) Degree
3 4 (26.67%) CISM
3 4 (26.67%) CISSP
3 4 (26.67%) PMI Certification
3 4 (26.67%) PMP
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (73.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (73.33%) NIST
2 7 (46.67%) NIST 800
3 4 (26.67%) SOC 2
4 1 (6.67%) PMO