Virtual Team Contract Job Trends in Scotland

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 107 132
Rank change year-on-year +21 +25 +31
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 24 9 8
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 1.55% 0.54% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.02% 1.50% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 2
10th Percentile £390 £336 £616
25th Percentile £458 £381 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £408 £638
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% -36.00% +41.27%
75th Percentile £575 £455 £647
90th Percentile £625 £464 £649
UK median daily rate £500 £506 £538
% change year-on-year -1.23% -5.81% -3.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - -
75th Percentile £16.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £26.50 £22.29
% change year-on-year +71.55% +18.89% -37.21%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 597 600 861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.64% 35.69% 36.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 327 500
10th Percentile £175 £192 £249
25th Percentile £350 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £600 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 26
10th Percentile £14.87 £19.60 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.17 £21.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +26.90% -5.87%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.18 £54.38
90th Percentile £68.60 £40.91 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £33.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -21.72% +21.43%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Virtual Team job vacancy trend in Scotland

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in Scotland

Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Virtual Team
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Glasgow +9 18 £500 +22.55% 3
Edinburgh - 6 £600 - 2
Virtual Team
UK

Virtual Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.17%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) GitHub
2 3 (12.50%) SaaS
3 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.17%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) JIRA
2 2 (8.33%) Bitbucket
2 2 (8.33%) Git
2 2 (8.33%) IntelliJ
2 2 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.33%) PyCharm
2 2 (8.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.33%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (4.17%) Subversion
3 1 (4.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.17%) Xcode
General
1 11 (45.83%) Finance
2 8 (33.33%) Banking
2 8 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
1 7 (29.17%) Data Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Developer
2 3 (12.50%) Java Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Java Software Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Python Developer
2 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Configuration Management Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Software Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Support Specialist
4 1 (4.17%) Technical Leader
4 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) SwiftUI
1 1 (4.17%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) CMDB
1 8 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (8.33%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.17%) Credit Risk
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.17%) iPad
4 1 (4.17%) iPhone
4 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (4.17%) Android
3 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Agile
2 12 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (45.83%) CI/CD
3 11 (45.83%) Configuration Management
4 10 (41.67%) Programme Management
5 9 (37.50%) Service Management
6 8 (33.33%) Analytics
6 8 (33.33%) Business Analysis
6 8 (33.33%) Change Control
6 8 (33.33%) Data Architecture
6 8 (33.33%) Data Lineage
6 8 (33.33%) Data Management
6 8 (33.33%) Data Modelling
6 8 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (33.33%) ITIL
6 8 (33.33%) ITSM
6 8 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 8 (33.33%) Time Management
6 8 (33.33%) Visualisation
6 8 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) SQL
2 6 (25.00%) Java
3 5 (20.83%) Python
4 2 (8.33%) C#
4 2 (8.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.17%) C++
5 1 (4.17%) Objective-C
5 1 (4.17%) Swift
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.33%) Ansible
2 2 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.17%) Apple
2 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.17%) Canon
2 1 (4.17%) Dell
2 1 (4.17%) HP
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) SAP