Virtual Team Contract Job Trends in the South East

Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 154 152
Rank change year-on-year -39 -2 +19
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 39 16 37
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.58% 0.46% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.94% 1.44% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 10 25
10th Percentile £325 £396 £275
25th Percentile £491 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £469 £375
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £601 £522 £540
90th Percentile £625 £662 £628
England median daily rate £506 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +2.85% -1.60% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £83.00 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.16 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.73% +33.64% -
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £43.96 £40.59 £23.80
% change year-on-year +8.30% +70.55% -41.95%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,009 1,111 1,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.93% 31.86% 29.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 682 858
10th Percentile £282 £204 £213
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.60% +0.60%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £636
90th Percentile £700 £674 £715
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 99 145
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.13 £11.99
25th Percentile £25.81 £16.95 £20.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.05 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +66.41% -42.37% +14.70%
75th Percentile £84.00 £59.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.10 £75.16
England median hourly rate £43.56 £32.05 £47.50
% change year-on-year +35.91% -32.53% +15.74%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Virtual Team job vacancy trend in the South East

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Virtual Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team in the South East over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in the South East

Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Virtual Team.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 8 August 2026. 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
Thames Valley -29 25 £560 +14.87% 10
Berkshire -21 14 £600 +23.08% 7
Buckinghamshire - 9 £550 - 2
Surrey -20 5 £550 +15.79% 8
West Sussex - 4 £250 -
Hampshire -42 2 £400 -9.86% 4
Oxfordshire - 2 £638 - 1
East Sussex - 2 £600 - 2
Virtual Team
England

Virtual Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.56%) CMS
1 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (10.26%) AWS
4 3 (7.69%) GitHub
4 3 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (5.13%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) GCP
6 1 (2.56%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) CircleCI
1 2 (5.13%) Gradle
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
1 2 (5.13%) JUnit
2 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.64%) Finance
3 8 (20.51%) Aerospace
4 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Legal
7 1 (2.56%) Local Government
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 5 (12.82%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Project Assurance Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Security Architect
3 4 (10.26%) Security Assurance Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Security Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Analyst
4 3 (7.69%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Pensions Analyst
4 3 (7.69%) Principal Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Principal Security Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Product Architect
4 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Android Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) Android Jetpack
1 3 (7.69%) REST
2 2 (5.13%) Dagger
2 2 (5.13%) Jetpack Compose
2 2 (5.13%) OkHttp
2 2 (5.13%) RAML
2 2 (5.13%) RxJava
2 2 (5.13%) WireMock
3 1 (2.56%) .NET
3 1 (2.56%) Android SDK
3 1 (2.56%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.56%) JSON
3 1 (2.56%) JSON Schema
3 1 (2.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 4 (10.26%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.13%) Legacy Code
4 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.56%) iPad
5 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Android
2 3 (7.69%) Unix
3 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.56%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Computer Science
1 12 (30.77%) Virtual Team Management
2 11 (28.21%) Agile
2 11 (28.21%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (28.21%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (23.08%) Validation
4 8 (20.51%) Project Delivery
4 8 (20.51%) Systems Engineering
4 8 (20.51%) Verification and Validation
5 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (17.95%) Requirements Engineering
5 7 (17.95%) SBOM
5 7 (17.95%) Security Architecture
5 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (17.95%) Test Automation
5 7 (17.95%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (15.38%) Change Management
6 6 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 6 (15.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 3 (7.69%) Kotlin
2 3 (7.69%) Python
3 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.56%) C#
4 1 (2.56%) Java
4 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.90%) Degree
3 11 (28.21%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.26%) CISM
4 4 (10.26%) CISSP
4 4 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.26%) PMI Certification
4 4 (10.26%) PMP
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (28.21%) NIST
2 7 (17.95%) NIST 800
3 4 (10.26%) SOC 2
4 2 (5.13%) QA
5 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) Apple
3 1 (2.56%) Ariba
3 1 (2.56%) Citrix
3 1 (2.56%) Fiserv
3 1 (2.56%) VMware
3 1 (2.56%) Workday