Virtual Team Contracts 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 161 169
Rank change year-on-year +18 +8 +7
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 14 37 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.65% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.35% 2.25% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 31 28
10th Percentile £396 - £229
25th Percentile £419 £363 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £540 £455
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +18.68% -13.33%
75th Percentile £522 £623 £527
90th Percentile £662 £650 £656
England median daily rate £498 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -0.50% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.16 - -
England median hourly rate £40.59 £26.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year +56.12% -40.91% +11.25%

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 1,040 1,642 1,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 32.25% 28.75% 33.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 962 1,319
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £350 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £594 £618 £629
90th Percentile £660 £690 £721
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 173 97
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.79 £16.94
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.64 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.89 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.39% +4.76% +153.68%
75th Percentile £61.12 £61.30 £66.21
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.16 £75.00
England median hourly rate £32.77 £37.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year -12.61% +59.57% -11.32%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Virtual Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Team in the South East

Virtual Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Team in the South East

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 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in the South East

Virtual Team
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Team in the South East

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 3 July 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
Hampshire +37 7 £444 -18.20% 9
Berkshire +24 4 £488 -17.02% 11
Thames Valley +11 4 £488 -20.73% 17
Surrey +19 3 £475 +30.14% 10
Virtual Team
England

Virtual Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) LAN
1 3 (21.43%) Network Security
1 3 (21.43%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) 5G
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Lead
1 2 (14.29%) Pensions Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Project Leader
1 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
1 2 (14.29%) Security Specialist
2 1 (7.14%) Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Head of Digital
2 1 (7.14%) Head of Networks
2 1 (7.14%) Health and Safety Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Presales Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Virtual Team Management
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Presales
2 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Register
4 2 (14.29%) Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Python
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) CISM
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GMP
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP