Virtual Team Contracts in the UK excluding London

Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 269 297
Rank change year-on-year +11 +28 -15
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 78 131 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.61% 0.63% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 2.14% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 91 95
10th Percentile £270 £413 £326
25th Percentile £406 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £573 £623 £588
90th Percentile £603 £656 £678
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.80 £13.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.80 £26.00 £100.00
Median % change year-on-year +122.29% -74.00% +57.20%
75th Percentile £77.81 £26.50 -
90th Percentile £78.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £41.55 £24.90 £44.00
% change year-on-year +66.85% -43.41% -1.73%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,241 6,126 7,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.22% 29.49% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,665 5,276
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £378 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 723 439
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Virtual Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Team in the UK excluding London

Virtual Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Team in the UK excluding London

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in the UK excluding London

Virtual Team
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Team in the UK excluding London

Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Team in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Virtual Team in the UK excluding London

Virtual Team
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England -20 24 £514 +2.80% 38
Scotland +30 23 £450 +20.00% 24
North West -23 20 £514 +4.26% 26
South East +33 8 £475 -22.76% 80
East of England +30 8 £325 -31.58% 26
West Midlands +4 6 £500 +9.59% 16
Midlands +3 6 £500 - 25
South West +43 5 £545 +17.23% 19
Yorkshire +8 4 £500 -21.57% 10
Northern Ireland -7 2 £150 -21.05% 5
Wales - 2 £460 - 6
Virtual Team
UK

Virtual Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (8.97%) Confluence
2 6 (7.69%) NetWeaver
3 5 (6.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (8.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (7.69%) SAP PP
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (2.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.54%) AWS
1 9 (11.54%) IaaS
2 8 (10.26%) Azure
3 6 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.56%) GCP
5 2 (2.56%) GitHub
5 2 (2.56%) ShareGate
6 1 (1.28%) Fivetran
6 1 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.28%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.28%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.28%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.69%) HTTP
1 6 (7.69%) WAN
2 5 (6.41%) LAN
3 3 (3.85%) Firewall
3 3 (3.85%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.56%) DHCP
4 2 (2.56%) DNS
4 2 (2.56%) Network Security
4 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.28%) 802.11
5 1 (1.28%) BGP
5 1 (1.28%) Internet
5 1 (1.28%) IPsec
5 1 (1.28%) MPLS
5 1 (1.28%) OSPF
5 1 (1.28%) SSL
5 1 (1.28%) VoIP
5 1 (1.28%) VPN
5 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) DB2
1 2 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.28%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.28%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 15 (19.23%) JIRA
2 9 (11.54%) Jenkins
3 6 (7.69%) Git
4 3 (3.85%) Xcode
5 2 (2.56%) Artifactory
5 2 (2.56%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.28%) GitLab
6 1 (1.28%) IntelliJ
6 1 (1.28%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.28%) PyCharm
6 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.64%) Finance
3 15 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.82%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.41%) Marketing
5 5 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.41%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.13%) Banking
6 4 (5.13%) Electronics
7 3 (3.85%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Back Office
9 1 (1.28%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.28%) Front Office
9 1 (1.28%) Law
9 1 (1.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 11 (14.10%) Developer
2 6 (7.69%) Integration Developer
2 6 (7.69%) Project Manager
2 6 (7.69%) Python Engineer
2 6 (7.69%) SAP Developer
3 5 (6.41%) Analyst
3 5 (6.41%) Architect
3 5 (6.41%) Consultant
3 5 (6.41%) IT Manager
4 4 (5.13%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (5.13%) Lead
4 4 (5.13%) Linux Engineer
4 4 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
4 4 (5.13%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (5.13%) SAP PP Consultant
4 4 (5.13%) SAP QM Consultant
4 4 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 4 (5.13%) Scrum Master
4 4 (5.13%) VMware Engineer
5 3 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.97%) Middleware
1 7 (8.97%) REST
1 7 (8.97%) SOAP
1 7 (8.97%) XML
2 6 (7.69%) EDI
2 6 (7.69%) IDoc
2 6 (7.69%) JDBC
2 6 (7.69%) JMS
2 6 (7.69%) SAP PI
2 6 (7.69%) XSLT
3 3 (3.85%) SwiftUI
3 3 (3.85%) UIKit
4 2 (2.56%) .NET
5 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.28%) Django
5 1 (1.28%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.28%) J2EE
5 1 (1.28%) Node.js
5 1 (1.28%) RESTful
5 1 (1.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.26%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
2 6 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.13%) iPhone
3 4 (5.13%) Life Science
3 4 (5.13%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.13%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.85%) Credit Risk
4 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.85%) iPad
4 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.56%) CMDB
5 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 17 (21.79%) Linux
2 10 (12.82%) Unix
2 10 (12.82%) Windows
3 4 (5.13%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.85%) Android
5 2 (2.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (50.00%) Agile
2 23 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (25.64%) Scrum
4 14 (17.95%) Virtual Team Management
5 13 (16.67%) DevOps
5 13 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (14.10%) Project Management
7 11 (14.10%) SDLC
7 11 (14.10%) Test Automation
8 10 (12.82%) CI/CD
8 10 (12.82%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (12.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (11.54%) ITIL
9 9 (11.54%) Kanban
9 9 (11.54%) System Integration Testing
10 8 (10.26%) Project Delivery
11 7 (8.97%) Performance Testing
11 7 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
12 6 (7.69%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.23%) Python
2 9 (11.54%) Java
2 9 (11.54%) SQL
3 8 (10.26%) Perl
4 6 (7.69%) ABAP
5 5 (6.41%) Erlang
5 5 (6.41%) Prolog
6 4 (5.13%) C#
7 3 (3.85%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.85%) Swift
7 3 (3.85%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.56%) Bash
8 2 (2.56%) C++
8 2 (2.56%) Groovy
9 1 (1.28%) ActionScript
9 1 (1.28%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (1.28%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.28%) C
9 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.82%) Degree
3 9 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.56%) IIBA
7 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.56%) PMP
8 1 (1.28%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.28%) CCDA
8 1 (1.28%) CCDP
8 1 (1.28%) CCNA
8 1 (1.28%) CCNP
8 1 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.28%) CISSP
8 1 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.82%) QA
2 2 (2.56%) GMP
3 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.28%) PMO
3 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.56%) Docker
2 2 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Ansible
2 4 (5.13%) Terraform
3 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.28%) Data Guard
4 1 (1.28%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (25.64%) SAP
2 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) Oracle
3 5 (6.41%) VMware
4 3 (3.85%) HP
4 3 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.56%) Apple
5 2 (2.56%) Cisco
5 2 (2.56%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.56%) Google
5 2 (2.56%) IBM
5 2 (2.56%) Infoblox
5 2 (2.56%) Nintex
5 2 (2.56%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.28%) Aruba
6 1 (1.28%) Dell
6 1 (1.28%) Siemens
6 1 (1.28%) Sun
6 1 (1.28%) Sybase