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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 275 284
Rank change year-on-year +15 +9 +6
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 88 121 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.60% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.03% 2.05% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 83 92
10th Percentile £301 £403 £325
25th Percentile £406 £450 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% - -
75th Percentile £573 £623 £588
90th Percentile £652 £656 £649
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -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 £40.59 £24.90 £44.00
% change year-on-year +63.01% -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 4,327 5,889 7,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.33% 29.02% 32.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,621 3,540 5,014
10th Percentile £205 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £613
90th Percentile £656 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 719 420
10th Percentile £16.52 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.92 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.53 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% +36.36% +3.53%
75th Percentile £64.51 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £83.31 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year +0.83% +40.09% -19.70%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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
Scotland +30 29 £488 +39.29% 27
North of England -12 28 £514 +4.26% 62
North West -16 22 £514 +4.26% 45
South East +33 8 £475 -22.76% 103
East of England +26 7 £325 -31.58% 25
South West +44 6 £553 +15.48% 21
Yorkshire +17 6 £500 -15.25% 15
Midlands +1 6 £450 -11.76% 28
West Midlands -1 6 £450 - 18
Northern Ireland -8 2 £150 -21.05% 13
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 (7.95%) Confluence
2 6 (6.82%) NetWeaver
3 4 (4.55%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (7.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.82%) SAP PP
3 2 (2.27%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (2.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.77%) AWS
2 11 (12.50%) IaaS
3 10 (11.36%) Azure
4 6 (6.82%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.68%) GitHub
6 4 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.27%) GCP
7 2 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.27%) SaaS
7 2 (2.27%) ShareGate
8 1 (1.14%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.14%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.14%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (1.14%) Fivetran
8 1 (1.14%) Serverless
8 1 (1.14%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.14%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.82%) HTTP
2 5 (5.68%) WAN
3 4 (4.55%) LAN
4 3 (3.41%) Firewall
4 3 (3.41%) SD-WAN
5 2 (2.27%) DHCP
5 2 (2.27%) DNS
5 2 (2.27%) Network Security
5 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.14%) 802.11
6 1 (1.14%) BGP
6 1 (1.14%) HSRP
6 1 (1.14%) Internet
6 1 (1.14%) IPsec
6 1 (1.14%) MPLS
6 1 (1.14%) OSPF
6 1 (1.14%) SSL
6 1 (1.14%) VPN
6 1 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.14%) DB2
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.14%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.14%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.14%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 16 (18.18%) JIRA
2 14 (15.91%) Jenkins
3 10 (11.36%) Git
4 4 (4.55%) Bitbucket
4 4 (4.55%) Xcode
5 3 (3.41%) IntelliJ
5 3 (3.41%) PyCharm
5 3 (3.41%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.41%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (2.27%) Artifactory
7 1 (1.14%) GitLab
7 1 (1.14%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.14%) MLflow
General
1 44 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 27 (30.68%) Finance
3 18 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.36%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.82%) Telecoms
6 5 (5.68%) Banking
6 5 (5.68%) Marketing
7 4 (4.55%) Electronics
7 4 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.41%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.14%) Back Office
10 1 (1.14%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.14%) Front Office
10 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.14%) Law
10 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (13.64%) Developer
2 9 (10.23%) Python Engineer
3 8 (9.09%) Analyst
3 8 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 6 (6.82%) Integration Developer
4 6 (6.82%) Lead
4 6 (6.82%) Linux Engineer
4 6 (6.82%) Platform Engineer
4 6 (6.82%) SAP Developer
4 6 (6.82%) VMware Engineer
5 5 (5.68%) Architect
5 5 (5.68%) Consultant
6 4 (4.55%) IT Manager
6 4 (4.55%) Mobile Engineer
6 4 (4.55%) Python Developer
6 4 (4.55%) SAP Consultant
6 4 (4.55%) SAP PP Consultant
6 4 (4.55%) SAP QM Consultant
6 4 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 4 (4.55%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.95%) XML
2 6 (6.82%) EDI
2 6 (6.82%) IDoc
2 6 (6.82%) JDBC
2 6 (6.82%) JMS
2 6 (6.82%) Middleware
2 6 (6.82%) REST
2 6 (6.82%) SAP PI
2 6 (6.82%) SOAP
2 6 (6.82%) XSLT
3 4 (4.55%) SwiftUI
3 4 (4.55%) UIKit
4 3 (3.41%) .NET
5 2 (2.27%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.14%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.14%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.14%) CSS
6 1 (1.14%) Django
6 1 (1.14%) HTML
6 1 (1.14%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
1 8 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 8 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.82%) Legacy Applications
2 6 (6.82%) Public Cloud
3 5 (5.68%) iPhone
3 5 (5.68%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.55%) Credit Risk
4 4 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.55%) iPad
5 3 (3.41%) Life Science
5 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.27%) CMDB
6 2 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.14%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.14%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (22.73%) Linux
2 12 (13.64%) Windows
3 11 (12.50%) Unix
4 5 (5.68%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.55%) Android
6 2 (2.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (50.00%) Agile
2 25 (28.41%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (23.86%) Scrum
4 17 (19.32%) Virtual Team Management
5 16 (18.18%) DevOps
6 14 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (15.91%) Test Automation
7 13 (14.77%) CI/CD
7 13 (14.77%) SDLC
8 12 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
8 12 (13.64%) Project Management
9 10 (11.36%) Migration
10 9 (10.23%) ITIL
10 9 (10.23%) Kanban
10 9 (10.23%) Project Delivery
10 9 (10.23%) System Integration Testing
10 9 (10.23%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (9.09%) Build Automation
11 8 (9.09%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.73%) Python
2 11 (12.50%) SQL
3 10 (11.36%) Java
3 10 (11.36%) Perl
4 7 (7.95%) C#
4 7 (7.95%) Erlang
4 7 (7.95%) Prolog
5 6 (6.82%) ABAP
6 5 (5.68%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.55%) Objective-C
7 4 (4.55%) Swift
8 2 (2.27%) Bash
8 2 (2.27%) C++
8 2 (2.27%) Groovy
9 1 (1.14%) ActionScript
9 1 (1.14%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (1.14%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.14%) C
9 1 (1.14%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (17.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (12.50%) Degree
3 10 (11.36%) SC Cleared
4 8 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.41%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.41%) PMP
7 2 (2.27%) IIBA
7 2 (2.27%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.14%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.14%) CCDA
8 1 (1.14%) CCDP
8 1 (1.14%) CCNA
8 1 (1.14%) CCNP
8 1 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.14%) CISM
8 1 (1.14%) CISSP
8 1 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.36%) QA
2 3 (3.41%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.27%) GMP
3 2 (2.27%) PMO
4 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (7.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.55%) Docker
3 2 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (7.95%) Ansible
2 6 (6.82%) Terraform
3 5 (5.68%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.14%) Data Guard
4 1 (1.14%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (25.00%) SAP
2 13 (14.77%) Microsoft
3 7 (7.95%) VMware
4 5 (5.68%) Oracle
5 3 (3.41%) HP
5 3 (3.41%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.41%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.27%) Apple
6 2 (2.27%) Cisco
6 2 (2.27%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.27%) Google
6 2 (2.27%) IBM
6 2 (2.27%) Infoblox
6 2 (2.27%) Nintex
6 2 (2.27%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.14%) Aruba
7 1 (1.14%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (1.14%) Dell
7 1 (1.14%) Micro Focus
7 1 (1.14%) Sybase