Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 15 Jun 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
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| Rank | 292 | 310 | 338 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +28 | -54 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Team | 418 | 230 | 265 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.83% | 0.78% | 0.61% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 2.57% | 2.26% | 2.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 260 | 127 | 163 |
| 10th Percentile | £257 | £329 | £321 |
| 25th Percentile | £395 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £493 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.65% | -10.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £581 | £586 | £574 |
| 90th Percentile | £687 | £705 | £630 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £503 | £463 | £493 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.65% | -6.19% | -1.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 56 | 15 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.17 | - | £13.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.33 | £29.00 | £18.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.96 | £40.59 | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.30% | +56.12% | -40.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.31 | £57.50 | £26.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.50 | £74.56 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £43.96 | £43.86 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.24% | +68.67% | -74.00% |
All Generic Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 16,282 | 10,178 | 13,086 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.45% | 34.37% | 29.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,996 | 6,392 | 8,304 |
| 10th Percentile | £316 | £300 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £406 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £518 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.43% | -2.33% | -2.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £650 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 822 | 439 | 940 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.01 | £15.84 | £12.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.92 | £20.45 | £15.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.93 | £33.05 | £35.58 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.87% | -7.10% | +58.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £60.00 | £61.35 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.40 | £82.13 | £72.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £43.96 | £32.81 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.98% | -6.26% | +59.09% |
Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Team relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Virtual Team
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Virtual Team.
Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.
Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Virtual Team.
Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Team over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.
Virtual Team
Top 17 Contract Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 15 June 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 |
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| England | +42 | 360 | £508 | +2.53% | 92 |
| UK excluding London | -39 | 189 | £503 | +8.65% | 51 |
| London | +11 | 182 | £500 | -4.31% | 54 |
| Work from Home | +13 | 143 | £500 | +7.30% | 61 |
| South East | -25 | 47 | £550 | +18.92% | 22 |
| North of England | -62 | 43 | £525 | +15.89% | 9 |
| Midlands | -34 | 28 | £200 | -50.00% | 10 |
| South West | -9 | 25 | £493 | -9.63% | 1 |
| Scotland | -31 | 23 | £358 | -28.40% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | -36 | 22 | £507 | +1.30% | 2 |
| East Midlands | - | 18 | £200 | - | 5 |
| East of England | -21 | 17 | £525 | +61.54% | 3 |
| North West | -47 | 17 | £553 | +22.08% | 7 |
| West Midlands | -59 | 9 | £513 | +28.13% | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| North East | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Wales | -15 | 2 | £500 | +8.81% | 2 |
Virtual Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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