Virtual Team Job Trends in England

Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 376 485
Rank change year-on-year -46 +109 -236
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 291 282 412
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.72% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.36% 1.67% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 172 152 273
10th Percentile £33,525 £34,900 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +2.00% +2.63%
75th Percentile £91,436 £90,625 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,250 £133,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +2.63%

All Generic Skills
England

Virtual Team falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,412 16,931 30,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.91% 42.94% 33.67%
Number of salaries quoted 13,287 8,075 21,075
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,062
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Virtual Team relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Virtual Team job vacancy trend in England

Virtual Team
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Virtual Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Virtual Team in England

Virtual Team
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Team within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -12 112 £75,000 - 123
South West -16 56 £91,436 +59.02% 6
North of England -13 47 £70,000 +18.64% 18
Midlands -14 40 £52,500 +5.00% 17
West Midlands -9 31 £52,500 +5.00% 11
South East -67 24 £65,000 +62.50% 35
North West 0 23 £70,000 +24.44% 11
North East -28 15 £70,000 +180.00% 1
East of England -35 10 £35,000 -36.36% 12
East Midlands -18 9 £25,000 - 6
Yorkshire -54 9 £70,000 +12.00% 6
Virtual Team
UK

Virtual Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 11 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.69%) Confluence
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.69%) SAS
3 1 (0.34%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Infor SunSystems
1 2 (0.69%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.69%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG-BP
2 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG-F
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.49%) Azure
2 35 (12.03%) AWS
3 16 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (3.44%) GCP
4 10 (3.44%) SaaS
5 8 (2.75%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.41%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.06%) BrowserStack
7 6 (2.06%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.03%) Amazon Kinesis
8 3 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.03%) Serverless
8 3 (1.03%) WeChat
9 2 (0.69%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.69%) Datadog
9 2 (0.69%) IaaS
9 2 (0.69%) PaaS
9 2 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.81%) Firewall
2 7 (2.41%) DHCP
2 7 (2.41%) DNS
3 4 (1.37%) WAN
4 3 (1.03%) LAN
5 2 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.69%) SAN
5 2 (0.69%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.69%) VLAN
5 2 (0.69%) VPN
5 2 (0.69%) Wireless
6 1 (0.34%) 4G
6 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.34%) Broadband
6 1 (0.34%) Internet
6 1 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) RFID
6 1 (0.34%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.22%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.06%) MySQL
2 6 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (1.72%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.03%) Power BI
5 2 (0.69%) Couchbase
5 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.69%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.69%) Metadata
5 2 (0.69%) Redis
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.34%) Big Data
6 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.34%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.34%) Tableau
6 1 (0.34%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 12 (4.12%) JIRA
2 9 (3.09%) Git
3 7 (2.41%) TeamCity
4 6 (2.06%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (1.72%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.37%) Gatling
6 4 (1.37%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.69%) Appium
7 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.69%) GitLab
7 2 (0.69%) JMeter
7 2 (0.69%) Postman
7 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.69%) Selenium
8 1 (0.34%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.34%) webpack
8 1 (0.34%) Yeoman
General
1 161 (55.33%) Finance
2 158 (54.30%) Social Skills
3 82 (28.18%) Legal
4 79 (27.15%) Organisational Skills
5 40 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.19%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.12%) Retail
8 10 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.06%) French Language
10 6 (2.06%) Military
11 5 (1.72%) Advertising
12 3 (1.03%) Back Office
12 3 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.03%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.69%) Aviation
13 2 (0.69%) Law
13 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (11.34%) Developer
2 30 (10.31%) Lead
3 24 (8.25%) Architect
4 16 (5.50%) PHP Developer
5 15 (5.15%) IT Manager
5 15 (5.15%) Senior
5 15 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (4.12%) Finance Manager
6 12 (4.12%) Finance Systems Manager
6 12 (4.12%) Software Developer
6 12 (4.12%) Systems Manager
7 11 (3.78%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 10 (3.44%) C# Developer
8 10 (3.44%) C# Software Developer
8 10 (3.44%) Graduate C# Developer
8 10 (3.44%) Graduate C# Software Developer
8 10 (3.44%) Graduate Developer
8 10 (3.44%) Graduate Software Developer
8 10 (3.44%) Graduate SQL Developer
8 10 (3.44%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.50%) .NET
1 16 (5.50%) CSS
2 15 (5.15%) React
3 13 (4.47%) Laravel
4 11 (3.78%) jQuery
5 10 (3.44%) Vue
6 7 (2.41%) Playwright
7 6 (2.06%) HTML
7 6 (2.06%) Kafka
8 5 (1.72%) RESTful
9 4 (1.37%) Middleware
10 3 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (1.03%) Spring
11 2 (0.69%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.69%) CodeIgniter
11 2 (0.69%) EDI
11 2 (0.69%) Memcached
11 2 (0.69%) Symfony
11 2 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (25.43%) Podcast
1 74 (25.43%) Web Conferencing
2 18 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.12%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.78%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.75%) PMI
7 7 (2.41%) EPoS
7 7 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.06%) Life Science
9 5 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.37%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.37%) Derivative
10 4 (1.37%) OTC Derivatives
10 4 (1.37%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.81%) Windows
2 5 (1.72%) Android
3 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.69%) Linux
4 2 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.34%) Unix
5 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (27.84%) Customer Service
2 67 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (21.99%) Agile
4 54 (18.56%) AI
5 42 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (12.37%) CI/CD
8 34 (11.68%) Project Management
9 32 (11.00%) Computer Science
10 29 (9.97%) Roadmaps
11 28 (9.62%) DevOps
12 27 (9.28%) Analytics
12 27 (9.28%) Mentoring
13 25 (8.59%) Virtual Team Management
14 24 (8.25%) Technical Architecture
15 20 (6.87%) Project Delivery
16 19 (6.53%) B2B
16 19 (6.53%) ITIL
16 19 (6.53%) Scrum
17 18 (6.19%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.09%) SQL
2 30 (10.31%) Java
3 28 (9.62%) Python
4 24 (8.25%) PHP
5 23 (7.90%) C#
6 18 (6.19%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.50%) JavaScript
8 12 (4.12%) C++
9 10 (3.44%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.72%) Bash
11 3 (1.03%) Go
11 3 (1.03%) Scala
12 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.34%) ABAP
13 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (26.12%) BPSS Clearance
2 37 (12.71%) Degree
3 19 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (3.78%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.44%) PMP
6 6 (2.06%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.72%) ACCA
7 5 (1.72%) CIMA
7 5 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.03%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.03%) CISSP
8 3 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.03%) GCIA
8 3 (1.03%) GCIH
8 3 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.03%) OSCE
8 3 (1.03%) OSCP
8 3 (1.03%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 3 (1.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.25%) QA
2 9 (3.09%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.41%) PMO
3 7 (2.41%) SLA
4 6 (2.06%) GDPR
5 4 (1.37%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.37%) MiFID
6 3 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.06%) Docker
3 5 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.03%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (4.47%) Terraform
2 7 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (2.06%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.03%) Ansible
4 3 (1.03%) CSIRT
4 3 (1.03%) Grafana
4 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.69%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.78%) Google
3 10 (3.44%) Workday
4 8 (2.75%) Apple
5 7 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.06%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.72%) Oracle
7 5 (1.72%) VMware
8 4 (1.37%) Cisco
8 4 (1.37%) Okta
9 3 (1.03%) SAP
10 2 (0.69%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.69%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.69%) EMC
10 2 (0.69%) Infor
10 2 (0.69%) Meraki
10 2 (0.69%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.69%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.69%) Sophos
10 2 (0.69%) Veeam