Virtual Team Job Trends

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 345 279
Rank change year-on-year -75 -66 -49
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 242 415 583
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.78% 1.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.18% 2.08% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 154 232 360
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £79,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,555 19,907 20,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.26% 37.20% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,326 9,320 14,805
10th Percentile £27,850 £33,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Virtual Team job vacancy trend in the UK

Virtual Team
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Virtual Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Team within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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
England -60 197 £67,500 +3.85% 406
London +29 117 £70,000 -12.50% 58
Work from Home -18 108 £68,500 +5.38% 350
UK excluding London -69 97 £55,000 - 412
North of England -18 30 £60,000 +20.00% 61
South East -3 19 £47,902 -4.20% 129
Midlands -10 18 £68,000 +0.74% 46
Wales +15 14 £55,000 +46.67% 28
North West +8 14 £43,750 -12.50% 23
West Midlands +1 11 £52,500 -22.22% 20
Yorkshire -33 9 £68,000 +57.68% 24
Northern Ireland -7 7 £59,000 -1.67% 14
East Midlands -19 7 £70,500 -14.55% 25
North East - 7 £63,750 - 14
Scotland -1 5 £100,000 +33.33% 17
East of England +8 4 £65,000 +36.84% 82
South West -5 4 £61,250 +11.36% 48

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.48%) Confluence
3 3 (1.24%) Apache
3 3 (1.24%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.41%) TPMS
4 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.83%) Sketch
4 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.41%) Notion
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.24%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.83%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.41%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.41%) Endur
4 1 (0.41%) EuroRunner
4 1 (0.41%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.41%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 56 (23.14%) Azure
2 37 (15.29%) AWS
3 27 (11.16%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.37%) Serverless
6 9 (3.72%) SaaS
7 8 (3.31%) Amazon S3
7 8 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (3.31%) Figma
7 8 (3.31%) GitHub
8 7 (2.89%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.07%) Amazon Kinesis
9 5 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.07%) CloudFront
10 4 (1.65%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.24%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.24%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.24%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.24%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.37%) Firewall
2 8 (3.31%) SD-WAN
3 6 (2.48%) Wireless
4 5 (2.07%) LAN
4 5 (2.07%) MPLS
4 5 (2.07%) WAN
4 5 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.65%) Network Security
5 4 (1.65%) VPN
6 3 (1.24%) BGP
6 3 (1.24%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.24%) Internet
6 3 (1.24%) OSPF
6 3 (1.24%) VoIP
7 2 (0.83%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.83%) IPsec
7 2 (0.83%) SSL
7 2 (0.83%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (16.12%) SQL Server
2 22 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (4.55%) MySQL
4 8 (3.31%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.31%) MongoDB
4 8 (3.31%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (2.48%) Power BI
5 6 (2.48%) Redis
6 5 (2.07%) Couchbase
6 5 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.24%) Apache Iceberg
7 3 (1.24%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.24%) Data Vault
7 3 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.83%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.41%) Big Data
9 1 (0.41%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 23 (9.50%) TeamCity
2 22 (9.09%) Octopus Deploy
3 21 (8.68%) JIRA
4 10 (4.13%) Git
5 5 (2.07%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.07%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.07%) GitLab
5 5 (2.07%) Vite
6 2 (0.83%) Postman
7 1 (0.41%) Balsamiq
General
1 120 (49.59%) Social Skills
2 86 (35.54%) Finance
3 50 (20.66%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (14.88%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (10.33%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.96%) Law
7 11 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.31%) Legal
9 6 (2.48%) Marketing
9 6 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.07%) Esports
10 5 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.07%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.65%) Military
11 4 (1.65%) Retail
12 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.24%) Banking
13 2 (0.83%) Advertising
13 2 (0.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 36 (14.88%) Senior
2 34 (14.05%) Architect
3 30 (12.40%) Solutions Architect
4 24 (9.92%) Developer
5 22 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (6.61%) Lead
7 13 (5.37%) IT Manager
8 12 (4.96%) Senior Manager
9 10 (4.13%) Project Manager
9 10 (4.13%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.72%) Analyst
10 9 (3.72%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.31%) Engineering Manager
12 7 (2.89%) Consultant
12 7 (2.89%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.89%) Team Leader
13 6 (2.48%) IT Support
13 6 (2.48%) Senior Developer
13 6 (2.48%) Software Manager
13 6 (2.48%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (16.12%) .NET
2 16 (6.61%) React
3 10 (4.13%) Spring
4 8 (3.31%) ASP.NET
5 7 (2.89%) Next.js
6 6 (2.48%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.48%) Kafka
7 5 (2.07%) CSS
7 5 (2.07%) gRPC
7 5 (2.07%) Jest
7 5 (2.07%) Memcached
7 5 (2.07%) REST
7 5 (2.07%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.65%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.65%) jQuery
9 3 (1.24%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.24%) GraphQL
9 3 (1.24%) Pandas
10 2 (0.83%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.83%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.88%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (10.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (9.50%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (6.20%) Onboarding
4 15 (6.20%) Product Ownership
5 14 (5.79%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.13%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.31%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (3.31%) Cyberattack
7 8 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.07%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.24%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.24%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.24%) Home Automation
10 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.79%) Windows
2 6 (2.48%) Linux
3 4 (1.65%) Android
4 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.24%) Unix
5 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.41%) VMS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (38.02%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (26.86%) Agile
2 65 (26.86%) AI
3 60 (24.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (23.14%) Virtual Team Management
5 54 (22.31%) CI/CD
6 46 (19.01%) Project Management
7 43 (17.77%) Strategic Thinking
8 42 (17.36%) DevOps
9 39 (16.12%) Analytics
10 34 (14.05%) Decision-Making
11 33 (13.64%) Technical Architecture
12 32 (13.22%) B2B
12 32 (13.22%) Roadmaps
13 31 (12.81%) Mentoring
14 30 (12.40%) Customer Experience
14 30 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (11.98%) Microservices
15 29 (11.98%) Software Delivery
16 27 (11.16%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.66%) SQL
2 27 (11.16%) PowerShell
3 15 (6.20%) Java
4 13 (5.37%) TypeScript
5 12 (4.96%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.96%) Python
6 11 (4.55%) C#
7 6 (2.48%) Kotlin
7 6 (2.48%) PHP
8 5 (2.07%) Go
8 5 (2.07%) Scala
9 4 (1.65%) C++
10 1 (0.41%) ABAP
10 1 (0.41%) Bicep
10 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (14.46%) Degree
2 17 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.37%) AWS Certification
4 9 (3.72%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.31%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.48%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.07%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (2.07%) CCIE
8 5 (2.07%) CCNP
9 4 (1.65%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.24%) ACCA
10 3 (1.24%) CIMA
10 3 (1.24%) CIPD
10 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.24%) NVQ Level 4
10 3 (1.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.57%) QA
2 15 (6.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.55%) GDPR
4 8 (3.31%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.31%) SLA
5 7 (2.89%) NIST
6 5 (2.07%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.65%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.65%) PMO
8 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.83%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.83%) GRC
9 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.83%) MiFID
9 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.41%) ITGC
10 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (4.55%) Docker
2 10 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (13.22%) Terraform
2 12 (4.96%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.24%) SCCM
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (17.36%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.55%) Cisco
3 8 (3.31%) Palo Alto
3 8 (3.31%) SAP
4 6 (2.48%) Apple
4 6 (2.48%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.48%) VMware
5 5 (2.07%) Databricks
6 4 (1.65%) Google
6 4 (1.65%) Oracle
7 3 (1.24%) EMC
7 3 (1.24%) F5
7 3 (1.24%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.24%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.24%) Workday
8 2 (0.83%) Arista
8 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.83%) SolarWinds