Hybrid/Remote Virtual Team Job Trends

Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Team over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 282 376
Rank change year-on-year +79 +94 -24
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 239 145 234
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.21% 0.96% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.38% 2.13% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 116 91 181
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,710 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,769 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +9.61% -14.29%
75th Percentile £91,436 £93,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £145,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +2.63%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,081 6,815 12,076
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.96% 45.06% 35.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,357 3,428 9,346
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £105,000
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 for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Virtual Team and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Virtual Team job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Virtual Team
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Virtual Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Virtual Team

Virtual Team
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Virtual Team over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Virtual Team salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Virtual Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.84%) Confluence
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.42%) Apache
3 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.84%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.84%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.30%) Azure
2 26 (10.88%) AWS
3 7 (2.93%) SaaS
4 6 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.09%) GCP
5 5 (2.09%) Google Workspace
5 5 (2.09%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.67%) Serverless
7 3 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.84%) Datadog
8 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.84%) IaaS
8 2 (0.84%) PaaS
8 2 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.67%) Firewall
1 4 (1.67%) WAN
2 2 (0.84%) DHCP
2 2 (0.84%) DNS
2 2 (0.84%) SAN
2 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.84%) Wireless
3 1 (0.42%) 4G
3 1 (0.42%) Broadband
3 1 (0.42%) Internet
3 1 (0.42%) LAN
3 1 (0.42%) PSTN
3 1 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.42%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.67%) MySQL
3 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.26%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.26%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.42%) Big Data
4 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.42%) Metadata
4 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (4.18%) JIRA
2 9 (3.77%) Git
3 1 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.42%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 155 (64.85%) Finance
2 151 (63.18%) Social Skills
3 114 (47.70%) Legal
4 104 (43.51%) Organisational Skills
5 40 (16.74%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (14.23%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.51%) French Language
8 5 (2.09%) Advertising
9 4 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.84%) Marketing
12 1 (0.42%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.42%) German Language
12 1 (0.42%) Law
12 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.42%) Publishing
12 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (13.81%) Developer
2 29 (12.13%) Architect
3 24 (10.04%) Solutions Architect
4 16 (6.69%) Software Developer
5 15 (6.28%) PHP Developer
6 14 (5.86%) C# Developer
6 14 (5.86%) C# Software Developer
6 14 (5.86%) Graduate
6 14 (5.86%) Graduate C# Developer
6 14 (5.86%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 14 (5.86%) Graduate Developer
6 14 (5.86%) Graduate Software Developer
6 14 (5.86%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 14 (5.86%) SQL Developer
7 13 (5.44%) Senior
8 11 (4.60%) PHP Laravel Developer
9 9 (3.77%) Project Manager
10 5 (2.09%) Coordinator
10 5 (2.09%) Project Coordinator
10 5 (2.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.53%) CSS
2 15 (6.28%) jQuery
3 13 (5.44%) React
4 11 (4.60%) Laravel
5 8 (3.35%) Vue
6 4 (1.67%) .NET
6 4 (1.67%) HTML
6 4 (1.67%) Middleware
6 4 (1.67%) RESTful
7 3 (1.26%) Kafka
7 3 (1.26%) Next.js
8 2 (0.84%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.84%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.84%) Prisma
8 2 (0.84%) React Native
8 2 (0.84%) Web Services
9 1 (0.42%) EDI
9 1 (0.42%) RSS
9 1 (0.42%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 100 (41.84%) Podcast
1 100 (41.84%) Web Conferencing
2 14 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.67%) Derivative
6 4 (1.67%) OTC Derivatives
6 4 (1.67%) Wiki
7 3 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.26%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.84%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.84%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.84%) Replication
9 1 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.51%) Windows
2 2 (0.84%) Android
3 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (42.26%) Customer Service
2 54 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (19.25%) AI
4 40 (16.74%) Agile
5 38 (15.90%) Analytics
6 37 (15.48%) Project Management
7 34 (14.23%) Technical Architecture
8 29 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (11.72%) B2B
10 26 (10.88%) Business Development
11 24 (10.04%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 24 (10.04%) Customer Insight
11 24 (10.04%) Due Diligence
11 24 (10.04%) Financial Modelling
12 22 (9.21%) CI/CD
13 20 (8.37%) Computer Science
14 19 (7.95%) Mentoring
15 17 (7.11%) Clean Code
15 17 (7.11%) Roadmaps
16 14 (5.86%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.55%) SQL
2 26 (10.88%) PHP
3 23 (9.62%) Python
4 21 (8.79%) C#
4 21 (8.79%) Java
5 16 (6.69%) C++
6 14 (5.86%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.77%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.84%) Bash
8 2 (0.84%) Go
9 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 100 (41.84%) BPSS Clearance
2 23 (9.62%) Degree
3 15 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.42%) PMP
4 1 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.60%) QA
2 7 (2.93%) GDPR
2 7 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.67%) MiFID
3 4 (1.67%) PMO
4 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (1.26%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.26%) Docker
2 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.93%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.67%) Terraform
3 3 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.84%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.42%) Kibana
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.09%) Google
3 4 (1.67%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.26%) Workday
5 2 (0.84%) Apple
5 2 (0.84%) Broadcom
5 2 (0.84%) CheckPoint
5 2 (0.84%) Cisco
5 2 (0.84%) EMC
5 2 (0.84%) Infor
5 2 (0.84%) Meraki
5 2 (0.84%) Okta
5 2 (0.84%) SAP
5 2 (0.84%) Sophos
5 2 (0.84%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (0.84%) Veeam
5 2 (0.84%) VMware
6 1 (0.42%) Intel
6 1 (0.42%) New Relic
6 1 (0.42%) Wyse