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 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 245 287
Rank change year-on-year -35 +42 +20
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 107 197 281
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 1.31% 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 3.21% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 65 106 220
10th Percentile £50,401 £45,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,250 £118,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £68,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% - -7.14%

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 5,733 6,138 10,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.87% 40.87% 37.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,572 3,490 8,394
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,545
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,165 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,177 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% +6.96% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.65% +13.18% -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 25 February 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 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.87%) Confluence
3 1 (0.93%) Apache
3 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.93%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.93%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Elite 3E
1 3 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.87%) SAP HR
2 2 (1.87%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.93%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.89%) Azure
2 15 (14.02%) AWS
3 7 (6.54%) Serverless
4 6 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.61%) SaaS
5 5 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.74%) Azure Event Grid
6 4 (3.74%) Azure Functions
6 4 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.80%) GitHub
7 3 (2.80%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.80%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.87%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.87%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.87%) Supabase
9 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.67%) SD-WAN
2 4 (3.74%) Firewall
2 4 (3.74%) WAN
3 2 (1.87%) 4G
3 2 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.87%) LAN
3 2 (1.87%) MPLS
3 2 (1.87%) Network Security
3 2 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.93%) Broadband
4 1 (0.93%) PSTN
4 1 (0.93%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.67%) MongoDB
2 4 (3.74%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.80%) MySQL
4 2 (1.87%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.87%) Power BI
4 2 (1.87%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.93%) Big Data
5 1 (0.93%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) Looker
5 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.93%) RavenDB
5 1 (0.93%) Redis
5 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (9.35%) JIRA
2 6 (5.61%) Git
3 2 (1.87%) Postman
3 2 (1.87%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.93%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.93%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.93%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.93%) webpack
General
1 61 (57.01%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.71%) Finance
3 32 (29.91%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (29.91%) Presentation Skills
4 29 (27.10%) Public Sector
5 12 (11.21%) Legal
6 9 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (6.54%) Law
8 6 (5.61%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (4.67%) Esports
9 5 (4.67%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.80%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.93%) French Language
12 1 (0.93%) German Language
12 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.93%) Publishing
12 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (26.17%) Architect
2 26 (24.30%) Solutions Architect
3 16 (14.95%) Developer
4 15 (14.02%) Senior
5 6 (5.61%) Analyst
5 6 (5.61%) IT Manager
5 6 (5.61%) Senior Developer
6 5 (4.67%) Consultant
7 4 (3.74%) Lead
7 4 (3.74%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.74%) React Developer
7 4 (3.74%) Senior Software Developer
7 4 (3.74%) Software Developer
7 4 (3.74%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (3.74%) Transformation Manager
8 3 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (2.80%) Finance Manager
8 3 (2.80%) QA Engineer
8 3 (2.80%) Systems Tester
8 3 (2.80%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.28%) .NET
1 11 (10.28%) React
2 6 (5.61%) gRPC
3 5 (4.67%) ASP.NET
4 4 (3.74%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.74%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.74%) GraphQL
5 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.87%) CSS
5 2 (1.87%) Kafka
5 2 (1.87%) Next.js
5 2 (1.87%) Node.js
5 2 (1.87%) OAuth
5 2 (1.87%) OpenID
5 2 (1.87%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.87%) React Native
5 2 (1.87%) REST
5 2 (1.87%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.87%) Symfony
5 2 (1.87%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.30%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 6 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.74%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.74%) Hedge funds
6 3 (2.80%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.80%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.80%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.87%) Life Science
7 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.87%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.93%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Windows
2 3 (2.80%) Android
2 3 (2.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (39.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 38 (35.51%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (33.64%) AI
4 34 (31.78%) Project Management
5 33 (30.84%) Analytics
6 30 (28.04%) Strategic Thinking
7 29 (27.10%) Decision-Making
7 29 (27.10%) Technical Architecture
8 27 (25.23%) Customer Experience
9 26 (24.30%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 24 (22.43%) B2B
10 24 (22.43%) Business Development
10 24 (22.43%) Customer Insight
10 24 (22.43%) Due Diligence
10 24 (22.43%) Financial Modelling
11 23 (21.50%) Agile
12 18 (16.82%) CI/CD
13 16 (14.95%) Microservices
14 14 (13.08%) Software Engineering
14 14 (13.08%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.35%) TypeScript
2 9 (8.41%) C#
2 9 (8.41%) SQL
3 5 (4.67%) Go
4 4 (3.74%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.74%) Python
5 3 (2.80%) Java
5 3 (2.80%) PHP
5 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.87%) Bash
7 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (5.61%) Degree
2 5 (4.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.80%) ACCA
4 3 (2.80%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.80%) CIMA
4 3 (2.80%) CIPD
4 3 (2.80%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.87%) CCDE
5 2 (1.87%) CCIE
5 2 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.87%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.87%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.35%) QA
2 8 (7.48%) GDPR
3 4 (3.74%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.87%) SLA
5 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (4.67%) Docker
2 4 (3.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (10.28%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.54%) Terraform
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.93%) Kibana
Vendors
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) Cisco
2 5 (4.67%) Palo Alto
2 5 (4.67%) SAP
3 3 (2.80%) Apple
3 3 (2.80%) EMC
3 3 (2.80%) F5
3 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.80%) VMware
3 3 (2.80%) Workday
4 2 (1.87%) CheckPoint
4 2 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.87%) Intel
4 2 (1.87%) Juniper
4 2 (1.87%) Okta
4 2 (1.87%) Wyse
5 1 (0.93%) Databricks
5 1 (0.93%) Mapbox
5 1 (0.93%) New Relic
5 1 (0.93%) Salesforce