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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 254 223
Rank change year-on-year +8 -31 +35
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 116 206 263
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 1.19% 1.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.19% 3.05% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 73 118 169
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,500 £43,500
25th Percentile £51,004 £46,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%

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 5,294 6,747 7,682
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.58% 39.04% 38.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,411 3,824 5,969
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £47,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -0.79% -3.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,153 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% -6.15%

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 December 2025.

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 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.86%) CMS
2 1 (0.86%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.86%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.72%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.86%) Magento
3 1 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.86%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.86%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.86%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.55%) Azure
2 12 (10.34%) AWS
3 6 (5.17%) SaaS
4 5 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.59%) Serverless
7 2 (1.72%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (1.72%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (1.72%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.72%) GitHub
7 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.86%) Figma
8 1 (0.86%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.17%) Firewall
2 5 (4.31%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.59%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.59%) Internet
3 3 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.72%) 4G
4 2 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.72%) LAN
4 2 (1.72%) MPLS
4 2 (1.72%) Network Security
4 2 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.34%) MySQL
3 5 (4.31%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.72%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.72%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.86%) Looker
5 1 (0.86%) RavenDB
5 1 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (6.03%) JIRA
2 5 (4.31%) Git
3 2 (1.72%) Postman
4 1 (0.86%) TeamCity
General
1 66 (56.90%) Social Skills
2 37 (31.90%) Finance
3 32 (27.59%) Presentation Skills
4 31 (26.72%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (20.69%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.03%) Law
7 6 (5.17%) Legal
7 6 (5.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.31%) Esports
8 5 (4.31%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.45%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.59%) Advertising
10 3 (2.59%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.59%) Games
10 3 (2.59%) Marketing
11 2 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.72%) Retail
12 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (25.00%) Architect
2 26 (22.41%) Solutions Architect
3 23 (19.83%) Developer
4 14 (12.07%) Senior
5 9 (7.76%) Graduate
5 9 (7.76%) Graduate Developer
5 9 (7.76%) IT Graduate
6 6 (5.17%) Consultant
6 6 (5.17%) Engineering Manager
6 6 (5.17%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.31%) C# Developer
7 5 (4.31%) Data Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Analyst
8 4 (3.45%) Graduate C# Developer
8 4 (3.45%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 4 (3.45%) Graduate SQL Developer
8 4 (3.45%) PHP Developer
8 4 (3.45%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.45%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.79%) .NET
2 12 (10.34%) ASP.NET
3 10 (8.62%) CSS
4 9 (7.76%) jQuery
5 7 (6.03%) React
6 5 (4.31%) gRPC
7 3 (2.59%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.72%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.72%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.72%) Node.js
8 2 (1.72%) OAuth
8 2 (1.72%) OpenID
8 2 (1.72%) REST
8 2 (1.72%) RESTful
8 2 (1.72%) SAML
8 2 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (1.72%) Symfony
8 2 (1.72%) XML
9 1 (0.86%) HTML
9 1 (0.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.59%) Hedge funds
4 3 (2.59%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.59%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.72%) Life Science
5 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.72%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.86%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.86%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.45%) Windows
2 3 (2.59%) Android
3 2 (1.72%) Linux
4 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.52%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (30.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (28.45%) Project Management
4 32 (27.59%) Strategic Thinking
5 31 (26.72%) AI
6 29 (25.00%) Analytics
6 29 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 28 (24.14%) Agile
8 27 (23.28%) Customer Experience
8 27 (23.28%) Decision-Making
9 26 (22.41%) Business Development
10 24 (20.69%) B2B
10 24 (20.69%) Customer Insight
10 24 (20.69%) Due Diligence
10 24 (20.69%) Financial Modelling
10 24 (20.69%) Technical Architecture
11 19 (16.38%) Virtual Team Management
12 13 (11.21%) CI/CD
12 13 (11.21%) Logistics
12 13 (11.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.52%) SQL
2 15 (12.93%) C#
3 11 (9.48%) PHP
4 9 (7.76%) C++
4 9 (7.76%) Java
5 7 (6.03%) TypeScript
6 6 (5.17%) Python
7 5 (4.31%) Go
8 4 (3.45%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.59%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.86%) ABAP
10 1 (0.86%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.86%) Swift
10 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (12.07%) Degree
2 9 (7.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (6.90%) Security Cleared
4 7 (6.03%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.59%) ACCA
5 3 (2.59%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.59%) CIMA
5 3 (2.59%) CIPD
5 3 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.72%) CCDE
6 2 (1.72%) CCIE
6 2 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.72%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.86%) HNC
7 1 (0.86%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.90%) QA
2 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.59%) GDPR
4 2 (1.72%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.72%) SLA
5 1 (0.86%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.86%) NIST
5 1 (0.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.59%) Docker
2 3 (2.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.31%) Terraform
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.90%) Cisco
3 6 (5.17%) Databricks
4 5 (4.31%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.45%) SAP
6 3 (2.59%) EMC
6 3 (2.59%) F5
6 3 (2.59%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.59%) VMware
7 2 (1.72%) Apple
7 2 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.72%) Intel
7 2 (1.72%) Juniper
7 2 (1.72%) TikTok
7 2 (1.72%) Wyse
8 1 (0.86%) Adobe
8 1 (0.86%) iManage
8 1 (0.86%) Intapp
8 1 (0.86%) Salesforce