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 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 229 341
Rank change year-on-year -30 +112 -40
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 140 168 267
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.80% 1.27% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.28% 3.01% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 92 110 204
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,140 £41,625
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £94,063 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £141,109 £122,100
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -

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 6,136 5,582 11,636
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.96% 42.31% 35.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,840 3,695 9,234
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,711 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,739 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% +9.09% -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 16 April 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 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.43%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.43%) Confluence
3 1 (0.71%) Apache
3 1 (0.71%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Elite 3E
1 3 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.43%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (1.43%) SAP HR
2 2 (1.43%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.71%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.29%) AWS
2 24 (17.14%) Azure
3 6 (4.29%) Serverless
4 5 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.14%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (2.14%) Azure Functions
6 3 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (2.14%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.14%) GCP
6 3 (2.14%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.43%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.43%) GitHub
7 2 (1.43%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.43%) SaaS
7 2 (1.43%) Supabase
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.86%) Firewall
1 4 (2.86%) SD-WAN
2 3 (2.14%) WAN
3 2 (1.43%) 4G
3 2 (1.43%) LAN
3 2 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.71%) Broadband
4 1 (0.71%) MPLS
4 1 (0.71%) Network Security
4 1 (0.71%) PSTN
4 1 (0.71%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.57%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.14%) MySQL
3 3 (2.14%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.43%) Power BI
4 2 (1.43%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.71%) Big Data
5 1 (0.71%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.71%) Looker
5 1 (0.71%) Redis
5 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (8.57%) JIRA
2 6 (4.29%) Git
3 2 (1.43%) Postman
3 2 (1.43%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.71%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.71%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.71%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.71%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.71%) webpack
General
1 88 (62.86%) Social Skills
2 66 (47.14%) Finance
3 36 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (22.14%) Public Sector
5 30 (21.43%) Legal
6 28 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (12.14%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.29%) French Language
8 6 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.57%) Esports
9 5 (3.57%) Law
9 5 (3.57%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.14%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.71%) German Language
11 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.71%) Publishing
11 1 (0.71%) Retail
11 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (20.00%) Architect
2 25 (17.86%) Developer
2 25 (17.86%) Solutions Architect
3 14 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 13 (9.29%) Senior
5 12 (8.57%) C# Developer
6 11 (7.86%) C# Software Developer
6 11 (7.86%) Graduate
6 11 (7.86%) Graduate C# Developer
6 11 (7.86%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 11 (7.86%) Graduate Developer
6 11 (7.86%) Graduate Software Developer
6 11 (7.86%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 11 (7.86%) SQL Developer
7 7 (5.00%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.29%) Analyst
8 6 (4.29%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.57%) Coordinator
9 5 (3.57%) Implementation Coordinator
9 5 (3.57%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.29%) CSS
1 13 (9.29%) React
2 11 (7.86%) jQuery
3 7 (5.00%) .NET
4 6 (4.29%) gRPC
5 4 (2.86%) ASP.NET
5 4 (2.86%) GraphQL
6 3 (2.14%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.14%) .NET Framework
6 3 (2.14%) Kafka
7 2 (1.43%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.43%) Next.js
7 2 (1.43%) Node.js
7 2 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.43%) React Native
7 2 (1.43%) REST
7 2 (1.43%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (1.43%) Vue
7 2 (1.43%) Web Services
7 2 (1.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.57%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (11.43%) Podcast
2 16 (11.43%) Web Conferencing
3 9 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.43%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.86%) Hedge funds
6 3 (2.14%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.14%) Derivative
6 3 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.14%) OTC Derivatives
6 3 (2.14%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.14%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.14%) Wiki
7 2 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.43%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.43%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.71%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.14%) Android
2 2 (1.43%) Windows
3 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (30.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (30.00%) AI
2 42 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (28.57%) Analytics
3 40 (28.57%) Project Management
4 39 (27.86%) Agile
5 33 (23.57%) Decision-Making
6 32 (22.86%) Technical Architecture
7 31 (22.14%) Customer Experience
8 27 (19.29%) B2B
9 26 (18.57%) Business Development
9 26 (18.57%) Strategic Thinking
10 24 (17.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 24 (17.14%) Customer Insight
10 24 (17.14%) Due Diligence
10 24 (17.14%) Financial Modelling
11 19 (13.57%) Customer Service
12 18 (12.86%) CI/CD
13 17 (12.14%) Mentoring
13 17 (12.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.14%) SQL
2 19 (13.57%) C#
3 16 (11.43%) Java
4 15 (10.71%) Python
5 13 (9.29%) C++
5 13 (9.29%) PHP
5 13 (9.29%) TypeScript
6 5 (3.57%) Go
6 5 (3.57%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.14%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (14.29%) Degree
2 16 (11.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (7.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (2.86%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.14%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.43%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.43%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.71%) CCDE
7 1 (0.71%) CCIE
7 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.57%) QA
2 8 (5.71%) GDPR
3 4 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.14%) MiFID
4 3 (2.14%) PMO
5 2 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.86%) Docker
2 2 (1.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (7.86%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.00%) Terraform
3 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.71%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.57%) SAP
3 4 (2.86%) Cisco
3 4 (2.86%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.14%) Apple
4 3 (2.14%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.14%) EMC
4 3 (2.14%) F5
4 3 (2.14%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.14%) VMware
4 3 (2.14%) Workday
5 2 (1.43%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.43%) Infor
5 2 (1.43%) Intel
5 2 (1.43%) Okta
5 2 (1.43%) Wyse
6 1 (0.71%) Juniper
6 1 (0.71%) Mapbox
6 1 (0.71%) New Relic