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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 293 253
Rank change year-on-year -15 -40 -43
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 99 185 270
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.61% 0.92% 1.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 2.63% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 80 96 185
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £72,875 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -7.14% +15.13% -13.14%

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 6,470 7,037 9,266
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.14% 35.08% 40.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,434 4,011 7,301
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £38,519
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -
75th Percentile £81,438 £88,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -

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 26 October 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 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.02%) WordPress
3 1 (1.01%) CMS
3 1 (1.01%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.01%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Magento
2 3 (3.03%) NetSuite
2 3 (3.03%) SAP PP
2 3 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.03%) SAP SCM
3 2 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.02%) SAP APO
3 2 (2.02%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.01%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.01%) SAP HCM
4 1 (1.01%) SAP IBP
4 1 (1.01%) SAP LE
4 1 (1.01%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.01%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.01%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.01%) SAP WM
4 1 (1.01%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (26.26%) Azure
2 9 (9.09%) AWS
3 5 (5.05%) SaaS
4 4 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (4.04%) Serverless
5 3 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (3.03%) Amazon S3
5 3 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (2.02%) Amazon Ads
6 2 (2.02%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (2.02%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.02%) Facebook Ads
6 2 (2.02%) Google Ads
6 2 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.01%) GitHub
7 1 (1.01%) MailChimp
7 1 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.09%) Firewall
2 4 (4.04%) VPN
3 3 (3.03%) DNS
3 3 (3.03%) Ethernet
3 3 (3.03%) Internet
3 3 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.03%) Wireless
4 2 (2.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.02%) MPLS
5 1 (1.01%) BGP
5 1 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.01%) IOS XR
5 1 (1.01%) Multicast
5 1 (1.01%) Network Security
5 1 (1.01%) OSPF
5 1 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.01%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 14 (14.14%) MySQL
3 3 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.01%) RavenDB
4 1 (1.01%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (7.07%) JIRA
2 4 (4.04%) Git
3 1 (1.01%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.01%) IntelliJ
3 1 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.01%) Postman
3 1 (1.01%) PyCharm
3 1 (1.01%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (47.47%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.20%) Finance
3 12 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.11%) Advertising
5 9 (9.09%) Games
5 9 (9.09%) Marketing
6 8 (8.08%) Legal
6 8 (8.08%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (6.06%) Telecoms
8 5 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (4.04%) Tech for Good
10 3 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.03%) Law
10 3 (3.03%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.03%) Public Sector
11 2 (2.02%) Electronics
11 2 (2.02%) General Ledger
11 2 (2.02%) Health Technology
12 1 (1.01%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 20 (20.20%) Senior
2 18 (18.18%) Developer
3 13 (13.13%) Graduate
3 13 (13.13%) Graduate Developer
3 13 (13.13%) IT Graduate
4 7 (7.07%) Consultant
4 7 (7.07%) Engineering Manager
5 5 (5.05%) Architect
5 5 (5.05%) C# Developer
5 5 (5.05%) Data Manager
5 5 (5.05%) Graduate C# Developer
5 5 (5.05%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 5 (5.05%) Graduate SQL Developer
5 5 (5.05%) PHP Developer
5 5 (5.05%) Project Manager
5 5 (5.05%) SQL Developer
6 4 (4.04%) Analyst
6 4 (4.04%) Azure Developer
6 4 (4.04%) Head of AI
6 4 (4.04%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (18.18%) .NET
2 14 (14.14%) ASP.NET
3 13 (13.13%) CSS
3 13 (13.13%) jQuery
4 3 (3.03%) SAPUI5
5 2 (2.02%) NestJS
5 2 (2.02%) OAuth
5 2 (2.02%) OpenID
5 2 (2.02%) React Native
5 2 (2.02%) REST
5 2 (2.02%) SAML
5 2 (2.02%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (1.01%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.01%) ML.NET
6 1 (1.01%) Node.js
6 1 (1.01%) ONNX
6 1 (1.01%) React
6 1 (1.01%) RESTful
6 1 (1.01%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (1.01%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.05%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.03%) IoT
3 3 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.02%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.02%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.02%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.01%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.01%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.01%) Life Science
5 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.01%) PMI
5 1 (1.01%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.04%) Linux
1 4 (4.04%) Windows
2 2 (2.02%) Android
2 2 (2.02%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (33.33%) Agile
2 30 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (16.16%) Computer Science
4 15 (15.15%) Collaborative Culture
4 15 (15.15%) Virtual Team Management
5 14 (14.14%) OO
5 14 (14.14%) Roadmaps
6 13 (13.13%) Mentoring
6 13 (13.13%) MVC
6 13 (13.13%) OOP
7 11 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 11 (11.11%) Logistics
7 11 (11.11%) Project Management
8 10 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (10.10%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (10.10%) Test Automation
9 9 (9.09%) AI
9 9 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
9 9 (9.09%) Process Improvement
9 9 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.23%) SQL
2 17 (17.17%) C#
3 14 (14.14%) C++
3 14 (14.14%) PHP
4 13 (13.13%) Java
5 11 (11.11%) Python
6 5 (5.05%) PowerShell
7 4 (4.04%) JavaScript
8 3 (3.03%) Bash
9 2 (2.02%) C
9 2 (2.02%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.01%) ABAP
10 1 (1.01%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.01%) Swift
10 1 (1.01%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (25.25%) Degree
2 14 (14.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (10.10%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.07%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.05%) ACCA
5 5 (5.05%) CIMA
6 3 (3.03%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.03%) CIPD
6 3 (3.03%) SAP Certification
7 2 (2.02%) AAT
7 2 (2.02%) CCIE
7 2 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.01%) CCDE
8 1 (1.01%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.01%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (1.01%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (5.05%) QA
2 2 (2.02%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.02%) GDPR
3 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.01%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (1.01%) NIST
3 1 (1.01%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.01%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.03%) Docker
1 3 (3.03%) Firmware
2 2 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.01%) KVM
3 1 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.06%) Terraform
2 5 (5.05%) Ansible
3 3 (3.03%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.01%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (8.08%) Cisco
1 8 (8.08%) TikTok
2 7 (7.07%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.06%) Databricks
4 5 (5.05%) Adobe
4 5 (5.05%) SAP
5 3 (3.03%) Fortinet
5 3 (3.03%) Google
5 3 (3.03%) iManage
5 3 (3.03%) Intapp
5 3 (3.03%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.03%) VMware
6 2 (2.02%) EMC
6 2 (2.02%) F5
6 2 (2.02%) Facebook
6 2 (2.02%) Juniper
6 2 (2.02%) Xero
7 1 (1.01%) NetApp
7 1 (1.01%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.01%) Sophos