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 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 286 382
Rank change year-on-year +80 +96 -52
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 271 153 192
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 0.94% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.41% 2.18% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 122 102 148
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,480 £48,138
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +6.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £91,436 £91,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £140,677 £120,900
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +1.56% +5.09%

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 7,957 7,003 11,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.66% 43.08% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,945 3,608 8,741
10th Percentile £34,581 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%

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 8 July 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 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.74%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.37%) Apache
3 1 (0.37%) Confluence
3 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.74%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.74%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 2 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.74%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.37%) JDE World
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.28%) SaaS
2 30 (11.07%) AWS
2 30 (11.07%) Azure
3 6 (2.21%) GCP
3 6 (2.21%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.85%) Google Workspace
4 5 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.11%) Serverless
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.74%) Datadog
7 2 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.74%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.74%) IaaS
7 2 (0.74%) PaaS
7 2 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.21%) Firewall
2 5 (1.85%) Broadband
3 4 (1.48%) WAN
4 2 (0.74%) DHCP
4 2 (0.74%) DNS
4 2 (0.74%) SAN
4 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.74%) Wireless
5 1 (0.37%) Internet
5 1 (0.37%) PSTN
5 1 (0.37%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.95%) MySQL
3 7 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.48%) Delta Lake
5 4 (1.48%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.11%) Power BI
7 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.37%) Big Data
8 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.37%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.37%) Metadata
8 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.37%) Power Query
8 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.90%) Git
2 13 (4.80%) JIRA
3 4 (1.48%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.37%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 186 (68.63%) Social Skills
2 159 (58.67%) Finance
3 140 (51.66%) Legal
4 105 (38.75%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (12.92%) Public Sector
7 26 (9.59%) Law
8 6 (2.21%) French Language
9 5 (1.85%) Advertising
9 5 (1.85%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.11%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.11%) Marketing
11 3 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.37%) German Language
12 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (15.13%) Senior
2 31 (11.44%) Architect
3 30 (11.07%) Developer
4 29 (10.70%) Senior Manager
5 25 (9.23%) Solutions Architect
5 25 (9.23%) Testing Manager
6 15 (5.54%) PHP Developer
6 15 (5.54%) Software Developer
7 14 (5.17%) C# Developer
7 14 (5.17%) C# Software Developer
7 14 (5.17%) Graduate
7 14 (5.17%) Graduate C# Developer
7 14 (5.17%) Graduate C# Software Developer
7 14 (5.17%) Graduate Developer
7 14 (5.17%) Graduate Software Developer
7 14 (5.17%) Graduate SQL Developer
7 14 (5.17%) SQL Developer
8 11 (4.06%) PHP Laravel Developer
9 9 (3.32%) Project Manager
10 6 (2.21%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.64%) CSS
2 15 (5.54%) jQuery
3 11 (4.06%) Laravel
3 11 (4.06%) React
4 9 (3.32%) RESTful
5 8 (2.95%) Vue
6 7 (2.58%) .NET
7 5 (1.85%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.85%) Middleware
8 4 (1.48%) HTML
8 4 (1.48%) Kafka
8 4 (1.48%) PySpark
9 3 (1.11%) Node.js
10 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.74%) Next.js
10 2 (0.74%) Prisma
10 2 (0.74%) Spring
10 2 (0.74%) Web Services
11 1 (0.37%) GraphQL
11 1 (0.37%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 101 (37.27%) Podcast
1 101 (37.27%) Web Conferencing
2 14 (5.17%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.58%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.85%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.48%) Derivative
5 4 (1.48%) OTC Derivatives
5 4 (1.48%) Wiki
6 3 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.11%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (0.74%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.74%) Replication
7 2 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.37%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.37%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.37%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.85%) Linux
1 5 (1.85%) Windows
2 1 (0.37%) Android
2 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (37.64%) Customer Service
2 59 (21.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (19.93%) AI
4 48 (17.71%) Mentoring
5 47 (17.34%) Agile
6 45 (16.61%) Software Engineering
7 40 (14.76%) DevOps
8 39 (14.39%) Project Management
9 36 (13.28%) Analytics
10 35 (12.92%) Technical Architecture
11 33 (12.18%) Project Delivery
11 33 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (12.18%) Test Automation
12 30 (11.07%) Enterprise Architecture
13 29 (10.70%) Data Management
13 29 (10.70%) Virtual Team Management
14 28 (10.33%) B2B
15 27 (9.96%) Business Strategy
15 27 (9.96%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 54 (19.93%) Python
2 51 (18.82%) C#
3 36 (13.28%) SQL
3 36 (13.28%) TypeScript
4 35 (12.92%) JavaScript
5 26 (9.59%) PHP
6 25 (9.23%) PowerShell
7 24 (8.86%) Java
8 16 (5.90%) C++
9 4 (1.48%) Go
10 2 (0.74%) Bash
11 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 101 (37.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 27 (9.96%) Degree
3 15 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.74%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.74%) PMP
4 2 (0.74%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.92%) QA
2 7 (2.58%) GDPR
2 7 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.48%) MiFID
4 4 (1.48%) PMO
5 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (2.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.58%) Kubernetes
1 7 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
1 7 (2.58%) Terraform
2 2 (0.74%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 35 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.85%) Databricks
2 5 (1.85%) Google
3 4 (1.48%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.11%) Oracle
4 3 (1.11%) Workday
5 2 (0.74%) Broadcom
5 2 (0.74%) Cisco
5 2 (0.74%) EMC
5 2 (0.74%) Infor
5 2 (0.74%) JD Edwards
5 2 (0.74%) Meraki
5 2 (0.74%) Okta
5 2 (0.74%) SAP
5 2 (0.74%) Sophos
5 2 (0.74%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (0.74%) Veeam
5 2 (0.74%) VMware
6 1 (0.37%) Apple
6 1 (0.37%) New Relic