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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 241 266
Rank change year-on-year -42 +25 +42
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 107 209 297
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 1.34% 1.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.88% 3.31% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 64 107 233
10th Percentile £50,301 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £130,520 £102,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -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 5,683 6,310 10,254
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.73% 40.50% 37.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,559 3,495 8,350
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,173
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.28% -15.12%

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 18 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
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.87%) Elite 3E
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 6 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.61%) SaaS
3 6 (5.61%) Serverless
4 5 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.74%) Azure Event Grid
5 4 (3.74%) Azure Functions
5 4 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.80%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.80%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.87%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (1.87%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.87%) GitHub
7 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.87%) Supabase
8 1 (0.93%) GCP
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%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.93%) Internet
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 9 (8.41%) JIRA
2 5 (4.67%) Git
3 2 (1.87%) Postman
4 1 (0.93%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.93%) TeamCity
General
1 60 (56.07%) Social Skills
2 34 (31.78%) Finance
3 31 (28.97%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (28.97%) Presentation Skills
4 28 (26.17%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.35%) 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
10 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.93%) French Language
11 1 (0.93%) German Language
11 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (26.17%) Architect
2 26 (24.30%) Solutions Architect
3 16 (14.95%) Developer
4 14 (13.08%) 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%) Engineering Manager
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
8 3 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (2.80%) Lead
8 3 (2.80%) QA Engineer
8 3 (2.80%) QA Test Analyst
8 3 (2.80%) QA Tester
8 3 (2.80%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.28%) .NET
2 10 (9.35%) React
3 6 (5.61%) gRPC
4 5 (4.67%) ASP.NET
5 4 (3.74%) .NET Core
5 4 (3.74%) .NET Framework
5 4 (3.74%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.87%) Kafka
6 2 (1.87%) Next.js
6 2 (1.87%) Node.js
6 2 (1.87%) OAuth
6 2 (1.87%) OpenID
6 2 (1.87%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.87%) React Native
6 2 (1.87%) REST
6 2 (1.87%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (1.87%) Symfony
6 2 (1.87%) Vue
6 2 (1.87%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.30%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.67%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.67%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.74%) Hedge funds
5 3 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.80%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.80%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.87%) Life Science
6 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.87%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.93%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
7 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 37 (34.58%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (32.71%) AI
4 33 (30.84%) Analytics
4 33 (30.84%) Project Management
5 30 (28.04%) Strategic Thinking
6 29 (27.10%) Decision-Making
7 28 (26.17%) Customer Experience
7 28 (26.17%) Technical Architecture
8 26 (24.30%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 25 (23.36%) Business Development
10 24 (22.43%) B2B
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 15 (14.02%) Virtual Team Management
15 14 (13.08%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.35%) SQL
2 9 (8.41%) C#
2 9 (8.41%) TypeScript
3 5 (4.67%) Go
4 4 (3.74%) Python
5 3 (2.80%) Java
5 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.87%) PHP
7 1 (0.93%) 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 7 (6.54%) GDPR
3 4 (3.74%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.87%) SLA
6 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
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
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%) EMC
3 3 (2.80%) F5
3 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.80%) VMware
4 2 (1.87%) Apple
4 2 (1.87%) CheckPoint
4 2 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.87%) Databricks
4 2 (1.87%) Intel
4 2 (1.87%) Juniper
4 2 (1.87%) Okta
4 2 (1.87%) Workday
4 2 (1.87%) Wyse
5 1 (0.93%) Mapbox
5 1 (0.93%) Salesforce