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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 276 227
Rank change year-on-year +18 -49 +4
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 115 209 274
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 1.07% 1.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.14% 2.90% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 78 116 181
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,938 £47,188 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £76,438 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £112,500 £97,290
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 5,375 7,206 8,142
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.42% 37.01% 38.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,475 4,144 6,422
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £102,375
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.42% -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 30 November 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 3 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.87%) CMS
2 1 (0.87%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.87%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.87%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.87%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.35%) SAP SCM
3 3 (2.61%) Magento
3 3 (2.61%) NetSuite
3 3 (2.61%) SAP PP
4 2 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.74%) SAP APO
4 2 (1.74%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.74%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.87%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.87%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.87%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.87%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.87%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.87%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.00%) Azure
2 11 (9.57%) AWS
3 6 (5.22%) SaaS
4 4 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.61%) Serverless
6 2 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Event Grid
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Functions
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.74%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (1.74%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.74%) GitHub
6 2 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.87%) Amazon Ads
7 1 (0.87%) Facebook Ads
7 1 (0.87%) Figma
7 1 (0.87%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.22%) Firewall
2 5 (4.35%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.61%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.61%) Internet
3 3 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.74%) MPLS
4 2 (1.74%) Network Security
4 2 (1.74%) WAN
5 1 (0.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.43%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.57%) MySQL
3 4 (3.48%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.74%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.74%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.87%) Looker
5 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.87%) RavenDB
5 1 (0.87%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (7.83%) JIRA
2 4 (3.48%) Git
3 2 (1.74%) Postman
General
1 63 (54.78%) Social Skills
2 39 (33.91%) Finance
3 34 (29.57%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (27.83%) Presentation Skills
5 27 (23.48%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.09%) Advertising
7 6 (5.22%) Games
7 6 (5.22%) Legal
7 6 (5.22%) Marketing
8 5 (4.35%) Law
8 5 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.48%) Esports
9 4 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.48%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.61%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.74%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.74%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.74%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (26.09%) Architect
2 27 (23.48%) Solutions Architect
3 19 (16.52%) Developer
4 16 (13.91%) Senior
5 9 (7.83%) Graduate
5 9 (7.83%) Graduate Developer
5 9 (7.83%) IT Graduate
6 8 (6.96%) Consultant
7 6 (5.22%) Engineering Manager
8 5 (4.35%) Data Manager
8 5 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (3.48%) Azure Developer
9 4 (3.48%) C# Developer
9 4 (3.48%) Graduate C# Developer
9 4 (3.48%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 4 (3.48%) Graduate SQL Developer
9 4 (3.48%) PHP Developer
9 4 (3.48%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.48%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.48%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.04%) .NET
2 11 (9.57%) ASP.NET
3 9 (7.83%) CSS
3 9 (7.83%) jQuery
4 4 (3.48%) gRPC
4 4 (3.48%) React
4 4 (3.48%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (2.61%) SAPUI5
6 2 (1.74%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.74%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.74%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.74%) NestJS
6 2 (1.74%) Node.js
6 2 (1.74%) OAuth
6 2 (1.74%) OpenID
6 2 (1.74%) React Native
6 2 (1.74%) REST
6 2 (1.74%) SAML
6 2 (1.74%) Symfony
6 2 (1.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.48%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.48%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.61%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.61%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.61%) IoT
4 3 (2.61%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.61%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.74%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.87%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.87%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.87%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.87%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.87%) Life Science
6 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.74%) Linux
1 2 (1.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.87%) Android
2 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.87%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (30.43%) Project Management
3 33 (28.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (27.83%) Strategic Thinking
5 31 (26.96%) AI
6 30 (26.09%) Analytics
7 29 (25.22%) Agile
7 29 (25.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 28 (24.35%) Customer Experience
9 27 (23.48%) Decision-Making
10 26 (22.61%) Business Development
11 24 (20.87%) B2B
11 24 (20.87%) Customer Insight
11 24 (20.87%) Due Diligence
11 24 (20.87%) Financial Modelling
11 24 (20.87%) Technical Architecture
12 15 (13.04%) Roadmaps
12 15 (13.04%) Virtual Team Management
13 12 (10.43%) CI/CD
13 12 (10.43%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.65%) SQL
2 14 (12.17%) C#
3 11 (9.57%) PHP
4 9 (7.83%) C++
4 9 (7.83%) Java
5 6 (5.22%) Python
6 4 (3.48%) Go
6 4 (3.48%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.48%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.61%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.87%) ABAP
8 1 (0.87%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.87%) Swift
8 1 (0.87%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (14.78%) Degree
2 11 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (6.09%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.35%) ACCA
5 5 (4.35%) CIMA
6 3 (2.61%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.61%) CIPD
6 3 (2.61%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.74%) AAT
7 2 (1.74%) CCDE
7 2 (1.74%) CCIE
7 2 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.74%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.74%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.87%) HNC
8 1 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.87%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.09%) QA
2 5 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.74%) GDPR
4 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.87%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (0.87%) NIST
4 1 (0.87%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.61%) Docker
1 3 (2.61%) Firmware
2 2 (1.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (6.09%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.48%) Terraform
3 2 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (6.96%) Cisco
1 8 (6.96%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.09%) SAP
3 6 (5.22%) Databricks
4 5 (4.35%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.35%) TikTok
5 3 (2.61%) Adobe
5 3 (2.61%) EMC
5 3 (2.61%) F5
5 3 (2.61%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.61%) VMware
6 2 (1.74%) iManage
6 2 (1.74%) Intapp
6 2 (1.74%) Juniper
6 2 (1.74%) Xero
7 1 (0.87%) Facebook
7 1 (0.87%) Google
7 1 (0.87%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.87%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.87%) Sophos