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 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 245 235
Rank change year-on-year -16 -10 +44
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 111 211 332
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.71% 1.29% 1.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.09% 3.24% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 66 118 229
10th Percentile £40,625 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £115,000 £108,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £61,750
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -11.79%

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 5,319 6,504 9,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.08% 39.72% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,385 3,585 7,534
10th Percentile £28,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,870 £47,500 £46,250
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 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,888 £98,925
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,300
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.18% -8.77%

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 24 January 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 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.80%) Confluence
3 1 (0.90%) Apache
3 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.90%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.90%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.80%) SAP HR
2 2 (1.80%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.90%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.90%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.90%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 21 (18.92%) Azure
2 15 (13.51%) AWS
3 7 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.41%) SaaS
4 6 (5.41%) Serverless
5 5 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.50%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.60%) Azure Event Grid
6 4 (3.60%) Azure Functions
6 4 (3.60%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.80%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.80%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.80%) GitHub
8 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.80%) Supabase
9 1 (0.90%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.50%) SD-WAN
2 4 (3.60%) Firewall
2 4 (3.60%) WAN
3 3 (2.70%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.70%) Internet
4 2 (1.80%) 4G
4 2 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.80%) LAN
4 2 (1.80%) MPLS
4 2 (1.80%) Network Security
4 2 (1.80%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.90%) Broadband
5 1 (0.90%) PSTN
5 1 (0.90%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.21%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.31%) MySQL
3 5 (4.50%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.80%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.80%) Power BI
4 2 (1.80%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.90%) Big Data
5 1 (0.90%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.90%) Looker
5 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.90%) RavenDB
5 1 (0.90%) Redis
5 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (6.31%) JIRA
2 5 (4.50%) Git
3 2 (1.80%) Postman
4 1 (0.90%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.90%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.90%) TeamCity
General
1 61 (54.95%) Social Skills
2 38 (34.23%) Finance
3 31 (27.93%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (27.93%) Presentation Skills
4 24 (21.62%) Public Sector
5 9 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.31%) Law
6 7 (6.31%) Legal
7 6 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.50%) Esports
8 5 (4.50%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.50%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.70%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.80%) Games
10 2 (1.80%) Retail
11 1 (0.90%) Advertising
11 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.90%) Marketing
11 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (26.13%) Architect
2 26 (23.42%) Solutions Architect
3 20 (18.02%) Developer
4 16 (14.41%) Senior
5 6 (5.41%) Consultant
5 6 (5.41%) IT Manager
5 6 (5.41%) Senior Developer
6 5 (4.50%) C# Developer
6 5 (4.50%) Engineering Manager
7 4 (3.60%) Azure Developer
7 4 (3.60%) Graduate
7 4 (3.60%) Graduate C# Developer
7 4 (3.60%) Graduate Developer
7 4 (3.60%) Graduate PHP Developer
7 4 (3.60%) Graduate SQL Developer
7 4 (3.60%) IT Graduate
7 4 (3.60%) PHP Developer
7 4 (3.60%) Senior Software Developer
7 4 (3.60%) Software Developer
7 4 (3.60%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.51%) .NET
2 9 (8.11%) ASP.NET
2 9 (8.11%) React
3 6 (5.41%) gRPC
4 5 (4.50%) CSS
5 4 (3.60%) .NET Core
5 4 (3.60%) .NET Framework
5 4 (3.60%) GraphQL
5 4 (3.60%) jQuery
6 3 (2.70%) REST
7 2 (1.80%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.80%) Kafka
7 2 (1.80%) Node.js
7 2 (1.80%) OAuth
7 2 (1.80%) OpenID
7 2 (1.80%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.80%) React Native
7 2 (1.80%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (1.80%) Symfony
7 2 (1.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (23.42%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.70%) Hedge funds
5 3 (2.70%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.70%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.80%) Life Science
6 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.80%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.90%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.90%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.60%) Windows
2 3 (2.70%) Android
2 3 (2.70%) Linux
3 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (36.94%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (34.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (29.73%) Analytics
4 32 (28.83%) AI
4 32 (28.83%) Project Management
5 31 (27.93%) Strategic Thinking
6 29 (26.13%) Decision-Making
7 28 (25.23%) Customer Experience
8 26 (23.42%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 25 (22.52%) Business Development
10 24 (21.62%) B2B
10 24 (21.62%) Customer Insight
10 24 (21.62%) Due Diligence
10 24 (21.62%) Financial Modelling
10 24 (21.62%) Technical Architecture
11 23 (20.72%) Agile
12 17 (15.32%) Virtual Team Management
13 15 (13.51%) CI/CD
13 15 (13.51%) Microservices
14 13 (11.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.51%) SQL
2 13 (11.71%) C#
3 8 (7.21%) TypeScript
4 6 (5.41%) Java
4 6 (5.41%) PHP
5 5 (4.50%) Go
5 5 (4.50%) Python
6 4 (3.60%) C++
6 4 (3.60%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.70%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.90%) ABAP
8 1 (0.90%) Bash
8 1 (0.90%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (9.01%) Degree
2 5 (4.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.60%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.70%) ACCA
4 3 (2.70%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.70%) CIMA
4 3 (2.70%) CIPD
4 3 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.80%) CCDE
5 2 (1.80%) CCIE
5 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.80%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.80%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.90%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.21%) QA
2 4 (3.60%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.70%) GDPR
3 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.80%) SLA
5 1 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.90%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.90%) NIST
5 1 (0.90%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.60%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.01%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.31%) Terraform
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.41%) SAP
3 5 (4.50%) Cisco
3 5 (4.50%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.70%) Databricks
4 3 (2.70%) EMC
4 3 (2.70%) F5
4 3 (2.70%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.70%) VMware
5 2 (1.80%) Apple
5 2 (1.80%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.80%) Intel
5 2 (1.80%) Juniper
5 2 (1.80%) Okta
5 2 (1.80%) Wyse
6 1 (0.90%) Mapbox
6 1 (0.90%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.90%) Sophos
6 1 (0.90%) Workday