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 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 267 347
Rank change year-on-year +57 +80 +3
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 203 158 245
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.10% 1.08% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.24% 2.44% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 113 100 190
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,140 £42,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,091 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +10.15% -14.29%
75th Percentile £91,436 £89,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £145,000 £115,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -1.57%

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 6,275 6,475 11,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.03% 44.30% 36.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,992 3,701 9,290
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £59,513
Median % change year-on-year - +5.02% -8.44%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £101,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 11 May 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 7 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.99%) Confluence
3 1 (0.49%) Apache
3 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.48%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.99%) Infor SunSystems
2 2 (0.99%) SAP HR
2 2 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.99%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.29%) AWS
2 25 (12.32%) Azure
3 6 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.96%) Serverless
4 5 (2.46%) SaaS
5 4 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.97%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.48%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (1.48%) Azure Functions
6 3 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.48%) GCP
7 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.99%) GitHub
7 2 (0.99%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.99%) Supabase
8 1 (0.49%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.48%) WAN
2 2 (0.99%) 4G
2 2 (0.99%) Firewall
2 2 (0.99%) LAN
2 2 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.49%) Broadband
3 1 (0.49%) MPLS
3 1 (0.49%) Network Security
3 1 (0.49%) PSTN
3 1 (0.49%) RTP
3 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.97%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.97%) MySQL
3 3 (1.48%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.48%) Power BI
4 2 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.99%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.49%) Big Data
5 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.49%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.49%) Power Query
5 1 (0.49%) Redis
5 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (5.42%) JIRA
2 8 (3.94%) Git
3 2 (0.99%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.49%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.49%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.49%) Postman
4 1 (0.49%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.49%) webpack
General
1 121 (59.61%) Social Skills
2 120 (59.11%) Finance
3 81 (39.90%) Legal
4 71 (34.98%) Organisational Skills
5 36 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (16.75%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.96%) French Language
7 6 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.46%) Law
8 5 (2.46%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.97%) Esports
10 3 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Advertising
11 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.49%) German Language
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.49%) Publishing
12 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (16.26%) Developer
2 27 (13.30%) Architect
3 25 (12.32%) Solutions Architect
4 17 (8.37%) Software Developer
5 15 (7.39%) C# Developer
6 14 (6.90%) C# Software Developer
6 14 (6.90%) Graduate
6 14 (6.90%) Graduate C# Developer
6 14 (6.90%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 14 (6.90%) Graduate Developer
6 14 (6.90%) Graduate Software Developer
6 14 (6.90%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 14 (6.90%) SQL Developer
7 13 (6.40%) Senior
8 9 (4.43%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.94%) PHP Developer
10 7 (3.45%) IT Manager
11 5 (2.46%) Analyst
11 5 (2.46%) Coordinator
11 5 (2.46%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.87%) CSS
2 15 (7.39%) jQuery
2 15 (7.39%) React
3 7 (3.45%) .NET
4 6 (2.96%) Vue
5 5 (2.46%) gRPC
5 5 (2.46%) Laravel
6 4 (1.97%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.97%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.97%) HTML
7 3 (1.48%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.48%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.48%) Kafka
7 3 (1.48%) Next.js
8 2 (0.99%) CSS3
8 2 (0.99%) HTML5
8 2 (0.99%) Node.js
8 2 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.99%) REST
8 2 (0.99%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 67 (33.00%) Podcast
1 67 (33.00%) Web Conferencing
2 11 (5.42%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.97%) Derivative
4 4 (1.97%) Hedge funds
4 4 (1.97%) OTC Derivatives
4 4 (1.97%) Wiki
5 3 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.48%) Educational Technology
5 3 (1.48%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.99%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.99%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.49%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.49%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.97%) Windows
2 3 (1.48%) Android
3 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (34.48%) Customer Service
2 47 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (21.67%) AI
4 42 (20.69%) Agile
5 40 (19.70%) Analytics
6 39 (19.21%) Project Management
7 32 (15.76%) Technical Architecture
8 28 (13.79%) B2B
9 26 (12.81%) Business Development
10 24 (11.82%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 24 (11.82%) Customer Insight
10 24 (11.82%) Due Diligence
10 24 (11.82%) Financial Modelling
11 23 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (10.34%) CI/CD
13 20 (9.85%) Computer Science
13 20 (9.85%) Mentoring
14 18 (8.87%) Clean Code
15 17 (8.37%) Roadmaps
16 15 (7.39%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.29%) SQL
2 22 (10.84%) C#
3 20 (9.85%) PHP
3 20 (9.85%) Python
4 19 (9.36%) Java
5 16 (7.88%) C++
6 15 (7.39%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.45%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.97%) Go
9 2 (0.99%) Bash
10 1 (0.49%) R
Qualifications
1 67 (33.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 22 (10.84%) Degree
3 14 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.48%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.48%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.48%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.49%) CCDE
6 1 (0.49%) CCIE
6 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.91%) QA
2 7 (3.45%) GDPR
3 5 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.97%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.97%) MiFID
4 4 (1.97%) PMO
5 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.97%) Docker
2 2 (0.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.97%) Terraform
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.49%) Kibana
Vendors
1 30 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.97%) Atlassian
2 4 (1.97%) SAP
3 3 (1.48%) Apple
3 3 (1.48%) ServiceNow
3 3 (1.48%) Workday
4 2 (0.99%) CheckPoint
4 2 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (0.99%) Google
4 2 (0.99%) Infor
4 2 (0.99%) Intel
4 2 (0.99%) Okta
4 2 (0.99%) Wyse
5 1 (0.49%) Cisco
5 1 (0.49%) Juniper
5 1 (0.49%) Mapbox
5 1 (0.49%) New Relic
5 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto