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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 279 263
Rank change year-on-year +13 -16 -53
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 120 190 266
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 0.97% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.96% 2.73% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 84 97 181
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £31,188 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £73,688 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £93,375 £115,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year -3.70% +11.02% -13.14%

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 6,107 6,955 8,795
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.86% 35.34% 39.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,537 3,879 6,895
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £63,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.24% -2.31% -
75th Percentile £80,250 £87,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -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 9 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 4 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.67%) WordPress
3 1 (0.83%) CMS
3 1 (0.83%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.83%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Magento
1 4 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.50%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.50%) SAP PP
2 3 (2.50%) SAP SCM
3 2 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.67%) SAP APO
3 2 (1.67%) SAP EWM
3 2 (1.67%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.83%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.83%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.83%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.83%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.83%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.83%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.67%) Azure
2 9 (7.50%) AWS
3 4 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.33%) SaaS
3 4 (3.33%) Serverless
4 3 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (2.50%) Amazon S3
4 3 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (1.67%) Amazon Ads
5 2 (1.67%) Copilot Studio
5 2 (1.67%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.67%) Facebook Ads
5 2 (1.67%) Google Ads
5 2 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.83%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.33%) Firewall
2 4 (3.33%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.50%) DNS
3 3 (2.50%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.50%) Internet
3 3 (2.50%) VPN
3 3 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.50%) Wireless
4 2 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.83%) MPLS
5 1 (0.83%) Network Security
5 1 (0.83%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 14 (11.67%) MySQL
3 3 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.83%) Looker
4 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.83%) RavenDB
4 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.67%) JIRA
2 4 (3.33%) Git
3 1 (0.83%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.83%) Postman
General
1 68 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 43 (35.83%) Finance
3 36 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
5 27 (22.50%) Public Sector
6 11 (9.17%) Advertising
7 9 (7.50%) Games
7 9 (7.50%) Marketing
8 7 (5.83%) Legal
9 5 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.50%) Law
11 3 (2.50%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.67%) Electronics
12 2 (1.67%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.67%) Health Technology
12 2 (1.67%) Retail
13 1 (0.83%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 29 (24.17%) Architect
2 26 (21.67%) Solutions Architect
3 20 (16.67%) Senior
4 18 (15.00%) Developer
5 13 (10.83%) Graduate
5 13 (10.83%) Graduate Developer
5 13 (10.83%) IT Graduate
6 7 (5.83%) Consultant
6 7 (5.83%) Engineering Manager
7 5 (4.17%) Analyst
7 5 (4.17%) C# Developer
7 5 (4.17%) Data Manager
7 5 (4.17%) Graduate C# Developer
7 5 (4.17%) Graduate PHP Developer
7 5 (4.17%) Graduate SQL Developer
7 5 (4.17%) PHP Developer
7 5 (4.17%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.17%) SQL Developer
8 4 (3.33%) Azure Developer
8 4 (3.33%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (15.00%) .NET
2 14 (11.67%) ASP.NET
3 13 (10.83%) CSS
3 13 (10.83%) jQuery
4 3 (2.50%) SAPUI5
5 2 (1.67%) NestJS
5 2 (1.67%) OAuth
5 2 (1.67%) OpenID
5 2 (1.67%) React Native
5 2 (1.67%) REST
5 2 (1.67%) SAML
5 2 (1.67%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.83%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.83%) ML.NET
6 1 (0.83%) Node.js
6 1 (0.83%) React
6 1 (0.83%) RESTful
6 1 (0.83%) SOAP
6 1 (0.83%) Symfony
6 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.33%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.50%) IoT
4 3 (2.50%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.50%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.50%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.67%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.83%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.83%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.83%) Life Science
6 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.83%) PMI
6 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.50%) Linux
1 3 (2.50%) Windows
2 2 (1.67%) Android
2 2 (1.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (30.00%) Project Management
3 34 (28.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (27.50%) Agile
5 31 (25.83%) Strategic Thinking
6 29 (24.17%) AI
6 29 (24.17%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 28 (23.33%) Customer Experience
7 28 (23.33%) Decision-Making
8 27 (22.50%) Analytics
9 26 (21.67%) Business Development
10 24 (20.00%) B2B
10 24 (20.00%) Customer Insight
10 24 (20.00%) Due Diligence
10 24 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
10 24 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
11 16 (13.33%) Computer Science
12 15 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
12 15 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
13 14 (11.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.33%) SQL
2 17 (14.17%) C#
3 14 (11.67%) C++
3 14 (11.67%) PHP
4 13 (10.83%) Java
5 10 (8.33%) Python
6 6 (5.00%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.33%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.50%) Bash
9 2 (1.67%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.83%) ABAP
10 1 (0.83%) C
10 1 (0.83%) Go
10 1 (0.83%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.83%) Swift
10 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (21.67%) Degree
2 14 (11.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (9.17%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.83%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.17%) ACCA
5 5 (4.17%) CIMA
6 3 (2.50%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.50%) CIPD
6 3 (2.50%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.67%) AAT
8 1 (0.83%) CCDE
8 1 (0.83%) CCIE
8 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.83%) HNC
8 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.83%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.83%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (4.17%) QA
2 2 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.83%) EU AI Act
3 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (0.83%) NIST
3 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.50%) Docker
1 3 (2.50%) Firmware
2 2 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.83%) KVM
3 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.00%) Terraform
2 4 (3.33%) Ansible
2 4 (3.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.83%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (6.67%) Cisco
1 8 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 8 (6.67%) TikTok
2 6 (5.00%) Databricks
2 6 (5.00%) SAP
3 5 (4.17%) Adobe
4 4 (3.33%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.33%) VMware
5 3 (2.50%) EMC
5 3 (2.50%) F5
5 3 (2.50%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.50%) Google
5 3 (2.50%) iManage
5 3 (2.50%) Intapp
6 2 (1.67%) Facebook
6 2 (1.67%) Juniper
6 2 (1.67%) Xero
7 1 (0.83%) NetApp
7 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.83%) Sophos