Virtual Team Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 329 365
Rank change year-on-year +28 +36 -222
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Team 155 297 331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.86% 0.88% 0.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.08% 2.47% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 98 191 216
10th Percentile £35,920 £42,500 £42,188
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,053 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,207 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £92,188 £87,500 £89,852
90th Percentile £145,390 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £64,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year -2.34% +5.09% -13.00%

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 7,465 12,038 15,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.41% 35.75% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,764 9,247 11,515
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,526 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -8.42% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Virtual Team
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Virtual Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Virtual Team trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Virtual Team
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Virtual Team.

Virtual Team salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Team
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Virtual Team over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Virtual Team salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (14.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.29%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.65%) CMS
4 1 (0.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (5.81%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.29%) Magento
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.65%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.42%) Azure
2 21 (13.55%) SaaS
3 15 (9.68%) AWS
4 13 (8.39%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (5.81%) Boomi
6 5 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (3.23%) IaaS
6 5 (3.23%) PaaS
7 3 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.94%) OCI
7 3 (1.94%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.94%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.94%) Serverless
7 3 (1.94%) Smartsheet
8 2 (1.29%) GitHub
9 1 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.65%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.65%) Heroku
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.65%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.81%) Internet
2 4 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.94%) Wireless
4 2 (1.29%) Bluetooth
4 2 (1.29%) Firewall
4 2 (1.29%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.65%) BGP
5 1 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.65%) DNS
5 1 (0.65%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.65%) IOS XR
5 1 (0.65%) MPLS
5 1 (0.65%) Multicast
5 1 (0.65%) Network Security
5 1 (0.65%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.39%) Relational Database
1 13 (8.39%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.16%) MySQL
3 3 (1.94%) Oracle ODI
4 2 (1.29%) GIS
4 2 (1.29%) QGIS
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.65%) DTS
5 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (18.06%) Git
2 14 (9.03%) Jenkins
2 14 (9.03%) JIRA
3 9 (5.81%) Maven
4 5 (3.23%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.58%) SpecFlow
6 3 (1.94%) GDB
6 3 (1.94%) MSTest
6 3 (1.94%) NUnit
6 3 (1.94%) Postman
6 3 (1.94%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.94%) Vite
6 3 (1.94%) webpack
7 2 (1.29%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.29%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.29%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.65%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.65%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 71 (45.81%) Social Skills
2 39 (25.16%) Finance
3 21 (13.55%) German Language
4 20 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (12.26%) Banking
6 13 (8.39%) Law
7 7 (4.52%) Legal
8 6 (3.87%) Marketing
8 6 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.23%) Electronics
10 4 (2.58%) Front Office
10 4 (2.58%) Tech for Good
10 4 (2.58%) Welsh Language
11 3 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.94%) Retail
12 2 (1.29%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.29%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.29%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 38 (24.52%) Developer
1 38 (24.52%) Senior
2 21 (13.55%) Information Security Specialist
2 21 (13.55%) Information Specialist
2 21 (13.55%) Security Specialist
2 21 (13.55%) Senior Developer
3 16 (10.32%) Lead
4 10 (6.45%) Engineering Manager
5 9 (5.81%) NetSuite Developer
5 9 (5.81%) Project Manager
5 9 (5.81%) Technical Developer
6 8 (5.16%) Analyst
6 8 (5.16%) Android Engineer
7 7 (4.52%) C# Developer
7 7 (4.52%) PHP Developer
7 7 (4.52%) Senior Manager
7 7 (4.52%) SOC Analyst
8 6 (3.87%) Agile C# Developer
8 6 (3.87%) Agile Developer
8 6 (3.87%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (19.35%) CSS
2 25 (16.13%) HTML
3 21 (13.55%) SailPoint
4 15 (9.68%) .NET
5 12 (7.74%) RESTful
6 11 (7.10%) ASP.NET
6 11 (7.10%) Web Services
7 9 (5.81%) Middleware
7 9 (5.81%) OAuth
7 9 (5.81%) React
7 9 (5.81%) Restlet
7 9 (5.81%) SAML
7 9 (5.81%) XML
8 8 (5.16%) Android Jetpack
8 8 (5.16%) Jetpack Compose
8 8 (5.16%) LESS
9 7 (4.52%) AngularJS
9 7 (4.52%) HTML5
10 6 (3.87%) CSS3
10 6 (3.87%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (23.87%) Management Information System
2 17 (10.97%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (9.68%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.81%) CSOC
4 9 (5.81%) Product Ownership
5 8 (5.16%) Cloud Native
5 8 (5.16%) Mobile App
5 8 (5.16%) Online Banking
6 5 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.23%) Tandem
7 4 (2.58%) Derivative
7 4 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.58%) IoT
8 3 (1.94%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.94%) Credit Derivative
8 3 (1.94%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.94%) Equities
8 3 (1.94%) Fixed Income
9 2 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.29%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.16%) Android
1 8 (5.16%) Linux
2 7 (4.52%) Windows
3 6 (3.87%) zOS
4 3 (1.94%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (33.55%) Agile
2 43 (27.74%) Collaborative Working
2 43 (27.74%) Mentoring
3 39 (25.16%) DevOps
4 38 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (18.06%) Risk Management
6 27 (17.42%) CI/CD
6 27 (17.42%) Roadmaps
7 26 (16.77%) Identity Access Management
8 23 (14.84%) Software Engineering
8 23 (14.84%) Virtual Team Management
9 22 (14.19%) Information Security
9 22 (14.19%) User Experience
10 21 (13.55%) Identity Management
10 21 (13.55%) Risk Assessment
11 20 (12.90%) Computer Science
11 20 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
11 20 (12.90%) Project Management
12 19 (12.26%) Test Automation
13 18 (11.61%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 40 (25.81%) JavaScript
2 22 (14.19%) PowerShell
3 21 (13.55%) SQL
4 17 (10.97%) C#
5 12 (7.74%) C++
5 12 (7.74%) Java
6 11 (7.10%) Python
7 10 (6.45%) TypeScript
8 9 (5.81%) PHP
9 8 (5.16%) Kotlin
10 6 (3.87%) C
11 5 (3.23%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.29%) Embedded C
12 2 (1.29%) Embedded C++
12 2 (1.29%) Groovy
13 1 (0.65%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.65%) Ruby
13 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.65%) VB
13 1 (0.65%) XPath
Qualifications
1 54 (34.84%) Degree
2 14 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.87%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.23%) PMP
7 3 (1.94%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.94%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.94%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.29%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.29%) CCNA
8 2 (1.29%) CWNA
8 2 (1.29%) CWTS
8 2 (1.29%) PhD
9 1 (0.65%) CCIE
9 1 (0.65%) CEH
9 1 (0.65%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.74%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.52%) QA
2 7 (4.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.94%) JTAG
3 3 (1.94%) WCAG
4 2 (1.29%) GDPR
4 2 (1.29%) IEC 62304
4 2 (1.29%) MISRA
4 2 (1.29%) SLA
5 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 22 (14.19%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.81%) Docker
3 3 (1.94%) Firmware
4 1 (0.65%) KVM
4 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.10%) Terraform
2 10 (6.45%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.81%) QRadar
3 9 (5.81%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.58%) Ansible
5 1 (0.65%) Nessus
5 1 (0.65%) Nmap
5 1 (0.65%) Puppet
Vendors
1 23 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.19%) Salesforce
3 21 (13.55%) Okta
4 9 (5.81%) MuleSoft
4 9 (5.81%) SAP
5 7 (4.52%) IBM
6 5 (3.23%) Cisco
6 5 (3.23%) Oracle
7 2 (1.29%) Adobe
8 1 (0.65%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.65%) Dell
8 1 (0.65%) HP
8 1 (0.65%) IBM Sterling
8 1 (0.65%) Juniper
8 1 (0.65%) NetApp
8 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.65%) Splunk
8 1 (0.65%) VMware