Virtual Team Contracts

Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Team over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 283 256
Rank change year-on-year -56 -27 +37
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 247 527 984
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.92% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.91% 2.77% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 304 687
10th Percentile £325 £377 £402
25th Percentile £425 £495 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £586 £675 £675
90th Percentile £651 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.40% - +13.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 10
10th Percentile - £27.60 £25.54
25th Percentile £13.00 £34.50 £37.08
Median hourly rate £24.90 £44.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year -43.41% -2.76% +7.74%
75th Percentile £26.50 £46.00 £66.88
90th Percentile - £68.80 £67.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £100.00 £63.62
% change year-on-year -74.00% +57.20% +51.46%

All Generic Skills
UK

Virtual Team is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,902 19,052 29,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 33.27% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 13,115 20,490
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 626 721
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -10.83%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Virtual Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Team over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Team over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Virtual Team in the UK

Virtual Team
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Team within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -31 216 £500 -9.09% 169
UK excluding London +7 120 £493 -1.40% 82
Work from Home +22 113 £500 -4.76% 98
London -46 100 £500 -16.67% 100
North of England +63 58 £493 +1.65% 14
North West +51 55 £493 +2.71% 6
Midlands +24 23 £510 -11.30% 11
South East -11 20 £608 +21.50% 37
West Midlands +22 14 £450 -21.74% 7
East Midlands +22 9 £581 +12.05% 4
East of England -23 8 £475 -13.64% 8
Scotland +34 7 £350 -45.10% 2
South West +5 5 £479 +19.66% 7
Yorkshire +17 3 £590 +7.27% 8
Northern Ireland -2 1 £190 -62.00% 1

Virtual Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.83%) CMS
3 5 (2.02%) Confluence
4 3 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.21%) IIS
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.21%) SAS
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.81%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) nginx
6 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (12.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (11.74%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (6.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.02%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.81%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.40%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.15%) AWS
2 20 (8.10%) Azure
3 18 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.67%) IaaS
4 14 (5.67%) SaaS
5 13 (5.26%) Google Workspace
5 13 (5.26%) PaaS
6 9 (3.64%) GitHub
6 9 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (3.24%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.02%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.02%) GCP
9 4 (1.62%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.21%) Serverless
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (0.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.29%) Firewall
2 5 (2.02%) LAN
3 3 (1.21%) 5G
3 3 (1.21%) Internet
3 3 (1.21%) NAS
3 3 (1.21%) SAN
4 2 (0.81%) DKIM
4 2 (0.81%) DMARC
4 2 (0.81%) DNS
4 2 (0.81%) Extranet
4 2 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.81%) VPN
4 2 (0.81%) WAN
4 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.81%) Wireless
5 1 (0.40%) 4G
5 1 (0.40%) Broadband
5 1 (0.40%) DSL
5 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.64%) Big Data
2 8 (3.24%) Power BI
2 8 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.83%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.83%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.21%) MySQL
4 3 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.21%) Star Schema
5 2 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Hive
5 2 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.81%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.81%) Impala
5 2 (0.81%) KDB
5 2 (0.81%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (0.81%) Spark SQL
5 2 (0.81%) Tableau
6 1 (0.40%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 23 (9.31%) JIRA
2 14 (5.67%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.45%) Git
4 8 (3.24%) Gradle
5 7 (2.83%) CircleCI
6 5 (2.02%) JUnit
7 4 (1.62%) ERwin
8 3 (1.21%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.21%) Mockito
8 3 (1.21%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.21%) TestRail
9 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.81%) FitNesse
9 2 (0.81%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.81%) JMeter
9 2 (0.81%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.40%) GitLab
General
1 111 (44.94%) Social Skills
2 51 (20.65%) Finance
3 31 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 22 (8.91%) Legal
6 20 (8.10%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (6.07%) Banking
8 12 (4.86%) Retail
9 11 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.62%) Front Office
12 4 (1.62%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.62%) Local Government
13 3 (1.21%) Back Office
13 3 (1.21%) Publishing
13 3 (1.21%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.81%) Billing
14 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (8.91%) Project Manager
2 16 (6.48%) Architect
2 16 (6.48%) Consultant
3 14 (5.67%) Analyst
3 14 (5.67%) Developer
3 14 (5.67%) Problem Manager
4 13 (5.26%) Senior
5 10 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
6 9 (3.64%) IT Support
7 8 (3.24%) Integration Analyst
7 8 (3.24%) SAP Analyst
7 8 (3.24%) Software Asset Manager
7 8 (3.24%) Software Manager
8 7 (2.83%) Agile Delivery Manager
8 7 (2.83%) Designer
9 6 (2.43%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (2.43%) Integration Specialist
9 6 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.02%) Configuration Manager
10 5 (2.02%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.48%) REST
2 8 (3.24%) Android Jetpack
2 8 (3.24%) Jetpack Compose
3 6 (2.43%) JSON
4 5 (2.02%) Dagger
4 5 (2.02%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (2.02%) OAuth
4 5 (2.02%) RAML
4 5 (2.02%) React Native
4 5 (2.02%) SAML
4 5 (2.02%) Spring
4 5 (2.02%) XML
5 4 (1.62%) OkHttp
5 4 (1.62%) OpenID
5 4 (1.62%) RxJava
5 4 (1.62%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.62%) WireMock
6 3 (1.21%) Node.js
6 3 (1.21%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.21%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.31%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (6.88%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.86%) CMDB
3 12 (4.86%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.24%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.83%) EPoS
6 7 (2.83%) Legacy Code
7 6 (2.43%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.62%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.62%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.62%) NHS
8 4 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.21%) FMCG
9 3 (1.21%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (1.21%) Freedom of Information Act
9 3 (1.21%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.48%) Linux
2 14 (5.67%) Windows
3 13 (5.26%) Unix
4 9 (3.64%) Android
5 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) AIX
6 1 (0.40%) CentOS
6 1 (0.40%) OS/390
6 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (34.82%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (22.27%) Agile
3 52 (21.05%) Virtual Team Management
4 37 (14.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (13.36%) Service Management
6 31 (12.55%) Project Management
6 31 (12.55%) Quality Management
7 29 (11.74%) ITIL
8 28 (11.34%) Mentoring
9 27 (10.93%) Computer Science
10 25 (10.12%) Statistics
11 20 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (6.88%) CI/CD
12 17 (6.88%) Roadmaps
12 17 (6.88%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (6.48%) Change Management
13 16 (6.48%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (6.48%) Migration
13 16 (6.48%) Proactive Monitoring
13 16 (6.48%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.10%) SQL
2 15 (6.07%) Python
3 14 (5.67%) Java
4 7 (2.83%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.02%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.02%) Kotlin
5 5 (2.02%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.62%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.62%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.21%) BeanShell
7 3 (1.21%) Perl
8 2 (0.81%) C
8 2 (0.81%) C++
8 2 (0.81%) VB
9 1 (0.40%) C#
9 1 (0.40%) Go
9 1 (0.40%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.40%) Ruby
9 1 (0.40%) Swift
9 1 (0.40%) XPath
Qualifications
1 54 (21.86%) Degree
2 52 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 32 (12.96%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (6.88%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.67%) PMP
7 13 (5.26%) APMP
7 13 (5.26%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.62%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.21%) CISSP
10 3 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.81%) APMG
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.81%) GIAC
12 1 (0.40%) CEH
12 1 (0.40%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.45%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.24%) SLA
3 7 (2.83%) PMO
3 7 (2.83%) QA
4 4 (1.62%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (1.62%) NIST
4 4 (1.62%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.40%) GRC
6 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (4.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.21%) OpenAM
2 3 (1.21%) OpenIDM
3 2 (0.81%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.81%) Docker
3 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (2.83%) Ansible
1 7 (2.83%) Terraform
2 6 (2.43%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.43%) SCCM
3 3 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.21%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.81%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.81%) PowerBroker
4 2 (0.81%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.81%) Puppet
4 2 (0.81%) SCOM
4 2 (0.81%) SCVMM
4 2 (0.81%) VxRail
5 1 (0.40%) Argo
5 1 (0.40%) CASB
5 1 (0.40%) Consul
5 1 (0.40%) Grafana
5 1 (0.40%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.72%) Oracle
3 20 (8.10%) Google
3 20 (8.10%) SAP
4 19 (7.69%) Dell
5 15 (6.07%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.83%) Ariba
7 4 (1.62%) HP
8 3 (1.21%) BMC
8 3 (1.21%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.21%) Remedy
8 3 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.21%) Splunk
8 3 (1.21%) Workday
9 2 (0.81%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.81%) Databricks
9 2 (0.81%) Dell Compellent
9 2 (0.81%) Equitrac
9 2 (0.81%) F5
9 2 (0.81%) MobileIron