Remote Desktop
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Remote Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 656 681 889
Rank change year-on-year +25 +208 -190
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 242 276 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.80% 1.77% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 224 227 312
10th Percentile £25,760 £25,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,250 £35,000 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% -8.50% -0.65%
75th Percentile £50,000 £46,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £65,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -2.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Remote Desktop is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop.

Salary trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +40 207 £32,500 -7.14% 56
UK excluding London -32 181 £30,000 -11.76% 52
Work from Home +80 87 £45,000 - 21
London +122 53 £52,500 +50.00% 10
South East -13 39 £32,500 -18.75% 11
South West -14 38 £41,500 +38.33% 11
North of England +21 33 £32,000 -8.57% 9
North West +4 29 £30,000 -31.43% 4
East of England +4 25 £32,500 +16.07% 9
Midlands -29 19 £27,000 -19.40% 9
Wales - 17 £28,290 - 2
West Midlands -1 15 £27,000 -33.33% 5
Scotland -56 7 £29,500 +29.67% 5
East Midlands -17 4 £48,500 +51.56% 4
North East - 4 £41,500 - 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £40,000 -

Remote Desktop
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 69 (28.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (24.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.07%) IIS
4 3 (1.24%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.83%) WordPress
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.41%) Site Server
Applications
1 44 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (12.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (12.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.07%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 186 (76.86%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (57.44%) Azure
3 59 (24.38%) Entra ID
4 40 (16.53%) OneDrive
5 10 (4.13%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.31%) AWS
7 7 (2.89%) IaaS
8 6 (2.48%) PaaS
9 5 (2.07%) GCP
10 4 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.83%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.83%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.83%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.41%) Apple Pay
12 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.41%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (28.51%) Firewall
2 57 (23.55%) DNS
3 52 (21.49%) DHCP
4 44 (18.18%) VPN
5 37 (15.29%) LAN
6 36 (14.88%) WAN
7 31 (12.81%) Wi-Fi
8 30 (12.40%) TCP/IP
9 28 (11.57%) Wireless
10 26 (10.74%) VLAN
11 20 (8.26%) SAN
12 17 (7.02%) MPLS
13 16 (6.61%) VoIP
14 6 (2.48%) Fibre Channel
15 5 (2.07%) Internet
15 5 (2.07%) NAS
16 3 (1.24%) Network Security
16 3 (1.24%) SSL
16 3 (1.24%) VSAN
17 2 (0.83%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.92%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (5.37%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.13%) Power BI
4 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.24%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.89%) GitLab
2 4 (1.65%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 127 (52.48%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.94%) Finance
3 13 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.72%) Legal
6 7 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.07%) Retail
8 4 (1.65%) Banking
8 4 (1.65%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.24%) Marketing
9 3 (1.24%) Norwegian Language
9 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.24%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.83%) French Language
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
11 1 (0.41%) Law
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 75 (30.99%) Support Engineer
2 45 (18.60%) IT Support
3 34 (14.05%) Analyst
3 34 (14.05%) Desktop Engineer
4 33 (13.64%) Desktop Support
5 31 (12.81%) IT Engineer
6 30 (12.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 28 (11.57%) IT Support Engineer
8 23 (9.50%) 2nd Line Support
9 22 (9.09%) Service Analyst
10 20 (8.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (7.44%) 3rd Line Support
11 18 (7.44%) Project Manager
11 18 (7.44%) Senior
11 18 (7.44%) Service Desk Analyst
12 17 (7.02%) Technical Support
13 15 (6.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 13 (5.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 13 (5.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 13 (5.37%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.89%) X-Windows
2 4 (1.65%) .NET
2 4 (1.65%) ASP.NET
2 4 (1.65%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (1.24%) XML
4 2 (0.83%) CSS
4 2 (0.83%) HTML
5 1 (0.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.92%) iPad
2 18 (7.44%) Data Centre
3 16 (6.61%) Driving Licence
3 16 (6.61%) Public Cloud
4 15 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (4.13%) Replication
6 10 (4.13%) Smartphone
7 6 (2.48%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.07%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.65%) CCTV
9 4 (1.65%) PKI
10 3 (1.24%) Clustering
10 3 (1.24%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.24%) EPoS
10 3 (1.24%) iPhone
10 3 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.83%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.83%) Handset
11 2 (0.83%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 171 (70.66%) Windows
2 83 (34.30%) Windows Server
3 43 (17.77%) Windows 10
4 22 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (8.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (6.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (5.37%) Linux
8 12 (4.96%) Windows 7
9 11 (4.55%) Mac OS X
10 9 (3.72%) Android
10 9 (3.72%) Apple iOS
10 9 (3.72%) Windows Phone
10 9 (3.72%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (2.48%) Mac OS
13 4 (1.65%) CentOS
13 4 (1.65%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (30.99%) Customer Service
2 60 (24.79%) ITIL
3 51 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (15.70%) Ticket Management
5 33 (13.64%) Agile
6 32 (13.22%) Break/Fix
7 26 (10.74%) Project Management
8 23 (9.50%) Problem Management
9 22 (9.09%) PRINCE2
10 21 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 20 (8.26%) Service Delivery
12 19 (7.85%) ITSM
13 18 (7.44%) Incident Management
14 17 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (6.61%) Mentoring
15 16 (6.61%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 16 (6.61%) Service Management
16 15 (6.20%) CRM
17 14 (5.79%) Decision-Making
17 14 (5.79%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.81%) PowerShell
2 19 (7.85%) SQL
3 8 (3.31%) Bash
3 8 (3.31%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.07%) Python
5 4 (1.65%) C#
5 4 (1.65%) Korn
5 4 (1.65%) Perl
5 4 (1.65%) Ruby
5 4 (1.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (15.29%) Degree
2 28 (11.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (6.61%) APMP
4 13 (5.37%) Security Cleared
5 12 (4.96%) MCP
6 11 (4.55%) A+ Certification
7 9 (3.72%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (2.89%) CCNA
9 7 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.48%) HND
10 6 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (2.07%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.65%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.65%) CCA
12 4 (1.65%) Citrix Certification
12 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.24%) MCDST
13 3 (1.24%) MCSA
13 3 (1.24%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.20%) SLA
2 10 (4.13%) GDPR
3 5 (2.07%) QA
4 3 (1.24%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 154 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 80 (33.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (27.69%) Hyper-V
4 33 (13.64%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (9.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (6.61%) Terminal Services
7 12 (4.96%) XenApp
8 11 (4.55%) XenDesktop
9 7 (2.89%) vSphere
10 5 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.65%) Docker
11 4 (1.65%) VMware NSX
11 4 (1.65%) VMware Server
12 3 (1.24%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
14 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 62 (25.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (7.85%) SCCM
3 17 (7.02%) WSUS
4 9 (3.72%) AirWatch
5 7 (2.89%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.65%) Ansible
6 4 (1.65%) Backup Exec
6 4 (1.65%) Puppet
6 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (1.65%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 4 (1.65%) Terraform
7 3 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 201 (83.06%) Microsoft
2 86 (35.54%) VMware
3 40 (16.53%) Citrix
4 32 (13.22%) Cisco
5 22 (9.09%) Veeam
6 19 (7.85%) Ruckus Wireless
7 12 (4.96%) HP
8 9 (3.72%) Dell
9 7 (2.89%) Aruba
9 7 (2.89%) Datto
9 7 (2.89%) Ubiquiti
10 5 (2.07%) Apple
10 5 (2.07%) ConnectWise
10 5 (2.07%) Fortinet
10 5 (2.07%) iManage
10 5 (2.07%) Intapp
10 5 (2.07%) Meraki
11 4 (1.65%) NEC
11 4 (1.65%) Sophos
11 4 (1.65%) Symantec