Remote Desktop Jobs in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 514 578
Rank change year-on-year -65 +64 -64
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 181 241 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.40% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.85% 2.21% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 165 190 252
10th Percentile £25,760 £24,913 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,313 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £34,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -8.11% +4.23%
75th Percentile £42,750 £44,938 £50,625
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £59,250
UK median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% -12.50% +3.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,776 10,911 10,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.78% 18.11% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,770 6,474
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,889 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East -6 40 £32,500 -18.75% 8
South West -27 37 £42,000 +44.83% 5
North of England +21 36 £31,750 -9.29% 9
North West +7 29 £30,000 -29.41% 6
East of England -3 21 £32,500 +14.04% 14
Midlands -17 19 £27,000 -19.40% 10
Wales +25 17 £28,290 +9.86% 2
West Midlands +2 15 £27,000 -33.33% 4
Scotland -56 8 £29,500 -15.71% 6
North East +3 6 £36,750 -10.37% 1
East Midlands -24 4 £48,500 +51.56% 6
Northern Ireland - 3 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +54 1 £42,500 +30.77% 2
Remote Desktop
UK

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 47 (25.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (22.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.76%) IIS
4 3 (1.66%) IBM Notes
5 2 (1.10%) WordPress
6 1 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.55%) Site Server
6 1 (0.55%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 33 (18.23%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (13.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (13.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (4.97%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 143 (79.01%) Microsoft 365
2 117 (64.64%) Azure
3 46 (25.41%) Entra ID
4 33 (18.23%) OneDrive
5 9 (4.97%) AWS
6 7 (3.87%) IaaS
7 6 (3.31%) GCP
7 6 (3.31%) PaaS
8 3 (1.66%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.55%) Apple Pay
9 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.55%) SaaS
9 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 44 (24.31%) Firewall
2 32 (17.68%) DNS
3 28 (15.47%) DHCP
4 27 (14.92%) TCP/IP
5 22 (12.15%) VPN
6 21 (11.60%) Wireless
7 20 (11.05%) LAN
8 19 (10.50%) WAN
9 18 (9.94%) SAN
10 15 (8.29%) VoIP
11 9 (4.97%) VLAN
12 6 (3.31%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (2.76%) Internet
13 5 (2.76%) NAS
14 3 (1.66%) Network Security
14 3 (1.66%) SSL
15 2 (1.10%) PBX
15 2 (1.10%) WLAN
15 2 (1.10%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.81%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.66%) MySQL
3 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.66%) GitLab
2 1 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 97 (53.59%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.68%) Finance
3 14 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.21%) Legal
7 4 (2.21%) Retail
8 3 (1.66%) Norwegian Language
8 3 (1.66%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.10%) French Language
9 2 (1.10%) Law
9 2 (1.10%) Marketing
10 1 (0.55%) Back Office
10 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (39.23%) Support Engineer
2 38 (20.99%) IT Support
3 29 (16.02%) Analyst
3 29 (16.02%) Desktop Support
3 29 (16.02%) IT Engineer
4 26 (14.36%) Desktop Engineer
4 26 (14.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 26 (14.36%) IT Support Engineer
5 18 (9.94%) 3rd Line Support
6 17 (9.39%) 2nd Line Support
6 17 (9.39%) Service Analyst
7 16 (8.84%) Technical Support
8 15 (8.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) Service Desk Analyst
9 13 (7.18%) Support Analyst
10 10 (5.52%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) CSS
1 2 (1.10%) HTML
2 1 (0.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.15%) iPad
2 15 (8.29%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.73%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.52%) Smartphone
5 8 (4.42%) Replication
6 6 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.76%) Low-Code
8 4 (2.21%) CCTV
8 4 (2.21%) PKI
9 3 (1.66%) Clustering
9 3 (1.66%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.66%) EPoS
9 3 (1.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.10%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.10%) Handset
10 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.55%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.55%) iPhone
11 1 (0.55%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 136 (75.14%) Windows
2 71 (39.23%) Windows Server
3 25 (13.81%) Windows 10
4 18 (9.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (8.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (5.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (4.97%) Windows Phone
8 7 (3.87%) Linux
9 6 (3.31%) Apple iOS
10 5 (2.76%) Windows 7
10 5 (2.76%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (2.21%) Android
11 4 (2.21%) CentOS
11 4 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (2.21%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.10%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.55%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (36.46%) Customer Service
2 48 (26.52%) ITIL
3 44 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (14.92%) Ticket Management
5 25 (13.81%) Break/Fix
6 21 (11.60%) Problem Management
7 19 (10.50%) Incident Management
8 16 (8.84%) Agile
8 16 (8.84%) Service Delivery
9 15 (8.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (8.29%) ITSM
10 14 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (7.73%) Line Management
10 14 (7.73%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 12 (6.63%) Service Management
12 11 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (5.52%) Decision-Making
13 10 (5.52%) Migration
13 10 (5.52%) Proactive Management
14 9 (4.97%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 23 (12.71%) PowerShell
2 12 (6.63%) SQL
3 4 (2.21%) Bash
4 1 (0.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (19.89%) Degree
2 30 (16.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (6.08%) A+ Certification
4 10 (5.52%) MCP
5 9 (4.97%) Azure Certification
6 8 (4.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (3.87%) CCNA
7 7 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (3.31%) HND
8 6 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (3.31%) Security Cleared
9 4 (2.21%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.21%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.21%) MCDST
10 3 (1.66%) HNC
10 3 (1.66%) MCITP
10 3 (1.66%) MCSA
10 3 (1.66%) MCSE
11 2 (1.10%) CCA
11 2 (1.10%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.73%) SLA
2 10 (5.52%) GDPR
3 5 (2.76%) QA
4 3 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.66%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 105 (58.01%) Active Directory
2 49 (27.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (25.97%) Hyper-V
4 23 (12.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (7.73%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (6.63%) Terminal Services
7 6 (3.31%) XenApp
8 5 (2.76%) vSphere
8 5 (2.76%) XenDesktop
9 4 (2.21%) VMware NSX
9 4 (2.21%) VMware Server
10 3 (1.66%) Terminal Server
10 3 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.55%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 50 (27.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (9.39%) SCCM
3 9 (4.97%) AirWatch
4 7 (3.87%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.66%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.10%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 148 (81.77%) Microsoft
2 55 (30.39%) VMware
3 33 (18.23%) Citrix
4 16 (8.84%) Veeam
5 12 (6.63%) Cisco
6 10 (5.52%) HP
7 7 (3.87%) Aruba
7 7 (3.87%) Dell
8 6 (3.31%) ConnectWise
8 6 (3.31%) Meraki
9 5 (2.76%) Datto
9 5 (2.76%) Sophos
9 5 (2.76%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (2.21%) Draytek
10 4 (2.21%) WatchGuard
11 3 (1.66%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.66%) ESET
11 3 (1.66%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.66%) Mitel
11 3 (1.66%) Oracle