Remote Desktop Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Remote Desktop
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 124 126
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +67
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% 0.051% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.66% 0.51% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £251
25th Percentile - £185 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £190 £456
Median % change year-on-year - -58.36% -
75th Percentile - £195 £617
90th Percentile - - £697
Central London median daily rate - £190 £456
% change year-on-year - -58.36% +102.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

Remote Desktop falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 152 198 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.29% 10.00% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 128 159
10th Percentile £336 £275 £293
25th Percentile £423 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% +2.57% -4.63%
75th Percentile £653 £640 £613
90th Percentile £738 £730 £713
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £20.31 - £24.29
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £32.32
Median hourly rate £22.27 £32.50 £46.97
Median % change year-on-year -31.49% -30.80% +129.10%
75th Percentile £35.60 £33.75 £62.86
90th Percentile £42.74 - £71.64
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £18.93
% change year-on-year -21.63% +71.69% -7.66%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Remote Desktop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in the City of London

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Remote Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Remote Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware