Remote Desktop Contracts in the East Midlands

Remote Desktop
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Remote Desktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 60 66
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 11 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.42% 0.26% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.67% 2.11% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £171 - £190
25th Percentile £193 - £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £307
75th Percentile - - £323
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £200 £385 £243
% change year-on-year -48.05% +58.76% -25.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £18.27 £17.50
% change year-on-year +37.66% +4.40% -27.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 75 95 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.66% 12.43% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 56 79
10th Percentile £171 £205 £213
25th Percentile £200 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.20% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £492 £588 £565
90th Percentile £618 £655 £700
England median daily rate £494 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.20% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 5
10th Percentile - - £14.45
25th Percentile - £12.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -32.05% -2.33%
75th Percentile £19.08 £26.15 £21.50
90th Percentile £25.15 - £41.00
England median hourly rate £43.75 £51.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -15.05% -0.75% +88.69%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the East Midlands

Remote Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Remote Desktop in the East Midlands

Remote Desktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Remote Desktop in the East Midlands

Remote Desktop
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 August 2025. 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
Derbyshire - 11 £200 - 1
Remote Desktop
England

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (9.09%) IT Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Break/Fix
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Time Management
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft