Remote Desktop Contracts in Edinburgh

Remote Desktop
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 68 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 15 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.40% 0.49% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.19% 4.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - -
75th Percentile £174 - -
90th Percentile £188 - -
Scotland median daily rate £173 £200 £310
% change year-on-year -13.75% -35.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 0
10th Percentile - £18.08 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £19.65 £18.27 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% - -
75th Percentile £23.13 - -
90th Percentile £24.55 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.65 £18.27 -
% change year-on-year +7.55% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 85 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.92% 10.43% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 45 77
10th Percentile £176 £178 £163
25th Percentile £245 £240 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +4.40%
75th Percentile £544 £646 £525
90th Percentile £595 £750 £575
Scotland median daily rate £425 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 2
10th Percentile - £14.33 £24.08
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £28.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 £36.63
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -50.12% -22.88%
75th Percentile £23.53 £52.06 £46.19
90th Percentile £32.36 £60.75 £51.18
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
% change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Remote Desktop in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Remote Desktop in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Remote Desktop in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Remote Desktop in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Desktop Support
2 7 (46.67%) Service Desk Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) Service Desk Support
3 5 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) Windows Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Service Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Device Driver
2 6 (40.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (60.00%) ITIL
2 9 (60.00%) Task Automation
3 8 (53.33%) Customer Experience
3 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (40.00%) Break/Fix
5 2 (13.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) A+ Certification
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Citrix
2 6 (40.00%) Dell
2 6 (40.00%) ServiceNow