Remote Desktop Contracts in England

Remote Desktop
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Remote Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 507 594 640
Rank change year-on-year +87 +46 -103
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 38 65 127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.75% 1.05% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 50 85
10th Percentile £133 £159 £123
25th Percentile £148 £200 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £275 £275
Median % change year-on-year -22.59% -0.18% -35.29%
75th Percentile £360 £575 £338
90th Percentile £378 £603 £428
UK median daily rate £200 £275 £275
% change year-on-year -27.14% -0.18% -35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 16
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.27 £18.93 £18.55
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +2.05% +3.43%
75th Percentile - - £20.06
90th Percentile - - £37.89
UK median hourly rate £18.27 £18.93 £18.55
% change year-on-year -3.49% +2.05% +3.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,034 6,185 7,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,034 4,069 5,228
10th Percentile £205 £231 £219
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.72% +3.95% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 447 308
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.61
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.41
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +1.85%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Remote Desktop in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +29 13 £150 -57.14% 13
North of England +37 12 £320 +42.22% 11
Yorkshire - 10 £338 - 1
London +103 6 £213 -4.49% 10
West Midlands +30 5 £256 +13.89% 2
Midlands +22 5 £256 -16.53% 3
North East - 2 £131 - 1
South West +8 1 £475 -17.39% 8
East of England +4 1 £250 - 9
Remote Desktop
UK

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (47.37%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (15.79%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.79%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) WhatsApp
3 3 (7.89%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (7.89%) AWS
3 3 (7.89%) Slack
4 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.95%) DNS
2 10 (26.32%) DHCP
3 8 (21.05%) TCP/IP
3 8 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (18.42%) LAN
4 7 (18.42%) WAN
5 5 (13.16%) VPN
6 3 (7.89%) Firewall
7 2 (5.26%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (5.26%) XCAP
8 1 (2.63%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (2.63%) FTP
8 1 (2.63%) SAN
8 1 (2.63%) Wireless
8 1 (2.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) GIS
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
1 2 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 27 (71.05%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Banking
3 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Legal
5 2 (5.26%) Advertising
5 2 (5.26%) Marketing
6 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) IT Engineer
1 7 (18.42%) Technical Support
2 6 (15.79%) Data Centre Engineer
2 6 (15.79%) Support Specialist
2 6 (15.79%) Technical Specialist
2 6 (15.79%) Technical Support Specialist
3 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (10.53%) IT Support
3 4 (10.53%) IT Technician
4 3 (7.89%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (7.89%) Data Centre Technician
4 3 (7.89%) Data Technician
4 3 (7.89%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Optimisation Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Service Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) OLE
2 1 (2.63%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Data Centre
2 5 (13.16%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (7.89%) NHS
5 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.63%) PKI
5 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (78.95%) Windows
2 22 (57.89%) Windows 10
3 8 (21.05%) Windows 7
4 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
5 3 (7.89%) Android
5 3 (7.89%) Apple iOS
6 2 (5.26%) Linux
6 2 (5.26%) Mac OS X
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.63%) CentOS
7 1 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.63%) Ubuntu
7 1 (2.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (34.21%) Customer Service
3 9 (23.68%) Computer Science
4 7 (18.42%) Migration
4 7 (18.42%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (18.42%) Runbook
5 6 (15.79%) Knowledge Management
6 5 (13.16%) Escalation Management
7 4 (10.53%) Mobile Device Management
7 4 (10.53%) Project Management
8 3 (7.89%) ITIL
8 3 (7.89%) Performance Monitoring
8 3 (7.89%) Test Automation
8 3 (7.89%) Validation
9 2 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (5.26%) Data Visualisation
9 2 (5.26%) Performance Improvement
9 2 (5.26%) Software Testing
9 2 (5.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.63%) Bash
2 1 (2.63%) Python
2 1 (2.63%) R
2 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (42.11%) Degree
2 9 (23.68%) A+ Certification
3 7 (18.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
5 5 (13.16%) MCITP
5 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (10.53%) CCNA
6 4 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) SLA
2 4 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 28 (73.68%) Active Directory
2 12 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (21.05%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (18.42%) KVM
4 7 (18.42%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (18.42%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
6 2 (5.26%) Terminal Services
7 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
7 1 (2.63%) VMware Server
7 1 (2.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (31.58%) SCCM
2 8 (21.05%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.63%) AirWatch
3 1 (2.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (31.58%) VMware
3 6 (15.79%) HP
3 6 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 3 (7.89%) Apple
5 2 (5.26%) Cisco
5 2 (5.26%) Citrix
5 2 (5.26%) Laserfiche
5 2 (5.26%) Remedy
6 1 (2.63%) Adobe
6 1 (2.63%) Avid
6 1 (2.63%) Dell
6 1 (2.63%) Google
6 1 (2.63%) Meraki
6 1 (2.63%) Okta
6 1 (2.63%) Oracle
6 1 (2.63%) Red Hat