Remote Desktop Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Remote Desktop
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 79 99
Rank change year-on-year -10 +20 +36
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.17% 0.37% 0.064%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.44% 3.54% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £358 £153 -
25th Percentile £366 £156 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £175 £200
Median % change year-on-year +120.00% -12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £398 £199 -
90th Percentile £402 £207 -
North West median daily rate £385 £205 £200
% change year-on-year +87.80% +2.50% -20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 82 113 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 7.09% 10.32% 11.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 73 135
10th Percentile £170 £216 £306
25th Percentile £301 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £566 £586
90th Percentile £685 £675 £688
North West median daily rate £458 £474 £500
% change year-on-year -3.43% -5.25% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.97%
75th Percentile £20.00 - £46.88
90th Percentile - - £50.00
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £48.56 £17.72
% change year-on-year -58.81% +174.04% -10.87%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in Manchester

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Remote Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Remote Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Prism
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft