Remote Desktop Contracts in the North of England

Remote Desktop
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 154 174 218
Rank change year-on-year +20 +44 0
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 12 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.36% 0.23% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.17% 1.84% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 1
10th Percentile £143 £179 -
25th Percentile £159 £200 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £211 £329 £225
Median % change year-on-year -35.74% +46.11% +76.47%
75th Percentile £223 £360 £238
90th Percentile £268 £363 -
England median daily rate £204 £213 £275
% change year-on-year -4.12% -22.59% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.27 -
England median hourly rate £28.00 £18.27 -
% change year-on-year +53.26% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 552 599 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.75% 12.56% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 419 467
10th Percentile £181 £200 £200
25th Percentile £246 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £538 £612 £570
90th Percentile £638 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 48
10th Percentile £20.74 £13.53 -
25th Percentile £22.98 £17.72 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.76 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +133.96% -40.35%
75th Percentile £41.50 £45.88 £15.15
90th Percentile - £48.75 £34.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Remote Desktop in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Remote Desktop in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Remote Desktop in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West - 7 £208 - 4
Yorkshire +1 3 £265 -21.48% 8
North East +1 2 £165 +25.95% 4
Remote Desktop
England

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
1 3 (25.00%) iSCSI
1 3 (25.00%) LAN
1 3 (25.00%) WAN
1 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (8.33%) DHCP
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) Intranet
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Service Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
4 2 (16.67%) IT Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) IVR
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Blog
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Android
2 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) ITSM
4 3 (25.00%) BCP
4 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (8.33%) Change Management
5 1 (8.33%) Coaching
5 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (8.33%) Performance Management
5 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
5 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
1 1 (8.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Bomgar
3 1 (8.33%) Remedy