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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 170 193
Rank change year-on-year -11 +23 +45
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 6 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.15% 0.096% 0.098%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 0.81% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £129 - £201
25th Percentile £166 £213 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £276 £225 £213
Median % change year-on-year +22.78% +5.88% -46.88%
75th Percentile £384 £238 £228
90th Percentile £397 - £234
England median daily rate £250 £385 £219
% change year-on-year -35.06% +76.00% -32.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - £18.27 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% -12.50%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
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
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 508 496 649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.72% 11.86% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 309 460
10th Percentile £160 £237 £220
25th Percentile £325 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +14.44% -
75th Percentile £538 £650 £575
90th Percentile £638 £823 £650
England median daily rate £492 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 17
10th Percentile £19.40 £13.87 £15.72
25th Percentile £23.00 £18.09 £15.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £26.19 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +90.95% +48.44% -19.82%
75th Percentile £67.25 £50.44 £44.50
90th Percentile £68.41 £52.08 £47.26
England median hourly rate £42.50 £55.75 £56.49
% change year-on-year -23.76% -1.32% +42.47%

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

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Remote Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
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 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Remote Desktop in the North of England

Remote Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Remote Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
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 29 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
North West -8 3 £385 +71.11% 4
North East -3 2 £110 -
Yorkshire -9 1 £188 - 2
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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) WebEx
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Support
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Site Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) ITSM
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Blue Prism
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Apple
3 1 (16.67%) Bomgar
3 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike