Remote Desktop Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Remote Desktop
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 108 119
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 +44
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 2 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.12% 0.60% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 5.24% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £188 - -
25th Percentile £192 £150 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £173 £200
Median % change year-on-year +20.29% -13.75% -35.48%
75th Percentile £227 £198 -
90th Percentile £233 £199 £350
UK median daily rate £206 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +2.75% - -18.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £22.44 -
UK median hourly rate £20.91 £24.18 £16.00
% change year-on-year -13.54% +51.13% -6.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 208 191 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.77% 11.53% 11.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 113 161
10th Percentile £203 £159 £185
25th Percentile £270 £313 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £536
Median % change year-on-year - -20.71% +15.89%
75th Percentile £600 £525 £634
90th Percentile £675 £552 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +3.16% -9.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 16
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile - £21.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £22.88 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +227.87% -61.88% +464.44%
75th Percentile - £29.48 £60.75
90th Percentile - £48.57 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% +71.05%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in Scotland

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Remote Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Remote Desktop
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 March 2026. 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
Glasgow - 1 £190 - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £225 -
Remote Desktop
UK

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix