Remote Desktop Contracts in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 349 402
Rank change year-on-year +67 +53 -2
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 58 42 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.85% 1.28% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 32 39
10th Percentile £143 £148 £150
25th Percentile £156 £193 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £315
Median % change year-on-year - -36.51% +14.55%
75th Percentile £221 £305 £588
90th Percentile £264 £360 £625
UK median daily rate £200 £239 £299
% change year-on-year -16.23% -20.15% +8.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 0
10th Percentile - £18.11 -
25th Percentile £17.30 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% - -
75th Percentile £24.66 - -
90th Percentile £100.57 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 -
% change year-on-year +20.42% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,034 3,274 3,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.72% 16.15% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 1,856 2,201
10th Percentile £199 £203 £206
25th Percentile £300 £349 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £625 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £485 £490 £518
% change year-on-year -1.02% -5.31% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 359 310
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.66 £45.88 £18.22
Median % change year-on-year -46.25% +151.88% -15.28%
75th Percentile £62.44 £63.75 £59.67
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.66 £73.83
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -23.25% +116.22% -32.73%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Scotland +7 16 £173 -13.75%
Midlands +19 13 £200 -33.22% 16
North of England +21 12 £215 -32.81% 13
East Midlands - 11 £200 - 10
South East +43 9 £190 +26.67% 17
North West - 6 £195 - 5
East of England +30 5 £258 +3.00% 12
Yorkshire +14 3 £265 -17.19% 6
North East - 3 £165 - 3
Wales - 3 £274 -
West Midlands -3 2 - - 5
Remote Desktop
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Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.45%) IIS
3 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.72%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.72%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (1.72%) QuarkXPress
4 1 (1.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (12.07%) Azure
3 5 (8.62%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.45%) AWS
5 1 (1.72%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.72%) SaaS
5 1 (1.72%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.62%) Firewall
2 4 (6.90%) Internet
2 4 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (5.17%) iSCSI
3 3 (5.17%) LAN
3 3 (5.17%) VPN
3 3 (5.17%) WAN
3 3 (5.17%) Wireless
4 2 (3.45%) WebEx
5 1 (1.72%) DHCP
5 1 (1.72%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 26 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (29.31%) Support Engineer
2 14 (24.14%) Desktop Support
3 9 (15.52%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Analyst
5 7 (12.07%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Service Analyst
5 7 (12.07%) Service Desk Analyst
5 7 (12.07%) Service Desk Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Service Desk Support
5 7 (12.07%) Windows Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Windows Support Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) IT Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) IT Support
9 3 (5.17%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (5.17%) Deployment Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Support
9 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.52%) Device Driver
2 6 (10.34%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.17%) IVR
3 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.72%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.72%) CMDB
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.72%) PDA
4 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (63.79%) Windows
2 15 (25.86%) Windows 10
3 6 (10.34%) Mac OS
3 6 (10.34%) Windows 7
4 4 (6.90%) Linux
4 4 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (6.90%) Windows Vista
5 3 (5.17%) Android
5 3 (5.17%) Windows Server
6 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.72%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.72%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (58.62%) Customer Service
2 28 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (31.03%) ITIL
4 17 (29.31%) Break/Fix
5 9 (15.52%) Task Automation
6 8 (13.79%) Customer Experience
7 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (10.34%) ITSM
8 4 (6.90%) Service Delivery
8 4 (6.90%) Time Management
9 3 (5.17%) BCP
9 3 (5.17%) Change Management
9 3 (5.17%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (5.17%) Information Security
9 3 (5.17%) Migration
9 3 (5.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (3.45%) Problem Management
10 2 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (3.45%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.69%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (22.41%) A+ Certification
1 13 (22.41%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.69%) SC Cleared
3 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.17%) Degree
4 3 (5.17%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.72%) MCP
5 1 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) SLA
2 2 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 19 (32.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (5.17%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) SCCM
1 2 (3.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.72%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 26 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.24%) ServiceNow
3 7 (12.07%) Citrix
4 6 (10.34%) Dell
5 5 (8.62%) Apple
6 2 (3.45%) Adobe
6 2 (3.45%) Bomgar
6 2 (3.45%) Cisco
6 2 (3.45%) Remedy
7 1 (1.72%) HP
7 1 (1.72%) Nexthink
7 1 (1.72%) Peregrine
7 1 (1.72%) Quark
7 1 (1.72%) VMware