Remote Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends

Remote Desktop Engineer
UK

As of 27 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Remote Desktop Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Remote Desktop Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,577 26,954 41,100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 92.86% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,287 17,764 26,916
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.18%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,523 918 2,518
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.19 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.41 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.20% -24.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.74 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.73 £76.53 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.63 £31.88 £32.90
% change year-on-year +21.17% -3.09% -21.31%

Remote Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Remote Desktop Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Remote Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Remote Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Remote Desktop Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Remote Desktop Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Remote Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Remote Desktop Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Remote Desktop Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Remote Desktop Engineer
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
London - 2 - -
England - 2 - -

Remote Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 March 2026, Remote Desktop Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Remote Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Low Latency
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix