Remote Desktop Contracts

Remote Desktop
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 503 630
Rank change year-on-year +59 +127 +89
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 77 64 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.06% 1.18% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 47 48
10th Percentile £148 £148 £157
25th Percentile £185 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £299 £311
Median % change year-on-year -33.11% -3.94% +13.18%
75th Percentile £273 £480 £575
90th Percentile £488 £600 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £274 £315
% change year-on-year -27.01% -13.02% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 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 £26.33 - -
90th Percentile £133.72 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 -
% change year-on-year +20.42% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,729 5,422 7,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.77% 12.61% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,282 3,232 4,600
10th Percentile £220 £206 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £466 £479 £475
% change year-on-year -2.82% +0.84% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 417 445
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.24
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +119.30% -29.85%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £59.28
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £45.88 £18.00
% change year-on-year -34.61% +154.89% -16.28%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop.

Daily rate trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop.

Hourly rate trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +63 56 £215 -31.20% 345
UK excluding London +58 53 £200 -27.01% 351
London +54 20 £447 +30.51% 25
Scotland +4 16 £173 -13.75% 13
Work from Home +38 13 £218 -43.51% 27
North of England +22 12 £215 -17.31% 78
Midlands +5 10 £200 -34.69% 73
South East +49 8 £195 -46.21% 87
East Midlands +14 8 £200 - 32
North West - 6 £195 - 33
East of England +34 5 £258 +3.00% 58
Yorkshire +13 3 £265 +1.92% 36
North East - 3 £165 - 10
West Midlands 0 2 £700 +128.57% 36
Wales - 2 £274 - 9

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.60%) IIS
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (31.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.30%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (19.48%) Azure
3 7 (9.09%) AWS
3 7 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.90%) Asana
4 3 (3.90%) GitHub
4 3 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (3.90%) Slack
5 2 (2.60%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.60%) SaaS
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.30%) GCP
6 1 (1.30%) IaaS
6 1 (1.30%) PaaS
6 1 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.09%) Firewall
2 6 (7.79%) VPN
3 4 (5.19%) Internet
3 4 (5.19%) Network Security
4 3 (3.90%) iSCSI
4 3 (3.90%) LAN
4 3 (3.90%) SNMP
4 3 (3.90%) SSH
4 3 (3.90%) Telnet
4 3 (3.90%) WAN
4 3 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.90%) Wireless
4 3 (3.90%) Wireshark
5 2 (2.60%) WebEx
6 1 (1.30%) DSLAM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
2 3 (3.90%) GitLab
3 2 (2.60%) Git
3 2 (2.60%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (41.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.79%) Finance
4 3 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.30%) Back Office
6 1 (1.30%) Local Government
6 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 17 (22.08%) Desktop Support
3 14 (18.18%) Analyst
4 12 (15.58%) Desktop Engineer
5 9 (11.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (11.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 8 (10.39%) Support Analyst
6 8 (10.39%) Windows Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) IT Support
7 7 (9.09%) Service Analyst
7 7 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
7 7 (9.09%) Service Desk Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) Service Desk Support
8 6 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) IT Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Windows Support Engineer
10 4 (5.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support
11 3 (3.90%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) JSON
1 3 (3.90%) XML
2 2 (2.60%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.30%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Device Driver
2 6 (7.79%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.79%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.79%) Smartphone
3 4 (5.19%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.90%) IVR
4 3 (3.90%) Replication
5 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.30%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.30%) CMDB
5 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.30%) iPhone
5 1 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.30%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 46 (59.74%) Windows
2 19 (24.68%) Windows 10
3 7 (9.09%) Windows 7
4 6 (7.79%) Apple iOS
4 6 (7.79%) Linux
5 5 (6.49%) Mac OS
6 4 (5.19%) Android
6 4 (5.19%) Windows Server
6 4 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (5.19%) Windows Vista
7 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.86%) Customer Service
1 33 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (27.27%) ITIL
3 15 (19.48%) Break/Fix
4 10 (12.99%) Task Automation
5 9 (11.69%) ITSM
5 9 (11.69%) User Experience
6 8 (10.39%) Customer Experience
6 8 (10.39%) Service Management
7 7 (9.09%) Migration
8 6 (7.79%) Asset Management
8 6 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (6.49%) Time Management
10 4 (5.19%) Data Analysis
10 4 (5.19%) DevOps
10 4 (5.19%) Information Security
10 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (5.19%) Service Delivery
11 3 (3.90%) Cybersecurity
11 3 (3.90%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.88%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.79%) SQL
3 3 (3.90%) Java
3 3 (3.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) A+ Certification
2 11 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) Degree
4 3 (3.90%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.60%) MCP
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) SLA
2 2 (2.60%) QA
System Software
1 35 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.49%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.90%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (3.90%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.90%) iptables
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (3.90%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.90%) Ansible
2 3 (3.90%) Cacti
2 3 (3.90%) Grafana
2 3 (3.90%) Nagios
2 3 (3.90%) Netcool
2 3 (3.90%) Proxmox
2 3 (3.90%) Puppet
2 3 (3.90%) SCCM
2 3 (3.90%) Terraform
2 3 (3.90%) ZABBIX
3 2 (2.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.30%) Graylog
4 1 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.30%) logstash
4 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.30%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 42 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.99%) ServiceNow
3 8 (10.39%) Citrix
4 6 (7.79%) Dell
5 5 (6.49%) Apple
5 5 (6.49%) VMware
6 4 (5.19%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.90%) Cisco
7 3 (3.90%) Nokia
7 3 (3.90%) Splunk
7 3 (3.90%) Zscaler
8 2 (2.60%) Bomgar
8 2 (2.60%) Remedy
9 1 (1.30%) Adobe
9 1 (1.30%) Google
9 1 (1.30%) HP
9 1 (1.30%) Huawei
9 1 (1.30%) Juniper
9 1 (1.30%) Nexthink
9 1 (1.30%) Peregrine