Remote Desktop Job Trends in the East of England

Remote Desktop
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 176 127
Rank change year-on-year +26 -49 +57
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 8 5 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.19% 0.14% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% 0.75% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 9
10th Percentile £26,500 - £27,600
25th Percentile - £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £36,125 £40,313 £43,750
90th Percentile £51,000 £43,125 £55,000
England median annual salary £30,000 £37,500 £37,120
% change year-on-year -20.00% +1.02% -1.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East 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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 740 665 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.84% 18.49% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 292 342 276
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% +5.21% +12.94%
75th Percentile £58,188 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Remote Desktop relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in the East of England

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Remote Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in the East of England

Remote Desktop
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Suffolk - 4 £30,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £22,500 -
Hertfordshire +12 1 £65,000 +73.33% 1
Essex - 1 £40,000 -
Remote Desktop
England

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (37.50%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) iSCSI
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Advertising
4 1 (12.50%) Back Office
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Desktop Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Replication
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 1 (12.50%) Break/Fix
5 1 (12.50%) Business Development
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
5 1 (12.50%) Social Media Marketing
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Bash
3 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) VMware