Remote Desktop Job Trends in England

Remote Desktop
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 536 619
Rank change year-on-year -74 +83 +43
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 71 80 206
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.092% 0.22% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.74% 1.61% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 53 68 189
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,600 £25,708
25th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £34,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +4.62% -7.14%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £52,500 £53,750
UK median annual salary £33,250 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.21% +4.62% -7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,617 4,972 11,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.50% 13.38% 14.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,691 3,396 8,669
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.00% +5.26% -6.86%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in England

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Remote Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -29 27 £40,000 +17.65% 6
Midlands -40 19 £27,000 -7.30% 2
East Midlands -53 14 £27,000 -7.30%
North of England -55 13 £28,500 -32.94% 3
North East - 7 - -
West Midlands -23 5 £35,000 +25.00% 2
North West -26 5 £29,250 -31.18% 2
London +4 4 £43,750 -31.37% 2
East of England -36 4 £30,000 -20.00% 4
South West -58 4 £33,500 +6.35% 1
Yorkshire -66 1 £28,000 -20.00% 1
Remote Desktop
UK

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 16 (22.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.23%) IIS
4 2 (2.82%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.41%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 30 (42.25%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (39.44%) Azure
3 22 (30.99%) AWS
4 15 (21.13%) Nutanix
5 14 (19.72%) SaaS
6 8 (11.27%) Entra ID
7 5 (7.04%) Mimecast
8 4 (5.63%) Google Workspace
8 4 (5.63%) OneDrive
8 4 (5.63%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 28 (39.44%) DNS
2 25 (35.21%) DHCP
3 16 (22.54%) Firewall
3 16 (22.54%) VPN
4 10 (14.08%) LAN
5 9 (12.68%) WAN
6 7 (9.86%) TCP/IP
6 7 (9.86%) VoIP
7 6 (8.45%) iSCSI
7 6 (8.45%) SAN
8 4 (5.63%) Broadband
8 4 (5.63%) Network Security
9 3 (4.23%) NetScaler
9 3 (4.23%) VLAN
9 3 (4.23%) Wireless
10 2 (2.82%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (2.82%) PBX
10 2 (2.82%) SD-WAN
10 2 (2.82%) WLAN
11 1 (1.41%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.49%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.45%) MySQL
2 6 (8.45%) PostgreSQL
General
1 39 (54.93%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.49%) Retail
4 9 (12.68%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Automotive
7 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.41%) Law
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (30.99%) IT Support
2 19 (26.76%) 2nd Line Support
3 17 (23.94%) Analyst
4 16 (22.54%) Support Analyst
5 15 (21.13%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (21.13%) Support Engineer
6 11 (15.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 11 (15.49%) IT Engineer
7 10 (14.08%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 10 (14.08%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 10 (14.08%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 10 (14.08%) ERP Analyst
7 10 (14.08%) ERP Support
7 10 (14.08%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (14.08%) SaaS Analyst
7 10 (14.08%) Software Analyst
7 10 (14.08%) Software Support Analyst
8 9 (12.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 8 (11.27%) Support Technician
10 7 (9.86%) IT Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.13%) Hybrid Cloud
1 15 (21.13%) Public Cloud
2 11 (15.49%) Driving Licence
2 11 (15.49%) Onboarding
3 7 (9.86%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.04%) Replication
5 4 (5.63%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.63%) iPad
5 4 (5.63%) iPhone
6 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.41%) iSeries
7 1 (1.41%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (67.61%) Windows
2 35 (49.30%) Windows Server
3 9 (12.68%) Linux
4 6 (8.45%) Mac OS
4 6 (8.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.82%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.82%) CentOS
6 1 (1.41%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (40.85%) ITIL
2 27 (38.03%) Mentoring
2 27 (38.03%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (35.21%) Customer Service
4 23 (32.39%) High Availability
5 18 (25.35%) ITSM
6 17 (23.94%) Business Continuity
6 17 (23.94%) Change Management
6 17 (23.94%) Disaster Recovery
7 15 (21.13%) Business Strategy
7 15 (21.13%) Coaching
7 15 (21.13%) Knowledge Transfer
7 15 (21.13%) Server Management
7 15 (21.13%) Storage Management
7 15 (21.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 13 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (18.31%) Logistics
9 12 (16.90%) ERP
10 11 (15.49%) CRM
11 10 (14.08%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.54%) SQL
2 10 (14.08%) C#
2 10 (14.08%) PowerShell
3 7 (9.86%) Bash
4 4 (5.63%) Korn
5 2 (2.82%) C
6 1 (1.41%) Python
6 1 (1.41%) VB
6 1 (1.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.04%) Degree
4 4 (5.63%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.82%) CCNA
5 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.82%) MCSA
5 2 (2.82%) MCSE
5 2 (2.82%) RHCE
5 2 (2.82%) RHCSA
6 1 (1.41%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.94%) SLA
2 10 (14.08%) QA
3 4 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.63%) NIST
System Software
1 47 (66.20%) Active Directory
2 23 (32.39%) Hyper-V
3 19 (26.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (8.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 6 (8.45%) Docker
5 2 (2.82%) Samba
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.45%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.23%) SCCM
4 2 (2.82%) Nagios
5 1 (1.41%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 37 (52.11%) Microsoft
2 23 (32.39%) Dell
3 21 (29.58%) VMware
4 17 (23.94%) HP
5 15 (21.13%) Dell Compellent
5 15 (21.13%) Nimble Storage
6 8 (11.27%) Cisco
7 7 (9.86%) Citrix
8 6 (8.45%) Red Hat
8 6 (8.45%) Veeam
9 4 (5.63%) Google
9 4 (5.63%) SolarWinds
9 4 (5.63%) Sophos
10 3 (4.23%) SonicWALL
11 2 (2.82%) D-Link
11 2 (2.82%) Draytek
11 2 (2.82%) Fortinet
11 2 (2.82%) Meraki
11 2 (2.82%) ProCurve
11 2 (2.82%) TP-LINK