Remote Desktop Jobs in England

Remote Desktop
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Remote Desktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 594 640 650
Rank change year-on-year +46 +10 +238
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 85 210 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.23% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 1.73% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 76 190 216
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,760 £26,125
25th Percentile £29,344 £26,500 £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -7.89%
75th Percentile £45,938 £52,500 £46,250
90th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £58,750
UK median annual salary £32,000 £32,001 £35,000
% change year-on-year 0.00% -8.57% -7.89%

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 8,896 12,155 13,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.04% 13.53% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,762 8,542 7,007
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop in England.

Salary trend for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram in England

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

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 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +71 25 £28,500 - 8
South East +64 25 £34,000 +4.62% 11
East Midlands +57 19 £29,125 -39.95% 4
South West +87 14 £31,500 -24.10% 3
East of England +32 7 £32,500 - 10
London +57 6 £63,750 +21.43% 11
West Midlands +48 6 £26,000 -1.89% 4
North of England +10 6 £42,500 +32.81% 12
North West -23 5 £42,500 +41.67% 4
Yorkshire - 1 £28,000 - 7
Remote Desktop
UK

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 40 (47.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (35.29%) SharePoint
3 6 (7.06%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (61.18%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (38.82%) Azure
3 18 (21.18%) Entra ID
4 11 (12.94%) AWS
5 6 (7.06%) GCP
5 6 (7.06%) OpenShift
6 5 (5.88%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.18%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.18%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (32.94%) Firewall
2 21 (24.71%) DNS
3 20 (23.53%) DHCP
4 12 (14.12%) LAN
4 12 (14.12%) SAN
4 12 (14.12%) WAN
5 9 (10.59%) VPN
6 8 (9.41%) Ethernet
7 7 (8.24%) Network Security
8 6 (7.06%) SMTP
8 6 (7.06%) TCP/IP
9 5 (5.88%) Internet
10 4 (4.71%) iSCSI
11 3 (3.53%) IP Telephony
11 3 (3.53%) SSL
12 2 (2.35%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.35%) VLAN
13 1 (1.18%) ADSL
13 1 (1.18%) Bluetooth
13 1 (1.18%) Fast Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.24%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.35%) MySQL
3 2 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
General
1 32 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (9.41%) Automotive
3 8 (9.41%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (8.24%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.53%) Legal
8 2 (2.35%) Aviation
8 2 (2.35%) Finance
8 2 (2.35%) Games
8 2 (2.35%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.35%) Retail
9 1 (1.18%) Banking
9 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (24.71%) Support Engineer
2 15 (17.65%) 3rd Line Support
3 14 (16.47%) Technical Support
4 13 (15.29%) Analyst
5 12 (14.12%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (12.94%) 1st Line Support
6 11 (12.94%) IT Support
7 10 (11.76%) Help Desk Support
8 8 (9.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) 3rd Line Technical Support
8 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (8.24%) Service Analyst
9 7 (8.24%) Technical Engineer
9 7 (8.24%) Technical Support Engineer
10 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Support
10 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 6 (7.06%) IT Engineer
10 6 (7.06%) Senior
11 5 (5.88%) First Line Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.24%) Clustering
2 6 (7.06%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (7.06%) PKI
3 3 (3.53%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.53%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.35%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.35%) Social Media
4 2 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.18%) CCTV
5 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.18%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Replication
5 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (69.41%) Windows
2 41 (48.24%) Windows Server
3 11 (12.94%) Linux
4 8 (9.41%) Mac OS
5 5 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.71%) Android
6 4 (4.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (4.71%) Windows 10
7 3 (3.53%) Apple iOS
7 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.18%) CentOS
9 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 30 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (34.12%) ITIL
4 18 (21.18%) ITSM
5 17 (20.00%) Change Management
6 15 (17.65%) Service Management
7 10 (11.76%) Case Management
7 10 (11.76%) Data Protection
7 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (8.24%) High Availability
10 6 (7.06%) Application Virtualisation
10 6 (7.06%) CRM
10 6 (7.06%) Disk Encryption
10 6 (7.06%) Incident Management
10 6 (7.06%) Mobile Device Management
10 6 (7.06%) RBAC
10 6 (7.06%) Service Delivery
10 6 (7.06%) Task Automation
11 4 (4.71%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.35%) Bash
2 2 (2.35%) Korn
2 2 (2.35%) SQL
3 1 (1.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (15.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (12.94%) Network+ Certification
3 9 (10.59%) Degree
3 9 (10.59%) MCITP
4 6 (7.06%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
5 4 (4.71%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.53%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.18%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (30.59%) SLA
2 2 (2.35%) GDPR
2 2 (2.35%) ISO 22301
2 2 (2.35%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.35%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 59 (69.41%) Active Directory
2 27 (31.76%) Hyper-V
3 25 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (20.00%) Terminal Services
5 14 (16.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (15.29%) vSphere
7 12 (14.12%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (9.41%) Docker
9 6 (7.06%) BitLocker
9 6 (7.06%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (2.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (1.18%) KVM
11 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (1.18%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (12.94%) vCenter Server
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (9.41%) Kubernetes
4 6 (7.06%) Ansible
4 6 (7.06%) Nagios
4 6 (7.06%) Puppet
4 6 (7.06%) vMotion
5 4 (4.71%) SCCM
6 1 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.18%) Autotask
6 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.18%) WSUS
6 1 (1.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 67 (78.82%) Microsoft
2 32 (37.65%) VMware
3 13 (15.29%) HP
4 11 (12.94%) Citrix
5 9 (10.59%) Dell
6 8 (9.41%) Cisco
7 7 (8.24%) Google
7 7 (8.24%) Meraki
8 6 (7.06%) NetApp
8 6 (7.06%) Symantec
8 6 (7.06%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (5.88%) Sophos
10 3 (3.53%) Freshdesk
10 3 (3.53%) Red Hat
10 3 (3.53%) Veeam
11 2 (2.35%) Aruba
11 2 (2.35%) Facebook
11 2 (2.35%) Fortinet
11 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
11 2 (2.35%) Splunk