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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 655 633
Rank change year-on-year +56 -22 +271
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 91 216 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.22% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 1.74% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 83 192 209
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,760 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.99% -6.94%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £44,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £64,500 £57,750
UK median annual salary £32,250 £32,250 £33,500
% change year-on-year 0.00% -3.73% -9.46%

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 9,450 12,411 13,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.05% 12.75% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,133 8,534 6,878
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,625 £32,500 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -6.86% -2.86%

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 22 June 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 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +86 27 £34,500 +6.15% 34
Midlands +110 26 £28,500 -21.38% 12
East Midlands +65 19 £29,125 -39.95% 9
South West +89 13 £31,500 -24.10% 11
London +61 9 £63,750 +21.43% 63
West Midlands +61 7 £26,000 -7.14% 3
East of England +29 7 £25,000 -23.08% 18
North of England +23 7 £42,500 +32.81% 37
North West -8 5 £42,500 +41.67% 18
Yorkshire - 2 £28,000 - 13
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 42 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (30.77%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.59%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (21.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.10%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 57 (62.64%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (37.36%) Azure
3 18 (19.78%) Entra ID
4 14 (15.38%) AWS
5 6 (6.59%) GCP
5 6 (6.59%) OpenShift
6 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.10%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.10%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.10%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (34.07%) Firewall
2 23 (25.27%) DHCP
3 22 (24.18%) DNS
4 15 (16.48%) SAN
5 10 (10.99%) LAN
5 10 (10.99%) WAN
6 8 (8.79%) Ethernet
6 8 (8.79%) iSCSI
6 8 (8.79%) VPN
7 7 (7.69%) Network Security
7 7 (7.69%) TCP/IP
8 6 (6.59%) SMTP
9 5 (5.49%) Internet
10 3 (3.30%) SSL
11 2 (2.20%) IP Telephony
11 2 (2.20%) SD-WAN
11 2 (2.20%) Wireless
12 1 (1.10%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (1.10%) NetScaler
12 1 (1.10%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (5.49%) MySQL
3 5 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
General
1 37 (40.66%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (12.09%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (8.79%) Automotive
5 7 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.49%) Aerospace
6 5 (5.49%) Finance
7 3 (3.30%) Legal
7 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.20%) Aviation
8 2 (2.20%) Games
8 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.20%) Retail
9 1 (1.10%) Back Office
9 1 (1.10%) Banking
9 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.10%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (24.18%) Support Engineer
2 17 (18.68%) Technical Support
3 15 (16.48%) Analyst
4 13 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
5 12 (13.19%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (12.09%) 1st Line Support
6 11 (12.09%) IT Support
7 10 (10.99%) Help Desk Support
8 9 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (9.89%) Senior
9 8 (8.79%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (8.79%) Technical Support Engineer
10 7 (7.69%) 3rd Line Technical Support
10 7 (7.69%) Service Analyst
10 7 (7.69%) Support Analyst
11 6 (6.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 6 (6.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support
11 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 5 (5.49%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Clustering
2 6 (6.59%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.59%) PKI
3 5 (5.49%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.30%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.10%) Replication
6 1 (1.10%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 65 (71.43%) Windows
2 40 (43.96%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.29%) Linux
4 9 (9.89%) Mac OS
5 8 (8.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (5.49%) Windows 10
8 3 (3.30%) Android
9 2 (2.20%) Apple iOS
9 2 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.10%) CentOS
10 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (39.56%) Customer Service
2 31 (34.07%) ITIL
2 31 (34.07%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (21.98%) Change Management
4 18 (19.78%) ITSM
5 15 (16.48%) Service Management
6 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (10.99%) Case Management
8 9 (9.89%) Data Protection
8 9 (9.89%) Incident Management
9 7 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (7.69%) High Availability
9 7 (7.69%) Service Delivery
10 6 (6.59%) Application Virtualisation
10 6 (6.59%) CRM
10 6 (6.59%) Disk Encryption
10 6 (6.59%) Mobile Device Management
10 6 (6.59%) RBAC
10 6 (6.59%) Task Automation
10 6 (6.59%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.09%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.49%) Bash
2 5 (5.49%) Korn
3 2 (2.20%) SQL
4 1 (1.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (13.19%) Degree
3 11 (12.09%) Network+ Certification
4 9 (9.89%) MCITP
5 6 (6.59%) DV Cleared
5 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.40%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.30%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (29.67%) SLA
2 2 (2.20%) GDPR
2 2 (2.20%) ISO 22301
2 2 (2.20%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 62 (68.13%) Active Directory
2 27 (29.67%) Hyper-V
3 26 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (18.68%) Terminal Services
5 13 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (14.29%) vSphere
6 12 (13.19%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (12.09%) Docker
8 6 (6.59%) BitLocker
8 6 (6.59%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (5.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (1.10%) KVM
10 1 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (1.10%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (12.09%) Kubernetes
1 11 (12.09%) vCenter Server
2 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (6.59%) Ansible
3 6 (6.59%) Nagios
3 6 (6.59%) Puppet
3 6 (6.59%) vMotion
4 5 (5.49%) SCCM
5 1 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.10%) WSUS
5 1 (1.10%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (79.12%) Microsoft
2 33 (36.26%) VMware
3 15 (16.48%) HP
4 12 (13.19%) Dell
5 11 (12.09%) Citrix
6 8 (8.79%) Cisco
7 7 (7.69%) Google
7 7 (7.69%) Meraki
8 6 (6.59%) NetApp
8 6 (6.59%) Red Hat
8 6 (6.59%) Symantec
9 5 (5.49%) Sophos
9 5 (5.49%) Splunk
9 5 (5.49%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (3.30%) Freshdesk
11 2 (2.20%) Aruba
11 2 (2.20%) Avaya
11 2 (2.20%) Fortinet
11 2 (2.20%) Okta
11 2 (2.20%) Veeam