Remote Desktop Job Trends in London

Remote Desktop
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 380 447
Rank change year-on-year -35 +67 +102
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 3 9 59
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.014% 0.074% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% 0.73% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 54
10th Percentile £43,000 £56,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £57,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +50.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £64,000 £80,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% - -4.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,874 1,236 3,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.75% 10.14% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 905 1,962
10th Percentile £33,250 £33,200 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,688 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in London

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Remote Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in London over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in London

Remote Desktop
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop within the London region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Central London -5 1 £65,000 +13.04%
Remote Desktop
England

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) French Language
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CCTV
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Proxmox
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) VMware