Remote Desktop Job Trends in the North of England

Remote Desktop
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 291 250
Rank change year-on-year +33 -41 +150
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 18 18 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.19% 0.15% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.00% 1.60% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 30
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,800 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,563 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -2.99% +26.42%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £30,250 £52,750 £42,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £41,250 £37,120
% change year-on-year -27.27% +11.13% +1.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,794 1,122 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 18.48% 9.11% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 887 584 948
10th Percentile - £29,000 £27,705
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% - -
75th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,250 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £39,500 £53,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -26.17% +2.88% -0.95%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in the North of England

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Remote Desktop
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Yorkshire +21 10 £28,000 -44.00% 6
North West +22 8 £27,000 -16.92% 6
Remote Desktop
England

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (66.67%) Azure
3 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.11%) OneDrive
3 2 (11.11%) Viva Engage
4 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) DHCP
1 15 (83.33%) DNS
2 14 (77.78%) VPN
3 10 (55.56%) Firewall
4 9 (50.00%) LAN
4 9 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 9 (50.00%) VLAN
4 9 (50.00%) VoIP
4 9 (50.00%) WAN
4 9 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (27.78%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Support Engineer
2 9 (50.00%) IT Support
2 9 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
2 9 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 9 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) IT Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Junior
3 5 (27.78%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Junior IT Support
3 5 (27.78%) Junior IT Support Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Support Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (16.67%) IT Technician
4 3 (16.67%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.56%) Field Support Technician
5 1 (5.56%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Senior IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.11%) iPad
2 2 (11.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 9 (50.00%) Linux
4 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Customer Service
2 9 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (50.00%) Network Management
3 6 (33.33%) ITSM
4 5 (27.78%) Business Continuity
4 5 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.56%) ITIL
6 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.56%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 18 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Autotask
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) Apple
2 9 (50.00%) Sage
2 9 (50.00%) SonicWALL
3 2 (11.11%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.56%) ESET
4 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.56%) Google