Remote Desktop Job Trends in the North West

Remote Desktop
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 198 164
Rank change year-on-year +26 -34 +112
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 9 9 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.15% 0.17% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.47% 1.66% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 17
10th Percentile - £30,800 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -2.99% -6.29%
75th Percentile £30,250 £43,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £32,575 £45,750 -
England median annual salary £30,000 £37,500 £37,120
% change year-on-year -20.00% +1.02% -2.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,915 542 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.07% 10.42% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 356 323 444
10th Percentile - £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £47,313 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,698 £77,500 £77,715
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in the North West

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Merseyside -3 5 £27,000 -36.47% 7
Cheshire -12 3 £28,500 -12.31% 2
Lancashire +17 1 £36,000 -31.43%
Remote Desktop
England

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 2 (22.22%) OneDrive
3 2 (22.22%) Viva Engage
4 1 (11.11%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) DHCP
1 6 (66.67%) DNS
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) 4G
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
General
1 6 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) IT Support
2 6 (66.67%) Analyst
3 5 (55.56%) IT Analyst
3 5 (55.56%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (55.56%) Junior
3 5 (55.56%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (55.56%) Junior IT Support
3 5 (55.56%) Junior IT Support Analyst
3 5 (55.56%) Junior Support Analyst
3 5 (55.56%) Support Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (22.22%) IT Technician
4 2 (22.22%) Support Technician
5 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Support
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (22.22%) iPad
2 2 (22.22%) iPhone
3 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Android
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Customer Service
2 6 (66.67%) ITSM
3 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
3 5 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Logistics
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Autotask
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
3 1 (11.11%) Apple
3 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (11.11%) ESET
3 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) Intel
3 1 (11.11%) Wyse