Remote Desktop Jobs

Remote Desktop
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 595 656 692
Rank change year-on-year +61 +36 +137
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 97 242 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.25% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.39% 1.77% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 84 224 243
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,578 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £59,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -10.45% -11.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +57 88 £34,000 +4.62% 54
UK excluding London +112 85 £32,500 +8.33% 44
Work from Home +141 37 £33,750 -28.95% 30
Midlands +86 25 £28,500 -5.00% 9
South East +92 23 £34,000 +4.62% 14
East Midlands +65 19 £29,125 -39.95% 4
South West +87 16 £31,500 -25.88% 1
North of England +58 9 £42,500 +33.86% 14
North West +11 8 £42,500 +41.67% 4
London +66 7 £63,750 +21.43% 10
East of England +43 7 £37,500 +15.38% 8
West Midlands +39 6 £26,000 -3.70% 4
Wales +35 5 £22,500 -20.47%
Yorkshire +76 1 £35,000 -17.65% 8

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (43.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (32.99%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.19%) IIS
4 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 25 (25.77%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.03%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.03%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.03%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (59.79%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (40.21%) Azure
3 20 (20.62%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.22%) AWS
5 6 (6.19%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.15%) GCP
6 5 (5.15%) OpenShift
7 4 (4.12%) Mimecast
8 3 (3.09%) IaaS
8 3 (3.09%) SaaS
9 2 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.03%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (32.99%) Firewall
2 26 (26.80%) DHCP
2 26 (26.80%) DNS
3 20 (20.62%) WAN
4 18 (18.56%) LAN
5 13 (13.40%) SAN
5 13 (13.40%) VPN
6 8 (8.25%) Ethernet
7 7 (7.22%) Network Security
8 6 (6.19%) VLAN
9 5 (5.15%) Internet
9 5 (5.15%) SD-WAN
9 5 (5.15%) SMTP
10 4 (4.12%) IP Telephony
10 4 (4.12%) TCP/IP
10 4 (4.12%) VSAN
11 3 (3.09%) SNMP
11 3 (3.09%) Wireless
12 2 (2.06%) ADSL
12 2 (2.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.31%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.19%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Eclipse
General
1 37 (38.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (8.25%) Automotive
4 7 (7.22%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.19%) Legal
6 5 (5.15%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.12%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.09%) Finance
8 3 (3.09%) Games
8 3 (3.09%) Retail
9 2 (2.06%) Aviation
10 1 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Banking
10 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.03%) iGaming
10 1 (1.03%) Law
10 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (25.77%) Support Engineer
2 21 (21.65%) Analyst
3 17 (17.53%) 3rd Line Support
4 15 (15.46%) 1st Line Support
5 14 (14.43%) IT Support
6 13 (13.40%) Technical Support
7 12 (12.37%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (10.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 10 (10.31%) Help Desk Support
9 9 (9.28%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 9 (9.28%) IT Engineer
9 9 (9.28%) Service Analyst
10 8 (8.25%) 3rd Line Technical Support
10 8 (8.25%) Support Analyst
11 7 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (6.19%) Technical Engineer
12 6 (6.19%) Technical Support Engineer
13 5 (5.15%) 1st Line Support Engineer
13 5 (5.15%) Help Desk Engineer
13 5 (5.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.09%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.28%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.19%) Replication
3 5 (5.15%) Clustering
3 5 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (5.15%) PKI
4 4 (4.12%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.06%) CCTV
6 2 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.06%) Social Media
7 1 (1.03%) BYOD
7 1 (1.03%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.03%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.03%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.03%) Robotics
7 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 69 (71.13%) Windows
2 46 (47.42%) Windows Server
3 14 (14.43%) Mac OS
4 8 (8.25%) Linux
5 7 (7.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (6.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (5.15%) Android
7 5 (5.15%) Apple iOS
8 4 (4.12%) Windows 10
9 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.03%) CentOS
10 1 (1.03%) OpenBSD
10 1 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.03%) Windows 7
10 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (1.03%) Windows Vista
10 1 (1.03%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.24%) ITIL
2 38 (39.18%) Customer Service
3 35 (36.08%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (20.62%) ITSM
5 17 (17.53%) Service Management
6 16 (16.49%) Change Management
7 11 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (10.31%) Data Protection
9 9 (9.28%) Case Management
9 9 (9.28%) High Availability
9 9 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (9.28%) Service Delivery
10 7 (7.22%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (7.22%) Incident Management
11 6 (6.19%) CRM
11 6 (6.19%) Mobile Device Management
12 5 (5.15%) Application Virtualisation
12 5 (5.15%) Disk Encryption
12 5 (5.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.28%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.09%) SQL
3 2 (2.06%) VB
4 1 (1.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (15.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (10.31%) Network+ Certification
3 9 (9.28%) A+ Certification
4 8 (8.25%) MCITP
5 6 (6.19%) Degree
5 6 (6.19%) Security Cleared
6 5 (5.15%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.09%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.06%) CCA
8 2 (2.06%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (2.06%) MCP
9 1 (1.03%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (22.68%) SLA
2 3 (3.09%) PMO
3 2 (2.06%) ISO 22301
3 2 (2.06%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 65 (67.01%) Active Directory
2 31 (31.96%) Hyper-V
2 31 (31.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (16.49%) Terminal Services
3 16 (16.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (12.37%) vSphere
5 11 (11.34%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (5.15%) BitLocker
6 5 (5.15%) Docker
6 5 (5.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (3.09%) DFS Replication
7 3 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.06%) XenApp
8 2 (2.06%) XenDesktop
9 1 (1.03%) KVM
9 1 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.03%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 15 (15.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (10.31%) vCenter Server
3 5 (5.15%) Ansible
3 5 (5.15%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.15%) Nagios
3 5 (5.15%) Puppet
3 5 (5.15%) vMotion
4 4 (4.12%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.09%) FortiGate
5 3 (3.09%) SCCM
6 2 (2.06%) Backup Exec
6 2 (2.06%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.03%) Autotask
Vendors
1 74 (76.29%) Microsoft
2 38 (39.18%) VMware
3 13 (13.40%) HP
4 11 (11.34%) Citrix
5 9 (9.28%) Cisco
5 9 (9.28%) Dell
5 9 (9.28%) Meraki
6 7 (7.22%) Symantec
6 7 (7.22%) Ubiquiti
6 7 (7.22%) Veeam
7 6 (6.19%) Fortinet
7 6 (6.19%) Google
7 6 (6.19%) NetApp
8 5 (5.15%) Sophos
9 4 (4.12%) ServiceNow
10 3 (3.09%) Aderant
10 3 (3.09%) Freshdesk
10 3 (3.09%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.06%) Aruba
11 2 (2.06%) Okta