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 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 618 592 852
Rank change year-on-year -26 +260 -41
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 166 178 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.30% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 2.01% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 105 169 262
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,700 £24,775
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,500 £36,427
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -8.03% -8.93%
75th Percentile £82,500 £48,750 £46,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £60,250 £58,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% -4.29% -12.50%

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 11,185 8,861 18,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.71% 15.09% 12.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,067 6,706 10,980
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,768 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,236 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

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 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Top 16 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 26 October 2024. 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 -91 135 £40,000 +14.29% 37
UK excluding London -39 113 £30,000 -10.45% 38
Work from Home +30 77 £45,000 +28.57% 16
London +6 50 £85,000 +128.99% 3
South West +34 29 £30,000 -15.49% 4
Midlands -43 25 £39,500 -1.25% 6
Wales +49 22 £28,000 -20.57% 2
North of England -19 18 £32,500 -2.99% 10
West Midlands -44 13 £39,500 +26.40% 4
East Midlands -18 12 - - 2
North West -36 9 £32,500 -2.99% 6
Scotland -2 8 £27,000 +18.68% 2
East of England -51 6 £31,500 -39.13% 4
North East -26 5 - -
South East -47 5 £45,000 +25.00% 9
Yorkshire +19 4 £50,000 +42.86% 4

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 57 (34.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (9.64%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) Apache
4 1 (0.60%) WildFly
Applications
1 30 (18.07%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (4.82%) Adobe After Effects
3 8 (4.82%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (4.82%) Photoshop
4 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 84 (50.60%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (23.49%) Azure
3 27 (16.27%) AWS
4 21 (12.65%) Entra ID
5 12 (7.23%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (5.42%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.82%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.41%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.41%) SaaS
10 1 (0.60%) Dropbox
10 1 (0.60%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.60%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.60%) Serverless
10 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 47 (28.31%) Firewall
2 38 (22.89%) DNS
3 34 (20.48%) DHCP
4 33 (19.88%) SAN
5 24 (14.46%) VPN
6 10 (6.02%) TCP/IP
7 9 (5.42%) WAN
7 9 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (4.82%) iSCSI
8 8 (4.82%) LAN
8 8 (4.82%) VoIP
9 5 (3.01%) Wireless
10 4 (2.41%) BIG-IP
10 4 (2.41%) Network Security
11 3 (1.81%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.81%) NAS
12 2 (1.20%) Broadband
12 2 (1.20%) Skype
12 2 (1.20%) VLAN
12 2 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (13.25%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (8.43%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.01%) Power BI
4 3 (1.81%) MySQL
4 3 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (19.28%) GitLab
2 12 (7.23%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.08%) Finance
3 33 (19.88%) Banking
4 12 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.23%) Investment Banking
5 8 (4.82%) Games
5 8 (4.82%) iGaming
6 6 (3.61%) Law
6 6 (3.61%) Legal
6 6 (3.61%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.60%) Back Office
7 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.60%) Retail
7 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (37.95%) Analyst
2 41 (24.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (24.10%) Service Analyst
3 40 (24.10%) Service Desk Analyst
4 22 (13.25%) Support Analyst
4 22 (13.25%) Technical Analyst
5 20 (12.05%) Automation Engineer
5 20 (12.05%) AWS Engineer
5 20 (12.05%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (12.05%) Python Engineer
6 19 (11.45%) IT Support
7 18 (10.84%) Technical Services Analyst
8 16 (9.64%) Senior
9 15 (9.04%) Support Engineer
10 9 (5.42%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (5.42%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (5.42%) IT Technician
10 9 (5.42%) Support Technician
11 8 (4.82%) Graphic Artist
11 8 (4.82%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.01%) XML
2 4 (2.41%) JSON
2 4 (2.41%) Middleware
3 1 (0.60%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.60%) CSS
3 1 (0.60%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.27%) Driving Licence
2 24 (14.46%) Replication
3 14 (8.43%) Smartphone
4 8 (4.82%) Graphic Design
5 4 (2.41%) Animation
5 4 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.81%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.81%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.20%) PKI
8 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) iPad
8 1 (0.60%) iPhone
8 1 (0.60%) NHS
8 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Tandem
8 1 (0.60%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 101 (60.84%) Windows
2 35 (21.08%) Windows Server
3 24 (14.46%) Android
3 24 (14.46%) Windows 10
4 22 (13.25%) Apple iOS
5 15 (9.04%) Linux
6 14 (8.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (4.82%) Mac OS
8 7 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.60%) CentOS
11 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (43.98%) Customer Service
2 57 (34.34%) ITIL
3 41 (24.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (19.88%) DevOps
6 28 (16.87%) Ticket Management
7 25 (15.06%) Asset Management
8 21 (12.65%) ITSM
9 20 (12.05%) Infrastructure Automation
9 20 (12.05%) Platform Engineering
10 19 (11.45%) Coaching
11 13 (7.83%) Cloud Security
12 12 (7.23%) Task Automation
13 11 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (6.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 8 (4.82%) Data Protection
14 8 (4.82%) Storyboarding
14 8 (4.82%) User Experience
15 7 (4.22%) Customer-Centricity
16 6 (3.61%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 55 (33.13%) PowerShell
2 37 (22.29%) Python
3 16 (9.64%) Bash
4 14 (8.43%) Korn
5 12 (7.23%) Perl
5 12 (7.23%) Ruby
6 11 (6.63%) SQL
7 4 (2.41%) VBA
8 2 (1.20%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (11.45%) Degree
2 16 (9.64%) MCP
3 15 (9.04%) A+ Certification
4 13 (7.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (5.42%) CCA
5 9 (5.42%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (4.22%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.61%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.81%) MCSA
10 2 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.20%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.20%) Server+ Certification
11 1 (0.60%) CCNA
11 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.60%) HNC
11 1 (0.60%) HND
11 1 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.81%) GDPR
1 3 (1.81%) SLA
2 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.60%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 94 (56.63%) Active Directory
2 71 (42.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (25.30%) XenApp
3 42 (25.30%) XenDesktop
4 39 (23.49%) Hyper-V
5 34 (20.48%) Docker
6 13 (7.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (4.22%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.81%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (1.81%) vSphere
9 1 (0.60%) Ceph
9 1 (0.60%) Samba
9 1 (0.60%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 33 (19.88%) Ansible
2 32 (19.28%) Terraform
3 20 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (7.83%) Puppet
5 12 (7.23%) Red Hat Satellite
6 11 (6.63%) SCCM
7 9 (5.42%) Backup Exec
7 9 (5.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 4 (2.41%) WSUS
9 2 (1.20%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.60%) N-central
Vendors
1 136 (81.93%) Microsoft
2 72 (43.37%) VMware
3 57 (34.34%) Citrix
4 16 (9.64%) Veeam
5 15 (9.04%) Red Hat
6 13 (7.83%) Dell
6 13 (7.83%) Fortinet
7 12 (7.23%) TOWER Software
8 10 (6.02%) Adobe
8 10 (6.02%) Cisco
9 9 (5.42%) N-able
9 9 (5.42%) Symantec
9 9 (5.42%) Veritas
10 5 (3.01%) Apple
10 5 (3.01%) Sophos
11 4 (2.41%) Draytek
11 4 (2.41%) F5
11 4 (2.41%) Meraki
12 3 (1.81%) Ruckus Wireless
12 3 (1.81%) Splunk