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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 614 663 696
Rank change year-on-year +49 +33 +173
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 97 238 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.24% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.04% 1.77% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 86 220 232
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,760 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,313 £26,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% -7.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,625 £53,750 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -10.45% -9.46%

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 9,344 13,473 15,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.83% 13.58% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,342 9,395 7,904
10th Percentile £23,527 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £66,188 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.49% -3.33% -3.23%

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 16 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 16 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 +39 89 £32,500 - 61
UK excluding London +93 86 £32,500 +8.33% 48
Work from Home +77 39 £32,500 -27.78% 19
Midlands +72 27 £28,500 +5.56% 11
South East +86 25 £34,000 +4.62% 12
East Midlands +48 20 £29,500 -39.18% 7
South West +86 15 £31,500 -24.10% 2
North of England +24 8 £42,500 +32.81% 15
West Midlands +49 7 £26,000 -3.70% 3
London +63 6 £63,750 +21.43% 14
East of England +26 6 £37,500 +15.38% 11
North West -17 6 £42,500 +41.67% 5
Wales +26 5 £22,500 -20.47%
Yorkshire +69 2 £31,500 -25.88% 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 41 (42.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (31.96%) 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 23 (23.71%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.15%) 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 54 (55.67%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (37.11%) Azure
3 19 (19.59%) Entra ID
4 10 (10.31%) AWS
5 6 (6.19%) GCP
5 6 (6.19%) OpenShift
6 5 (5.15%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.06%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.03%) IaaS
8 1 (1.03%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.03%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (30.93%) Firewall
2 25 (25.77%) DNS
3 24 (24.74%) DHCP
4 15 (15.46%) LAN
4 15 (15.46%) WAN
5 12 (12.37%) SAN
6 10 (10.31%) VPN
7 8 (8.25%) Ethernet
8 7 (7.22%) Network Security
8 7 (7.22%) TCP/IP
9 6 (6.19%) SMTP
10 5 (5.15%) Internet
11 3 (3.09%) IP Telephony
11 3 (3.09%) iSCSI
11 3 (3.09%) SD-WAN
11 3 (3.09%) SSL
11 3 (3.09%) VLAN
12 2 (2.06%) ADSL
12 2 (2.06%) VSAN
13 1 (1.03%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.28%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.25%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.03%) MySQL
3 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
General
1 39 (40.21%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (8.25%) Automotive
4 7 (7.22%) Manufacturing
4 7 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.15%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.12%) Legal
6 4 (4.12%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.09%) Games
7 3 (3.09%) Retail
8 2 (2.06%) Aviation
8 2 (2.06%) Finance
8 2 (2.06%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.03%) Banking
9 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.03%) iGaming
9 1 (1.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (25.77%) Support Engineer
2 17 (17.53%) 1st Line Support
2 17 (17.53%) Analyst
3 16 (16.49%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (13.40%) 2nd Line Support
4 13 (13.40%) IT Support
4 13 (13.40%) Technical Support
5 10 (10.31%) Help Desk Support
6 8 (8.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) 3rd Line Technical Support
6 8 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (8.25%) Service Analyst
7 7 (7.22%) IT Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.19%) Infrastructure Support
8 6 (6.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 6 (6.19%) Technical Engineer
8 6 (6.19%) Technical Support Engineer
9 5 (5.15%) Graduate 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.22%) Clustering
1 7 (7.22%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.19%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (6.19%) PKI
3 3 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.09%) Replication
3 3 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.06%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.06%) Social Media
5 1 (1.03%) BYOD
5 1 (1.03%) CCTV
5 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.03%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.03%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.03%) Robotics
5 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (70.10%) Windows
2 44 (45.36%) Windows Server
3 14 (14.43%) Mac OS
4 10 (10.31%) Linux
5 5 (5.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.12%) Android
6 4 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.12%) Windows 10
6 4 (4.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.03%) CentOS
9 1 (1.03%) OpenBSD
9 1 (1.03%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (1.03%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.03%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (39.18%) Customer Service
2 37 (38.14%) ITIL
2 37 (38.14%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (20.62%) ITSM
4 17 (17.53%) Change Management
4 17 (17.53%) Service Management
5 10 (10.31%) Case Management
5 10 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (10.31%) Data Protection
5 10 (10.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (8.25%) High Availability
7 8 (8.25%) Incident Management
8 7 (7.22%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (7.22%) Service Delivery
9 6 (6.19%) Application Virtualisation
9 6 (6.19%) CRM
9 6 (6.19%) Disk Encryption
9 6 (6.19%) RBAC
9 6 (6.19%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.31%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.09%) SQL
3 1 (1.03%) Bash
3 1 (1.03%) Korn
3 1 (1.03%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.03%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (15.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (11.34%) Network+ Certification
3 10 (10.31%) A+ Certification
4 9 (9.28%) Degree
4 9 (9.28%) MCITP
5 7 (7.22%) Security Cleared
6 6 (6.19%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.09%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.03%) CCA
8 1 (1.03%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.03%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.03%) MCP
8 1 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (24.74%) SLA
2 2 (2.06%) ISO 22301
2 2 (2.06%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.03%) GDPR
3 1 (1.03%) PMO
System Software
1 64 (65.98%) Active Directory
2 29 (29.90%) Hyper-V
3 28 (28.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (17.53%) Terminal Services
5 15 (15.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (13.40%) vSphere
7 12 (12.37%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (7.22%) Docker
9 6 (6.19%) BitLocker
9 6 (6.19%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (1.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (1.03%) DFS Replication
10 1 (1.03%) KVM
10 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (1.03%) VMware Server
10 1 (1.03%) XenApp
10 1 (1.03%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (11.34%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (11.34%) vCenter Server
2 7 (7.22%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.19%) Ansible
3 6 (6.19%) Nagios
3 6 (6.19%) Puppet
3 6 (6.19%) vMotion
4 4 (4.12%) SCCM
5 2 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.03%) Autotask
6 1 (1.03%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.03%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (1.03%) WSUS
6 1 (1.03%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (74.23%) Microsoft
2 35 (36.08%) VMware
3 13 (13.40%) HP
4 12 (12.37%) Citrix
5 9 (9.28%) Cisco
5 9 (9.28%) Dell
6 8 (8.25%) Meraki
7 7 (7.22%) Google
7 7 (7.22%) Symantec
8 6 (6.19%) NetApp
8 6 (6.19%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (5.15%) Sophos
10 4 (4.12%) Fortinet
10 4 (4.12%) ServiceNow
10 4 (4.12%) Veeam
11 3 (3.09%) Freshdesk
12 2 (2.06%) Aruba
12 2 (2.06%) Avaya
12 2 (2.06%) Facebook
12 2 (2.06%) Okta