Remote Desktop
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Remote Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 561 783 780
Rank change year-on-year +222 -3 -162
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 166 315 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.25% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.05% 1.99% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 159 266 284
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,500 £23,150
25th Percentile £28,454 £27,750 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,427 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% -8.93% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £44,313 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,750 £58,125 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +23.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Remote Desktop is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,115 15,817 16,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.07% 12.52% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,389 10,530 11,491
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 30 November 2023.

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 30 November 2023. 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 +177 154 £35,000 -4.76% 51
UK excluding London +106 102 £32,500 -7.14% 45
Work from Home +224 74 £37,000 -1.33% 17
London +277 55 £37,120 -17.51% 9
North of England +143 35 £33,500 +17.54% 17
Midlands +122 34 £32,500 -9.09% 8
West Midlands +135 28 £30,000 -25.00% 4
North West +102 18 £33,500 +11.67% 6
South East +138 14 £27,000 -34.15% 12
Yorkshire +80 13 £37,500 +31.58% 9
South West +25 8 £41,500 +59.62% 4
East of England +71 6 £40,000 - 2
East Midlands +46 6 £60,000 +110.53% 4
Wales +21 6 £35,250 +36.89%
Scotland +54 5 £26,000 -22.96% 4
North East +46 4 £28,954 -29.38% 3

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 22 (13.25%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.63%) MS Exchange
3 4 (2.41%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) CMS
5 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.60%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (16.87%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 134 (80.72%) Microsoft 365
2 84 (50.60%) Azure
3 34 (20.48%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.64%) Mimecast
5 14 (8.43%) OneDrive
6 8 (4.82%) WhatsApp
7 7 (4.22%) IaaS
7 7 (4.22%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.01%) AWS
9 3 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.81%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.60%) GCP
10 1 (0.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (29.52%) Firewall
2 39 (23.49%) DHCP
3 37 (22.29%) DNS
4 30 (18.07%) WAN
5 28 (16.87%) TCP/IP
5 28 (16.87%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (13.86%) LAN
7 22 (13.25%) VPN
8 19 (11.45%) VLAN
9 12 (7.23%) VoIP
9 12 (7.23%) Wireless
10 11 (6.63%) SAN
11 8 (4.82%) Internet
12 4 (2.41%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (2.41%) NetScaler
12 4 (2.41%) Network Security
12 4 (2.41%) SD-WAN
13 3 (1.81%) iSCSI
13 3 (1.81%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.05%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (10.84%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.22%) MySQL
4 4 (2.41%) Power BI
4 4 (2.41%) RDBMS
4 4 (2.41%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.20%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 70 (42.17%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (10.84%) Legal
3 14 (8.43%) Finance
4 12 (7.23%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (6.63%) Law
6 8 (4.82%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.22%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.22%) Retail
8 5 (3.01%) Back Office
8 5 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.41%) Billing
9 4 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.81%) French Language
10 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.81%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 66 (39.76%) Support Engineer
2 38 (22.89%) IT Support
3 30 (18.07%) Analyst
4 27 (16.27%) IT Engineer
5 22 (13.25%) Senior
6 21 (12.65%) IT Support Engineer
7 20 (12.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 20 (12.05%) Desktop Support
8 19 (11.45%) Service Analyst
9 18 (10.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (10.84%) Service Desk Analyst
9 18 (10.84%) Service Desk Engineer
10 16 (9.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 16 (9.64%) 3rd Line Support
10 16 (9.64%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (8.43%) 2nd Line Support
11 14 (8.43%) Support Analyst
12 13 (7.83%) 1st Line Support
13 12 (7.23%) Desktop Engineer
13 12 (7.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.61%) JSON
2 4 (2.41%) ServiceStack
3 1 (0.60%) .NET
3 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.60%) CSS
3 1 (0.60%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.05%) Driving Licence
2 11 (6.63%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.82%) Fat Client
3 8 (4.82%) Thin Client
4 7 (4.22%) Replication
5 6 (3.61%) Clustering
6 5 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.81%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.20%) BYOD
8 2 (1.20%) CCTV
8 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.60%) CMDB
9 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.60%) Derivative
9 1 (0.60%) iPad
9 1 (0.60%) iPhone
9 1 (0.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 136 (81.93%) Windows
2 69 (41.57%) Windows Server
3 43 (25.90%) Windows 10
4 36 (21.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (20.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (9.04%) Mac OS
7 12 (7.23%) Windows 8
8 10 (6.02%) Linux
9 9 (5.42%) Apple iOS
10 8 (4.82%) Android
10 8 (4.82%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (2.41%) CentOS
12 3 (1.81%) Windows 7
13 2 (1.20%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (24.10%) ITIL
3 32 (19.28%) Customer Service
4 20 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 20 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (10.84%) Service Delivery
6 15 (9.04%) Data Security
7 13 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.23%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 11 (6.63%) Service Management
10 10 (6.02%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.42%) Decision-Making
11 9 (5.42%) ITSM
11 9 (5.42%) Network Management
11 9 (5.42%) Ticket Management
12 8 (4.82%) Break/Fix
12 8 (4.82%) Data Privacy
12 8 (4.82%) Incident Management
13 7 (4.22%) Mentoring
13 7 (4.22%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (15.06%) PowerShell
2 12 (7.23%) SQL
3 7 (4.22%) Bash
4 6 (3.61%) Python
5 1 (0.60%) C#
5 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (25.30%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (10.24%) Degree
3 13 (7.83%) MCITP
4 10 (6.02%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.42%) NVQ Level 3
6 8 (4.82%) MCP
6 8 (4.82%) MCSE
7 7 (4.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (3.61%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.41%) MCSA
10 3 (1.81%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.20%) MCDST
12 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.60%) HNC
12 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.46%) SLA
2 14 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (4.82%) GDPR
4 7 (4.22%) NCSC
5 6 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.41%) ISO 9001
6 4 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.81%) QA
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 126 (75.90%) Active Directory
2 44 (26.51%) Hyper-V
2 44 (26.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.01%) vSphere
4 4 (2.41%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.41%) XenApp
4 4 (2.41%) XenDesktop
5 3 (1.81%) vCloud
5 3 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.20%) pfSense
6 2 (1.20%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.60%) NFS
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (22.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (8.43%) SCCM
3 8 (4.82%) FortiGate
4 6 (3.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (3.01%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.41%) EdgeSight
6 4 (2.41%) WSUS
7 2 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.20%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.20%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.60%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (66.27%) Microsoft
2 53 (31.93%) VMware
3 31 (18.67%) Cisco
4 20 (12.05%) ConnectWise
5 17 (10.24%) Citrix
6 16 (9.64%) HP
7 14 (8.43%) Apple
8 13 (7.83%) Draytek
8 13 (7.83%) Fortinet
8 13 (7.83%) Sophos
9 12 (7.23%) N-able
9 12 (7.23%) SolarWinds
9 12 (7.23%) Veeam
10 11 (6.63%) Aruba
10 11 (6.63%) Meraki
11 9 (5.42%) Ubiquiti
12 7 (4.22%) Datto
12 7 (4.22%) ESET
12 7 (4.22%) Nimble Storage
13 6 (3.61%) 3PAR