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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 654 701 834
Rank change year-on-year +47 +133 -173
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 242 301 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.78% 1.88% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 224 244 339
10th Percentile £25,578 £25,500 £24,700
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +3.90%
75th Percentile £50,063 £45,000 £55,088
90th Percentile £53,750 £59,625 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% -11.84% +7.04%

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 13,628 16,029 20,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.88% 15.30% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,526 8,241 11,792
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Top 17 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 April 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 +38 206 £32,500 -7.14% 55
UK excluding London -60 181 £30,000 -10.45% 49
Work from Home +100 90 £47,500 +5.56% 20
London +148 52 £52,500 +40.00% 11
South East +9 40 £32,500 -18.75% 13
North of England +25 36 £30,750 -12.14% 12
South West -29 35 £43,750 +56.25% 8
North West +7 28 £30,000 -29.41% 9
East of England +4 21 £32,500 +9.24% 9
Midlands -13 21 £30,000 -9.09% 3
West Midlands +18 17 £27,000 -33.33% 2
Wales +23 16 £28,290 +9.86% 1
Scotland -58 9 £29,500 -22.88% 6
North East +6 7 £32,000 -21.95% 1
East Midlands -28 4 £48,500 +51.56% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +71 1 £42,500 +30.77% 2

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 73 (30.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.07%) IIS
4 4 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.24%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.83%) WordPress
7 1 (0.41%) CMS
7 1 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.41%) Site Server
7 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 43 (17.77%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (11.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (11.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.07%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 192 (79.34%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (59.50%) Azure
3 58 (23.97%) Entra ID
4 37 (15.29%) OneDrive
5 10 (4.13%) AWS
5 10 (4.13%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.89%) IaaS
7 6 (2.48%) GCP
7 6 (2.48%) PaaS
8 4 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.65%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.83%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.83%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.41%) Apple Pay
10 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.41%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (28.10%) Firewall
2 60 (24.79%) DNS
3 57 (23.55%) DHCP
4 45 (18.60%) VPN
5 41 (16.94%) LAN
6 40 (16.53%) WAN
7 34 (14.05%) TCP/IP
7 34 (14.05%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (11.98%) VLAN
9 27 (11.16%) Wireless
10 19 (7.85%) MPLS
11 18 (7.44%) SAN
12 14 (5.79%) VoIP
13 6 (2.48%) Fibre Channel
14 5 (2.07%) NAS
15 4 (1.65%) Internet
15 4 (1.65%) Network Security
16 3 (1.24%) iSCSI
16 3 (1.24%) SSL
16 3 (1.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.74%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (5.37%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.13%) Power BI
4 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.24%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.24%) GitLab
2 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 129 (53.31%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.88%) Finance
3 15 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.37%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.55%) Legal
6 7 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.07%) Retail
9 3 (1.24%) Marketing
9 3 (1.24%) Norwegian Language
9 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.83%) French Language
10 2 (0.83%) Law
10 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 77 (31.82%) Support Engineer
2 45 (18.60%) IT Support
3 36 (14.88%) Analyst
4 32 (13.22%) Desktop Support
5 31 (12.81%) IT Engineer
6 29 (11.98%) Desktop Engineer
6 29 (11.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 27 (11.16%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (10.33%) 2nd Line Support
9 23 (9.50%) Service Analyst
10 20 (8.26%) Project Manager
11 19 (7.85%) Service Desk Analyst
12 18 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (7.02%) 3rd Line Support
13 17 (7.02%) Senior
14 16 (6.61%) Technical Support
15 15 (6.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 15 (6.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 14 (5.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 13 (5.37%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.89%) X-Windows
2 4 (1.65%) .NET
2 4 (1.65%) ASP.NET
2 4 (1.65%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.83%) CSS
3 2 (0.83%) HTML
3 2 (0.83%) XML
4 1 (0.41%) JSON
4 1 (0.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.92%) iPad
2 19 (7.85%) Data Centre
3 16 (6.61%) Public Cloud
4 15 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.55%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.72%) Smartphone
7 6 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.48%) Replication
8 5 (2.07%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.65%) CCTV
9 4 (1.65%) Clustering
9 4 (1.65%) PKI
10 3 (1.24%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.24%) EPoS
10 3 (1.24%) iPhone
10 3 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.83%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.83%) Handset
11 2 (0.83%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 169 (69.83%) Windows
2 86 (35.54%) Windows Server
3 45 (18.60%) Windows 10
4 21 (8.68%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (8.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (7.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (4.96%) Windows 7
7 11 (4.55%) Mac OS X
8 10 (4.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (3.72%) Linux
9 9 (3.72%) Windows Phone
10 6 (2.48%) Mac OS
11 5 (2.07%) Android
11 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.65%) CentOS
12 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.65%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.83%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (30.58%) Customer Service
2 53 (21.90%) ITIL
3 51 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (14.46%) Agile
5 30 (12.40%) Ticket Management
6 28 (11.57%) Break/Fix
6 28 (11.57%) Project Management
7 24 (9.92%) PRINCE2
8 23 (9.50%) Problem Management
9 20 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (8.26%) Incident Management
9 20 (8.26%) Service Delivery
10 19 (7.85%) ITSM
11 18 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (7.02%) Service Management
13 15 (6.20%) CRM
13 15 (6.20%) Decision-Making
14 14 (5.79%) Line Management
14 14 (5.79%) Mentoring
15 12 (4.96%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.33%) PowerShell
2 20 (8.26%) SQL
3 8 (3.31%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.07%) Bash
5 4 (1.65%) C#
5 4 (1.65%) VBA
6 2 (0.83%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (15.29%) Degree
2 32 (13.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (6.61%) APMP
4 12 (4.96%) A+ Certification
5 10 (4.13%) Security Cleared
6 9 (3.72%) MCP
7 8 (3.31%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.89%) CCNA
8 7 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.48%) HND
9 6 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (2.48%) SC Cleared
10 5 (2.07%) MCDST
11 4 (1.65%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.65%) MCITP
11 4 (1.65%) MCSE
12 3 (1.24%) HNC
13 2 (0.83%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.02%) SLA
2 10 (4.13%) GDPR
3 5 (2.07%) QA
4 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.24%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 154 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 77 (31.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (28.51%) Hyper-V
4 35 (14.46%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (9.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (6.61%) Terminal Services
7 7 (2.89%) vSphere
8 5 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.65%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.65%) VMware Server
9 4 (1.65%) XenApp
10 3 (1.24%) Terminal Server
10 3 (1.24%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.41%) NFS
Systems Management
1 61 (25.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (7.85%) SCCM
2 19 (7.85%) WSUS
3 9 (3.72%) AirWatch
4 7 (2.89%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 194 (80.17%) Microsoft
2 85 (35.12%) VMware
3 33 (13.64%) Cisco
3 33 (13.64%) Citrix
4 21 (8.68%) Ruckus Wireless
5 18 (7.44%) Veeam
6 12 (4.96%) HP
7 7 (2.89%) Aruba
8 6 (2.48%) ConnectWise
8 6 (2.48%) Datto
8 6 (2.48%) Dell
8 6 (2.48%) Meraki
8 6 (2.48%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (2.07%) Apple
9 5 (2.07%) iManage
9 5 (2.07%) Intapp
9 5 (2.07%) Sophos
10 4 (1.65%) LexisNexis
10 4 (1.65%) NEC
10 4 (1.65%) ServiceNow