Remote Desktop Jobs with Work from Home Options

Remote Desktop
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 532 774
Rank change year-on-year +76 +242 -186
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 77 47 138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.84% 1.21% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 74 47 127
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +31.08% -12.94%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £62,500 £64,650
UK median annual salary £35,000 £33,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

Remote Desktop
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Remote Desktop trend for jobs with a WFH option

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Remote Desktop.

Remote Desktop salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Remote Desktop
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Remote Desktop salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 39 (50.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (48.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.60%) WordPress
4 1 (1.30%) CMS
4 1 (1.30%) IIS
4 1 (1.30%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (75.32%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (40.26%) Azure
3 14 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 12 (15.58%) AWS
5 7 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 6 (7.79%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.90%) IaaS
7 3 (3.90%) PaaS
8 2 (2.60%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.60%) SaaS
9 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.30%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 40 (51.95%) Firewall
2 23 (29.87%) WAN
3 22 (28.57%) LAN
4 21 (27.27%) DNS
4 21 (27.27%) VPN
5 20 (25.97%) VLAN
6 19 (24.68%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (23.38%) DHCP
8 16 (20.78%) MPLS
8 16 (20.78%) SAN
9 8 (10.39%) VoIP
10 6 (7.79%) Wireless
11 5 (6.49%) Internet
11 5 (6.49%) iSCSI
12 3 (3.90%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (3.90%) NAS
13 2 (2.60%) DKIM
13 2 (2.60%) DMARC
13 2 (2.60%) Skype
13 2 (2.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.78%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (7.79%) Power BI
2 6 (7.79%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) GitLab
General
1 39 (50.65%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.48%) Finance
3 11 (14.29%) Banking
4 6 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Legal
6 4 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Retail
7 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (20.78%) Project Manager
3 12 (15.58%) Data Centre Manager
3 12 (15.58%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 12 (15.58%) IT Support
4 11 (14.29%) Analyst
5 10 (12.99%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (12.99%) AWS Engineer
5 10 (12.99%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (12.99%) Python Engineer
5 10 (12.99%) Service Analyst
6 9 (11.69%) 3rd Line Support
6 9 (11.69%) Senior
6 9 (11.69%) Service Desk Analyst
6 9 (11.69%) Support Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) CSS
1 3 (3.90%) HTML
2 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.08%) Public Cloud
2 16 (20.78%) Data Centre
2 16 (20.78%) Driving Licence
3 11 (14.29%) Replication
4 6 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (6.49%) Low-Code
6 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.90%) EPoS
8 2 (2.60%) CCTV
8 2 (2.60%) Handset
9 1 (1.30%) Blackberry
9 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.30%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (50.65%) Windows
2 18 (23.38%) Windows Server
3 10 (12.99%) Android
3 10 (12.99%) Apple iOS
4 9 (11.69%) Windows 10
5 7 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (6.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.60%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) Agile
2 19 (24.68%) PRINCE2
3 18 (23.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (23.38%) ITIL
4 17 (22.08%) Customer Service
5 16 (20.78%) Project Management
6 14 (18.18%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 10 (12.99%) Asset Management
7 10 (12.99%) DevOps
7 10 (12.99%) Infrastructure Automation
7 10 (12.99%) Platform Engineering
8 9 (11.69%) Mentoring
8 9 (11.69%) Service Management
8 9 (11.69%) Ticket Management
9 8 (10.39%) Problem Management
9 8 (10.39%) Service Delivery
10 7 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (7.79%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (33.77%) PowerShell
2 11 (14.29%) Python
3 6 (7.79%) SQL
4 4 (5.19%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.30%) Bash
5 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (20.78%) APMP
2 8 (10.39%) CCA
2 8 (10.39%) Citrix Certification
2 8 (10.39%) MCP
3 7 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.19%) Degree
6 3 (3.90%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (3.90%) MCSE
7 2 (2.60%) CCNA
7 2 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.60%) MCSA
8 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) QA
2 3 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.60%) GDPR
3 2 (2.60%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 46 (59.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (54.55%) Hyper-V
4 18 (23.38%) XenApp
4 18 (23.38%) XenDesktop
5 16 (20.78%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (12.99%) Docker
6 10 (12.99%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (3.90%) vSphere
8 2 (2.60%) Terminal Server
8 2 (2.60%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.30%) Ceph
9 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (20.78%) WSUS
3 11 (14.29%) Ansible
4 10 (12.99%) Terraform
5 8 (10.39%) Backup Exec
5 8 (10.39%) SCCM
5 8 (10.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.30%) N-central
6 1 (1.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (96.10%) Microsoft
2 47 (61.04%) VMware
3 28 (36.36%) Cisco
4 27 (35.06%) Citrix
5 16 (20.78%) Ruckus Wireless
6 11 (14.29%) Fortinet
7 10 (12.99%) Veeam
8 9 (11.69%) Dell
9 8 (10.39%) N-able
9 8 (10.39%) Symantec
9 8 (10.39%) Veritas
10 7 (9.09%) HP
11 6 (7.79%) Draytek
12 5 (6.49%) ConnectWise
12 5 (6.49%) iManage
12 5 (6.49%) Intapp
12 5 (6.49%) Sophos
13 4 (5.19%) LexisNexis
14 3 (3.90%) Aruba
14 3 (3.90%) ESET