Hybrid/Remote Remote Desktop Job Trends

Remote Desktop
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 387 498
Rank change year-on-year -32 +111 +52
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 12 34 81
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.058% 0.22% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.53% 1.77% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10 34 78
10th Percentile £27,625 £25,000 £27,338
25th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,760 £32,500 £41,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -22.16% -13.92%
75th Percentile £43,625 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £52,500 £64,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% -4.48%

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 2,281 1,917 4,976
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.03% 12.14% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,200 1,161 3,178
10th Percentile £29,738 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,114 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Remote Desktop and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Remote Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Remote Desktop

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Remote Desktop salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) SaaS
4 2 (16.67%) AWS
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) DHCP
1 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) iSCSI
3 2 (16.67%) SAN
4 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) MySQL
2 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) IT Support
2 3 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (25.00%) IT Technician
2 3 (25.00%) Support Technician
3 2 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) ICT Technician
4 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Android
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (25.00%) ITSM
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) High Availability
4 2 (16.67%) Time Management
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (8.33%) Mathematics
5 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Service Management
5 1 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) Bash
2 2 (16.67%) Korn
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (16.67%) CCNA
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (16.67%) MCSA
4 2 (16.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 2 (16.67%) Docker
2 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Dell
3 2 (16.67%) Adobe
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Draytek
3 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 2 (16.67%) Juniper
3 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 2 (16.67%) SonicWALL
3 2 (16.67%) Veeam
3 2 (16.67%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) WatchGuard
4 1 (8.33%) Acronis
4 1 (8.33%) Freshdesk