Remote Desktop Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 515 572
Rank change year-on-year +82 +57 +191
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 34 81 55
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 1.61% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 34 79 55
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,338 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -7.22% +27.63%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £80,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% -4.48% -6.94%

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 5,583 5,039 4,181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.07% 14.81% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,996 3,112 3,257
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.14% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,951 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

Remote Desktop
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Remote Desktop trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Remote Desktop
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 14 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (29.41%) SharePoint
3 6 (17.65%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (14.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (32.35%) Azure
3 5 (14.71%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) AWS
4 2 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.94%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.94%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) Firewall
2 8 (23.53%) DHCP
2 8 (23.53%) DNS
2 8 (23.53%) SAN
3 7 (20.59%) LAN
3 7 (20.59%) WAN
4 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
5 5 (14.71%) Internet
6 2 (5.88%) SD-WAN
6 2 (5.88%) SSL
7 1 (2.94%) ADSL
7 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.94%) Fast Ethernet
7 1 (2.94%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (2.94%) iSCSI
7 1 (2.94%) Network Security
7 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Manufacturing
3 5 (14.71%) Aerospace
3 5 (14.71%) Automotive
3 5 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) 3rd Line Support
2 9 (26.47%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (20.59%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 7 (20.59%) Technical Support
4 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (8.82%) Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) IT Support
7 2 (5.88%) Active Directory Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Active Directory Support
7 2 (5.88%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) IT Technician
7 2 (5.88%) SAN Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) SAN Support
7 2 (5.88%) Service Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Technical Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Technical Services Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.94%) Replication
2 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (61.76%) Windows
2 15 (44.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Android
3 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.94%) Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) ITIL
2 16 (47.06%) Customer Service
3 15 (44.12%) Change Management
3 15 (44.12%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (26.47%) Case Management
4 9 (26.47%) ITSM
4 9 (26.47%) Service Management
5 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.88%) Cloud Security
6 2 (5.88%) Software Licensing
7 1 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.94%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (2.94%) Key Management
7 1 (2.94%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (2.94%) Release Management
7 1 (2.94%) Roadmaps
7 1 (2.94%) Threat Detection
7 1 (2.94%) Ticket Management
7 1 (2.94%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (26.47%) MCITP
2 9 (26.47%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (32.35%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (70.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (32.35%) Terminal Services
3 9 (26.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (20.59%) Hyper-V
4 7 (20.59%) vSphere
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.94%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.94%) SCCM
2 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 14 (41.18%) VMware
3 8 (23.53%) Cisco
4 6 (17.65%) Dell
4 6 (17.65%) HP
4 6 (17.65%) NetApp
5 2 (5.88%) Aruba
5 2 (5.88%) Citrix
5 2 (5.88%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.88%) Okta
6 1 (2.94%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (2.94%) Datto
6 1 (2.94%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.94%) Red Hat