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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 367 486
Rank change year-on-year -7 +119 +108
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 19 35 88
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.97% 2.15% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 17 34 86
10th Percentile - £29,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £26,000 £29,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £35,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.28% -24.74% +5.56%
75th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,000 £52,500 £66,250
UK median annual salary £33,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +3.08% - -7.14%

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 1,955 1,625 5,155
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.82% 12.04% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1,191 3,432
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,295 £33,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,058 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% -2.75% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,200 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.94%

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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 26 April 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 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) SaaS
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) Azure
4 2 (10.53%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) LAN
2 3 (15.79%) Firewall
3 2 (10.53%) 4G
3 2 (10.53%) DHCP
3 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 2 (10.53%) iSCSI
3 2 (10.53%) SAN
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) VPN
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
4 1 (5.26%) Telnet
4 1 (5.26%) VLAN
4 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) MySQL
2 2 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Retail
3 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 7 (36.84%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (36.84%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) ERP Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) ERP Support
2 7 (36.84%) SaaS Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Software Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Software Support Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Support Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) IT Support
4 3 (15.79%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (15.79%) IT Technician
4 3 (15.79%) Support Technician
5 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Onboarding
2 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
3 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) Smartphone
3 2 (10.53%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Linux
3 2 (10.53%) Android
3 2 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (47.37%) Logistics
3 8 (42.11%) CRM
3 8 (42.11%) Customer Service
3 8 (42.11%) Mentoring
4 7 (36.84%) Analytical Thinking
4 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (36.84%) Data Privacy
4 7 (36.84%) E-Commerce
4 7 (36.84%) ERP
4 7 (36.84%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) ITIL
5 3 (15.79%) Time Management
6 2 (10.53%) Agile
6 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
6 2 (10.53%) High Availability
6 2 (10.53%) Patch Management
6 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.53%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) C#
3 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
4 3 (15.79%) Bash
5 2 (10.53%) Korn
6 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CCNA
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) MCSA
2 2 (10.53%) MCSE
3 1 (5.26%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) QA
System Software
1 9 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (10.53%) Docker
4 1 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Dell
3 3 (15.79%) VMware
4 2 (10.53%) Adobe
4 2 (10.53%) Apple
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix
4 2 (10.53%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (10.53%) Draytek
4 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
4 2 (10.53%) Intel
4 2 (10.53%) Juniper
4 2 (10.53%) Red Hat
4 2 (10.53%) SonicWALL
4 2 (10.53%) Veeam
4 2 (10.53%) WatchGuard
4 2 (10.53%) Wyse