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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 365 400
Rank change year-on-year -83 +35 +28
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 14 49 79
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.056% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.64% 2.85% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10 46 60
10th Percentile £27,850 £25,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,510 £30,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.03% -28.99% +20.71%
75th Percentile £38,750 £32,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £34,125 £112,500
UK median annual salary £35,750 £30,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +19.17% -22.08% +14.93%

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 2,201 1,718 3,123
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.83% 10.40% 14.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 979 1,466
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,113 £70,000 £71,094
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%

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 12 October 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) IIS
3 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Azure
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (14.29%) IaaS
3 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
3 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) DHCP
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
2 7 (50.00%) VPN
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
4 3 (21.43%) LAN
4 3 (21.43%) Network Security
5 2 (14.29%) SNMP
5 2 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.14%) VLAN
6 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) IT Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 3 (21.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (21.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Help Desk Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) ICT Technician
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
1 4 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
3 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (14.29%) Replication
4 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (42.86%) Android
4 3 (21.43%) Apple iOS
4 3 (21.43%) Linux
5 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
5 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (35.71%) ITIL
4 4 (28.57%) Coaching
5 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (21.43%) High Availability
5 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (21.43%) ITSM
5 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
5 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
5 3 (21.43%) User Experience
6 2 (14.29%) AI
6 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Information Security
6 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
6 2 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) A+ Certification
3 3 (21.43%) Azure Certification
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (21.43%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (28.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (14.29%) DFS Replication
4 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (21.43%) FortiGate
2 3 (21.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Aruba
3 3 (21.43%) Zscaler
4 2 (14.29%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.14%) Acronis
5 1 (7.14%) Freshdesk
5 1 (7.14%) Veeam