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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 389 417
Rank change year-on-year +38 +28 +269
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 53 75 73
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.38% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.08% 3.12% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 50 55 73
10th Percentile £26,000 - £25,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +21.62% +1.37%
75th Percentile £31,000 £82,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £34,500 £112,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £37,500 £34,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +9.49% -5.98%

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 1,723 2,402 3,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.76% 12.04% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 1,392 2,553
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,150
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -0.27% +0.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -4.76%

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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 7 November 2025.

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 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 38 (71.70%) SaaS
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.89%) Azure
3 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.89%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) TCP/IP
2 6 (11.32%) DHCP
2 6 (11.32%) DNS
3 4 (7.55%) Firewall
4 2 (3.77%) LAN
4 2 (3.77%) VPN
4 2 (3.77%) WAN
5 1 (1.89%) Skype
5 1 (1.89%) Telnet
5 1 (1.89%) VLAN
5 1 (1.89%) WebEx
5 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
General
1 45 (84.91%) Social Skills
2 38 (71.70%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (71.70%) Retail
3 7 (13.21%) Legal
4 4 (7.55%) Back Office
4 4 (7.55%) Finance
4 4 (7.55%) Law
5 3 (5.66%) Advertising
5 3 (5.66%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (77.36%) 2nd Line Support
2 26 (49.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 17 (32.08%) Analyst
3 17 (32.08%) Support Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 12 (22.64%) ERP Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) ERP Support
4 12 (22.64%) SaaS Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) Software Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) Software Support Analyst
4 12 (22.64%) Support Technician
5 8 (15.09%) IT Support
6 7 (13.21%) Applications Support
7 6 (11.32%) Applications Support Technician
8 5 (9.43%) IT Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Support Engineer
9 4 (7.55%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (73.58%) Onboarding
2 7 (13.21%) Driving Licence
3 4 (7.55%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.66%) Social Media
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.64%) Windows
2 5 (9.43%) Mac OS
3 4 (7.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.77%) Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (81.13%) Customer Service
2 41 (77.36%) CRM
2 41 (77.36%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (71.70%) Analytical Thinking
3 38 (71.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (71.70%) Data Privacy
3 38 (71.70%) E-Commerce
3 38 (71.70%) ERP
3 38 (71.70%) Logistics
3 38 (71.70%) Mentoring
3 38 (71.70%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (9.43%) ITIL
5 4 (7.55%) Case Management
5 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
5 4 (7.55%) Data Protection
5 4 (7.55%) Document Management
5 4 (7.55%) Incident Management
6 3 (5.66%) Business Development
6 3 (5.66%) Social Media Marketing
7 1 (1.89%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (71.70%) C#
1 38 (71.70%) SQL
2 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.89%) Bash
3 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (9.43%) Degree
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (7.55%) MCP
3 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (60.38%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (9.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) SCCM
1 1 (1.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) VMware
3 1 (1.89%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.89%) Citrix
3 1 (1.89%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.89%) Reuters
3 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.89%) Tradeweb