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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 412 453
Rank change year-on-year +22 +41 +286
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 35 83 61
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.36% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.95% 2.24% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 32 64 61
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +28.57% -7.89%
75th Percentile £36,250 £82,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £112,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £40,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -21.25% +19.40% -9.46%

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 1,797 3,703 3,324
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.10% 15.91% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 1,599 2,784
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,548
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%

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 Hybrid Work Options

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

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

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 16 September 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 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.43%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) SaaS
2 10 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.43%) Azure
4 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.86%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.86%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) DHCP
1 6 (17.14%) DNS
1 6 (17.14%) TCP/IP
2 5 (14.29%) Firewall
2 5 (14.29%) SAN
3 1 (2.86%) ADSL
3 1 (2.86%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.86%) Fast Ethernet
3 1 (2.86%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (2.86%) Internet
3 1 (2.86%) iSCSI
3 1 (2.86%) LAN
3 1 (2.86%) Network Security
3 1 (2.86%) Skype
3 1 (2.86%) VPN
3 1 (2.86%) WAN
3 1 (2.86%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Retail
3 5 (14.29%) Legal
3 5 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Back Office
4 4 (11.43%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Advertising
5 3 (8.57%) Marketing
6 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.86%) Automotive
7 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) 2nd Line Support
2 13 (37.14%) Support Technician
3 12 (34.29%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 6 (17.14%) Applications Support
4 6 (17.14%) Applications Support Technician
5 5 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Support
7 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) IT Technician
7 2 (5.71%) SAN Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) SAN Support
7 2 (5.71%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) IT Support
8 1 (2.86%) Network Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Senior IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.57%) Social Media
3 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (37.14%) Windows
2 7 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.86%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) Customer Service
2 22 (62.86%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (42.86%) CRM
4 12 (34.29%) Analytical Thinking
4 12 (34.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (34.29%) Data Privacy
4 12 (34.29%) E-Commerce
4 12 (34.29%) ERP
4 12 (34.29%) Logistics
4 12 (34.29%) Mentoring
4 12 (34.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (17.14%) Change Management
5 6 (17.14%) ITIL
6 5 (14.29%) Case Management
6 5 (14.29%) ITSM
6 5 (14.29%) Service Management
7 3 (8.57%) Business Development
7 3 (8.57%) Social Media Marketing
8 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (5.71%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) C#
1 12 (34.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) MCITP
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) QA
1 6 (17.14%) SLA
2 3 (8.57%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (37.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (14.29%) Terminal Services
3 5 (14.29%) vSphere
4 4 (11.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.86%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.86%) SCCM
1 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.00%) VMware
3 4 (11.43%) Dell
3 4 (11.43%) HP
3 4 (11.43%) NetApp
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (2.86%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.86%) Citrix
5 1 (2.86%) Datto
5 1 (2.86%) Forcepoint
5 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.86%) Reuters
5 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.86%) Tradeweb