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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 494 599
Rank change year-on-year +116 +105 +95
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 37 89 77
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.47% 1.68% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 36 87 71
10th Percentile - £26,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £58,125
90th Percentile £52,500 £63,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -12.50%

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 2,522 5,284 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.46% 15.62% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 3,423 3,541
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,294
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

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 4 May 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 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (27.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (16.22%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.70%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (37.84%) Azure
3 4 (10.81%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.41%) AWS
4 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.70%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (37.84%) Firewall
2 10 (27.03%) DHCP
2 10 (27.03%) DNS
2 10 (27.03%) LAN
2 10 (27.03%) SAN
2 10 (27.03%) WAN
3 5 (13.51%) Internet
4 3 (8.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (8.11%) VPN
5 2 (5.41%) SD-WAN
5 2 (5.41%) SSL
5 2 (5.41%) VLAN
5 2 (5.41%) VoIP
6 1 (2.70%) ADSL
6 1 (2.70%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.70%) Fast Ethernet
6 1 (2.70%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (2.70%) iSCSI
6 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
General
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Manufacturing
3 5 (13.51%) Aerospace
3 5 (13.51%) Automotive
4 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Games
6 1 (2.70%) iGaming
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) 3rd Line Support
2 8 (21.62%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (18.92%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 7 (18.92%) Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Technical Support
4 6 (16.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Service Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (8.11%) IT Support
6 3 (8.11%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Technical Services Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) IT Technician
7 2 (5.41%) Project Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) SAN Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) SAN Support
7 2 (5.41%) Support Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.11%) Replication
3 2 (5.41%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (64.86%) Windows
2 17 (45.95%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.11%) Android
3 3 (8.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) ITIL
2 17 (45.95%) Customer Service
3 14 (37.84%) Change Management
3 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (21.62%) Case Management
4 8 (21.62%) ITSM
4 8 (21.62%) Service Management
5 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.11%) Ticket Management
7 2 (5.41%) Cloud Security
7 2 (5.41%) Presales
7 2 (5.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 2 (5.41%) Software Licensing
8 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (2.70%) Mentoring
8 1 (2.70%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (2.70%) Network Management
8 1 (2.70%) Software Deployment
8 1 (2.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.70%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (21.62%) MCITP
2 8 (21.62%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (5.41%) CCA
3 2 (5.41%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) MCP
4 1 (2.70%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.03%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (75.68%) Active Directory
2 12 (32.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (29.73%) Hyper-V
3 11 (29.73%) Terminal Services
4 7 (18.92%) vSphere
5 2 (5.41%) XenApp
5 2 (5.41%) XenDesktop
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.70%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.41%) Backup Exec
2 2 (5.41%) SCCM
2 2 (5.41%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (75.68%) Microsoft
2 17 (45.95%) VMware
3 8 (21.62%) Cisco
3 8 (21.62%) Dell
3 8 (21.62%) HP
4 6 (16.22%) Fortinet
4 6 (16.22%) NetApp
5 5 (13.51%) Citrix
6 2 (5.41%) Aruba
6 2 (5.41%) Meraki
6 2 (5.41%) N-able
6 2 (5.41%) Okta
6 2 (5.41%) Symantec
6 2 (5.41%) Veeam
6 2 (5.41%) Veritas
7 1 (2.70%) Adobe
7 1 (2.70%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (2.70%) Datto
7 1 (2.70%) Forcepoint