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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 377 466
Rank change year-on-year +35 +89 +138
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 44 31 92
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 0.22% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.53% 1.75% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 42 26 91
10th Percentile - £29,875 £26,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £36,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% -9.88% -4.71%
75th Percentile £33,750 £49,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £39,000 £55,625 £72,500
UK median annual salary £30,000 £34,250 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.41% +5.38% -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 1,736 1,768 3,968
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.37% 12.77% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,185 3,442
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,281 £37,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,792 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -23.03% +9.28% -7.62%

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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 13 March 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 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.27%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 29 (65.91%) SaaS
2 9 (20.45%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.82%) Azure
4 1 (2.27%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.36%) DHCP
1 5 (11.36%) DNS
1 5 (11.36%) Firewall
1 5 (11.36%) TCP/IP
2 4 (9.09%) LAN
3 2 (4.55%) 4G
3 2 (4.55%) VPN
3 2 (4.55%) WAN
4 1 (2.27%) iSCSI
4 1 (2.27%) SAN
4 1 (2.27%) Telnet
4 1 (2.27%) VLAN
4 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.27%) MySQL
2 1 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
General
1 35 (79.55%) Social Skills
2 27 (61.36%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (61.36%) Retail
3 4 (9.09%) Law
3 4 (9.09%) Legal
4 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (68.18%) 2nd Line Support
2 27 (61.36%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 19 (43.18%) Analyst
4 17 (38.64%) Support Analyst
5 13 (29.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 13 (29.55%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 13 (29.55%) ERP Analyst
5 13 (29.55%) ERP Support
5 13 (29.55%) SaaS Analyst
5 13 (29.55%) Software Analyst
5 13 (29.55%) Software Support Analyst
6 10 (22.73%) IT Support
7 5 (11.36%) IT Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Support Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) IT Analyst
8 4 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (6.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 3 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (4.55%) IT Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 27 (61.36%) Onboarding
2 7 (15.91%) Driving Licence
3 5 (11.36%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.55%) Smartphone
5 2 (4.55%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (34.09%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Mac OS
3 4 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.55%) Android
4 2 (4.55%) Linux
5 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (70.45%) Customer Service
1 31 (70.45%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (65.91%) Logistics
3 28 (63.64%) CRM
3 28 (63.64%) Mentoring
4 27 (61.36%) Analytical Thinking
4 27 (61.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (61.36%) Data Privacy
4 27 (61.36%) E-Commerce
4 27 (61.36%) ERP
4 27 (61.36%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (13.64%) ITIL
6 4 (9.09%) Case Management
6 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 4 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 4 (9.09%) Document Management
6 4 (9.09%) Incident Management
7 2 (4.55%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.55%) Ticket Management
7 2 (4.55%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (65.91%) SQL
2 27 (61.36%) C#
3 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.55%) Bash
5 1 (2.27%) Korn
5 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (11.36%) Degree
3 4 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (4.55%) CCNA
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.55%) MCSA
4 2 (4.55%) MCSE
5 1 (2.27%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (61.36%) QA
System Software
1 10 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (2.27%) Docker
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Dell
2 3 (6.82%) VMware
3 2 (4.55%) Adobe
3 2 (4.55%) Apple
3 2 (4.55%) Cisco
3 2 (4.55%) Citrix
3 2 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (4.55%) Draytek
3 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
3 2 (4.55%) Intel
3 2 (4.55%) Juniper
3 2 (4.55%) SonicWALL
3 2 (4.55%) Veeam
3 2 (4.55%) WatchGuard
3 2 (4.55%) Wyse
4 1 (2.27%) Red Hat