Remote Desktop Jobs with Work from Home Options

Remote Desktop
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Remote Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 575 746
Rank change year-on-year +67 +171 -192
Permanent jobs citing Remote Desktop 85 63 140
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.63% 1.43% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 82 59 123
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £26,350
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £55,625
90th Percentile - £64,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £32,001 £35,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% -7.89% -3.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Remote Desktop is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,217 4,404 8,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 11.45% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,281 5,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Remote Desktop
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Remote Desktop trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Remote Desktop.

Remote Desktop salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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 49 (57.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (52.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.35%) WordPress
4 1 (1.18%) CMS
4 1 (1.18%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (24.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (87.06%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (52.94%) Azure
3 21 (24.71%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.41%) Power Platform
5 7 (8.24%) OneDrive
6 4 (4.71%) IaaS
6 4 (4.71%) PaaS
7 3 (3.53%) AWS
7 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.53%) GCP
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.18%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (49.41%) Firewall
2 28 (32.94%) VPN
3 24 (28.24%) LAN
4 23 (27.06%) WAN
5 21 (24.71%) DNS
6 19 (22.35%) VLAN
6 19 (22.35%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (20.00%) DHCP
8 16 (18.82%) MPLS
9 13 (15.29%) Wireless
10 11 (12.94%) SAN
11 6 (7.06%) VoIP
12 5 (5.88%) Internet
12 5 (5.88%) TCP/IP
13 2 (2.35%) DKIM
13 2 (2.35%) Fibre Channel
13 2 (2.35%) iSCSI
13 2 (2.35%) NAS
13 2 (2.35%) PBX
13 2 (2.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (18.82%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (10.59%) SQL Server
3 8 (9.41%) Power BI
4 4 (4.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
General
1 49 (57.65%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.59%) Finance
3 7 (8.24%) Legal
4 5 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.53%) Retail
6 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (29.41%) IT Support
1 25 (29.41%) Support Engineer
2 19 (22.35%) IT Engineer
2 19 (22.35%) IT Support Engineer
3 17 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 16 (18.82%) 3rd Line Support
5 12 (14.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 12 (14.12%) Data Centre Manager
5 12 (14.12%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 11 (12.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 10 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (11.76%) Analyst
8 9 (10.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 9 (10.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 9 (10.59%) Senior
8 9 (10.59%) Service Analyst
9 8 (9.41%) Service Desk Analyst
10 7 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (5.88%) Technical Support
11 5 (5.88%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) .NET
1 3 (3.53%) ASP.NET
1 3 (3.53%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (2.35%) CSS
2 2 (2.35%) HTML
3 1 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.82%) Data Centre
1 16 (18.82%) Public Cloud
2 13 (15.29%) Driving Licence
3 12 (14.12%) iPad
4 9 (10.59%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (7.06%) Replication
6 5 (5.88%) Low-Code
7 4 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (3.53%) EPoS
8 3 (3.53%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.35%) CCTV
9 2 (2.35%) Handset
9 2 (2.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (1.18%) Blackberry
10 1 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 55 (64.71%) Windows
2 36 (42.35%) Windows Server
3 11 (12.94%) Windows 10
3 11 (12.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 11 (12.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (11.76%) Apple iOS
5 7 (8.24%) Android
6 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.35%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.18%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (23.53%) Agile
1 20 (23.53%) PRINCE2
2 19 (22.35%) ITIL
3 18 (21.18%) Project Management
4 16 (18.82%) Customer Service
4 16 (18.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 14 (16.47%) Line Management
6 11 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (10.59%) Mentoring
7 9 (10.59%) Service Management
8 8 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (9.41%) ITSM
8 8 (9.41%) Service Delivery
9 7 (8.24%) Document Management
9 7 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (8.24%) Problem Management
10 6 (7.06%) Data Loss Prevention
10 6 (7.06%) Service Desk Management
11 5 (5.88%) Incident Management
11 5 (5.88%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.47%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.59%) SQL
3 7 (8.24%) T-SQL
4 3 (3.53%) C#
4 3 (3.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (18.82%) APMP
2 7 (8.24%) MCP
3 6 (7.06%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 5 (5.88%) CCA
4 5 (5.88%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (4.71%) CCNA
5 4 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.53%) MCSE
7 2 (2.35%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.35%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.35%) MCITP
8 1 (1.18%) Degree
8 1 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.18%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) QA
2 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.35%) GDPR
2 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.35%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (68.24%) Active Directory
2 48 (56.47%) Hyper-V
3 44 (51.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (25.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (25.88%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (9.41%) XenApp
5 8 (9.41%) XenDesktop
6 2 (2.35%) Terminal Server
6 2 (2.35%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (22.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (18.82%) WSUS
3 12 (14.12%) SCCM
4 5 (5.88%) Backup Exec
4 5 (5.88%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 80 (94.12%) Microsoft
2 45 (52.94%) VMware
3 28 (32.94%) Citrix
4 26 (30.59%) Cisco
5 16 (18.82%) Ruckus Wireless
6 12 (14.12%) Veeam
7 7 (8.24%) HP
8 6 (7.06%) Dell
8 6 (7.06%) Fortinet
9 5 (5.88%) Aruba
9 5 (5.88%) ConnectWise
9 5 (5.88%) iManage
9 5 (5.88%) Intapp
9 5 (5.88%) N-able
9 5 (5.88%) Symantec
9 5 (5.88%) Veritas
10 4 (4.71%) Draytek
10 4 (4.71%) LexisNexis
11 3 (3.53%) Datto
11 3 (3.53%) Sophos