Remote Desktop Contracts

Remote Desktop
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Remote Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 626 718
Rank change year-on-year +101 +92 -101
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 65 62 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.20% 0.87% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 46 90
10th Percentile £163 £155 £127
25th Percentile £200 £200 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £314 £275
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +14.09% -34.52%
75th Percentile £480 £575 £361
90th Percentile £600 £613 £439
UK excluding London median daily rate £299 £323 £325
% change year-on-year -7.44% -0.77% -21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile £18.11 - £16.38
25th Percentile - - £17.97
Median hourly rate £18.27 - £18.65
75th Percentile - - £22.83
90th Percentile - - £48.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 - £18.65
% change year-on-year - - +5.97%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,086 9,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.48% 12.71% 11.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,222 4,566 6,488
10th Percentile £206 £241 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 446 369
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -28.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £18.47 £21.50
% change year-on-year +157.24% -14.12% -2.27%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Remote Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop.

Daily rate trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Remote Desktop.

Hourly rate trend for Remote Desktop in the UK

Remote Desktop
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +66 50 £299 -7.44% 40
England +80 47 £320 +4.66% 41
Scotland - 16 £200 - 3
Work from Home +128 15 £385 -33.04% 15
Midlands +27 15 £306 -0.24% 6
West Midlands +24 13 £306 +36.11% 2
London +83 12 £343 +71.25% 6
South East +13 9 £459 +31.07% 11
South West +9 8 £600 +4.35% 6
North of England +22 5 £260 +15.56% 9
Yorkshire - 5 £260 - 2
East Midlands +6 2 - - 4
East of England +3 1 £250 - 6

Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.54%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (24.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.15%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (18.46%) Azure
3 9 (13.85%) AWS
4 8 (12.31%) Entra ID
5 7 (10.77%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.62%) Slack
6 3 (4.62%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (1.54%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.00%) DNS
2 11 (16.92%) DHCP
3 10 (15.38%) VPN
4 7 (10.77%) Firewall
5 6 (9.23%) LAN
5 6 (9.23%) WAN
6 5 (7.69%) Fibre Channel
6 5 (7.69%) SAN
6 5 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 5 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (7.69%) Wireless
7 2 (3.08%) Bluetooth
7 2 (3.08%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (3.08%) XCAP
8 1 (1.54%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (1.54%) FTP
8 1 (1.54%) VSAN
8 1 (1.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Power BI
2 2 (3.08%) GIS
2 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.08%) Tableau
3 1 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.15%) JIRA
General
1 18 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.85%) Finance
3 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.15%) Banking
5 3 (4.62%) Advertising
6 2 (3.08%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.08%) Marketing
6 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (16.92%) IT Engineer
1 11 (16.92%) Support Engineer
2 10 (15.38%) IT Support
3 7 (10.77%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (10.77%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Analyst
4 6 (9.23%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Desktop Support
4 6 (9.23%) Support Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Administrator
5 5 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Server Administrator
5 5 (7.69%) VMWare Administrator
5 5 (7.69%) Wintel Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.23%) PKI
3 3 (4.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (3.08%) Chip and PIN
4 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) Clustering
5 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 50 (76.92%) Windows
2 24 (36.92%) Windows 10
3 19 (29.23%) Windows Server
4 12 (18.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (13.85%) Mac OS X
6 6 (9.23%) Android
6 6 (9.23%) Linux
7 5 (7.69%) Ubuntu
8 4 (6.15%) CentOS
8 4 (6.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (6.15%) Windows 7
9 3 (4.62%) Apple iOS
9 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
11 1 (1.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (13.85%) Patch Management
4 8 (12.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (10.77%) Mobile Device Management
6 6 (9.23%) Change Control
6 6 (9.23%) Task Automation
6 6 (9.23%) Validation
7 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (7.69%) Load Balancing
7 5 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 4 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (6.15%) Computer Science
8 4 (6.15%) Data Protection
8 4 (6.15%) Ticket Management
9 3 (4.62%) ITIL
9 3 (4.62%) Migration
9 3 (4.62%) Performance Monitoring
9 3 (4.62%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (4.62%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 19 (29.23%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.15%) Bash
2 4 (6.15%) Python
3 3 (4.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.92%) Degree
3 10 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 8 (12.31%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.15%) A+ Certification
6 3 (4.62%) CCNA
6 3 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.08%) MCITP
7 2 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.54%) CCNP
8 1 (1.54%) MCSA
8 1 (1.54%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.08%) SLA
2 2 (3.08%) QA
System Software
1 36 (55.38%) Active Directory
2 23 (35.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (26.15%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (13.85%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (13.85%) VMFS
5 8 (12.31%) vSphere
6 6 (9.23%) Hyper-V
6 6 (9.23%) VMware NSX
7 5 (7.69%) VMware Server
8 2 (3.08%) KVM
8 2 (3.08%) Terminal Services
8 2 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (3.08%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (16.92%) SCCM
2 9 (13.85%) vCenter Server
3 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (9.23%) WSUS
4 2 (3.08%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.54%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.54%) SCOM
5 1 (1.54%) SCOrch
5 1 (1.54%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 38 (58.46%) Microsoft
2 27 (41.54%) VMware
3 13 (20.00%) Apple
4 5 (7.69%) Cisco
5 4 (6.15%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.62%) Dell
6 3 (4.62%) Meraki
7 2 (3.08%) Citrix
7 2 (3.08%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.08%) HP
7 2 (3.08%) Laserfiche
7 2 (3.08%) Okta
7 2 (3.08%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.08%) Remedy
8 1 (1.54%) Adobe
8 1 (1.54%) Avid
8 1 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.54%) Google
8 1 (1.54%) Varonis
8 1 (1.54%) Wyse