Remote Desktop Contracts in England

Remote Desktop
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Remote Desktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Remote Desktop over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 581 682
Rank change year-on-year +79 +101 -120
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 48 55 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.00% 0.93% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 42 71
10th Percentile £200 £161 £123
25th Percentile £220 £200 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £306 £325
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -5.77% -21.21%
75th Percentile £559 £584 £338
90th Percentile £614 £623 £438
UK median daily rate £300 £314 £325
% change year-on-year -4.38% -3.46% -21.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £16.38
25th Percentile - - £17.97
Median hourly rate £18.27 - £18.65
75th Percentile - - £22.83
90th Percentile - - £48.19
UK median hourly rate £18.27 - £18.65
% change year-on-year - - +5.97%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Remote Desktop falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,823 5,925 8,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 12.60% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,875 3,842 5,326
10th Percentile £213 £240 £228
25th Percentile £350 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £607 £645 £619
90th Percentile £690 £737 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 408 318
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.28 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £72.66 £75.00 £63.63
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Remote Desktop in England

Remote Desktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Remote Desktop in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Midlands +23 15 £306 +2.08% 3
West Midlands +27 13 £306 +16.67% 2
London +79 11 £343 +71.25% 5
South West -1 10 £588 +2.17% 4
South East +16 9 £459 +31.07% 10
North of England +20 5 £260 +15.56% 9
Yorkshire - 5 £260 - 2
East Midlands +4 2 - - 1
East of England 0 1 £250 - 6
Remote Desktop
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Remote Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) AWS
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (16.67%) Azure
3 6 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (6.25%) Slack
4 3 (6.25%) WhatsApp
5 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.08%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.83%) DNS
1 10 (20.83%) VPN
2 9 (18.75%) DHCP
3 7 (14.58%) Firewall
3 7 (14.58%) LAN
4 6 (12.50%) WAN
5 5 (10.42%) Fibre Channel
5 5 (10.42%) SAN
5 5 (10.42%) TCP/IP
5 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (10.42%) Wireless
6 2 (4.17%) Bluetooth
6 2 (4.17%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (4.17%) XCAP
7 1 (2.08%) FTP
7 1 (2.08%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) GIS
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
1 2 (4.17%) Tableau
2 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 16 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Finance
3 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.33%) Banking
4 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.25%) Advertising
6 2 (4.17%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.17%) Marketing
7 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
2 5 (10.42%) Administrator
2 5 (10.42%) Server Administrator
2 5 (10.42%) VMWare Administrator
3 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 4 (8.33%) Analyst
3 4 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 4 (8.33%) IT Support
3 4 (8.33%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.25%) Lead
4 3 (6.25%) Senior
4 3 (6.25%) Technical Support
5 2 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Desktop Support
5 2 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (4.17%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Support Specialist
5 2 (4.17%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) PKI
2 3 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (4.17%) Chip and PIN
3 2 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.08%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 37 (77.08%) Windows
2 17 (35.42%) Windows Server
3 15 (31.25%) Windows 10
4 11 (22.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (12.50%) Android
6 4 (8.33%) CentOS
6 4 (8.33%) Linux
6 4 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (8.33%) Ubuntu
6 4 (8.33%) Windows 7
7 3 (6.25%) Apple iOS
7 3 (6.25%) Mac OS X
8 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 12 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (18.75%) Patch Management
3 7 (14.58%) Mobile Device Management
3 7 (14.58%) Task Automation
4 6 (12.50%) Change Control
4 6 (12.50%) Validation
5 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (10.42%) Load Balancing
5 5 (10.42%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 4 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (8.33%) Ticket Management
7 3 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.25%) Data Protection
7 3 (6.25%) Desktop Virtualisation
7 3 (6.25%) Performance Monitoring
7 3 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (39.58%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.33%) Bash
2 4 (8.33%) Python
3 3 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 9 (18.75%) Degree
4 8 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 4 (8.33%) A+ Certification
6 3 (6.25%) CCNA
6 3 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.17%) MCITP
7 2 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.08%) CCNP
8 1 (2.08%) MCSA
8 1 (2.08%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.83%) SLA
2 2 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 27 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 24 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (18.75%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (18.75%) VMFS
5 8 (16.67%) vSphere
6 5 (10.42%) Hyper-V
6 5 (10.42%) VMware NSX
6 5 (10.42%) VMware Server
7 3 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (4.17%) KVM
8 2 (4.17%) Terminal Services
8 2 (4.17%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (20.83%) SCCM
2 7 (14.58%) vCenter Server
3 5 (10.42%) WSUS
4 2 (4.17%) AirWatch
5 1 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 27 (56.25%) VMware
3 7 (14.58%) Apple
4 4 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 3 (6.25%) Cisco
5 3 (6.25%) Citrix
6 2 (4.17%) Dell
6 2 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.17%) HP
6 2 (4.17%) Laserfiche
6 2 (4.17%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.17%) Remedy
7 1 (2.08%) Google
7 1 (2.08%) Meraki
7 1 (2.08%) Okta
7 1 (2.08%) Oracle