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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 621 708
Rank change year-on-year +101 +87 -124
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 56 63 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.04% 0.89% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 49 97
10th Percentile £148 £150 £123
25th Percentile £200 £200 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £239 £250 £275
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% -9.09% -35.29%
75th Percentile £360 £575 £338
90th Percentile £446 £605 £438
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £315 £275
% change year-on-year -36.51% +14.55% -34.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 14
10th Percentile £18.11 - £16.25
25th Percentile - - £17.66
Median hourly rate £18.27 - £18.55
75th Percentile - - £21.42
90th Percentile - - £43.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 - £18.55
% change year-on-year - - +5.40%

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 5,388 7,085 9,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.66% 12.44% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,213 4,577 6,232
10th Percentile £205 £235 £234
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £611
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 464 367
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +7.21%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £50.89
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £17.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year +158.48% -17.44% -8.51%

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 16 May 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 12 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 16 May 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 +54 42 £200 -36.51% 48
England +94 38 £299 +19.60% 52
Scotland +49 15 £200 -35.48% 4
Work from Home +120 12 £320 -41.82% 19
London +101 11 £343 +71.25% 8
South East +15 10 £150 -57.14% 7
West Midlands +32 9 £300 +33.11% 4
Midlands +28 9 £300 -2.44% 10
North of England +30 6 £320 +42.22% 10
Yorkshire - 6 £320 - 3
East of England +2 1 £250 - 12
South West -4 1 £475 -17.39% 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 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.57%) IIS
3 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (33.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.93%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (16.07%) Azure
3 8 (14.29%) Amazon EC2
3 8 (14.29%) AWS
4 6 (10.71%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.36%) Slack
6 3 (5.36%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (1.79%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.79%) DNS
2 13 (23.21%) DHCP
3 10 (17.86%) VPN
4 9 (16.07%) LAN
4 9 (16.07%) WAN
5 8 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 7 (12.50%) Firewall
7 5 (8.93%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (8.93%) SAN
7 5 (8.93%) Wireless
8 4 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (3.57%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (3.57%) XCAP
10 1 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (1.79%) FTP
10 1 (1.79%) VSAN
10 1 (1.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) GIS
2 2 (3.57%) Tableau
3 1 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.86%) Finance
3 5 (8.93%) Banking
4 3 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.57%) Advertising
5 2 (3.57%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.57%) Marketing
5 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (21.43%) IT Engineer
2 11 (19.64%) Support Engineer
3 10 (17.86%) IT Support
4 7 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (10.71%) Desktop Support
5 6 (10.71%) Technical Support
6 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (8.93%) Administrator
6 5 (8.93%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (8.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 5 (8.93%) Server Administrator
6 5 (8.93%) Support Specialist
6 5 (8.93%) Technical Specialist
6 5 (8.93%) Technical Support Specialist
6 5 (8.93%) VMWare Administrator
6 5 (8.93%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (7.14%) Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.71%) PKI
3 4 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) Clustering
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (76.79%) Windows
2 28 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 18 (32.14%) Windows Server
4 8 (14.29%) Mac OS X
5 6 (10.71%) Linux
6 5 (8.93%) Ubuntu
7 4 (7.14%) CentOS
7 4 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (7.14%) Windows 7
7 4 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (5.36%) Android
8 3 (5.36%) Apple iOS
8 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.79%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.79%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 9 (16.07%) Patch Management
4 8 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (10.71%) Change Control
5 6 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (8.93%) Computer Science
6 5 (8.93%) Knowledge Management
6 5 (8.93%) Load Balancing
6 5 (8.93%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 4 (7.14%) Migration
7 4 (7.14%) Runbook
7 4 (7.14%) Task Automation
8 3 (5.36%) ITIL
8 3 (5.36%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (5.36%) Performance Monitoring
8 3 (5.36%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (5.36%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.14%) Bash
3 2 (3.57%) Python
4 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (23.21%) Degree
2 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.71%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.93%) A+ Certification
5 4 (7.14%) CCNA
5 4 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.36%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (5.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (3.57%) MCITP
8 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.79%) CCNP
8 1 (1.79%) MCSA
8 1 (1.79%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (28.57%) SLA
2 3 (5.36%) QA
System Software
1 38 (67.86%) Active Directory
2 17 (30.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (16.07%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (10.71%) VMware NSX
4 6 (10.71%) vSphere
5 5 (8.93%) Hyper-V
5 5 (8.93%) VMware Server
6 4 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (5.36%) KVM
7 3 (5.36%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (3.57%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (28.57%) SCCM
2 10 (17.86%) vCenter Server
3 6 (10.71%) WSUS
4 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (5.36%) AirWatch
6 2 (3.57%) SCOM
7 1 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.79%) SCOrch
7 1 (1.79%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 40 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (32.14%) VMware
3 13 (23.21%) Apple
4 5 (8.93%) Cisco
4 5 (8.93%) HP
4 5 (8.93%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.36%) Dell
5 3 (5.36%) Meraki
6 2 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.57%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.57%) Laserfiche
6 2 (3.57%) Okta
6 2 (3.57%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.57%) Remedy
6 2 (3.57%) Varonis
7 1 (1.79%) Adobe
7 1 (1.79%) Avid
7 1 (1.79%) Google
7 1 (1.79%) Oracle
7 1 (1.79%) Wyse