Microsoft Terminal Services
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Terminal Services skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Terminal Services over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 832 887 1144
Rank change year-on-year +55 +257 -254
Permanent jobs citing Terminal Services 63 65 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.066% 0.058%
As % of the System Software category 0.53% 0.42% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 55 40 73
10th Percentile £24,150 £31,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £39,738 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £48,750 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +25.00% +4.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,313 £48,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £52,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £44,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year -23.16% +26.43% -6.67%

All System Software Skills
UK

Terminal Services is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,994 15,343 30,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.88% 15.58% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,423 10,001 15,538
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Terminal Services
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Terminal Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Terminal Services in the UK

Terminal Services
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Terminal Services.

Salary trend for Terminal Services in the UK

Terminal Services
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Terminal Services over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Terminal Services in the UK

Terminal Services
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Terminal Services within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +92 59 £34,000 -28.42% 14
UK excluding London +6 52 £34,000 -23.16% 12
North of England +62 30 £30,000 -40.00% 7
North West +16 20 £27,500 -45.00% 4
Work from Home +53 19 £34,000 -32.00% 2
Yorkshire +89 10 £40,000 - 3
Midlands -12 9 £50,000 +12.99%
East of England -15 7 £38,500 -23.00% 3
London +110 6 £35,000 -39.13% 2
East Midlands -6 6 £50,000 -13.04%
South East +10 5 £39,500 -4.82% 3
West Midlands +5 3 - -
South West -18 1 - - 1

Terminal Services
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 21 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 18 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (9.52%) IIS
4 2 (3.17%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (79.37%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (49.21%) Azure
3 10 (15.87%) Entra ID
4 7 (11.11%) AWS
4 7 (11.11%) OneDrive
5 6 (9.52%) IaaS
6 2 (3.17%) Amazon S3
6 2 (3.17%) Mimecast
6 2 (3.17%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (46.03%) Firewall
2 24 (38.10%) DNS
3 20 (31.75%) DHCP
4 16 (25.40%) Remote Desktop
5 15 (23.81%) TCP/IP
6 14 (22.22%) SAN
6 14 (22.22%) VPN
7 5 (7.94%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (7.94%) Internet
7 5 (7.94%) LAN
7 5 (7.94%) VoIP
7 5 (7.94%) WAN
7 5 (7.94%) Wireless
8 4 (6.35%) VLAN
9 3 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (4.76%) Network Security
10 2 (3.17%) HSRP
10 2 (3.17%) IPsec
10 2 (3.17%) iSCSI
10 2 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Eclipse
General
1 24 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (20.63%) Law
4 12 (19.05%) Finance
5 8 (12.70%) Legal
6 6 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (9.52%) Telecoms
7 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.76%) Billing
8 3 (4.76%) Retail
9 1 (1.59%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 17 (26.98%) Support Engineer
2 14 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
3 11 (17.46%) IT Engineer
4 9 (14.29%) IT Support
4 9 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (12.70%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (12.70%) IT Technician
6 7 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 5 (7.94%) Service Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) Support Technician
9 4 (6.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 4 (6.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Technical Support
9 4 (6.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) CSS
1 2 (3.17%) HTML
1 2 (3.17%) LAMP
1 2 (3.17%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) iPad
1 9 (14.29%) Smartphone
2 6 (9.52%) Clustering
3 5 (7.94%) Replication
4 3 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.76%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.76%) Fat Client
4 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.76%) Smart Energy
4 3 (4.76%) Thin Client
4 3 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.17%) CCTV
5 2 (3.17%) Handset
5 2 (3.17%) PKI
6 1 (1.59%) CMDB
6 1 (1.59%) NHS
6 1 (1.59%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 53 (84.13%) Windows
2 35 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 14 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 14 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (17.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (17.46%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (14.29%) Windows Phone
6 6 (9.52%) Windows 8
7 5 (7.94%) Linux
7 5 (7.94%) Mac OS X
7 5 (7.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (4.76%) Kali Linux
8 3 (4.76%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.75%) ITIL
2 19 (30.16%) Customer Service
3 15 (23.81%) ITSM
4 14 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.29%) Agile
5 9 (14.29%) CRM
6 8 (12.70%) Problem Management
6 8 (12.70%) Service Management
7 7 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (9.52%) Case Management
8 6 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (9.52%) E-Commerce
8 6 (9.52%) Speech Recognition
8 6 (9.52%) Time Management
9 5 (7.94%) Logistics
9 5 (7.94%) Project Delivery
9 5 (7.94%) Project Management
9 5 (7.94%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 4 (6.35%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (6.35%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.87%) PowerShell
1 10 (15.87%) SQL
2 4 (6.35%) T-SQL
2 4 (6.35%) VBA
2 4 (6.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (38.10%) Degree
2 7 (11.11%) CCNA
2 7 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.94%) DBS Check
4 4 (6.35%) CCA
4 4 (6.35%) CCDA
4 4 (6.35%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (6.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) GDPR
2 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.76%) NIST
3 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 27 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 15 (23.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 6 (9.52%) vSphere
5 2 (3.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (3.17%) Docker
5 2 (3.17%) pfSense
5 2 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (14.29%) AirWatch
3 6 (9.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (7.94%) SCCM
4 5 (7.94%) SCOM
5 3 (4.76%) SELinux
6 2 (3.17%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 22 (34.92%) VMware
3 15 (23.81%) Citrix
4 7 (11.11%) Cisco
4 7 (11.11%) HP
5 6 (9.52%) Avaya
6 5 (7.94%) ConnectWise
7 4 (6.35%) Dell
7 4 (6.35%) NEC
7 4 (6.35%) NetApp
8 3 (4.76%) SonicWALL
8 3 (4.76%) Sophos
9 2 (3.17%) Acronis
9 2 (3.17%) Aruba
9 2 (3.17%) Google
9 2 (3.17%) Meraki
9 2 (3.17%) Sage
9 2 (3.17%) Veeam
9 2 (3.17%) Veritas
10 1 (1.59%) Fortinet