The first table below looks at the demand for Terminal Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Terminal Services over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Terminal Services
Rank 124 128 122
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Contract jobs citing Terminal Services 1 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.040% 0.224% 0.205%
As % of the System Software category 0.355% 3.017% 2.335%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
Average daily rate £168 £395 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-57.59% +1.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £340 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.75 £12.61 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+24.95% -9.96%
All System Software
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
282 232 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 11.42% 7.436% 8.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 79 97
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £234 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 35 22
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £30.77
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -34.99%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.13 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Terminal Services
South East

Terminal Services
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Terminal Services across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Berkshire Terminal Services Jobs Demand Trend

Terminal Services
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Terminal Services across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Terminal Services Daily Rate Trend

Terminal Services
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Terminal Services across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Terminal Services Hourly Rate Trend

Terminal Services
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Terminal Services also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Terminal Services.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) SIEM
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) Dell
4 2 (40.00%) CA
4 2 (40.00%) Symantec
4 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (40.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (20.00%) Informatica
5 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (20.00%) WorkSite
5 1 (20.00%) LANDesk
5 1 (20.00%) Internet

Terminal Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Terminal Services also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Terminal Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WorkSite
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Dell
1 2 (40.00%) CA
1 2 (40.00%) Symantec
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica
2 1 (20.00%) LANDesk