England Terminal Services Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Terminal Services skills within the England region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Terminal Services over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Terminal Services
Location Abingdon Bath Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Coventry Devon East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Ely England Essex Hammersmith Hampshire High Wycombe King's Lynn Leatherhead Leeds Livingston London Manchester Milton Keynes Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Sussex Swindon UK Uxbridge Wales West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	468	503
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	92	135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.123 %	0.135 %
As % of the category below	1.861 %	2.530 %
Daily rates quoted	26	30
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£341
Average daily rate	£349	£372
% change on same period last year	-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	£330
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	35
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.94	£16.63
Average hourly rate	£18.06	£17.70
% change on same period last year	+2.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.17	£18.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.03	£18.62
% change on same period last year	+2.21 %
System Software England
Matching contract IT job ads	4943	5336
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.588 %	5.323 %
Daily rates quoted	1264	1289
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£334
Average daily rate	£351	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£370	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£325
% change on same period last year	-1.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	1058	1138
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.21	£20.70
Average hourly rate	£21.45	£22.03
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.69	£23.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.21	£21.86
% change on same period last year	-3.00 %
Terminal Services UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Terminal Services across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Terminal Services across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Terminal Services across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Terminal Services within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+47	41	£348	-12.63 %
South East	+54	18	£397	+5.86 %
South West	+19	9	£325	+21.49 %
West Midlands	-6	8	£278	-
North West	+14	7	-	-
East of England	+6	6	-	-
Yorkshire	+7	4	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 128 (66.67 %) Windows 2 90 (46.88 %) Windows Server 2003 3 89 (46.35 %) Citrix 4 82 (42.71 %) Active Directory 5 76 (39.58 %) Microsoft 6 43 (22.40 %) MS Exchange 7 41 (21.35 %) Windows XP 8 32 (16.67 %) Microsoft Certification 9 31 (16.15 %) Exchange Server 2003 10 30 (15.63 %) VMware 11 29 (15.10 %) Windows 2000 12 25 (13.02 %) WAN 13 24 (12.50 %) TCP/IP 13 24 (12.50 %) MCSE 13 24 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 Server

14 23 (11.98 %) Security Cleared 14 23 (11.98 %) SQL Server 14 23 (11.98 %) LAN 15 21 (10.94 %) Banking 16 20 (10.42 %) Finance 16 20 (10.42 %) Clustering 16 20 (10.42 %) SQL 17 19 (9.896 %) MS Excel 17 19 (9.896 %) Firewall 18 18 (9.375 %) IIS 18 18 (9.375 %) SC Cleared 19 17 (8.854 %) Fat Client 19 17 (8.854 %) VPN 19 17 (8.854 %) DNS 19 17 (8.854 %) Thin Client

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 Development 1 3 (1.563 %) Middleware 1 3 (1.563 %) WebSphere 2 2 (1.042 %) Application Packaging 2 2 (1.042 %) HTML 3 1 (0.521 %) WSH 3 1 (0.521 %) CGI 3 1 (0.521 %) ADSI 3 1 (0.521 %) .NET 3 1 (0.521 %) COM+ 3 1 (0.521 %) CSS 3 1 (0.521 %) WMI	Application Platforms 1 43 (22.40 %) MS Exchange 2 31 (16.15 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 18 (9.375 %) IIS 4 6 (3.125 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 6 (3.125 %) SharePoint 5 5 (2.604 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 3 (1.563 %) Lotus Notes 6 3 (1.563 %) CMS 7 2 (1.042 %) GroupWise 7 2 (1.042 %) WebSphere MQ 8 1 (0.521 %) Documentum 8 1 (0.521 %) Lotus Domino 8 1 (0.521 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 1 (0.521 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 1 (0.521 %) WPS 8 1 (0.521 %) IBM HTTP Server 8 1 (0.521 %) WorkSite
Applications 1 19 (9.896 %) MS Excel 2 16 (8.333 %) MS Office 3 3 (1.563 %) MS Visio 4 2 (1.042 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.521 %) DeltaView	Business Applications 1 8 (4.167 %) assyst 2 5 (2.604 %) SoftGrid 3 1 (0.521 %) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking 1 25 (13.02 %) WAN 2 24 (12.50 %) TCP/IP 3 23 (11.98 %) LAN 4 19 (9.896 %) Firewall 5 17 (8.854 %) VPN 5 17 (8.854 %) DNS 6 16 (8.333 %) SAN 7 12 (6.250 %) DHCP 8 11 (5.729 %) Internet 9 8 (4.167 %) IP Telephony 10 6 (3.125 %) FTP 11 5 (2.604 %) SMTP 11 5 (2.604 %) ADSL 12 4 (2.083 %) VoIP 13 3 (1.563 %) SSL 14 2 (1.042 %) iSCSI 14 2 (1.042 %) Wireless 14 2 (1.042 %) Frame Relay 14 2 (1.042 %) SSH 14 2 (1.042 %) OSPF	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (11.98 %) SQL Server 2 8 (4.167 %) SQL Server 2000 3 6 (3.125 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.521 %) RDBMS 4 1 (0.521 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (0.521 %) Oracle 10g 4 1 (0.521 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 3 (1.563 %) MSI 2 1 (0.521 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.521 %) InstallShield	General 1 21 (10.94 %) Banking 2 20 (10.42 %) Finance 3 17 (8.854 %) Government 4 15 (7.813 %) Investment Banking 5 4 (2.083 %) Telecoms 5 4 (2.083 %) Back Office 6 3 (1.563 %) Law 6 3 (1.563 %) Legal 7 2 (1.042 %) Education 7 2 (1.042 %) Insurance 7 2 (1.042 %) Billing 8 1 (0.521 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.521 %) Retail 8 1 (0.521 %) Financial Institution 8 1 (0.521 %) Health 8 1 (0.521 %) Military 8 1 (0.521 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 31 (16.15 %) Analyst 2 28 (14.58 %) Architect 3 23 (11.98 %) Support Engineer 3 23 (11.98 %) Citrix Engineer 4 22 (11.46 %) Infrastructure Architect 5 18 (9.375 %) 3rd Line Support 5 18 (9.375 %) Support Analyst 6 14 (7.292 %) Administrator 7 12 (6.250 %) 2nd Line Support 8 9 (4.688 %) Senior Citrix Engineer 9 8 (4.167 %) Server Specialist 9 8 (4.167 %) Server Engineer 9 8 (4.167 %) Systems Engineer 9 8 (4.167 %) Systems Administrator 10 7 (3.646 %) Consultant 10 7 (3.646 %) Network Engineer 10 7 (3.646 %) Server Support 10 7 (3.646 %) Helpdesk Analyst 10 7 (3.646 %) Citrix Support 11 6 (3.125 %) Enterprise Architect	Miscellaneous 1 20 (10.42 %) Clustering 2 17 (8.854 %) Fat Client 2 17 (8.854 %) Thin Client 3 6 (3.125 %) Video Conferencing 4 4 (2.083 %) Client/Server 5 3 (1.563 %) EPoS 5 3 (1.563 %) Mainframe 5 3 (1.563 %) Blackberry 5 3 (1.563 %) Replication 6 1 (0.521 %) NHS 6 1 (0.521 %) Management Information System 6 1 (0.521 %) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems 1 128 (66.67 %) Windows 2 90 (46.88 %) Windows Server 2003 3 41 (21.35 %) Windows XP 4 29 (15.10 %) Windows 2000 5 24 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 16 (8.333 %) UNIX 7 11 (5.729 %) Linux 7 11 (5.729 %) Windows Vista 8 8 (4.167 %) Windows NT 9 4 (2.083 %) Windows Server 2008 9 4 (2.083 %) HPUX 9 4 (2.083 %) Solaris 10 3 (1.563 %) AIX 11 2 (1.042 %) VME 12 1 (0.521 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (11.98 %) Security Cleared 2 18 (9.375 %) SC Cleared 3 14 (7.292 %) ITIL 4 12 (6.250 %) Migration 5 11 (5.729 %) Disaster Recovery 6 7 (3.646 %) Data Protection 7 6 (3.125 %) Network Design 8 5 (2.604 %) ITSM 8 5 (2.604 %) Load Balancing 9 4 (2.083 %) Problem Management 9 4 (2.083 %) Service Management 10 3 (1.563 %) PRINCE2 10 3 (1.563 %) Service Delivery 11 2 (1.042 %) Technical Architecture 11 2 (1.042 %) Workflow 11 2 (1.042 %) Document Management 11 2 (1.042 %) Incident Management 11 2 (1.042 %) Project Management 11 2 (1.042 %) CRM 11 2 (1.042 %) SOA
Programming Languages 1 20 (10.42 %) SQL 2 7 (3.646 %) Perl 3 5 (2.604 %) VBScript 3 5 (2.604 %) VB 4 4 (2.083 %) C 5 1 (0.521 %) Java 5 1 (0.521 %) JavaScript 5 1 (0.521 %) C++ 5 1 (0.521 %) Shell Script 5 1 (0.521 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 32 (16.67 %) Microsoft Certification 2 24 (12.50 %) MCSE 3 12 (6.250 %) MCP 4 8 (4.167 %) Citrix Certification 5 7 (3.646 %) CCA 6 5 (2.604 %) Degree 7 4 (2.083 %) Cisco Certification 8 3 (1.563 %) MCSA 8 3 (1.563 %) A+ Certification 8 3 (1.563 %) CCNA 9 2 (1.042 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 10 1 (0.521 %) CCSP 10 1 (0.521 %) CCEA 10 1 (0.521 %) MCTS 10 1 (0.521 %) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.042 %) PCI DSS 1 2 (1.042 %) SLA 2 1 (0.521 %) QA	System Software 1 82 (42.71 %) Active Directory 2 15 (7.813 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 13 (6.771 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 10 (5.208 %) ISA Server 5 9 (4.688 %) Backup Exec 6 8 (4.167 %) VMware ESX 7 7 (3.646 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 8 5 (2.604 %) MetaFrame 9 2 (1.042 %) NDS 10 1 (0.521 %) Terminal Server 10 1 (0.521 %) NetBackup 10 1 (0.521 %) Oracle RMAN 10 1 (0.521 %) VMware Server 10 1 (0.521 %) MailMarshal
Systems Management 1 7 (3.646 %) Tivoli 2 6 (3.125 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 5 (2.604 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 5 (2.604 %) MOM 3 5 (2.604 %) WSUS 4 4 (2.083 %) DameWare 4 4 (2.083 %) Tivoli Remote Control 4 4 (2.083 %) OpenView 5 3 (1.563 %) SCCM 6 2 (1.042 %) SCOM 6 2 (1.042 %) ZENworks 7 1 (0.521 %) Legato 7 1 (0.521 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 1 (0.521 %) EMC NetWorker	Vendors 1 89 (46.35 %) Citrix 2 76 (39.58 %) Microsoft 3 30 (15.63 %) VMware 4 14 (7.292 %) HP 5 11 (5.729 %) Cisco 6 10 (5.208 %) IBM 7 9 (4.688 %) Remedy 8 7 (3.646 %) Sun 9 6 (3.125 %) AppSense 9 6 (3.125 %) Dell 9 6 (3.125 %) Novell 10 5 (2.604 %) McAfee Security 11 4 (2.083 %) Altiris 11 4 (2.083 %) VERITAS 11 4 (2.083 %) Lotus 11 4 (2.083 %) BMC 11 4 (2.083 %) Intel 12 3 (1.563 %) Oracle 12 3 (1.563 %) Capita 13 2 (1.042 %) NEC