The first table below looks at the demand for Terminal Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Terminal Server over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Terminal Server
Rank 360 398 400
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +2
Contract jobs citing Terminal Server 17 12 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.079% 0.045% 0.111%
As % of the System Software category 1.032% 0.572% 1.842%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 18
Average daily rate £305 £363 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.86% +36.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £333 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £393 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £388
% change year-on-year
-3.44% -6.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £46.00 £17.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+170.58% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.19 £32.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-44.03% +85.71%
All System Software
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1647 2097 1900
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.612% 7.787% 6.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 974 1200 987
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 179 205
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £36.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Terminal Server
England

Terminal Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Terminal Server Jobs Demand Trend

Terminal Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Terminal Server Daily Rate Trend

Terminal Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Terminal Server across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Terminal Server Daily Rate Histogram

Terminal Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Terminal Server Hourly Rate Trend

Terminal Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Terminal Server within the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +22 6 £275 -24.13%
Terminal Server
England

Terminal Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Terminal Server 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 Server.

1 19 (82.61%) Citrix
2 13 (56.52%) Windows
3 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
4 7 (30.43%) MS Office
5 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
5 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
5 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
5 6 (26.09%) Cisco
5 6 (26.09%) VMware
6 5 (21.74%) Finance
6 5 (21.74%) VPN
6 5 (21.74%) Linux
6 5 (21.74%) Windows 7
7 4 (17.39%) Open Source
7 4 (17.39%) MCSE
7 4 (17.39%) LAN
7 4 (17.39%) WAN
7 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (17.39%) Reuters
7 4 (17.39%) Bloomberg
8 3 (13.04%) Project Management
8 3 (13.04%) Banking
8 3 (13.04%) Retail
8 3 (13.04%) Broadband
8 3 (13.04%) IIS
8 3 (13.04%) SQL
8 3 (13.04%) Degree
8 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
8 3 (13.04%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008

Terminal Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Terminal Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) IIS
2 1 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (4.348%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.348%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) MS Office
2 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) VPN
2 4 (17.39%) LAN
2 4 (17.39%) WAN
3 3 (13.04%) Broadband
4 1 (4.348%) Intranet
4 1 (4.348%) Internet
4 1 (4.348%) Firewall
4 1 (4.348%) Wireless
4 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.348%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Wise Package Studio
1 2 (8.696%) MSI
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Banking
2 3 (13.04%) Retail
3 2 (8.696%) French Language
3 2 (8.696%) German Language
3 2 (8.696%) Spanish Language
4 1 (4.348%) Games
4 1 (4.348%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Desktop Support
2 4 (17.39%) Support Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Environment Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Desktop Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Designer
4 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Account Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Applications Packager
4 2 (8.696%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Account Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.348%) Architect
5 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Design Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Support Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Open Source
2 2 (8.696%) Statistics
3 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.348%) Thin Client
3 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.348%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (56.52%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Linux
2 5 (21.74%) Windows 7
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
4 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) Project Management
2 2 (8.696%) Analytics
2 2 (8.696%) Use Case
2 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (8.696%) Validation
2 2 (8.696%) Service Management
3 1 (4.348%) Configuration Management
3 1 (4.348%) Change Management
3 1 (4.348%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
3 1 (4.348%) Unit Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) MCSE
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.696%) MCITP
3 2 (8.696%) MCP
3 2 (8.696%) CCA
3 2 (8.696%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (8.696%) CCEA
4 1 (4.348%) MCSA
4 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.348%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.696%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.348%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Citrix
2 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
3 6 (26.09%) Cisco
3 6 (26.09%) VMware
4 4 (17.39%) Reuters
4 4 (17.39%) Bloomberg
5 3 (13.04%) Verint
6 1 (4.348%) Altiris
6 1 (4.348%) Avaya
6 1 (4.348%) Lotus
6 1 (4.348%) Apple
6 1 (4.348%) HP
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