The first table below looks at the demand for Terminal Services 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 Services over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Terminal Services
Rank 374 370 395
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +25
Contract jobs citing Terminal Services 11 36 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.051% 0.134% 0.134%
As % of the System Software category 0.665% 1.738% 2.232%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 27
Average daily rate £190 £245 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.44% -51.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £120 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £580 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £340 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.41% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
Average hourly rate £19.00 £120.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-84.16% +242.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.75 £12.61 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+24.95% -9.96%
All System Software
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1654 2071 1882
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.660% 7.733% 6.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 1193 992
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 £221 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 178 199
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 £46.00 £35.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Terminal Services
England

Terminal Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Terminal Services Daily Rate Trend

Terminal Services
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Terminal Services across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Terminal Services Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London Terminal Services Hourly Rate Trend

Terminal Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Terminal Services within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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 +7 4 £133 -67.10%
Terminal Services
England

Terminal Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 30 (81.08%) Windows
2 29 (78.38%) Active Directory
3 23 (62.16%) Microsoft
3 23 (62.16%) Citrix
4 18 (48.65%) Windows Server 2003
5 15 (40.54%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (35.14%) XenApp
6 13 (35.14%) VMware
7 12 (32.43%) VMware Infrastructure
8 11 (29.73%) XenDesktop
8 11 (29.73%) VPN
9 10 (27.03%) MS Excel
9 10 (27.03%) Windows 7
10 9 (24.32%) SCCM
10 9 (24.32%) SQL
10 9 (24.32%) IIS
10 9 (24.32%) MS Office
10 9 (24.32%) MS Exchange
11 8 (21.62%) DNS
11 8 (21.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (21.62%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (21.62%) Law
11 8 (21.62%) Legal
12 7 (18.92%) Blackberry
12 7 (18.92%) HP
12 7 (18.92%) Symantec
12 7 (18.92%) Exchange Server 2003
12 7 (18.92%) WSUS
13 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001

Terminal Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 9 (24.32%) IIS
1 9 (24.32%) MS Exchange
2 8 (21.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 7 (18.92%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (16.22%) SharePoint
5 3 (8.108%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (5.405%) Lync
6 2 (5.405%) Exchange Server 2000
6 2 (5.405%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (2.703%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) MS Excel
2 9 (24.32%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (29.73%) VPN
2 8 (21.62%) DNS
3 6 (16.22%) LAN
3 6 (16.22%) DHCP
4 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
5 4 (10.81%) WAN
5 4 (10.81%) ADSL
6 3 (8.108%) Firewall
6 3 (8.108%) Wireless
7 2 (5.405%) IPsec
7 2 (5.405%) iSCSI
7 2 (5.405%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (5.405%) IPv6
7 2 (5.405%) SAN
7 2 (5.405%) WLAN
8 1 (2.703%) VoIP
8 1 (2.703%) SNMP
8 1 (2.703%) DMZ
8 1 (2.703%) 3G
8 1 (2.703%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.703%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (2.703%) SAS Enterprise Miner
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) InstallShield
General
1 8 (21.62%) Law
1 8 (21.62%) Legal
2 3 (8.108%) Finance
2 3 (8.108%) Marketing
3 2 (5.405%) Banking
4 1 (2.703%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Analyst
2 8 (21.62%) Team Leader
3 7 (18.92%) Support Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (8.108%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (8.108%) Server Analyst
6 3 (8.108%) Support Team Leader
6 3 (8.108%) Applications Support
6 3 (8.108%) Architect
7 2 (5.405%) Desktop Support
7 2 (5.405%) Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Server Support
7 2 (5.405%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) Desktop Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (5.405%) Server Support Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) Server Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Blackberry
2 3 (8.108%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.108%) Thin Client
2 3 (8.108%) Fat Client
3 2 (5.405%) iPhone
3 2 (5.405%) iPad
3 2 (5.405%) PKI
3 2 (5.405%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.405%) Mathematics
3 2 (5.405%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.703%) PDA
4 1 (2.703%) Firmware
4 1 (2.703%) Clustering
4 1 (2.703%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 30 (81.08%) Windows
2 18 (48.65%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (40.54%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (27.03%) Windows 7
5 6 (16.22%) Windows XP
6 5 (13.51%) Windows Vista
7 3 (8.108%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (8.108%) Linux
8 2 (5.405%) Windows 2000
8 2 (5.405%) Mac OS X
8 2 (5.405%) CentOS
8 2 (5.405%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.22%) ITIL
1 6 (16.22%) CRM
2 5 (13.51%) Time Management
2 5 (13.51%) Incident Management
3 4 (10.81%) ITSM
3 4 (10.81%) Business Continuity
4 3 (8.108%) Information Security
4 3 (8.108%) Data Management
4 3 (8.108%) Information Security Management
4 3 (8.108%) Security Management
4 3 (8.108%) Practice Management
4 3 (8.108%) Quality Management
4 3 (8.108%) Document Management
4 3 (8.108%) ISMS
4 3 (8.108%) QMS
5 2 (5.405%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.405%) Market Research
5 2 (5.405%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (5.405%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.405%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) SQL
2 1 (2.703%) VBScript
2 1 (2.703%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (16.22%) MCSE
2 6 (16.22%) MCITP
3 4 (10.81%) MCSA
4 3 (8.108%) MCDST
4 3 (8.108%) MCTS
5 2 (5.405%) MOS
5 2 (5.405%) CCNA
5 2 (5.405%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.405%) Degree
6 1 (2.703%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) ISO 9001
1 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (10.81%) SLA
3 2 (5.405%) QA
4 1 (2.703%) GxP
System Software
1 29 (78.38%) Active Directory
2 13 (35.14%) XenApp
3 12 (32.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (29.73%) XenDesktop
5 8 (21.62%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (13.51%) vSphere
7 4 (10.81%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (10.81%) VMware ESX
8 2 (5.405%) Hyper-V
9 1 (2.703%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) SCCM
2 7 (18.92%) WSUS
3 5 (13.51%) SCOM
4 3 (8.108%) Backup Exec
5 2 (5.405%) WMI
5 2 (5.405%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (5.405%) DameWare
5 2 (5.405%) SCVMM
5 2 (5.405%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 2 (5.405%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (2.703%) HP SIM
6 1 (2.703%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 23 (62.16%) Microsoft
1 23 (62.16%) Citrix
2 13 (35.14%) VMware
3 7 (18.92%) HP
3 7 (18.92%) Symantec
4 6 (16.22%) Cisco
5 5 (13.51%) Remedy
5 5 (13.51%) Juniper
6 4 (10.81%) Websense
7 3 (8.108%) Wyse
8 2 (5.405%) CommVault
8 2 (5.405%) McAfee
8 2 (5.405%) EMC
8 2 (5.405%) Veritas
8 2 (5.405%) Lotus
8 2 (5.405%) Red Hat
8 2 (5.405%) Apple
9 1 (2.703%) Novell
9 1 (2.703%) Dell
9 1 (2.703%) Oracle
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