The first table below looks at the demand for Terminal Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 117 128 119
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -9
Contract jobs citing Terminal Services 2 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.085% 0.222% 0.365%
As % of the System Software category 0.877% 2.662% 4.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £500 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £340 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.75 £12.61 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+24.95% -9.96%
All System Software
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
228 263 269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 9.657% 8.339% 8.937%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 102 132
Average daily rate £270 £313 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.60% +22.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 38 40
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.25 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.14% +16.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £11.48 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.00 £32.50
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Manchester +17 2 - -
Terminal Services
England

Terminal Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 XP
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
3 3 (60.00%) Lotus
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) VPN
3 3 (60.00%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Vista
4 2 (40.00%) Fat Client
4 2 (40.00%) iPhone
4 2 (40.00%) XenDesktop
4 2 (40.00%) iPad
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (40.00%) Blackberry
4 2 (40.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (40.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (40.00%) Thin Client
5 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (20.00%) Internet
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Avaya
5 1 (20.00%) Symantec

Terminal Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (60.00%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (40.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) VLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Fat Client
1 2 (40.00%) iPhone
1 2 (40.00%) iPad
1 2 (40.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (40.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CCIE
1 1 (20.00%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Lotus
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Avaya
4 1 (20.00%) Symantec
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft