The first table below looks at the demand for Terminal Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Terminal Services over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Terminal Services
Rank 209 229 223
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -6
Contract jobs citing Terminal Services 11 18 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.137% 0.180% 0.217%
As % of the System Software category 1.021% 2.192% 2.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 12
Average daily rate £313 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £199 £114 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £477 £389
UK excluding London average daily rate £200 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-38.46% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
Average hourly rate £19.88 - £32.63
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.78 - £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.98 - £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £12.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+45.83% -17.24%
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1077 821 930
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 13.45% 8.213% 8.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 324 339
Average daily rate £340 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £486 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 160 171
Average hourly rate £18.50 £17.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +4.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £41.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire -1 7 £313 +4.16% 2
Kent - 2 - - 1
Surrey +17 1 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -3 1 - -
Berkshire - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - -
West Sussex - - - -
Terminal Services
England

Terminal Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 18 (75.00%) Windows
2 15 (62.50%) VMware
3 14 (58.33%) Active Directory
3 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 10 (41.67%) SharePoint
4 10 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (37.50%) HP
5 9 (37.50%) SQL
6 8 (33.33%) Oracle
6 8 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 8 (33.33%) IIS
6 8 (33.33%) Citrix
6 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (29.17%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (29.17%) Oracle BI EE
7 7 (29.17%) PowerShell
7 7 (29.17%) Test Automation
7 7 (29.17%) HP Quality Center
7 7 (29.17%) ISEB Practitioner
7 7 (29.17%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (29.17%) SQL Server 2005
7 7 (29.17%) Oracle APEX
7 7 (29.17%) Oracle RAC
7 7 (29.17%) Oracle 11g
7 7 (29.17%) Performance Testing
7 7 (29.17%) Test Management
7 7 (29.17%) Test Scripting
7 7 (29.17%) Oracle OWB
7 7 (29.17%) QuickTest Pro

Terminal Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 2 (8.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 10 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (33.33%) IIS
3 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (4.167%) WorkSite
3 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange
3 1 (4.167%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.333%) MS Office
3 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (4.167%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) WAN
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
2 5 (20.83%) DNS
3 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (16.67%) DHCP
4 3 (12.50%) IPsec
4 3 (12.50%) LAN
4 3 (12.50%) VPN
4 3 (12.50%) IPv6
5 2 (8.333%) Internet
5 2 (8.333%) WLAN
6 1 (4.167%) NAS
6 1 (4.167%) Wireless
6 1 (4.167%) HTTP
6 1 (4.167%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (29.17%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle BI EE
2 7 (29.17%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle OWB
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle 10g
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle 8/8i
2 7 (29.17%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2012
3 5 (20.83%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (4.167%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (4.167%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle APEX
1 7 (29.17%) QuickTest Pro
1 7 (29.17%) LoadRunner
2 2 (8.333%) MSI
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Military
3 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.167%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (12.50%) Server Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Test Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Administrator
3 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 3 (12.50%) Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (12.50%) DBA
4 2 (8.333%) Server Support
4 2 (8.333%) Support Technician
4 2 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (8.333%) Project Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Server Support Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) PKI
2 2 (8.333%) Thin Client
2 2 (8.333%) Data Integration
2 2 (8.333%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.167%) Clustering
3 1 (4.167%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (75.00%) Windows
2 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (25.00%) Linux
4 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 3 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (8.333%) UNIX
6 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
7 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
7 1 (4.167%) Windows 2000
7 1 (4.167%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Test Automation
1 7 (29.17%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (29.17%) Performance Testing
1 7 (29.17%) Test Management
1 7 (29.17%) Test Scripting
2 6 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (4.167%) Software Distribution
3 1 (4.167%) Release Management
3 1 (4.167%) SIEM
3 1 (4.167%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (4.167%) ITIL
3 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) SQL
2 7 (29.17%) PowerShell
3 3 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) ISEB Practitioner
1 7 (29.17%) ISEB
2 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) HP AIS
4 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.333%) MCITP
6 1 (4.167%) Degree
6 1 (4.167%) MCP
6 1 (4.167%) MCSE
System Software
1 14 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (29.17%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (8.333%) XenApp
4 2 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (4.167%) VMware Server
5 1 (4.167%) VMware ESX
5 1 (4.167%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (4.167%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (16.67%) SCOM
3 1 (4.167%) SCCM
3 1 (4.167%) BladeLogic
3 1 (4.167%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) VMware
2 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 9 (37.50%) HP
4 8 (33.33%) Oracle
4 8 (33.33%) Citrix
5 7 (29.17%) Dell
6 3 (12.50%) AppSense
6 3 (12.50%) Juniper
7 2 (8.333%) EMC
7 2 (8.333%) Intel
7 2 (8.333%) Altiris
8 1 (4.167%) LANDesk
8 1 (4.167%) Cognos
8 1 (4.167%) Symantec
8 1 (4.167%) CA
8 1 (4.167%) Informatica
Hatfield, South East
Citrix 3rd Line Support Specialist within a server team for a challenging contract job is required.The candidate will have the ability to understand and diagnose problems with...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
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Creation of Problems from Incidents Experience supporting a number of the following would be of interest: Windows 2008/2003, XP and Vista and 7 Operating Systems PC Hardware (...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hook, South East
My client is a leading telecommunications provider and is searching for 3rd line support engineer to join their team in either Knowsley or HookPlease apply if you have...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £330.00 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
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