The first table below looks at the demand for Terminal Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 111 110 99
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -11
Contract jobs citing Terminal Services 2 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.105% 0.087% 0.110%
As % of the System Software category 1.036% 1.015% 1.258%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £340 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.41% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £18.25 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +55.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.75 £12.61 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+24.95% -9.96%
All System Software
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
193 197 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 10.17% 8.595% 8.751%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 68 54
Average daily rate £350 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £135 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £403 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 47 37
Average hourly rate £15.25 £13.75 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.90% -11.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.28 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £30.00 £25.75
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
South Yorkshire - 2 - -
Terminal Services
England

Terminal Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 4 (66.67%) MS Office
3 4 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (66.67%) XenApp
3 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (50.00%) SCCM
4 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (50.00%) Citrix
4 3 (50.00%) VBScript
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) SQL
5 2 (33.33%) CRM
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
6 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
6 1 (16.67%) Time Management
6 1 (16.67%) Android

Terminal Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
3 1 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) VBScript
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (66.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix