Microsoft Terminal Services
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Terminal Services skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Terminal Services over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 834 910 1141
Rank change year-on-year +76 +231 -279
Permanent jobs citing Terminal Services 62 60 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.057% 0.059%
As % of the System Software category 0.51% 0.37% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 55 35 75
10th Percentile £24,150 £29,300 £24,950
25th Percentile £26,250 £40,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +29.87% +6.95%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,473 £48,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £52,582
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year -32.00% +44.93% -4.16%

All System Software Skills
UK

Terminal Services is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,249 16,035 28,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 15.32% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,715 10,596 15,794
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Terminal Services
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Terminal Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Terminal Services in the UK

Terminal Services
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Terminal Services.

Salary trend for Terminal Services in the UK

Terminal Services
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Terminal Services over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Terminal Services in the UK

Terminal Services
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Terminal Services within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +112 58 £34,000 -32.00% 10
UK excluding London +15 52 £34,000 -32.00% 9
North of England +77 32 £32,500 -36.59% 6
North West +30 22 £27,500 -46.34% 5
Work from Home +82 17 £34,000 -32.00% 2
Yorkshire +101 10 £40,000 - 1
Midlands +6 8 £50,000 +5.26%
East of England -12 7 £38,500 -23.00% 2
London +125 6 £35,000 -39.13% 1
South East +32 5 £39,500 +8.97% 2
East Midlands -15 5 £50,000 -13.04%
West Midlands +25 3 - -

Terminal Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (32.26%) SharePoint
2 18 (29.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (8.06%) IIS
4 2 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (79.03%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (50.00%) Azure
3 10 (16.13%) Entra ID
4 8 (12.90%) AWS
5 7 (11.29%) OneDrive
6 5 (8.06%) IaaS
7 2 (3.23%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.23%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.23%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (48.39%) Firewall
2 24 (38.71%) DNS
3 20 (32.26%) DHCP
4 16 (25.81%) Remote Desktop
5 14 (22.58%) TCP/IP
5 14 (22.58%) VPN
6 13 (20.97%) SAN
7 6 (9.68%) LAN
7 6 (9.68%) WAN
8 5 (8.06%) VoIP
8 5 (8.06%) Wireless
9 4 (6.45%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (6.45%) Internet
9 4 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (6.45%) VLAN
10 3 (4.84%) Network Security
11 2 (3.23%) EIGRP
11 2 (3.23%) IPsec
11 2 (3.23%) iSCSI
11 2 (3.23%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Eclipse
General
1 24 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Law
3 12 (19.35%) Finance
4 8 (12.90%) Legal
5 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (9.68%) Telecoms
6 4 (6.45%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.84%) Retail
8 2 (3.23%) Billing
9 1 (1.61%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 17 (27.42%) Support Engineer
2 14 (22.58%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (16.13%) IT Engineer
4 9 (14.52%) IT Support
4 9 (14.52%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) IT Technician
6 7 (11.29%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Analyst
7 5 (8.06%) Service Analyst
7 5 (8.06%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 4 (6.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (6.45%) Service Desk Support
8 4 (6.45%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) CSS
1 2 (3.23%) HTML
1 2 (3.23%) LAMP
1 2 (3.23%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) iPad
1 9 (14.52%) Smartphone
2 5 (8.06%) Clustering
3 4 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.45%) Replication
4 3 (4.84%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.84%) Smart Energy
5 2 (3.23%) CCTV
5 2 (3.23%) Fat Client
5 2 (3.23%) Handset
5 2 (3.23%) PKI
5 2 (3.23%) Thin Client
5 2 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.61%) NHS
6 1 (1.61%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 52 (83.87%) Windows
2 33 (53.23%) Windows Server
3 16 (25.81%) Windows 10
3 16 (25.81%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (17.74%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (17.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (14.52%) Windows Phone
6 6 (9.68%) Linux
6 6 (9.68%) Windows 8
7 5 (8.06%) Mac OS X
7 5 (8.06%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (6.45%) Kali Linux
8 4 (6.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) Customer Service
2 18 (29.03%) ITIL
3 14 (22.58%) ITSM
4 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.52%) Agile
5 9 (14.52%) CRM
6 8 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (11.29%) Problem Management
8 6 (9.68%) Case Management
8 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (9.68%) Service Management
8 6 (9.68%) Speech Recognition
8 6 (9.68%) Time Management
9 5 (8.06%) E-Commerce
9 5 (8.06%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 4 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (6.45%) Logistics
10 4 (6.45%) Project Delivery
10 4 (6.45%) Project Management
11 3 (4.84%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) SQL
2 9 (14.52%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.45%) T-SQL
3 4 (6.45%) VBA
3 4 (6.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (37.10%) Degree
2 7 (11.29%) CCNA
2 7 (11.29%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (6.45%) CCA
3 4 (6.45%) CCDA
3 4 (6.45%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (6.45%) DBS Check
3 4 (6.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) GDPR
2 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.84%) NIST
3 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 25 (40.32%) Active Directory
2 15 (24.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (20.97%) Hyper-V
4 5 (8.06%) vSphere
5 2 (3.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (3.23%) Docker
5 2 (3.23%) pfSense
5 2 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (14.52%) AirWatch
3 5 (8.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (6.45%) SCCM
4 4 (6.45%) SCOM
5 3 (4.84%) SELinux
6 2 (3.23%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.61%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (85.48%) Microsoft
2 23 (37.10%) VMware
3 14 (22.58%) Citrix
4 8 (12.90%) Cisco
5 7 (11.29%) HP
6 6 (9.68%) Avaya
7 5 (8.06%) ConnectWise
8 4 (6.45%) Dell
8 4 (6.45%) NEC
8 4 (6.45%) NetApp
9 3 (4.84%) SonicWALL
9 3 (4.84%) Sophos
10 2 (3.23%) Acronis
10 2 (3.23%) Aruba
10 2 (3.23%) Google
10 2 (3.23%) Meraki
10 2 (3.23%) Sage
10 2 (3.23%) Veeam
10 2 (3.23%) Veritas
11 1 (1.61%) WatchGuard