Terminal Services Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Terminal Services
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Terminal Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 476 534
Rank change year-on-year -78 +58 +147
Contract jobs citing Terminal Services 6 9 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.017% 0.035% 0.029%
As % of the System Software category 0.14% 0.28% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 7
10th Percentile £517 - -
25th Percentile £532 £150 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £180 £275
Median % change year-on-year +203.56% -34.55% -51.86%
75th Percentile £561 £249 £441
90th Percentile £574 £310 £526
UK median daily rate £546 £205 £350
% change year-on-year +166.54% -41.43% -38.73%

All System Software Skills
England

Terminal Services falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,190 3,244 4,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.83% 12.71% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,881 2,159 2,958
10th Percentile £205 £205 £188
25th Percentile £400 £381 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £600
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £485
% change year-on-year -4.31% +7.73% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 78 216
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.41 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.10 £16.84
Median hourly rate £34.00 £30.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% -5.38% -15.58%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.78 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £38.47 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +18.37% -18.75% -

Terminal Services
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Terminal Services relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Terminal Services job vacancy trend in England

Terminal Services
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Terminal Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Terminal Services

Terminal Services
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Terminal Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Terminal Services

Terminal Services
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Terminal Services within the England region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands -46 5 £553 +57.95%
West Midlands - 3 £553 -
East Midlands -23 2 - -
South East -35 2 £528 +251.67% 1
Terminal Services
UK

Terminal Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Wintel Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft