Terminal Services Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Terminal Services
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Terminal Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 120 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Terminal Services 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.048% 0.100% -
As % of the System Software category 0.43% 0.65% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £150 -
Median % change year-on-year +258.00% - -
South East median daily rate £155 £150 £356
% change year-on-year +3.33% -57.89% -50.86%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 235 309 347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.29% 15.39% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 200 258
10th Percentile £219 £229 £148
25th Percentile £274 £375 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £503 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% +5.79% -2.56%
75th Percentile £567 £638 £588
90th Percentile £625 £670 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 13
10th Percentile £70.60 £43.70 £16.79
25th Percentile £76.50 £55.87 £19.25
Median hourly rate £89.63 £56.75 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year +57.95% +125.94% +14.16%
75th Percentile £97.50 £57.62 £65.00
90th Percentile £102.20 £64.86 £68.35
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £57.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year +42.11% -2.98% +144.79%

Terminal Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Terminal Services job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Terminal Services
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Terminal Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Terminal Services

Terminal Services
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Terminal Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Terminal Services

Terminal Services
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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
Berkshire - 1 £537 - 2
Terminal Services
South East

Terminal Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Rollout Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory