Terminal Services Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Terminal Services
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Terminal Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Terminal Services over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 340 471
Rank change year-on-year +37 +131 +148
Contract jobs citing Terminal Services 1 5 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.033% 0.023%
As % of the System Software category 0.086% 0.34% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £431 £335
25th Percentile - £459 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -49.75% -0.50% +48.37%
75th Percentile - £541 £576
90th Percentile - £562 -
UK median daily rate £575 £431 £525
% change year-on-year +33.33% -17.86% +55.79%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,169 1,452 3,207
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.80% 9.46% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 1,058 2,296
10th Percentile £358 £263 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -3.84% -
75th Percentile £625 £618 £633
90th Percentile £775 £677 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 34 101
10th Percentile £25.25 £15.50 £19.00
25th Percentile £52.44 £15.88 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.50 £43.32 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.20% -33.35% +165.31%
75th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £70.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £84.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

Terminal Services
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Terminal Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Terminal Services trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Terminal Services
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Terminal Services.

Terminal Services daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Terminal Services
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Terminal Services.

Terminal Services hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Terminal Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Commvault
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SonicWALL