The first table below looks at the demand for CCA in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCA over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the Berkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
Rank 118 129 125
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -4
Contract jobs citing CCA 3 9 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.125% 0.286% 0.330%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.523% 1.181% 1.385%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 7
Average daily rate £325 - £215
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £310 £265
% change year-on-year
+20.96% +16.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
574 762 722
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.91% 24.18% 23.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 286 244
Average daily rate £375 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £213 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 42
Average hourly rate £17.75 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.38% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.85 £47.50 £46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCA
South East

CCA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCA across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire CCA Jobs Demand Trend

CCA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCA across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CCA Daily Rate Trend

CCA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCA across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CCA Hourly Rate Trend

CCA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Reading +14 3 £325 -
CCA
South East

CCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CCA 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 CCA.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) HNC
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Time Management
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Fat Client
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) NFS
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) IIS
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
3 2 (50.00%) Thin Client
3 2 (50.00%) MetaFrame
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) Publishing
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) XenServer
4 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment

CCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CCA 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 CCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Citrix Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 2 (50.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) HNC
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) NFS
2 2 (50.00%) MetaFrame
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) XenServer
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
Reading, Thames Valley
You will be responsible for providing both on-site and remote administration of Microsoft Windows Servers, Citrix Provisioning, Citrix XenApp, XenServer, and a multitude of proprietary applications... Required...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Strong experience with Microsoft Server 2003. *Ideally have knowledge with Microsoft Server 2008R2 *Troubleshooting, publishing, and supporting applications in a Citrix XenApp environment... *Experience with Active Directory. *Experience...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013