The first table below looks at the demand for MetaFrame skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MetaFrame over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix MetaFrame Server
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MetaFrame 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.128% - -
As % of the System Software category 0.968% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £325
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +30.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 - £16.72
All System Software
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
310 240 239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 13.24% 7.571% 7.924%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 92 80
Average daily rate £325 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £222 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 40 28
Average hourly rate £27.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £15.13 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
MetaFrame
South East

MetaFrame
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire MetaFrame Jobs Demand Trend

MetaFrame
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MetaFrame Daily Rate Trend

MetaFrame
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MetaFrame Hourly Rate Trend

MetaFrame
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame.

1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) Publishing
2 4 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 4 (66.67%) XenApp
2 4 (66.67%) XenDesktop
2 4 (66.67%) NetScaler
3 2 (33.33%) Fat Client
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) CCA
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Thin Client
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (33.33%) Internet
3 2 (33.33%) IIS
3 2 (33.33%) HNC
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000
3 2 (33.33%) MCSE
3 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (33.33%) NFS
3 2 (33.33%) DNS
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) NetScaler
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) Citrix Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Fat Client
1 2 (33.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) CCA
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) HNC
1 2 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 4 (66.67%) XenApp
1 4 (66.67%) XenDesktop
2 2 (33.33%) NFS
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
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