The first table below looks at the demand for NetScaler 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 NetScaler over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.125% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.482% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £330
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +13.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
622 1083 687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.97% 34.44% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 217 195
Average daily rate £285 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 47 57
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £148.70 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
NetScaler
South East

NetScaler
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire NetScaler Jobs Demand Trend

NetScaler
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire NetScaler Daily Rate Trend

NetScaler
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler.

1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) MetaFrame
2 4 (80.00%) Publishing
2 4 (80.00%) Load Balancing
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 4 (80.00%) XenApp
2 4 (80.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
3 1 (20.00%) CCSE
3 1 (20.00%) JNCIA
3 1 (20.00%) CCSA
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint

NetScaler
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCSE
1 1 (20.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (20.00%) CCSA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) MetaFrame
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 4 (80.00%) XenApp
1 4 (80.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint