The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix 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 Vendors for the Bristol 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Citrix Systems.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 41 45 25
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -20
Contract jobs citing Citrix 9 19 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.744% 2.273% 4.334%
As % of the Vendors category 4.369% 7.252% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 13
Average daily rate £391 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.20% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £288 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £355 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £19.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
206 262 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 39.92% 31.34% 40.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 163 116
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £135 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +21.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
South West

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Bristol Citrix Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Citrix Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (72.73%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 10 (45.45%) VMware
4 9 (40.91%) Windows 7
4 9 (40.91%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (36.36%) Windows XP
6 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
6 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (27.27%) Blackberry
8 4 (18.18%) VPN
8 4 (18.18%) DNS
8 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
8 4 (18.18%) MS Office
8 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
8 4 (18.18%) XenApp
9 3 (13.64%) vSphere
9 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (13.64%) SCCM
9 3 (13.64%) ITIL
9 3 (13.64%) MCSE
9 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
9 3 (13.64%) LAN
9 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (13.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (13.64%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (9.091%) Wireless
10 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (9.091%) Migration
10 2 (9.091%) Internet
10 2 (9.091%) CA

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (4.545%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Office
2 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) VPN
1 4 (18.18%) DNS
2 3 (13.64%) LAN
3 2 (9.091%) Wireless
3 2 (9.091%) Internet
3 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.091%) VoIP
3 2 (9.091%) DHCP
4 1 (4.545%) HTTP
4 1 (4.545%) WAN
4 1 (4.545%) PBX
4 1 (4.545%) SAN
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
1 1 (4.545%) Law
1 1 (4.545%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Citrix Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Citrix Consultant
3 2 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.091%) Desktop Support
3 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Help Desk Assistant
4 1 (4.545%) IT Assistant
4 1 (4.545%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (4.545%) Applications Support
4 1 (4.545%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Server Support
4 1 (4.545%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Architect
4 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Blackberry
2 2 (9.091%) Handset
3 1 (4.545%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.545%) PKI
3 1 (4.545%) Tandem
3 1 (4.545%) Thin Client
3 1 (4.545%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (72.73%) Windows
2 9 (40.91%) Windows 7
2 9 (40.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (36.36%) Windows XP
4 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (4.545%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) ITIL
2 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (9.091%) Migration
2 2 (9.091%) Network Management
3 1 (4.545%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (4.545%) Information Management
3 1 (4.545%) Software Testing
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.545%) Project Management
3 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) MCSE
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.091%) MCDST
3 2 (9.091%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.091%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (4.545%) MCTS
4 1 (4.545%) MCITP
4 1 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (4.545%) MCP
4 1 (4.545%) CCA
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) XenApp
3 3 (13.64%) vSphere
3 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (9.091%) VMware ESX
5 1 (4.545%) XenDesktop
5 1 (4.545%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.545%) Novell eDirectory
5 1 (4.545%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (4.545%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) SCCM
2 2 (9.091%) WSUS
3 1 (4.545%) SCOM
3 1 (4.545%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (4.545%) DameWare
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) VMware
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.091%) CA
3 2 (9.091%) Cisco
3 2 (9.091%) HP
4 1 (4.545%) EMC
4 1 (4.545%) NetApp
4 1 (4.545%) Lotus
4 1 (4.545%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.545%) Avaya
4 1 (4.545%) Juniper
4 1 (4.545%) Symantec
4 1 (4.545%) McAfee
4 1 (4.545%) Wyse
4 1 (4.545%) AppSense