The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix 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 Vendors for the Cardiff 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 23 25 17
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -8
Contract jobs citing Citrix 8 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.846% 4.390% 6.751%
As % of the Vendors category 8.163% 8.824% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 10
Average daily rate £275 £308 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.56% -5.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Vendors
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
98 102 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 47.12% 49.76% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 50 64
Average daily rate £310 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.72% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £219 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £425 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 3
Average hourly rate £12.50 £14.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -26.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £13.00 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.25 £23.50 £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Citrix
South Wales

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (69.23%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) SCCM
4 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
4 3 (23.08%) LAN
4 3 (23.08%) WAN
5 2 (15.38%) Internet
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
5 2 (15.38%) MS Office
5 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
5 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (15.38%) XenApp
5 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.692%) Software Deployment
6 1 (7.692%) LINC
6 1 (7.692%) Novell eDirectory
6 1 (7.692%) Fat Client
6 1 (7.692%) Wireless
6 1 (7.692%) CRM
6 1 (7.692%) SQL Server

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
1 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) Internet
3 1 (7.692%) Wireless
3 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
2 1 (7.692%) Fat Client
2 1 (7.692%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 1 (7.692%) Software Deployment
2 1 (7.692%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) LINC
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) MCSE
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) XenApp
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.692%) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) SCCM
2 1 (7.692%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) VMware
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Novell