The first table below looks at the demand for Citrix Presentation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix Presentation Server over the 3 months to 17 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 System Software category for the Chester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Presentation Server
Rank 23 - 22
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.730% - 0.625%
As % of the System Software category 4.000% - 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.00% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £45.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £41.25 £20.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+103.70% -3.57%
All System Software
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
25 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 18.25% 5.217% 8.750%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
Average daily rate £315 £390 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.23% -2.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
Average hourly rate £43.70 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+212.14% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Citrix Presentation Server
Cheshire

Citrix Presentation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Citrix Presentation Server Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Citrix Presentation Server Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Citrix Presentation Server 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 Presentation Server.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) XenApp
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Local Government
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (75.00%) AppSense
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) Symantec
3 2 (50.00%) McAfee
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) CCNA
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel

Citrix Presentation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Citrix Presentation Server 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 Presentation Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
General
1 3 (75.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) XenApp
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Symantec
2 3 (75.00%) AppSense
3 2 (50.00%) McAfee
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft