The first table below looks at the demand for CCEA in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCEA over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the City of London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA)
Rank 195 212 240
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +28
Contract jobs citing CCEA 4 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.063% 0.089% 0.050%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.427% 0.654% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 2
Average daily rate £375 £463 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.91% +36.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £275 £275
% change year-on-year
+35.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £23.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.54%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -24.00%
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
936 1071 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.74% 13.61% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 644 780
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 48 53
Average hourly rate £36.29 £17.87 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.13% -14.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £23.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCEA
London

CCEA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCEA across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London CCEA Jobs Demand Trend

CCEA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCEA across the City of London region.

City of London CCEA Daily Rate Trend

CCEA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCEA across the City of London region.

City of London CCEA Hourly Rate Trend

CCEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CCEA 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 CCEA.

1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) XenApp
3 4 (66.67%) MCSE
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (50.00%) SAN
4 3 (50.00%) VMware ESX
4 3 (50.00%) AppSense
4 3 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (50.00%) CCA
4 3 (50.00%) CCIA
4 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (33.33%) SCCM
5 2 (33.33%) XenServer
5 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco
5 2 (33.33%) CCNP
5 2 (33.33%) WAN
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) Law
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (16.67%) NetApp
6 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
6 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (16.67%) Extranet

CCEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CCEA 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 CCEA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) SAN
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Extranet
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
1 1 (16.67%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (66.67%) MCSE
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) CCA
3 3 (50.00%) CCIA
4 2 (33.33%) CCNP
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) CCNA
5 1 (16.67%) CCIE
5 1 (16.67%) NCDA
5 1 (16.67%) NCIE
5 1 (16.67%) CCEE
5 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (16.67%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) XenApp
2 3 (50.00%) VMware ESX
2 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (33.33%) XenServer
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) AppSense
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) NetApp
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft