The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services 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 Citrix over the 3 months to 20 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 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.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 52 53 80
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +27
Contract jobs citing Citrix 216 242 190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 3.418% 3.099% 1.965%
As % of the Vendors category 7.563% 7.369% 4.699%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 170 113
Average daily rate £400 £356 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.28% +1.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £303
% change year-on-year
- +7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 16
Average hourly rate £135.00 £20.75 £21.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+550.60% -4.37%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-7.57% -1.49%
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2856 3284 4043
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.20% 42.05% 41.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2018 2244 2789
Average daily rate £430 £425 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -12.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 99 125
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £21.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -6.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £39.60 £41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
London

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

City of London Citrix Hourly Rate Histogram

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 291 (75.39%) Windows
2 176 (45.60%) Active Directory
3 142 (36.79%) VMware
4 141 (36.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 134 (34.72%) Microsoft
6 120 (31.09%) Windows 7
7 114 (29.53%) Windows Server 2003
8 111 (28.76%) XenApp
9 108 (27.98%) MS Exchange
10 94 (24.35%) Windows XP
11 92 (23.83%) Banking
12 85 (22.02%) Finance
13 80 (20.73%) ITIL
14 78 (20.21%) VMware Infrastructure
15 65 (16.84%) XenDesktop
16 59 (15.28%) Blackberry
17 57 (14.77%) MS Office
18 52 (13.47%) Cisco
19 51 (13.21%) Exchange Server 2007
20 50 (12.95%) SCCM
20 50 (12.95%) Microsoft Certification
21 48 (12.44%) Linux
21 48 (12.44%) AppSense
22 43 (11.14%) Migration
23 42 (10.88%) SAN
24 39 (10.10%) HP
24 39 (10.10%) MCSE
24 39 (10.10%) MS Excel
24 39 (10.10%) Investment Banking
25 37 (9.585%) Exchange Server 2010

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 17 (4.404%) Application Packaging
2 15 (3.886%) HTML
3 12 (3.109%) .NET
4 8 (2.073%) Middleware
5 7 (1.813%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.554%) Web Services
7 4 (1.036%) ASP
7 4 (1.036%) COM
8 3 (0.777%) ADSI
9 2 (0.518%) JSP
9 2 (0.518%) Struts
9 2 (0.518%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.259%) Java EE
10 1 (0.259%) Ruby on Rails
10 1 (0.259%) Software Packaging
10 1 (0.259%) HTML5
10 1 (0.259%) iOS SDK
10 1 (0.259%) XML
Application Platforms
1 108 (27.98%) MS Exchange
2 51 (13.21%) Exchange Server 2007
3 37 (9.585%) Exchange Server 2010
4 27 (6.995%) Exchange Server 2003
5 26 (6.736%) IIS
6 25 (6.477%) Lotus Notes
7 23 (5.959%) SharePoint
7 23 (5.959%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (1.036%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (1.036%) Apache
9 3 (0.777%) WorkSite
9 3 (0.777%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.518%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.259%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.259%) Lync
11 1 (0.259%) CMS
11 1 (0.259%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.259%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.259%) MSMQ
11 1 (0.259%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 57 (14.77%) MS Office
2 39 (10.10%) MS Excel
3 3 (0.777%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.777%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (0.777%) MS Project
4 1 (0.259%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.259%) Office 365
4 1 (0.259%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (2.332%) RMDS
2 2 (0.518%) 3000 Xtra
3 1 (0.259%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.259%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 42 (10.88%) SAN
2 34 (8.808%) TCP/IP
3 33 (8.549%) DNS
4 32 (8.290%) Firewall
5 31 (8.031%) LAN
5 31 (8.031%) WAN
6 30 (7.772%) Internet
7 27 (6.995%) NetScaler
8 21 (5.440%) DHCP
9 20 (5.181%) VPN
9 20 (5.181%) Cisco ASA
10 18 (4.663%) Intranet
11 10 (2.591%) NAS
12 9 (2.332%) HTTP
13 8 (2.073%) Wireless
14 6 (1.554%) VoIP
15 5 (1.295%) LDAP
15 5 (1.295%) SMTP
16 4 (1.036%) VLAN
16 4 (1.036%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.218%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.332%) EDRMS
3 5 (1.295%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (1.036%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (0.777%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.518%) MySQL
6 2 (0.518%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.518%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.259%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.259%) DataStage
7 1 (0.259%) SAP BI
7 1 (0.259%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.259%) Xcelsius
7 1 (0.259%) QlikView
7 1 (0.259%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.259%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 20 (5.181%) MSI
2 14 (3.627%) InstallShield
3 4 (1.036%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.518%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.518%) Wise Package Studio
5 1 (0.259%) PhoneGap
5 1 (0.259%) Subversion
5 1 (0.259%) FrontPage
General
1 92 (23.83%) Banking
2 85 (22.02%) Finance
3 39 (10.10%) Investment Banking
4 21 (5.440%) Law
5 20 (5.181%) Legal
6 8 (2.073%) Publishing
6 8 (2.073%) Front Office
7 7 (1.813%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.295%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.777%) Retail
10 2 (0.518%) Local Government
11 1 (0.259%) Back Office
11 1 (0.259%) Games
Job Titles
1 80 (20.73%) Analyst
2 45 (11.66%) Support Analyst
3 34 (8.808%) Administrator
4 31 (8.031%) 2nd Line Support
4 31 (8.031%) Desktop Support
5 28 (7.254%) Support Engineer
6 27 (6.995%) Architect
7 26 (6.736%) Systems Administrator
7 26 (6.736%) 3rd Line Support
8 20 (5.181%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (5.181%) Project Manager
9 19 (4.922%) Systems Support
10 17 (4.404%) Consultant
11 16 (4.145%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 15 (3.886%) Desktop Analyst
13 14 (3.627%) Citrix Engineer
13 14 (3.627%) Desktop Support Analyst
13 14 (3.627%) Server Support
14 11 (2.850%) Infrastructure Manager
14 11 (2.850%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.28%) Blackberry
2 16 (4.145%) Thin Client
2 16 (4.145%) Fat Client
3 13 (3.368%) Clustering
4 5 (1.295%) Statistics
4 5 (1.295%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.036%) iPad
5 4 (1.036%) Open Source
6 3 (0.777%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.777%) Hedge funds
6 3 (0.777%) iPhone
6 3 (0.777%) iSeries
6 3 (0.777%) Handset
6 3 (0.777%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (0.777%) Fixed Income
6 3 (0.777%) PDA
7 2 (0.518%) Derivative
7 2 (0.518%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.518%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.518%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 291 (75.39%) Windows
2 141 (36.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 120 (31.09%) Windows 7
4 114 (29.53%) Windows Server 2003
5 94 (24.35%) Windows XP
6 48 (12.44%) Linux
7 20 (5.181%) UNIX
8 14 (3.627%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (2.850%) Windows Vista
10 9 (2.332%) Mac OS X
11 8 (2.073%) Windows 2000
12 4 (1.036%) Windows NT
12 4 (1.036%) HPUX
12 4 (1.036%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.777%) AIX
14 2 (0.518%) Windows 2000 Server
14 2 (0.518%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.259%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.259%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.259%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (20.73%) ITIL
2 43 (11.14%) Migration
3 32 (8.290%) Project Management
4 29 (7.513%) Service Management
5 25 (6.477%) PRINCE2
6 17 (4.404%) Business Analysis
7 16 (4.145%) Service Delivery
8 14 (3.627%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (2.850%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (2.591%) DRM
10 10 (2.591%) Change Management
10 10 (2.591%) Business Continuity
11 8 (2.073%) System Testing
11 8 (2.073%) ITIL V3
11 8 (2.073%) Load Balancing
12 7 (1.813%) E-Commerce
13 6 (1.554%) Incident Management
14 5 (1.295%) Data Management
14 5 (1.295%) Stakeholder Management
15 4 (1.036%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 36 (9.326%) PowerShell
2 26 (6.736%) SQL
3 22 (5.699%) VBScript
3 22 (5.699%) VB
4 7 (1.813%) C
4 7 (1.813%) Java
5 4 (1.036%) C#
6 3 (0.777%) Perl
7 2 (0.518%) VB6
7 2 (0.518%) VBA
8 1 (0.259%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.259%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.259%) Ruby
8 1 (0.259%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (12.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (10.10%) MCSE
3 23 (5.959%) Security Cleared
4 22 (5.699%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.181%) CCNA
6 19 (4.922%) Citrix Certification
7 17 (4.404%) Degree
8 16 (4.145%) MCP
9 13 (3.368%) SC Cleared
9 13 (3.368%) MCITP
10 12 (3.109%) MCSA
11 11 (2.850%) CCA
11 11 (2.850%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (2.332%) DV Cleared
13 8 (2.073%) MCTS
13 8 (2.073%) ISEB
14 6 (1.554%) CCEA
15 5 (1.295%) MCDST
15 5 (1.295%) CCIA
16 4 (1.036%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.513%) SLA
2 5 (1.295%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.777%) QA
4 2 (0.518%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.518%) COBIT
5 1 (0.259%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.259%) TickIT
System Software
1 176 (45.60%) Active Directory
2 111 (28.76%) XenApp
3 78 (20.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (16.84%) XenDesktop
5 37 (9.585%) Microsoft App-V
6 32 (8.290%) VMware ESX
7 24 (6.218%) Hyper-V
7 24 (6.218%) vSphere
8 23 (5.959%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (3.627%) XenServer
10 13 (3.368%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 6 (1.554%) Terminal Server
11 6 (1.554%) Terminal Services
12 4 (1.036%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.777%) MetaFrame
13 3 (0.777%) ProxySG
13 3 (0.777%) UAG
14 1 (0.259%) IAG
14 1 (0.259%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.259%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 50 (12.95%) SCCM
2 19 (4.922%) SCOM
3 9 (2.332%) Backup Exec
4 8 (2.073%) WSUS
5 6 (1.554%) Norton AntiVirus
6 5 (1.295%) Tivoli
7 4 (1.036%) Legato
7 4 (1.036%) NetBackup
7 4 (1.036%) HP Data Protector
8 3 (0.777%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 3 (0.777%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (0.777%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.259%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 1 (0.259%) Nagios
9 1 (0.259%) MAILsweeper
9 1 (0.259%) DameWare
9 1 (0.259%) Sysprep
9 1 (0.259%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.259%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.259%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 142 (36.79%) VMware
2 134 (34.72%) Microsoft
3 52 (13.47%) Cisco
4 48 (12.44%) AppSense
5 39 (10.10%) HP
6 26 (6.736%) Lotus
7 21 (5.440%) IBM
8 20 (5.181%) Oracle
9 19 (4.922%) Altiris
10 18 (4.663%) Red Hat
11 16 (4.145%) Symantec
12 15 (3.886%) Reuters
12 15 (3.886%) Dell
13 14 (3.627%) EMC
14 13 (3.368%) NetApp
15 12 (3.109%) Bloomberg
16 10 (2.591%) LANDesk
17 9 (2.332%) Wyse
17 9 (2.332%) Apple
18 7 (1.813%) BMC
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Roc Search
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Senitor Associates
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Rate: Negotiable
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