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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCitrix
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7575
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads176148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.235 %0.150 %
As % of the category below4.711 %4.411 %
Daily rates quoted8246
Average minimum daily rate£339£366
Average daily rate£361£391
% change on same period last year-7.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£331
% change on same period last year-5.92 %
Hourly rates quoted2029
Average minimum hourly rate£19.70£21.22
Average hourly rate£21.28£22.24
% change on same period last year-4.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.85£23.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.76£18.93
% change on same period last year+4.40 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads37363355
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.980 %3.394 %
Daily rates quoted19591410
Average minimum daily rate£421£440
Average daily rate£454£467
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£487£495
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted167140
Average minimum hourly rate£23.23£20.99
Average hourly rate£24.87£22.44
% change on same period last year+10.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.51£23.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Citrix LondonCitrix
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Citrix Systems.

Citrix
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 25 July 2008.

City of London Citrix Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 25 July 2008.

City of London Citrix Hourly Rate Histogram

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1226 (67.87 %)Windows
2151 (45.35 %)Active Directory
3100 (30.03 %)Banking
498 (29.43 %)Microsoft
593 (27.93 %)Finance
686 (25.83 %)VMware
760 (18.02 %)Windows 2000
859 (17.72 %)Windows Server 2003
958 (17.42 %)HP
1057 (17.12 %)Exchange Server 2003
1147 (14.11 %)Windows XP
1246 (13.81 %)Investment Banking
1344 (13.21 %)DNS
1442 (12.61 %)Microsoft Certification
1541 (12.31 %)SAN
1639 (11.71 %)TCP/IP
1639 (11.71 %)MS Exchange
1738 (11.41 %)ITIL
1837 (11.11 %)MCSE
1936 (10.81 %)MS Excel
2034 (10.21 %)Citrix Presentation Server
2034 (10.21 %)Cisco
2131 (9.309 %)SQL
2131 (9.309 %)SQL Server
2131 (9.309 %)Insurance
2230 (9.009 %)DHCP
2230 (9.009 %)Linux
2230 (9.009 %)Terminal Services
2329 (8.709 %)VMware Infrastructure
2428 (8.408 %)Citrix Certification

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (3.303 %)WebSphere
29 (2.703 %).NET
29 (2.703 %)COM+
38 (2.402 %)Application Packaging
46 (1.802 %)J2EE
53 (0.901 %)DCOM
53 (0.901 %)WMI
61 (0.300 %)WSH
61 (0.300 %)Middleware
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
157 (17.12 %)Exchange Server 2003
239 (11.71 %)MS Exchange
326 (7.808 %)IIS
422 (6.607 %)Exchange Server 2000
516 (4.805 %)SharePoint
615 (4.505 %)Exchange Server 2007
712 (3.604 %)Lotus Notes
88 (2.402 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
94 (1.201 %)WebSphere Application Server
103 (0.901 %)SAS
112 (0.601 %)Exchange Server 5.5
112 (0.601 %)Apache
112 (0.601 %)MTS
121 (0.300 %)WebLogic
121 (0.300 %)Documentum
121 (0.300 %)WorkSite
121 (0.300 %)iPlanet
121 (0.300 %)Oracle Application Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
136 (10.81 %)MS Excel
227 (8.108 %)MS Office
35 (1.502 %)MS Project
35 (1.502 %)MS Visio
44 (1.201 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.601 %)Spreadsheet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (2.402 %)assyst
24 (1.201 %)SoftGrid
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
144 (13.21 %)DNS
241 (12.31 %)SAN
339 (11.71 %)TCP/IP
430 (9.009 %)DHCP
525 (7.508 %)WAN
624 (7.207 %)Firewall
721 (6.306 %)LAN
812 (3.604 %)VPN
812 (3.604 %)Internet
99 (2.703 %)Network Security
106 (1.802 %)SSL
106 (1.802 %)SMTP
115 (1.502 %)SMS
123 (0.901 %)POP3
123 (0.901 %)LDAP
123 (0.901 %)HTTP
123 (0.901 %)Kerberos
123 (0.901 %)iSCSI
123 (0.901 %)BIG-IP
132 (0.601 %)Cisco IPT
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (9.309 %)SQL Server
218 (5.405 %)SQL Server 2005
315 (4.505 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (0.901 %)SQL Server 7
43 (0.901 %)Oracle 10g
43 (0.901 %)Informix
51 (0.300 %)MS Access
51 (0.300 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.300 %)DB2
51 (0.300 %)BusinessObjects
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (3.904 %)TestDirector
24 (1.201 %)MSI
33 (0.901 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.300 %)InstallShield
41 (0.300 %)AdminStudio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1100 (30.03 %)Banking
293 (27.93 %)Finance
346 (13.81 %)Investment Banking
431 (9.309 %)Insurance
516 (4.805 %)Law
613 (3.904 %)Retail
613 (3.904 %)Government
711 (3.303 %)Financial Institution
88 (2.402 %)Legal
94 (1.201 %)Back Office
94 (1.201 %)Telecoms
103 (0.901 %)Front Office
112 (0.601 %)Health
112 (0.601 %)Marketing
112 (0.601 %)Police
121 (0.300 %)Auditing
121 (0.300 %)Interactive Media
121 (0.300 %)Local Government
121 (0.300 %)Publishing
121 (0.300 %)Education
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
169 (20.72 %)Analyst
240 (12.01 %)Support Analyst
335 (10.51 %)Citrix Engineer
431 (9.309 %)Desktop Support
524 (7.207 %)2nd Line Support
623 (6.907 %)Administrator
623 (6.907 %)Project Manager
720 (6.006 %)Support Engineer
819 (5.706 %)Consultant
918 (5.405 %)Server Engineer
1017 (5.105 %)3rd Line Support
1114 (4.204 %)Test Manager
1213 (3.904 %)Service Analyst
1213 (3.904 %)Service Desk Analyst
1311 (3.303 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1311 (3.303 %)Server Support
1311 (3.303 %)Desktop Analyst
1311 (3.303 %)Senior Citrix Engineer
1410 (3.003 %)Systems Engineer
1410 (3.003 %)Helpdesk Support
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (8.108 %)Clustering
226 (7.808 %)Blackberry
314 (4.204 %)Thin Client
314 (4.204 %)Fat Client
46 (1.802 %)Derivative
54 (1.201 %)French Language
54 (1.201 %)Fixed Income
63 (0.901 %)Client/Server
72 (0.601 %)Replication
72 (0.601 %)CLARiiON
72 (0.601 %)Market Risk
72 (0.601 %)Equity Derivative
81 (0.300 %)SecurID
81 (0.300 %)Mainframe
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1226 (67.87 %)Windows
260 (18.02 %)Windows 2000
359 (17.72 %)Windows Server 2003
447 (14.11 %)Windows XP
530 (9.009 %)Linux
624 (7.207 %)UNIX
714 (4.204 %)Windows NT
88 (2.402 %)Solaris
88 (2.402 %)Windows Vista
92 (0.601 %)HPUX
92 (0.601 %)Mac OS X
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (11.41 %)ITIL
228 (8.408 %)Migration
313 (3.904 %)PRINCE2
412 (3.604 %)Problem Management
511 (3.303 %)Service Delivery
69 (2.703 %)User Acceptance Testing
78 (2.402 %)Change Management
87 (2.102 %)Project Management
96 (1.802 %)PRINCE
96 (1.802 %)Configuration Management
96 (1.802 %)Asset Management
96 (1.802 %)Test Management
96 (1.802 %)Security Cleared
105 (1.502 %)Load Testing
105 (1.502 %)Service Management
114 (1.201 %)Document Management
114 (1.201 %)Disaster Recovery
114 (1.201 %)Load Balancing
114 (1.201 %)Investment Management
114 (1.201 %)Data Migration
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (9.309 %)SQL
29 (2.703 %)VBScript
29 (2.703 %)VB
37 (2.102 %)C#
45 (1.502 %)Perl
45 (1.502 %)Shell Script
54 (1.201 %)PowerShell
54 (1.201 %)C
54 (1.201 %)Java
63 (0.901 %)VB.NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
142 (12.61 %)Microsoft Certification
237 (11.11 %)MCSE
328 (8.408 %)Citrix Certification
421 (6.306 %)CCA
512 (3.604 %)MCP
611 (3.303 %)CCEA
77 (2.102 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
85 (1.502 %)Degree
94 (1.201 %)Cisco Certification
94 (1.201 %)CCNA
103 (0.901 %)MCSA
111 (0.300 %)CCNP
111 (0.300 %)CCDA
111 (0.300 %)MCTS
111 (0.300 %)MCITP
111 (0.300 %)ITIL Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (4.204 %)QA
26 (1.802 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1151 (45.35 %)Active Directory
234 (10.21 %)Citrix Presentation Server
330 (9.009 %)Terminal Services
429 (8.709 %)VMware Infrastructure
521 (6.306 %)VMware ESX
620 (6.006 %)ISA Server
715 (4.505 %)MetaFrame
86 (1.802 %)Terminal Server
95 (1.502 %)NetBackup
103 (0.901 %)Backup Exec
103 (0.901 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.601 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.300 %)Xen
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (2.402 %)ARCserve
26 (1.802 %)OpenView
26 (1.802 %)MOM
35 (1.502 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
44 (1.201 %)Legato
53 (0.901 %)CA SiteMinder
53 (0.901 %)ZENworks
53 (0.901 %)RepliStor
53 (0.901 %)AssetCenter
62 (0.601 %)SCCM
62 (0.601 %)SCOM
62 (0.601 %)EMC NetWorker
62 (0.601 %)Norton AntiVirus
62 (0.601 %)MIMEsweeper
62 (0.601 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
62 (0.601 %)OpenView Configuration Management
62 (0.601 %)Tivoli
71 (0.300 %)Tivoli Monitoring
71 (0.300 %)CiscoWorks
71 (0.300 %)ServiceCenter
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
198 (29.43 %)Microsoft
286 (25.83 %)VMware
358 (17.42 %)HP
434 (10.21 %)Cisco
524 (7.207 %)IBM
622 (6.607 %)Remedy
719 (5.706 %)Oracle
818 (5.405 %)Dell
917 (5.105 %)CheckPoint
1014 (4.204 %)EMC
1014 (4.204 %)Sybase
1014 (4.204 %)Altiris
1112 (3.604 %)Lotus
1112 (3.604 %)Nokia
1211 (3.303 %)VERITAS
1211 (3.303 %)Red Hat
138 (2.402 %)Reuters
138 (2.402 %)AppSense
147 (2.102 %)LANDesk
147 (2.102 %)Bloomberg
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