The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 24 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 Dorset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 24 29 41
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +12
Contract jobs citing Citrix 9 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 4.245% 1.838% 0.625%
As % of the Vendors category 9.184% 4.274% 1.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
Average daily rate £210 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.38% +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.76 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
98 117 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 46.23% 43.01% 55.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 66 87
Average daily rate £350 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £325 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £475 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+265.38% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
South West

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth - 6 £210 -
Poole -4 1 - -
Weymouth - 1 - -
Citrix
South West

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 (90.91%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Windows XP
2 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (63.64%) Windows 7
4 6 (54.55%) ITIL
5 5 (45.45%) VoIP
5 5 (45.45%) VPN
5 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 5 (45.45%) Blackberry
6 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (36.36%) Internet
6 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (36.36%) Cisco
6 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
6 4 (36.36%) LAN
6 4 (36.36%) MCSE
6 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (36.36%) Wireless
7 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
7 3 (27.27%) Information Management
7 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (27.27%) Handset
7 3 (27.27%) Network Management
7 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (27.27%) MS Office
7 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
7 3 (27.27%) Avaya
7 3 (27.27%) HP
7 3 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
4 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) VoIP
1 5 (45.45%) VPN
2 4 (36.36%) Internet
2 4 (36.36%) LAN
2 4 (36.36%) Wireless
3 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
4 2 (18.18%) Firewall
5 1 (9.091%) PABX
5 1 (9.091%) Broadband
5 1 (9.091%) 3G
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
1 1 (9.091%) Banking
1 1 (9.091%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Desktop Support
2 6 (54.55%) Support Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Support Technician
5 1 (9.091%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support Technician
5 1 (9.091%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) IT Support
5 1 (9.091%) Desktop Technician
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Architect
5 1 (9.091%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Blackberry
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) Handset
3 1 (9.091%) CCTV
3 1 (9.091%) Fat Client
3 1 (9.091%) iPad
3 1 (9.091%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Windows XP
3 7 (63.64%) Windows 7
4 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (27.27%) Information Management
3 3 (27.27%) Network Management
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (36.36%) MCSE
2 2 (18.18%) MCDST
3 1 (9.091%) MCSA
3 1 (9.091%) CCNA
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco
3 3 (27.27%) Avaya
3 3 (27.27%) HP
4 1 (9.091%) Dell