The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 38 28 40
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +12
Contract jobs citing Citrix 51 57 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 4.067% 4.158% 3.443%
As % of the Vendors category 8.824% 9.862% 8.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 37 9
Average daily rate £325 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £175 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £463 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 15
Average hourly rate £23.75 £14.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.79% -23.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.07 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £18.40 £27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
578 578 598
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 46.09% 42.16% 42.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 276 217
Average daily rate £325 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £175 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 51 70
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.09 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £55.00 £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
England

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands Citrix Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire +9 28 £331 +1.92%
Northamptonshire +3 8 £314 +28.16%
Derbyshire +3 7 £340 -19.04%
Leicestershire -6 5 £225 -35.71%
Lincolnshire -1 2 £400 +100.00%
Citrix
England

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 74 (71.84%) Windows
2 53 (51.46%) VMware
3 44 (42.72%) Active Directory
4 35 (33.98%) Microsoft
5 33 (32.04%) Windows Server 2008
6 29 (28.16%) SQL Server
7 27 (26.21%) Windows Server 2003
8 25 (24.27%) Cisco
9 21 (20.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (20.39%) SAN
9 21 (20.39%) Linux
9 21 (20.39%) LAN
10 18 (17.48%) SQL Server 2008
10 18 (17.48%) VMware Infrastructure
11 17 (16.50%) SQL Server 2005
11 17 (16.50%) Windows 2000
12 16 (15.53%) Finance
12 16 (15.53%) Firewall
12 16 (15.53%) MCSE
12 16 (15.53%) HP
12 16 (15.53%) XenApp
13 15 (14.56%) SQL Server 2000
14 14 (13.59%) IBM
14 14 (13.59%) UNIX
14 14 (13.59%) WAN
15 13 (12.62%) Windows XP
15 13 (12.62%) MS Excel
16 12 (11.65%) Migration
17 11 (10.68%) SQL
18 10 (9.709%) IIS

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 6 (5.825%) Web Services
2 2 (1.942%) Middleware
2 2 (1.942%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.942%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.709%) IIS
2 9 (8.738%) MS Exchange
3 8 (7.767%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.767%) Apache
4 7 (6.796%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 5 (4.854%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (3.883%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (2.913%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (1.942%) Lotus Domino
8 2 (1.942%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.971%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 13 (12.62%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.854%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (3.883%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.942%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.942%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.971%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 21 (20.39%) SAN
1 21 (20.39%) LAN
2 16 (15.53%) Firewall
3 14 (13.59%) WAN
4 10 (9.709%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (7.767%) NetScaler
6 6 (5.825%) Wireless
6 6 (5.825%) VPN
6 6 (5.825%) VoIP
7 5 (4.854%) DMVPN
7 5 (4.854%) WLAN
8 4 (3.883%) TCP/IP
8 4 (3.883%) Unified Communications
9 3 (2.913%) PABX
10 2 (1.942%) DNS
10 2 (1.942%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.971%) NAS
11 1 (0.971%) BIG-IP
11 1 (0.971%) DHCP
11 1 (0.971%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (28.16%) SQL Server
2 18 (17.48%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (16.50%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (14.56%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (1.942%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.971%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.913%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 16 (15.53%) Finance
2 8 (7.767%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.942%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.971%) Retail Banking
4 1 (0.971%) Banking
4 1 (0.971%) Retail
4 1 (0.971%) Games
Job Titles
1 17 (16.50%) Analyst
2 12 (11.65%) 3rd Line Support
3 11 (10.68%) Support Engineer
3 11 (10.68%) Systems Engineer
4 9 (8.738%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (7.767%) Network Engineer
6 7 (6.796%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (6.796%) Support Analyst
6 7 (6.796%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (6.796%) Desktop Support
7 6 (5.825%) Project Manager
7 6 (5.825%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (4.854%) Desktop Engineer
8 5 (4.854%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 5 (4.854%) Architect
8 5 (4.854%) Technical Architect
9 4 (3.883%) Consultant
9 4 (3.883%) Systems Support
9 4 (3.883%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (3.883%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.709%) Blackberry
2 7 (6.796%) Clustering
3 2 (1.942%) Thin Client
3 2 (1.942%) Fat Client
3 2 (1.942%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.971%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.971%) Open Source
4 1 (0.971%) EqualLogic
4 1 (0.971%) Celerra
4 1 (0.971%) IVR
4 1 (0.971%) NHS
4 1 (0.971%) PMI
4 1 (0.971%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 74 (71.84%) Windows
2 33 (32.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (26.21%) Windows Server 2003
4 21 (20.39%) Linux
5 17 (16.50%) Windows 2000
6 14 (13.59%) UNIX
7 13 (12.62%) Windows XP
8 4 (3.883%) Windows Vista
8 4 (3.883%) Windows 7
9 3 (2.913%) Windows NT
10 2 (1.942%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (1.942%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.971%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.971%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (11.65%) Migration
2 8 (7.767%) Service Delivery
3 6 (5.825%) Configuration Management
3 6 (5.825%) Validation
3 6 (5.825%) Change Management
4 5 (4.854%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (4.854%) Incident Management
4 5 (4.854%) ITIL
5 4 (3.883%) Project Management
5 4 (3.883%) ITSM
5 4 (3.883%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (3.883%) Problem Management
5 4 (3.883%) Capacity Management
6 3 (2.913%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (2.913%) PRINCE2
6 3 (2.913%) E-Commerce
6 3 (2.913%) Data Security
6 3 (2.913%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (1.942%) Six Sigma
7 2 (1.942%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.68%) SQL
2 9 (8.738%) PowerShell
2 9 (8.738%) VBScript
3 2 (1.942%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (20.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (15.53%) MCSE
3 8 (7.767%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (5.825%) CCNA
4 6 (5.825%) MCP
5 5 (4.854%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (4.854%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (3.883%) CCA
6 4 (3.883%) MCITP
7 3 (2.913%) MCSA
7 3 (2.913%) CCNP
8 2 (1.942%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.971%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.971%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.971%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.971%) PMP
9 1 (0.971%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.913%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (42.72%) Active Directory
2 18 (17.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (15.53%) XenApp
4 8 (7.767%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 6 (5.825%) MetaFrame
5 6 (5.825%) vSphere
6 5 (4.854%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.913%) XenDesktop
8 2 (1.942%) ISA Server
8 2 (1.942%) NFS
8 2 (1.942%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.971%) XenServer
9 1 (0.971%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.971%) IAG
9 1 (0.971%) UAG
9 1 (0.971%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.971%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.971%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (5.825%) Tivoli
1 6 (5.825%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 6 (5.825%) SCOM
2 4 (3.883%) SCCM
3 3 (2.913%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (2.913%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (2.913%) Backup Exec
3 3 (2.913%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (1.942%) NetBackup
4 2 (1.942%) WSUS
5 1 (0.971%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.971%) ServiceCenter
5 1 (0.971%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 53 (51.46%) VMware
2 35 (33.98%) Microsoft
3 25 (24.27%) Cisco
4 16 (15.53%) HP
5 14 (13.59%) IBM
6 7 (6.796%) Altiris
7 5 (4.854%) Juniper
7 5 (4.854%) Nokia
8 4 (3.883%) McAfee
8 4 (3.883%) NetApp
8 4 (3.883%) Oracle
9 3 (2.913%) F5
9 3 (2.913%) Nortel
9 3 (2.913%) Symantec
10 2 (1.942%) Remedy
10 2 (1.942%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.942%) Veritas
10 2 (1.942%) Dell
10 2 (1.942%) Riverbed
10 2 (1.942%) MobileIron
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Posted: 15 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Rate: £220 - £240 per day
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