The first table below looks at the demand for CCA in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCA over the 3 months to 18 June 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 England 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
Rank 473 436 459
Rank change year-on-year
-37 +23
Contract jobs citing CCA 62 113 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.142% 0.213% 0.212%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.789% 1.230% 1.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 62 64
Average daily rate £350 £340 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +5.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £214 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £436 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £283
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 9
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £18.40 £21.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.88 £35.50 £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 £24.44
% change year-on-year
- -22.25%
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7854 9187 9004
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.94% 17.33% 15.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4163 4855 4475
Average daily rate £380 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 462 474 633
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.75% -8.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
CCA
UK

CCA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England CCA Jobs Demand Trend

CCA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCA across the England region.

England CCA Daily Rate Trend

CCA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCA across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England CCA Daily Rate Histogram

CCA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England CCA Hourly Rate Trend

CCA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCA within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +2 39 £353 +0.71% 11
South East +9 11 £385 +71.11% 10
West Midlands +4 6 £175 -33.64% 2
East of England +8 4 £375 +25.00% 2
North West +10 1 £350 -33.33% 6
East Midlands -6 1 £300 -29.41% 1
Midlands - - - -
Yorkshire - - - - 1
South West - - - -
CCA
UK

CCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CCA 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 CCA.

1 117 (80.69%) Citrix Certification
2 112 (77.24%) Citrix
3 89 (61.38%) Windows
4 71 (48.97%) XenApp
5 62 (42.76%) VMware
6 60 (41.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (40.69%) Windows Server 2008
8 57 (39.31%) MCSE
9 55 (37.93%) Windows Server 2003
10 54 (37.24%) Active Directory
11 45 (31.03%) Microsoft
12 42 (28.97%) Finance
13 41 (28.28%) XenDesktop
14 38 (26.21%) VMware Infrastructure
15 33 (22.76%) AppSense
16 32 (22.07%) XenServer
17 29 (20.00%) SAN
17 29 (20.00%) SAP
18 28 (19.31%) Cisco Certification
19 27 (18.62%) CCEA
19 27 (18.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 27 (18.62%) CCEE
20 24 (16.55%) MCITP
20 24 (16.55%) Cisco
21 22 (15.17%) SAP FI
21 22 (15.17%) MS Exchange
22 21 (14.48%) SAP CO
22 21 (14.48%) SAP FI/CO
23 19 (13.10%) DNS
24 18 (12.41%) HP

CCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CCA 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 CCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (2.069%) SAP XI
2 2 (1.379%) JSP
3 1 (0.690%) EDI
3 1 (0.690%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 22 (15.17%) MS Exchange
2 16 (11.03%) Exchange Server 2007
3 11 (7.586%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (2.759%) IIS
6 3 (2.069%) Exchange Server 2000
7 1 (0.690%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.690%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 9 (6.207%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.759%) MS Office
3 3 (2.069%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.379%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 22 (15.17%) SAP FI
2 21 (14.48%) SAP FI/CO
2 21 (14.48%) SAP CO
3 7 (4.828%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (2.759%) SAP ERP
4 4 (2.759%) SAP PSCD
5 3 (2.069%) SAP FI-CA
5 3 (2.069%) SAP FI-AP
6 2 (1.379%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.690%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.690%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (20.00%) SAN
2 19 (13.10%) DNS
3 16 (11.03%) WAN
3 16 (11.03%) Firewall
4 15 (10.34%) NetScaler
5 14 (9.655%) LAN
6 12 (8.276%) DHCP
7 11 (7.586%) Internet
8 10 (6.897%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (6.897%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (6.897%) Cisco PIX
9 8 (5.517%) TCP/IP
10 5 (3.448%) NAS
11 4 (2.759%) VoIP
12 2 (1.379%) Ethernet
12 2 (1.379%) WAAS
12 2 (1.379%) Wireless
13 1 (0.690%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.690%) VPN
13 1 (0.690%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.207%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.828%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (4.828%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (3.448%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (2.069%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.379%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (1.379%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.379%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.379%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.690%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (3.448%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (3.448%) LoadRunner
2 3 (2.069%) MSI
3 2 (1.379%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.379%) Bugzilla
3 2 (1.379%) WinRunner
3 2 (1.379%) Selenium
4 1 (0.690%) LSMW
General
1 42 (28.97%) Finance
2 7 (4.828%) Banking
3 6 (4.138%) Telecoms
3 6 (4.138%) General Ledger
3 6 (4.138%) Back Office
4 5 (3.448%) Publishing
5 4 (2.759%) Retail
6 3 (2.069%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.069%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.379%) French Language
7 2 (1.379%) German Language
7 2 (1.379%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.379%) Law
8 1 (0.690%) Legal
8 1 (0.690%) Automotive
8 1 (0.690%) Electronics
8 1 (0.690%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.690%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.690%) Front Office
8 1 (0.690%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (20.00%) Consultant
2 24 (16.55%) Citrix Engineer
3 23 (15.86%) 3rd Line Support
4 18 (12.41%) Support Engineer
5 17 (11.72%) Analyst
6 16 (11.03%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 14 (9.655%) SAP Consultant
8 13 (8.966%) Architect
9 12 (8.276%) Citrix Consultant
10 10 (6.897%) SAP Analyst
11 9 (6.207%) IT Support
11 9 (6.207%) IT Support Engineer
11 9 (6.207%) Administrator
11 9 (6.207%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
12 8 (5.517%) Citrix Support
13 7 (4.828%) Citrix Administrator
13 7 (4.828%) Citrix Specialist
14 6 (4.138%) Wintel Engineer
14 6 (4.138%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (4.138%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.276%) Thin Client
1 12 (8.276%) Fat Client
2 3 (2.069%) Blackberry
3 2 (1.379%) Clustering
3 2 (1.379%) PDA
3 2 (1.379%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.379%) iPad
3 2 (1.379%) NHS
4 1 (0.690%) Hedge funds
4 1 (0.690%) IaaS
4 1 (0.690%) SaaS
4 1 (0.690%) PaaS
4 1 (0.690%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (0.690%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.690%) PKI
4 1 (0.690%) DTV
4 1 (0.690%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.690%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 89 (61.38%) Windows
2 59 (40.69%) Windows Server 2008
3 55 (37.93%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (9.655%) Linux
5 11 (7.586%) Windows 2000
6 10 (6.897%) Mac OS X
7 9 (6.207%) SUSE
7 9 (6.207%) Windows 7
8 6 (4.138%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (2.069%) UNIX
10 2 (1.379%) Windows Vista
10 2 (1.379%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.690%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.690%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (11.72%) ITIL
2 9 (6.207%) ERP
2 9 (6.207%) Service Delivery
3 8 (5.517%) Migration
4 6 (4.138%) Project Management
5 4 (2.759%) Configuration Management
5 4 (2.759%) Business Development
5 4 (2.759%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (2.759%) Revenue Management
6 3 (2.069%) ITIL V3
6 3 (2.069%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (2.069%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (2.069%) Stress Testing
6 3 (2.069%) SAP Implementation
6 3 (2.069%) Test Scripting
6 3 (2.069%) Time Management
6 3 (2.069%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (2.069%) Software Testing
7 2 (1.379%) Change Management
7 2 (1.379%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.966%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.276%) SQL
3 9 (6.207%) VBScript
4 2 (1.379%) ABAP
5 1 (0.690%) C
Qualifications
1 117 (80.69%) Citrix Certification
2 60 (41.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 57 (39.31%) MCSE
4 28 (19.31%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (18.62%) CCEA
5 27 (18.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 27 (18.62%) CCEE
6 24 (16.55%) MCITP
7 18 (12.41%) CCNA
8 16 (11.03%) CCNP
9 14 (9.655%) CCIA
10 10 (6.897%) Degree
11 8 (5.517%) Linux+ Certification
12 6 (4.138%) CCSP
12 6 (4.138%) CCAA
12 6 (4.138%) VCP4
13 5 (3.448%) ISTQB
13 5 (3.448%) MCTS
13 5 (3.448%) CCIE
13 5 (3.448%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.759%) SLA
2 2 (1.379%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.690%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (48.97%) XenApp
2 54 (37.24%) Active Directory
3 41 (28.28%) XenDesktop
4 38 (26.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 32 (22.07%) XenServer
6 12 (8.276%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (6.207%) vSphere
7 9 (6.207%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 8 (5.517%) VMware ESX
9 6 (4.138%) Hyper-V
10 5 (3.448%) IAG
10 5 (3.448%) UAG
11 2 (1.379%) NFS
11 2 (1.379%) MetaFrame
11 2 (1.379%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.690%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.690%) Xen
12 1 (0.690%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 17 (11.72%) SCCM
2 6 (4.138%) Backup Exec
3 4 (2.759%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (2.759%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (2.759%) NetBackup
4 3 (2.069%) SCOM
5 2 (1.379%) Tivoli
5 2 (1.379%) MOM
6 1 (0.690%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 112 (77.24%) Citrix
2 62 (42.76%) VMware
3 45 (31.03%) Microsoft
4 33 (22.76%) AppSense
5 29 (20.00%) SAP
6 24 (16.55%) Cisco
7 18 (12.41%) HP
8 9 (6.207%) Red Hat
9 7 (4.828%) Wyse
10 6 (4.138%) NetApp
10 6 (4.138%) IBM
11 5 (3.448%) CA
12 3 (2.069%) Dell
12 3 (2.069%) webMethods
13 2 (1.379%) SolarWinds
13 2 (1.379%) Twitter
13 2 (1.379%) Compaq
13 2 (1.379%) Brocade
14 1 (0.690%) Veeam
14 1 (0.690%) Lotus
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Rate: Unspecified
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Rate: £200 - 400 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
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Rate: Highly competitive rates
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