The first table below looks at the demand for CCAA in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCAA over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator (CCAA)
Rank 508 554 549
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -5
Contract jobs citing CCAA 4 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.009% 0.006% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.053% 0.032% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
Average daily rate £371 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.07% -17.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £350 -
% change year-on-year
+12.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7537 9312 8766
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.82% 17.40% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4003 4940 4263
Average daily rate £375 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £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 425 512 609
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £12.50 £12.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £44.40 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CCAA
UK

CCAA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England CCAA Jobs Demand Trend

CCAA
Daily Rate Trend

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

England CCAA Daily Rate Trend

CCAA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCAA within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London +17 3 £355 +8.39%
South East - 1 £395 -
CCAA
UK

CCAA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CCAA 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 CCAA.

1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (83.33%) CCA
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) XenApp
3 4 (66.67%) XenDesktop
3 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) NetScaler
3 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) Banking
4 3 (50.00%) AppSense
4 3 (50.00%) VBScript
4 3 (50.00%) VCP5
4 3 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (50.00%) ITIL V3
5 2 (33.33%) CCEE
5 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
5 2 (33.33%) Application Packaging
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (16.67%) Symantec
6 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
6 1 (16.67%) CCEA
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (16.67%) Service Management

CCAA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CCAA 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 CCAA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) Application Packaging
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) NetScaler
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix Support
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL V3
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (50.00%) VBScript
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (83.33%) CCA
3 3 (50.00%) VCP5
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (33.33%) CCEE
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (16.67%) CCEA
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) CCNA
5 1 (16.67%) MCSE
5 1 (16.67%) MCSA
5 1 (16.67%) CCENT
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) CCIA
5 1 (16.67%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) XenApp
2 4 (66.67%) XenDesktop
3 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) vCloud
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) AppSense
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Symantec
5 1 (16.67%) Wyse
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco
London
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Rate: £325 - £385 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
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Rate: £400 - £425 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013