The first table below looks at the demand for CCEA in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCEA 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 Enterprise Administrator (CCEA)
Rank 495 530 528
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -2
Contract jobs citing CCEA 17 27 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.040% 0.050% 0.049%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.226% 0.290% 0.308%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 14
Average daily rate £363 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £273 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+35.45% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 6
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -12.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £19.90 £21.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £22.70 £32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -24.00%
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%
CCEA
UK

CCEA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England CCEA Jobs Demand Trend

CCEA
Daily Rate Trend

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

England CCEA Daily Rate Trend

CCEA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCEA across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England CCEA Daily Rate Histogram

CCEA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England CCEA Hourly Rate Trend

CCEA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCEA 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 +12 14 £363 -1.36%
South East +25 1 £395 -
West Midlands +12 1 - -
North West - 1 £350 -
CCEA
UK

CCEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 42 (100.00%) Citrix
1 42 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 37 (88.10%) Windows
3 32 (76.19%) Windows Server 2008
4 30 (71.43%) CCA
5 29 (69.05%) XenApp
6 26 (61.90%) VMware
7 25 (59.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (59.52%) MCSE
8 23 (54.76%) Windows Server 2003
8 23 (54.76%) XenDesktop
9 22 (52.38%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (52.38%) Active Directory
10 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
10 18 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
11 17 (40.48%) Finance
12 16 (38.10%) Cisco
12 16 (38.10%) CCNP
12 16 (38.10%) CCIA
13 15 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
13 15 (35.71%) MCITP
13 15 (35.71%) CCNA
13 15 (35.71%) MS Exchange
14 14 (33.33%) SQL
14 14 (33.33%) CCEE
15 13 (30.95%) DNS
15 13 (30.95%) SAN
15 13 (30.95%) Firewall
16 12 (28.57%) DHCP
16 12 (28.57%) WAN

CCEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 15 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
1 15 (35.71%) MS Exchange
2 11 (26.19%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2000
3 4 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.381%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.95%) DNS
1 13 (30.95%) SAN
1 13 (30.95%) Firewall
2 12 (28.57%) DHCP
2 12 (28.57%) WAN
3 11 (26.19%) LAN
3 11 (26.19%) Cisco IOS
3 11 (26.19%) Cisco PIX
3 11 (26.19%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (23.81%) Internet
5 6 (14.29%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.381%) HTTPS
6 1 (2.381%) HTTP
6 1 (2.381%) VPN
6 1 (2.381%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.524%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.762%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 17 (40.48%) Finance
2 2 (4.762%) Law
2 2 (4.762%) French Language
2 2 (4.762%) German Language
2 2 (4.762%) Spanish Language
3 1 (2.381%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.381%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 15 (35.71%) Support Engineer
1 15 (35.71%) 3rd Line Support
2 14 (33.33%) Consultant
3 12 (28.57%) Citrix Consultant
4 10 (23.81%) IT Support
4 10 (23.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (21.43%) Citrix Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) Wintel Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Technical Account Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Technical Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Account Manager
8 1 (2.381%) Senior Citrix Consultant
8 1 (2.381%) Implementation Engineer
8 1 (2.381%) Virtualisation Consultant
8 1 (2.381%) VMware Consultant
8 1 (2.381%) VMware Engineer
8 1 (2.381%) Citrix Architect
8 1 (2.381%) Applications Consultant
8 1 (2.381%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.381%) Derivative
1 1 (2.381%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 37 (88.10%) Windows
2 32 (76.19%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (54.76%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (26.19%) Mac OS X
5 5 (11.90%) Windows 7
6 4 (9.524%) Windows 2000
6 4 (9.524%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (7.143%) Migration
2 2 (4.762%) Project Management
2 2 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (4.762%) Use Case
2 2 (4.762%) Analytics
3 1 (2.381%) Load Testing
3 1 (2.381%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (7.143%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.381%) C
Qualifications
1 42 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 30 (71.43%) CCA
3 25 (59.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (59.52%) MCSE
4 22 (52.38%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (38.10%) CCNP
5 16 (38.10%) CCIA
6 15 (35.71%) MCITP
6 15 (35.71%) CCNA
7 14 (33.33%) CCEE
8 7 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (14.29%) CCSP
9 6 (14.29%) MCP
10 4 (9.524%) MCTS
11 2 (4.762%) Degree
12 1 (2.381%) VCP5
12 1 (2.381%) CCAA
12 1 (2.381%) VCP4
12 1 (2.381%) NCDA
12 1 (2.381%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (69.05%) XenApp
2 23 (54.76%) XenDesktop
3 22 (52.38%) Active Directory
4 18 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (21.43%) XenServer
6 7 (16.67%) VMware ESX
7 3 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (4.762%) Terminal Server
8 2 (4.762%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (4.762%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 4 (9.524%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) Citrix
2 26 (61.90%) VMware
3 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 16 (38.10%) Cisco
5 5 (11.90%) AppSense
6 2 (4.762%) NetApp
6 2 (4.762%) Twitter
7 1 (2.381%) EMC
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