The first table below looks at the demand for the Citrix Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix Architect in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Architect
Rank 499 542 560
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Citrix Architect 14 17 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.034% 0.032% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.034% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 5
Average daily rate £400 £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -27.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £325 £410
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £460 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 - £413
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Citrix Architect
UK

Citrix Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Citrix Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Citrix Architect Daily Rate Trend

Citrix Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Citrix Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Citrix Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix Architect within the England 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
London +30 7 £400 +23.07%
East of England - 4 £413 -
North West +15 2 £233 -
South East - 1 - -
Citrix Architect
UK

Citrix Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Citrix Architect in their job title 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 with Citrix Architect in their job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Citrix
2 11 (52.38%) XenDesktop
3 10 (47.62%) Windows
4 9 (42.86%) AppSense
4 9 (42.86%) XenApp
5 8 (38.10%) XenServer
5 8 (38.10%) VMware
6 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 6 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (23.81%) VMware ESX
7 5 (23.81%) Banking
8 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (19.05%) Finance
8 4 (19.05%) CCA
9 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
9 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
9 3 (14.29%) ITIL
9 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (14.29%) SAN
9 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
9 3 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (14.29%) CCIA
9 3 (14.29%) NetScaler
10 2 (9.524%) CloudStack
10 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
10 2 (9.524%) Firewall
10 2 (9.524%) Wyse
10 2 (9.524%) Migration
10 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management

Citrix Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Citrix Architect in their job title 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 with Citrix Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.524%) CloudStack
3 1 (4.762%) Apache
3 1 (4.762%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) SAN
1 3 (14.29%) NetScaler
2 2 (9.524%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (23.81%) Banking
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 2 (9.524%) Law
4 1 (4.762%) Advertising
4 1 (4.762%) Publishing
4 1 (4.762%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) NHS
1 1 (4.762%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
3 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.762%) Linux
4 1 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (9.524%) Migration
2 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (9.524%) Business Continuity
3 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.762%) Project Management
3 1 (4.762%) PRINCE
3 1 (4.762%) Load Testing
3 1 (4.762%) Competitor Analysis
3 1 (4.762%) IT Governance
3 1 (4.762%) Data Analysis
3 1 (4.762%) ITIL V3
3 1 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.524%) VBScript
3 1 (4.762%) VB
3 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (19.05%) CCA
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) CCIA
4 2 (9.524%) MCSE
5 1 (4.762%) CCEA
5 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.762%) CCAA
5 1 (4.762%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (52.38%) XenDesktop
2 9 (42.86%) XenApp
3 8 (38.10%) XenServer
4 5 (23.81%) VMware ESX
5 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 3 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (9.524%) Hyper-V
6 2 (9.524%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (4.762%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) SCCM
2 1 (4.762%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Citrix
2 9 (42.86%) AppSense
3 8 (38.10%) VMware
4 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (9.524%) Wyse
6 1 (4.762%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.762%) Altiris
6 1 (4.762%) Lumension