The first table below looks at the demand for Citrix Presentation Server skills 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 Presentation Server over the 3 months to 23 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 of the System Software category 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Presentation Server
Rank 460 497 439
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -58
Contract jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server 58 65 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.140% 0.122% 0.236%
As % of the System Software category 1.461% 1.519% 3.297%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 38 66
Average daily rate £358 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £150 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £382 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.25% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 18
Average hourly rate £45.00 £20.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+119.51% -4.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £20.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+122.22% -3.57%
All System Software
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
3971 4278 4095
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 9.564% 8.011% 7.168%
Number of daily rates quoted 1938 2077 1820
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 591 625
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.14 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £36.69 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Citrix Presentation Server
UK

Citrix Presentation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

England Citrix Presentation Server Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Citrix Presentation Server Daily Rate Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Citrix Presentation Server Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix Presentation Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Citrix Presentation Server Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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 +29 32 £356 +5.55%
South East +20 12 £400 +23.07%
North West +16 11 £358 +14.40%
South West +27 1 £260 -36.96%
East Midlands +1 1 £260 -5.45%
Yorkshire -2 1 - -
Citrix Presentation Server
UK

Citrix Presentation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Citrix Presentation Server 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 Presentation Server.

1 104 (100.00%) Citrix
2 87 (83.65%) XenApp
3 86 (82.69%) Windows
4 68 (65.38%) VMware
5 56 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
5 56 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
6 51 (49.04%) Active Directory
7 46 (44.23%) VMware Infrastructure
8 44 (42.31%) Microsoft
9 40 (38.46%) SAN
10 39 (37.50%) VMware ESX
11 38 (36.54%) vSphere
12 32 (30.77%) Windows XP
13 29 (27.88%) MS Exchange
13 29 (27.88%) HP
14 24 (23.08%) IBM
14 24 (23.08%) Clustering
15 23 (22.12%) Windows 2000
15 23 (22.12%) SCCM
16 22 (21.15%) SCOM
16 22 (21.15%) IIS
16 22 (21.15%) VBScript
16 22 (21.15%) VPN
16 22 (21.15%) AppSense
17 21 (20.19%) Sophos
18 20 (19.23%) McAfee
18 20 (19.23%) Dell
18 20 (19.23%) .NET
18 20 (19.23%) SQL Server
18 20 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2003

Citrix Presentation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Citrix Presentation Server 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 Presentation Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (19.23%) .NET
2 17 (16.35%) ADSI
2 17 (16.35%) Web Services
3 15 (14.42%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.885%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.962%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 29 (27.88%) MS Exchange
2 22 (21.15%) IIS
3 20 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2003
4 19 (18.27%) Apache
5 18 (17.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (7.692%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 8 (7.692%) SharePoint
7 7 (6.731%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (1.923%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.923%) Zimbra
8 2 (1.923%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.962%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.731%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 40 (38.46%) SAN
2 22 (21.15%) VPN
3 18 (17.31%) Internet
4 17 (16.35%) NAS
5 15 (14.42%) Firewall
5 15 (14.42%) DNS
5 15 (14.42%) FTP
6 14 (13.46%) TCP/IP
6 14 (13.46%) DHCP
6 14 (13.46%) WAN
7 13 (12.50%) LAN
8 8 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (7.692%) Cisco PIX
9 7 (6.731%) VLAN
9 7 (6.731%) BIG-IP
9 7 (6.731%) NetScaler
10 4 (3.846%) SSL
11 3 (2.885%) ADSL
11 3 (2.885%) Ethernet
12 2 (1.923%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (19.23%) SQL Server
2 14 (13.46%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (9.615%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (3.846%) MySQL
6 3 (2.885%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.962%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.962%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (4.808%) MSI
1 5 (4.808%) InstallShield
2 2 (1.923%) Selenium
2 2 (1.923%) Bugzilla
2 2 (1.923%) WinRunner
2 2 (1.923%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (1.923%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.962%) AdminStudio
General
1 12 (11.54%) Finance
2 6 (5.769%) Law
2 6 (5.769%) Publishing
3 5 (4.808%) Local Government
3 5 (4.808%) Banking
4 4 (3.846%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.885%) Back Office
5 3 (2.885%) Online Betting
6 2 (1.923%) Legal
7 1 (0.962%) Advertising
7 1 (0.962%) Games
7 1 (0.962%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.962%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (19.23%) Analyst
2 19 (18.27%) Wintel Engineer
3 14 (13.46%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 13 (12.50%) Consultant
5 10 (9.615%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (8.654%) Support Analyst
6 9 (8.654%) Citrix Consultant
7 8 (7.692%) Citrix Engineer
8 7 (6.731%) Support Engineer
8 7 (6.731%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (5.769%) Platform Engineer
9 6 (5.769%) Citrix Specialist
10 5 (4.808%) Architect
10 5 (4.808%) Administrator
10 5 (4.808%) Citrix Support
10 5 (4.808%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.846%) Citrix Support Specialist
11 4 (3.846%) Server Engineer
11 4 (3.846%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 24 (23.08%) Clustering
2 5 (4.808%) Computer Science
3 4 (3.846%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.962%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 86 (82.69%) Windows
2 56 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
2 56 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 32 (30.77%) Windows XP
4 23 (22.12%) Windows 2000
5 18 (17.31%) Windows NT
6 17 (16.35%) Linux
7 14 (13.46%) Windows 7
8 7 (6.731%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (4.808%) Windows Vista
10 3 (2.885%) Windows 8
11 2 (1.923%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.962%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.27%) ITIL
2 15 (14.42%) Migration
3 11 (10.58%) Change Management
4 9 (8.654%) Service Delivery
5 7 (6.731%) Configuration Management
6 6 (5.769%) Service Management
6 6 (5.769%) PRINCE2
7 5 (4.808%) Load Balancing
8 3 (2.885%) TOGAF
9 2 (1.923%) Software Distribution
9 2 (1.923%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (1.923%) Performance Management
9 2 (1.923%) Project Management
10 1 (0.962%) PRINCE
10 1 (0.962%) Disaster Recovery
10 1 (0.962%) Business Continuity
10 1 (0.962%) IT Governance
10 1 (0.962%) Problem Management
10 1 (0.962%) Competitor Analysis
10 1 (0.962%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.15%) VBScript
2 16 (15.38%) VB
3 14 (13.46%) SQL
4 3 (2.885%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.962%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (9.615%) Citrix Certification
2 8 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (7.692%) CCA
2 8 (7.692%) MCSE
3 5 (4.808%) Degree
3 5 (4.808%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (3.846%) MCITP
5 3 (2.885%) CCIA
6 2 (1.923%) CCEE
6 2 (1.923%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (1.923%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.923%) CCEA
6 2 (1.923%) ISEB
7 1 (0.962%) CCNA
7 1 (0.962%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.962%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.769%) SLA
2 1 (0.962%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.962%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 87 (83.65%) XenApp
2 51 (49.04%) Active Directory
3 46 (44.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (37.50%) VMware ESX
5 38 (36.54%) vSphere
6 16 (15.38%) Microsoft App-V
7 14 (13.46%) XenDesktop
8 9 (8.654%) MetaFrame
8 9 (8.654%) XenServer
9 8 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (6.731%) ProxySG
11 6 (5.769%) Hyper-V
12 4 (3.846%) Postfix
13 3 (2.885%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (1.923%) UAG
15 1 (0.962%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 23 (22.12%) SCCM
2 22 (21.15%) SCOM
3 19 (18.27%) NetBackup
4 16 (15.38%) Backup Exec
5 15 (14.42%) Legato
6 4 (3.846%) MOM
7 3 (2.885%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (1.923%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.923%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.962%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.962%) Foglight
Vendors
1 104 (100.00%) Citrix
2 68 (65.38%) VMware
3 44 (42.31%) Microsoft
4 29 (27.88%) HP
5 24 (23.08%) IBM
6 22 (21.15%) AppSense
7 21 (20.19%) Sophos
8 20 (19.23%) McAfee
8 20 (19.23%) Dell
9 19 (18.27%) Veritas
10 17 (16.35%) PlateSpin
10 17 (16.35%) BMC
11 15 (14.42%) Leostream
12 14 (13.46%) NetApp
13 13 (12.50%) Cisco
14 10 (9.615%) Oracle
15 8 (7.692%) Symantec
16 7 (6.731%) Red Hat
16 7 (6.731%) Blue Coat
16 7 (6.731%) F5