The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix 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 Vendors for the Glasgow 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Citrix Systems.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 62 43 46
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +3
Contract jobs citing Citrix 14 19 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.501% 2.414% 2.594%
As % of the Vendors category 3.204% 5.444% 4.775%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 8
Average daily rate £358 £275 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -20.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £253 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £354 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £22.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
437 349 377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 46.84% 44.35% 54.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 160 198
Average daily rate £338 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.79% -8.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £445 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 11
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.90 £35.00 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
Scotland

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Citrix Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Glasgow Citrix Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Citrix 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.

1 25 (92.59%) Windows
2 14 (51.85%) VMware
3 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
4 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
4 11 (40.74%) SQL Server
4 11 (40.74%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 9 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (25.93%) MS Exchange
6 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (22.22%) Dell
7 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (22.22%) Oracle
7 6 (22.22%) .NET
7 6 (22.22%) Solaris
7 6 (22.22%) UNIX
7 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (22.22%) XenApp
8 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
8 5 (18.52%) vSphere
8 5 (18.52%) VMware ESX
8 5 (18.52%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (18.52%) Linux
8 5 (18.52%) AIX
8 5 (18.52%) SAN
8 5 (18.52%) HP
9 4 (14.81%) EMC
9 4 (14.81%) IBM
9 4 (14.81%) Internet
9 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2000

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Citrix 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (22.22%) .NET
2 4 (14.81%) WebSphere
3 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
4 2 (7.407%) XML
4 2 (7.407%) HTML
5 1 (3.704%) X-Windows
5 1 (3.704%) NHibernate
5 1 (3.704%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.93%) MS Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (11.11%) MQSeries
3 3 (11.11%) Apache
3 3 (11.11%) WebSphere MQ
3 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
4 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (3.704%) IIS
5 1 (3.704%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (3.704%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.407%) MS Office
3 1 (3.704%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) SAN
2 4 (14.81%) Internet
3 1 (3.704%) NAS
3 1 (3.704%) Intranet
3 1 (3.704%) WAN
3 1 (3.704%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (40.74%) SQL Server
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (18.52%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (7.407%) MySQL
6 1 (3.704%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (3.704%) Wise Package Studio
1 1 (3.704%) MSI
1 1 (3.704%) InstallShield
1 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.704%) WinRunner
1 1 (3.704%) TestDirector
1 1 (3.704%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (14.81%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Analyst
1 6 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 4 (14.81%) Technical Specialist
2 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Designer
2 4 (14.81%) Consultant
2 4 (14.81%) Support Analyst
2 4 (14.81%) Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Designer
3 3 (11.11%) Technical Support
4 2 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (7.407%) Support Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) Client/Server
1 2 (7.407%) NHS
2 1 (3.704%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (3.704%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (3.704%) Clustering
2 1 (3.704%) PDA
2 1 (3.704%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.704%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.704%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 25 (92.59%) Windows
2 11 (40.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (22.22%) Solaris
5 6 (22.22%) UNIX
6 5 (18.52%) Linux
6 5 (18.52%) AIX
7 3 (11.11%) Windows 7
7 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000
8 1 (3.704%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.81%) Migration
2 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 3 (11.11%) Time Management
2 3 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
4 1 (3.704%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (3.704%) Software Deployment
4 1 (3.704%) Business Continuity
4 1 (3.704%) Identity Management
4 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.704%) Information Assurance
4 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) Java
3 2 (7.407%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.407%) VB
4 1 (3.704%) XPath
4 1 (3.704%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.704%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.704%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) MCSE
4 2 (7.407%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.407%) MCITP
5 1 (3.704%) MCP
5 1 (3.704%) MCSA
System Software
1 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
2 9 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (22.22%) XenApp
4 5 (18.52%) vSphere
4 5 (18.52%) VMware ESX
5 3 (11.11%) XenDesktop
6 1 (3.704%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (3.704%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (3.704%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (3.704%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.704%) Terminal Server
6 1 (3.704%) Terminal Services
6 1 (3.704%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 4 (14.81%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (7.407%) Netcool
2 2 (7.407%) SCCM
2 2 (7.407%) Backup Exec
3 1 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (3.704%) HP Operations Orchestration
3 1 (3.704%) ZENworks
3 1 (3.704%) SCOM
3 1 (3.704%) WSUS
3 1 (3.704%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) VMware
2 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
3 6 (22.22%) Dell
3 6 (22.22%) Oracle
4 5 (18.52%) HP
5 4 (14.81%) EMC
5 4 (14.81%) IBM
5 4 (14.81%) McAfee
6 3 (11.11%) Lumension
6 3 (11.11%) Symantec
6 3 (11.11%) NetApp
6 3 (11.11%) Red Hat
7 2 (7.407%) Veritas
8 1 (3.704%) Sophos
8 1 (3.704%) Lotus
8 1 (3.704%) Novell
8 1 (3.704%) Sun
8 1 (3.704%) Compaq
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