The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 22 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 Gloucestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 25 53 41
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -12
Contract jobs citing Citrix 13 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 4.727% 2.392% 1.878%
As % of the Vendors category 10.74% 5.000% 3.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 5
Average daily rate £500 £410 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% +141.17%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-7.57% -1.49%
All Vendors
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
121 320 203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 44.00% 47.83% 47.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 207 86
Average daily rate £500 £410 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% +22.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 14
Average hourly rate £11.00 £27.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% +34.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £24.70 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £50.00 £32.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
South West

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheltenham +31 3 £387 -14.00%
Gloucester +26 3 - -
Cirencester - 1 £130 -
Citrix
South West

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 30 (75.00%) Windows
2 27 (67.50%) Security Cleared
3 25 (62.50%) DV Cleared
4 22 (55.00%) VMware
5 18 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (42.50%) XenApp
7 13 (32.50%) Degree
8 12 (30.00%) HNC
9 11 (27.50%) ITIL
9 11 (27.50%) C
9 11 (27.50%) Active Directory
9 11 (27.50%) Service Management
10 9 (22.50%) Cisco
10 9 (22.50%) Sophos
11 8 (20.00%) Thin Client
11 8 (20.00%) VPN
11 8 (20.00%) Juniper
11 8 (20.00%) Client/Server
11 8 (20.00%) VMware ESX
11 8 (20.00%) Firewall
11 8 (20.00%) Management Information System
11 8 (20.00%) Fat Client
11 8 (20.00%) Lumension
12 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
12 7 (17.50%) Telecoms
13 6 (15.00%) Finance
13 6 (15.00%) Windows XP
14 5 (12.50%) MS Office
15 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
16 3 (7.500%) Application Packaging

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 3 (7.500%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (2.500%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (2.500%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) VPN
1 8 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (7.500%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.000%) DSL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.000%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (17.50%) Telecoms
2 6 (15.00%) Finance
3 1 (2.500%) Local Government
3 1 (2.500%) Retail Banking
3 1 (2.500%) Banking
3 1 (2.500%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Build Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Citrix Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Citrix Support Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Citrix Support
6 3 (7.500%) Windows Support Engineer
6 3 (7.500%) Desktop Support
6 3 (7.500%) Junior
6 3 (7.500%) Analyst
6 3 (7.500%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.500%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (7.500%) Citrix Consultant
6 3 (7.500%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (5.000%) Systems Tester
7 2 (5.000%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (5.000%) Systems Manager
7 2 (5.000%) Technical Manager
7 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Thin Client
1 8 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 8 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 8 (20.00%) Fat Client
2 3 (7.500%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.000%) iPhone
3 2 (5.000%) CMDB
4 1 (2.500%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 30 (75.00%) Windows
2 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
3 6 (15.00%) Windows XP
4 3 (7.500%) UNIX
5 1 (2.500%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.500%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.500%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.500%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) ITIL
1 11 (27.50%) Service Management
2 3 (7.500%) Service Delivery
3 2 (5.000%) Software Deployment
3 2 (5.000%) Test Scripting
3 2 (5.000%) Data Management
4 1 (2.500%) Problem Management
4 1 (2.500%) Data Protection
4 1 (2.500%) Migration
4 1 (2.500%) Project Management
4 1 (2.500%) DNA
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) C
2 3 (7.500%) SQL
3 1 (2.500%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.500%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (67.50%) Security Cleared
2 25 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 13 (32.50%) Degree
4 12 (30.00%) HNC
5 3 (7.500%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.500%) MCITP
6 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.500%) MCSE
6 1 (2.500%) MCSA
System Software
1 18 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (42.50%) XenApp
3 11 (27.50%) Active Directory
4 8 (20.00%) VMware ESX
5 3 (7.500%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (5.000%) XenDesktop
7 1 (2.500%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (7.500%) AppDNA
2 2 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (2.500%) SCCM
3 1 (2.500%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (2.500%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.500%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (2.500%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 22 (55.00%) VMware
2 9 (22.50%) Cisco
2 9 (22.50%) Sophos
3 8 (20.00%) Juniper
3 8 (20.00%) Lumension
4 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.500%) AppSense
6 2 (5.000%) Sybase
6 2 (5.000%) Altiris
7 1 (2.500%) HP
7 1 (2.500%) Lotus
7 1 (2.500%) IBM
7 1 (2.500%) Symantec
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