The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 32 44 66
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +22
Contract jobs citing Citrix 83 55 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 5.439% 3.457% 2.163%
As % of the Vendors category 9.640% 6.329% 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 25 23
Average daily rate £300 £433 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.63% +35.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £245 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £416 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 6
Average hourly rate £21.25 £27.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.29% +47.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £13.50 £17.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £23.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
861 869 960
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 56.42% 54.62% 51.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 412 337
Average daily rate £370 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 115 139
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.54 £13.38 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
South East

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hampshire Citrix Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire 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
Southampton +10 23 £300 +46.34%
Havant +9 10 £425 +13.33%
Eastleigh +4 8 £250 -47.36%
Portsmouth +3 7 - -
Basingstoke -12 7 £423 -7.39%
Winchester 0 2 £318 +1.60%
Farnborough -1 1 £473 +5.22%
Citrix
South East

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 83 (67.48%) Windows
2 79 (64.23%) Active Directory
3 52 (42.28%) VMware
4 39 (31.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 39 (31.71%) Microsoft
5 32 (26.02%) Windows Server 2003
5 32 (26.02%) XenApp
5 32 (26.02%) Windows 7
6 30 (24.39%) MS Exchange
7 25 (20.33%) Windows XP
8 21 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
9 19 (15.45%) Security Cleared
9 19 (15.45%) Exchange Server 2007
10 17 (13.82%) ITIL
10 17 (13.82%) SC Cleared
11 15 (12.20%) Finance
11 15 (12.20%) Exchange Server 2010
12 14 (11.38%) Migration
12 14 (11.38%) Backup Exec
12 14 (11.38%) MS Office
13 13 (10.57%) SAN
13 13 (10.57%) Firewall
13 13 (10.57%) Microsoft App-V
13 13 (10.57%) Incident Management
14 12 (9.756%) XenServer
14 12 (9.756%) Clustering
14 12 (9.756%) SQL
14 12 (9.756%) MS Excel
15 10 (8.130%) Windows Server 2012
16 9 (7.317%) Microsoft Certification

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 4 (3.252%) Application Packaging
2 1 (0.813%) Middleware
2 1 (0.813%) .NET
2 1 (0.813%) HTML
2 1 (0.813%) JSP
2 1 (0.813%) XML
2 1 (0.813%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 30 (24.39%) MS Exchange
2 19 (15.45%) Exchange Server 2007
3 15 (12.20%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (6.504%) SharePoint
5 6 (4.878%) IIS
5 6 (4.878%) Lotus Notes
5 6 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.813%) Exchange Server 5.5
6 1 (0.813%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (11.38%) MS Office
2 12 (9.756%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.813%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.57%) SAN
1 13 (10.57%) Firewall
2 7 (5.691%) Internet
3 5 (4.065%) Intranet
4 4 (3.252%) Network Security
4 4 (3.252%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.439%) NetScaler
5 3 (2.439%) DNS
5 3 (2.439%) DHCP
6 2 (1.626%) ATM
6 2 (1.626%) LAN
6 2 (1.626%) WAN
7 1 (0.813%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.813%) MPLS
7 1 (0.813%) DMZ
7 1 (0.813%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.813%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.252%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.626%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.813%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (0.813%) GIS
3 1 (0.813%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (0.813%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (0.813%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.252%) MSI
2 1 (0.813%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.813%) AdminStudio
2 1 (0.813%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.813%) TestDirector
General
1 15 (12.20%) Finance
2 5 (4.065%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.252%) Back Office
4 3 (2.439%) French Language
4 3 (2.439%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.626%) Banking
6 1 (0.813%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (20.33%) Analyst
2 24 (19.51%) Support Engineer
3 19 (15.45%) Server Engineer
4 18 (14.63%) Service Desk Analyst
4 18 (14.63%) Service Analyst
5 13 (10.57%) Architect
6 12 (9.756%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (9.756%) Desktop Support
6 12 (9.756%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
7 11 (8.943%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (8.943%) Administrator
7 11 (8.943%) Server Support
8 10 (8.130%) Server Support Engineer
9 9 (7.317%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 9 (7.317%) Technical Architect
9 9 (7.317%) Consultant
9 9 (7.317%) Systems Administrator
10 7 (5.691%) Windows Administrator
11 6 (4.878%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (4.878%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.756%) Clustering
2 7 (5.691%) Blackberry
3 6 (4.878%) Computer Science
4 5 (4.065%) iSeries
5 4 (3.252%) NHS
6 3 (2.439%) SaaS
6 3 (2.439%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.626%) PKI
7 2 (1.626%) CMDB
8 1 (0.813%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.813%) RMADS
8 1 (0.813%) Remote Sensing
8 1 (0.813%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.813%) PDA
8 1 (0.813%) IIBA
8 1 (0.813%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.813%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.813%) SecurID
8 1 (0.813%) CESG
8 1 (0.813%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 83 (67.48%) Windows
2 39 (31.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 32 (26.02%) Windows Server 2003
3 32 (26.02%) Windows 7
4 25 (20.33%) Windows XP
5 10 (8.130%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (5.691%) Windows 2000
7 5 (4.065%) Windows Mobile
8 4 (3.252%) Windows Vista
9 3 (2.439%) Linux
10 2 (1.626%) UNIX
10 2 (1.626%) AIX
10 2 (1.626%) SUSE
11 1 (0.813%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.813%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (13.82%) ITIL
2 14 (11.38%) Migration
3 13 (10.57%) Incident Management
4 8 (6.504%) Service Management
5 6 (4.878%) Asset Management
5 6 (4.878%) Validation
6 5 (4.065%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (3.252%) Project Management
7 4 (3.252%) Configuration Management
7 4 (3.252%) Service Delivery
7 4 (3.252%) Change Management
8 3 (2.439%) Operations Management
8 3 (2.439%) Load Balancing
8 3 (2.439%) Data Migration
8 3 (2.439%) ERP
9 2 (1.626%) DNA
9 2 (1.626%) PRINCE2
9 2 (1.626%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (1.626%) Workflow
9 2 (1.626%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.756%) SQL
2 7 (5.691%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.691%) C
3 2 (1.626%) VBScript
4 1 (0.813%) XPath
4 1 (0.813%) VB
4 1 (0.813%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.813%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (15.45%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.82%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.317%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.504%) MCSA
4 8 (6.504%) Degree
5 5 (4.065%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.439%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.439%) MCSE
6 3 (2.439%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.626%) CCNA
7 2 (1.626%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.813%) CCEE
8 1 (0.813%) CCAA
8 1 (0.813%) CCENT
8 1 (0.813%) MCITP
8 1 (0.813%) CCNP
8 1 (0.813%) ISEB
8 1 (0.813%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.813%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.252%) SLA
2 1 (0.813%) JSP 440
2 1 (0.813%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.813%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 79 (64.23%) Active Directory
2 32 (26.02%) XenApp
3 21 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (10.57%) Microsoft App-V
5 12 (9.756%) XenServer
6 8 (6.504%) vSphere
7 7 (5.691%) VMware Server
8 6 (4.878%) XenDesktop
9 4 (3.252%) VMware ESX
10 2 (1.626%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.813%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.813%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.813%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (11.38%) Backup Exec
2 3 (2.439%) AppDNA
2 3 (2.439%) Netcool
3 2 (1.626%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (1.626%) WSUS
4 1 (0.813%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (0.813%) SCCM
4 1 (0.813%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.813%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.813%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.813%) Nessus
4 1 (0.813%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.813%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.813%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 52 (42.28%) VMware
2 39 (31.71%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.878%) IBM
3 6 (4.878%) Lotus
3 6 (4.878%) Websense
4 5 (4.065%) HP
5 4 (3.252%) Cisco
5 4 (3.252%) Remedy
6 3 (2.439%) AppSense
6 3 (2.439%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.439%) SAP
7 2 (1.626%) Veritas
7 2 (1.626%) Intel
7 2 (1.626%) Oracle
7 2 (1.626%) McAfee
7 2 (1.626%) Altiris
7 2 (1.626%) IronPort
8 1 (0.813%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.813%) TippingPoint
8 1 (0.813%) TIBCO
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