The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 17 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 Lancashire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 15 41 20
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -21
Contract jobs citing Citrix 15 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 7.653% 0.694% 4.911%
As % of the Vendors category 15.00% 1.515% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
Average daily rate £240 £480 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £472 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £488 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £325 £303
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% -7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £30.00 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £30.00 £34.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-4.68% -4.47%
All Vendors
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
100 198 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 51.02% 45.83% 48.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 94 61
Average daily rate £300 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £155 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £490 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 19
Average hourly rate £20.00 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.56% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £20.00 £26.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £30.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
North West

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Preston +19 5 - -
Blackpool +3 2 - -
Citrix
North West

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 24 (88.89%) Windows
2 17 (62.96%) SCCM
3 16 (59.26%) Active Directory
3 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
4 12 (44.44%) Windows XP
4 12 (44.44%) XenDesktop
5 10 (37.04%) Windows 7
5 10 (37.04%) XenApp
5 10 (37.04%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (37.04%) VMware
6 9 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (33.33%) Windows Vista
7 8 (29.63%) MS Exchange
7 8 (29.63%) MS Office
7 8 (29.63%) SCOM
7 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
7 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
8 7 (25.93%) Cisco
8 7 (25.93%) Hyper-V
8 7 (25.93%) Blackberry
9 6 (22.22%) SQL
9 6 (22.22%) SAS
9 6 (22.22%) NFS
9 6 (22.22%) IIS
9 6 (22.22%) SLA
9 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (22.22%) iSCSI
9 6 (22.22%) vSphere
9 6 (22.22%) AppSense
9 6 (22.22%) Fibre Channel

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (14.81%) Application Packaging
2 1 (3.704%) JSP
2 1 (3.704%) SOAP
2 1 (3.704%) Web Services
2 1 (3.704%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) MS Exchange
2 6 (22.22%) SAS
2 6 (22.22%) IIS
2 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (7.407%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (7.407%) Lync
3 2 (7.407%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.704%) CICS
4 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.704%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (3.704%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (3.704%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (29.63%) MS Office
2 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) iSCSI
1 6 (22.22%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (7.407%) NetScaler
2 2 (7.407%) HTTP
3 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.704%) SAN
3 1 (3.704%) Firewall
3 1 (3.704%) Wireless
3 1 (3.704%) NAS
3 1 (3.704%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.407%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (3.704%) TOAD
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (3.704%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.704%) LoadRunner
1 1 (3.704%) MSI
General
1 2 (7.407%) Banking
2 1 (3.704%) Marketing
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 8 (29.63%) Support Engineer
3 7 (25.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Services Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.704%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.704%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.704%) Clustering
2 1 (3.704%) VSAM
2 1 (3.704%) PKI
2 1 (3.704%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 24 (88.89%) Windows
2 12 (44.44%) Windows XP
3 10 (37.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (37.04%) Windows 7
4 9 (33.33%) Windows Vista
5 2 (7.407%) UNIX
6 1 (3.704%) zOS
6 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (3.704%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Software Deployment
2 4 (14.81%) ITIL
3 3 (11.11%) TQM
4 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
4 1 (3.704%) Validation
4 1 (3.704%) Information Security
4 1 (3.704%) TOGAF
4 1 (3.704%) Performance Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Information Assurance
4 1 (3.704%) Security Architecture
4 1 (3.704%) SIEM
4 1 (3.704%) Change Control
4 1 (3.704%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) JCL
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (11.11%) MCDST
3 3 (11.11%) MCITP
3 3 (11.11%) MCP
4 1 (3.704%) MCSE
4 1 (3.704%) CCA
4 1 (3.704%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (3.704%) CCEA
4 1 (3.704%) CISSP
4 1 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) SLA
2 1 (3.704%) JSP 440
System Software
1 16 (59.26%) Active Directory
2 12 (44.44%) XenDesktop
3 10 (37.04%) XenApp
4 9 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (25.93%) Hyper-V
6 6 (22.22%) NFS
6 6 (22.22%) vSphere
7 3 (11.11%) XenServer
8 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (62.96%) SCCM
2 8 (29.63%) SCOM
3 6 (22.22%) Backup Exec
4 1 (3.704%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (3.704%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 10 (37.04%) VMware
3 7 (25.93%) Cisco
4 6 (22.22%) AppSense
5 5 (18.52%) CA
6 4 (14.81%) HP
6 4 (14.81%) Lumension
7 3 (11.11%) Oracle
8 2 (7.407%) Dell
8 2 (7.407%) Remedy
8 2 (7.407%) McAfee
9 1 (3.704%) NetApp
9 1 (3.704%) Lotus
9 1 (3.704%) Altiris
9 1 (3.704%) Fujitsu
9 1 (3.704%) LANDesk
9 1 (3.704%) TippingPoint
9 1 (3.704%) ArcSight