The first table below looks at the demand for NetScaler skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NetScaler 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 of the Communications & Networking category 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller
Rank - - 30
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - 0.446%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 1.887%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £388 £330
% change year-on-year
- +17.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
30 62 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 15.31% 14.35% 23.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 16
Average daily rate £325 £370 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.24% +34.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £490 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 20
Average hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £29.75 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
NetScaler
North West

NetScaler
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire NetScaler Jobs Demand Trend

NetScaler
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire NetScaler Daily Rate Trend

NetScaler
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Lync
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCEA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) Solaris
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP

NetScaler
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (50.00%) Lync
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Citrix Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Wintel Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Solaris
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) CCA
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CCEA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP