The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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 29 23 31
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +8
Contract jobs citing Citrix 5 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 2.370% 0.935% 1.293%
As % of the Vendors category 4.425% 2.381% 2.679%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
Average daily rate £225 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +11.91%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 £12.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
113 84 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 53.55% 39.25% 48.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 27 21
Average daily rate £331 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.39% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £280 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £488 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 17
Average hourly rate £17.00 £9.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.94% -63.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £8.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
East Midlands

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester -2 2 £225 -35.71%
Citrix
East Midlands

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 14 (66.67%) VMware
3 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
3 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
4 12 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (42.86%) SQL Server
7 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (28.57%) VBScript
8 6 (28.57%) Windows 2000
8 6 (28.57%) MS Excel
8 6 (28.57%) Change Management
8 6 (28.57%) vSphere
8 6 (28.57%) SCOM
8 6 (28.57%) PowerShell
8 6 (28.57%) NetScaler
8 6 (28.57%) Altiris
9 5 (23.81%) ITIL
9 5 (23.81%) MCP
10 4 (19.05%) IIS
10 4 (19.05%) MCSE
10 4 (19.05%) Windows XP
10 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
10 4 (19.05%) Clustering
10 4 (19.05%) Unified Communications
11 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
11 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
11 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
11 3 (14.29%) Migration

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) NetScaler
2 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
2 4 (19.05%) Unified Communications
3 3 (14.29%) SAN
4 1 (4.762%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (4.762%) GIS
General
1 2 (9.524%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Systems Support
3 4 (19.05%) Systems Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (14.29%) Desktop Support
5 2 (9.524%) Wintel Support
5 2 (9.524%) Wintel Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Wintel Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Wintel Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Wintel Server Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Citrix Support Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Server Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Clustering
2 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 12 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (28.57%) Windows 2000
5 4 (19.05%) Windows XP
6 1 (4.762%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Change Management
2 5 (23.81%) ITIL
3 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 3 (14.29%) Migration
3 3 (14.29%) ITSM
3 3 (14.29%) Data Security
4 2 (9.524%) E-Commerce
4 2 (9.524%) Six Sigma
4 2 (9.524%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) VBScript
1 6 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (23.81%) MCP
3 4 (19.05%) MCSE
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 6 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) VMware
2 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
3 6 (28.57%) Altiris
4 2 (9.524%) Remedy