The first table below looks at the demand for CCAA in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCAA 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 Qualifications for the London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator (CCAA)
Rank 383 415 427
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +12
Contract jobs citing CCAA 4 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.011% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.124% 0.078% 0.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
Average daily rate £371 £360 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -15.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £350 -
% change year-on-year
+12.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3225 3850 4028
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.66% 14.08% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1913 2310 2327
Average daily rate £420 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.17% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 120 142
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.45 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.27% -1.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.45 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCAA
England

CCAA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCAA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London CCAA Jobs Demand Trend

CCAA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London CCAA Daily Rate Trend

CCAA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCAA within the London 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
City of London - 1 £350 -
Docklands, London - 1 £388 -
CCAA
England

CCAA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CCAA 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 CCAA.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) CCA
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
1 5 (100.00%) NetScaler
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) XenDesktop
2 4 (80.00%) AppSense
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 3 (60.00%) Banking
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL V3
3 3 (60.00%) VBScript
4 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 2 (40.00%) VCP5
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (20.00%) VMware ESX
5 1 (20.00%) Clustering
5 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
5 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Wyse
5 1 (20.00%) Finance

CCAA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CCAA 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 CCAA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) NetScaler
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix Support
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL V3
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (60.00%) VBScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCA
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (40.00%) VCP5
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
2 4 (80.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) AppSense
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Wyse
London
Citrix Support EngineerI am looking for a Citrix Support Engineer to get on board with a global investment bank in London on a contract basis. This Citrix Engineer...
Rate: £325 - £385 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
For our client, a huge global consultancy company, we are looking for a Citrix Senior Engineer to work on a 3 month (possibly rolling) paying up to £425...
Computer Futures
Rate: £400 - £425 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013