The first table below looks at the demand for CCEA in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCEA 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA)
Rank 365 394 428
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +34
Contract jobs citing CCEA 12 21 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.055% 0.078% 0.045%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.379% 0.550% 0.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 10
Average daily rate £350 £375 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £275 £275
% change year-on-year
+35.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £22.00 £21.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £22.80 £34.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -24.00%
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3169 3819 4114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.63% 14.18% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1876 2288 2374
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
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 121 119 141
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.30 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CCEA
England

CCEA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London CCEA Jobs Demand Trend

CCEA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London CCEA Daily Rate Trend

CCEA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London CCEA Daily Rate Histogram

CCEA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London CCEA Hourly Rate Trend

CCEA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCEA within the London 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
City of London +11 4 £375 -16.66%
CCEA
England

CCEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CCEA 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 CCEA.

1 31 (100.00%) Citrix
1 31 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 27 (87.10%) Windows
3 25 (80.65%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (77.42%) MCSE
4 24 (77.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (77.42%) VMware
5 23 (74.19%) CCA
5 23 (74.19%) XenApp
6 21 (67.74%) Active Directory
7 17 (54.84%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (54.84%) Finance
7 17 (54.84%) Windows Server 2003
8 16 (51.61%) CCNP
8 16 (51.61%) Cisco
8 16 (51.61%) VMware Infrastructure
9 15 (48.39%) Exchange Server 2007
9 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
9 15 (48.39%) CCNA
9 15 (48.39%) MS Exchange
9 15 (48.39%) MCITP
10 14 (45.16%) SQL
11 13 (41.94%) DNS
11 13 (41.94%) SAN
11 13 (41.94%) Firewall
11 13 (41.94%) XenDesktop
12 12 (38.71%) DHCP
12 12 (38.71%) WAN
13 11 (35.48%) LAN
13 11 (35.48%) Mac OS X

CCEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CCEA 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 CCEA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 15 (48.39%) Exchange Server 2007
1 15 (48.39%) MS Exchange
2 11 (35.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2000
3 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.226%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 13 (41.94%) DNS
1 13 (41.94%) SAN
1 13 (41.94%) Firewall
2 12 (38.71%) DHCP
2 12 (38.71%) WAN
3 11 (35.48%) LAN
3 11 (35.48%) Cisco ASA
3 11 (35.48%) Cisco IOS
3 11 (35.48%) Cisco PIX
4 10 (32.26%) Internet
5 2 (6.452%) NetScaler
6 1 (3.226%) HTTPS
6 1 (3.226%) HTTP
6 1 (3.226%) VPN
6 1 (3.226%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.452%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (6.452%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (6.452%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (6.452%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 17 (54.84%) Finance
2 2 (6.452%) Law
2 2 (6.452%) French Language
2 2 (6.452%) German Language
2 2 (6.452%) Spanish Language
3 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.226%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 15 (48.39%) Support Engineer
1 15 (48.39%) 3rd Line Support
2 10 (32.26%) IT Support
2 10 (32.26%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) Citrix Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Consultant
5 3 (9.677%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Citrix Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Technical Account Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Technical Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Account Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Implementation Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) VMware Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) VMware Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) Citrix Architect
7 1 (3.226%) Architect
7 1 (3.226%) Technical Support
7 1 (3.226%) Migration Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) Technical Customer Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) Fixed Income
1 1 (3.226%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 27 (87.10%) Windows
2 25 (80.65%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (54.84%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (35.48%) Mac OS X
5 4 (12.90%) Windows 2000
5 4 (12.90%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (9.677%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (9.677%) Migration
2 2 (6.452%) Project Management
2 2 (6.452%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (6.452%) Analytics
2 2 (6.452%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 14 (45.16%) SQL
2 3 (9.677%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.226%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 24 (77.42%) MCSE
2 24 (77.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (74.19%) CCA
4 17 (54.84%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (51.61%) CCNP
6 15 (48.39%) CCNA
6 15 (48.39%) MCITP
7 6 (19.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (19.35%) MCP
7 6 (19.35%) CCIA
8 4 (12.90%) MCTS
8 4 (12.90%) CCEE
9 2 (6.452%) Degree
10 1 (3.226%) NCDA
10 1 (3.226%) NCIE
10 1 (3.226%) CCIE
10 1 (3.226%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 23 (74.19%) XenApp
2 21 (67.74%) Active Directory
3 16 (51.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (41.94%) XenDesktop
5 6 (19.35%) VMware ESX
6 3 (9.677%) XenServer
7 2 (6.452%) Terminal Server
7 2 (6.452%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (3.226%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 3 (9.677%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Citrix
2 24 (77.42%) VMware
3 16 (51.61%) Cisco
4 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
5 5 (16.13%) AppSense
6 2 (6.452%) NetApp
7 1 (3.226%) Twitter
7 1 (3.226%) EMC
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