The first table below looks at the demand for the Citrix Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Engineer
Rank 353 364 411
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Citrix Engineer 28 38 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.129% 0.142% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.140% 0.153% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 11
Average daily rate £355 £340 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.41% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £442 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £41.74 £26.68
% change year-on-year
-34.11% +56.44%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20013 24845 28392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.25% 92.53% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13506 16024 18238
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 449 607 669
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Citrix Engineer
England

Citrix Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Citrix Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Citrix Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Citrix Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London Citrix Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Citrix Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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 +18 6 £450 +16.12%
Docklands, London - 1 £388 -
Uxbridge - 1 £300 -
Citrix Engineer
England

Citrix Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Citrix Engineer in their job title 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 with Citrix Engineer in their job title.

1 57 (100.00%) Citrix
2 35 (61.40%) XenApp
3 26 (45.61%) AppSense
4 24 (42.11%) Citrix Certification
5 21 (36.84%) Windows
5 21 (36.84%) VMware
6 20 (35.09%) Active Directory
7 17 (29.82%) CCA
8 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
8 16 (28.07%) Windows Server 2008
8 16 (28.07%) XenDesktop
9 14 (24.56%) VMware Infrastructure
9 14 (24.56%) SCCM
10 13 (22.81%) Microsoft App-V
10 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (19.30%) HP
11 11 (19.30%) MCSE
12 9 (15.79%) Linux
12 9 (15.79%) VMware ESX
13 8 (14.04%) CCEA
13 8 (14.04%) Banking
13 8 (14.04%) PowerShell
13 8 (14.04%) CCEE
13 8 (14.04%) NetScaler
14 7 (12.28%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 7 (12.28%) XenServer
14 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
14 7 (12.28%) VBScript
14 7 (12.28%) Finance
14 7 (12.28%) Red Hat

Citrix Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Citrix Engineer in their job title 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 with Citrix Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.754%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.509%) MS Exchange
1 2 (3.509%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (3.509%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.754%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (1.754%) IIS
2 1 (1.754%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.509%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) NetScaler
2 4 (7.018%) SAN
3 2 (3.509%) VPN
3 2 (3.509%) Firewall
4 1 (1.754%) WAN
4 1 (1.754%) HTTP
4 1 (1.754%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.754%) DNS
4 1 (1.754%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.754%) SSL
4 1 (1.754%) Extranet
4 1 (1.754%) OSPF
4 1 (1.754%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.509%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (14.04%) Banking
2 7 (12.28%) Finance
3 4 (7.018%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.509%) Local Government
4 2 (3.509%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.754%) Law
5 1 (1.754%) Publishing
5 1 (1.754%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Thin Client
1 6 (10.53%) Fat Client
2 3 (5.263%) NHS
3 2 (3.509%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.754%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.754%) PDA
4 1 (1.754%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.754%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 21 (36.84%) Windows
2 16 (28.07%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (15.79%) Linux
4 6 (10.53%) SUSE
5 4 (7.018%) Windows 7
6 3 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.754%) UNIX
7 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.754%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (8.772%) Migration
2 4 (7.018%) ITIL V3
2 4 (7.018%) ITIL
3 3 (5.263%) Service Management
3 3 (5.263%) Service Delivery
3 3 (5.263%) Load Balancing
4 2 (3.509%) Release Management
5 1 (1.754%) Investment Management
5 1 (1.754%) Data Protection
5 1 (1.754%) E-Commerce
5 1 (1.754%) Project Management
5 1 (1.754%) High Availability
5 1 (1.754%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (1.754%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) PowerShell
2 7 (12.28%) VBScript
3 4 (7.018%) VB
4 2 (3.509%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (42.11%) Citrix Certification
2 17 (29.82%) CCA
3 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (19.30%) MCSE
5 8 (14.04%) CCEA
5 8 (14.04%) CCEE
6 6 (10.53%) Linux+ Certification
7 3 (5.263%) CCIA
8 2 (3.509%) CCAA
9 1 (1.754%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.754%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.754%) CCSP
9 1 (1.754%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (61.40%) XenApp
2 20 (35.09%) Active Directory
3 16 (28.07%) XenDesktop
4 14 (24.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (22.81%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (15.79%) VMware ESX
7 7 (12.28%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 7 (12.28%) XenServer
8 4 (7.018%) vSphere
8 4 (7.018%) IAG
8 4 (7.018%) UAG
8 4 (7.018%) MetaFrame
9 1 (1.754%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.754%) ISA Server
9 1 (1.754%) ProxySG
9 1 (1.754%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (24.56%) SCCM
2 2 (3.509%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (3.509%) ZENworks
3 1 (1.754%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.754%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) Citrix
2 26 (45.61%) AppSense
3 21 (36.84%) VMware
4 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
5 11 (19.30%) HP
6 7 (12.28%) Red Hat
7 3 (5.263%) Altiris
8 2 (3.509%) 3PAR
8 2 (3.509%) Oracle
9 1 (1.754%) Cisco
9 1 (1.754%) EMC
9 1 (1.754%) Symantec
9 1 (1.754%) Remedy
9 1 (1.754%) Wyse
9 1 (1.754%) Twitter
9 1 (1.754%) NetApp
9 1 (1.754%) Novell
9 1 (1.754%) Blue Coat
9 1 (1.754%) Infoblox
London
My client, a Global leader within the Accountancy Domain is looking for a talented Senior Citrix Engineer. The ideal person will have worked with Citrix technologies (XenApp and...
De Facto IT
Rate: £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
You will be responsible for support, troubleshooting, maintenance and administration of Citrix XenApp, AppSense, Windows 2008/AD and Exchange environments... You will be an experienced Citrix/Windows Technical...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
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