The first table below looks at the demand for Citrix Presentation Server skills 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 Presentation Server 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 System Software category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Presentation Server
Rank 352 376 379
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +3
Contract jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server 33 30 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.153% 0.112% 0.186%
As % of the System Software category 1.995% 1.449% 3.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 33
Average daily rate £363 £331 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.43% -3.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £221 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £379 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.00% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £23.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.54%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £41.25 £20.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+103.70% -3.57%
All System Software
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1654 2071 1882
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.660% 7.733% 6.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 1193 992
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 178 199
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £35.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Citrix Presentation Server
England

Citrix Presentation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

London Citrix Presentation Server Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Citrix Presentation Server Daily Rate Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Citrix Presentation Server Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix Presentation Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Citrix Presentation Server Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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 +8 5 £365 +2.09%
Docklands, London - 3 £350 -
Uxbridge - 1 £300 -
Citrix Presentation Server
England

Citrix Presentation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Citrix Presentation Server 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 Presentation Server.

1 53 (100.00%) Citrix
2 47 (88.68%) Windows
3 44 (83.02%) VMware
3 44 (83.02%) XenApp
4 38 (71.70%) Windows Server 2003
5 36 (67.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 35 (66.04%) vSphere
7 32 (60.38%) SAN
8 29 (54.72%) Windows Server 2008
9 28 (52.83%) VMware ESX
10 26 (49.06%) Microsoft
11 20 (37.74%) Active Directory
11 20 (37.74%) HP
11 20 (37.74%) Windows XP
12 19 (35.85%) Veritas
12 19 (35.85%) Clustering
12 19 (35.85%) NetBackup
12 19 (35.85%) SCOM
13 18 (33.96%) Windows NT
13 18 (33.96%) Windows 2000
14 17 (32.08%) VBScript
14 17 (32.08%) .NET
14 17 (32.08%) IIS
14 17 (32.08%) ADSI
14 17 (32.08%) IBM
14 17 (32.08%) McAfee
14 17 (32.08%) Sophos
14 17 (32.08%) Dell
14 17 (32.08%) BMC
14 17 (32.08%) NAS

Citrix Presentation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Citrix Presentation Server 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 Presentation Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (32.08%) .NET
1 17 (32.08%) ADSI
2 15 (28.30%) ASP.NET
2 15 (28.30%) Web Services
3 1 (1.887%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 17 (32.08%) IIS
2 15 (28.30%) Apache
3 12 (22.64%) MS Exchange
4 10 (18.87%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (18.87%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (13.21%) Oracle Application Server
6 4 (7.547%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (7.547%) SharePoint
7 2 (3.774%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (3.774%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 32 (60.38%) SAN
2 17 (32.08%) NAS
3 15 (28.30%) Internet
3 15 (28.30%) VPN
3 15 (28.30%) FTP
4 12 (22.64%) Firewall
5 9 (16.98%) WAN
6 8 (15.09%) TCP/IP
6 8 (15.09%) Cisco PIX
6 8 (15.09%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (15.09%) LAN
7 7 (13.21%) BIG-IP
8 5 (9.434%) VLAN
9 3 (5.660%) NetScaler
9 3 (5.660%) DNS
10 2 (3.774%) DHCP
10 2 (3.774%) Ethernet
11 1 (1.887%) DMZ
11 1 (1.887%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.774%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (3.774%) WinRunner
1 2 (3.774%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (3.774%) LoadRunner
1 2 (3.774%) MSI
1 2 (3.774%) InstallShield
1 2 (3.774%) Bugzilla
1 2 (3.774%) Selenium
General
1 5 (9.434%) Law
2 3 (5.660%) Finance
3 2 (3.774%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.774%) Publishing
3 2 (3.774%) Banking
4 1 (1.887%) Retail
4 1 (1.887%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.887%) Legal
4 1 (1.887%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 19 (35.85%) Wintel Engineer
2 9 (16.98%) Analyst
2 9 (16.98%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 7 (13.21%) Citrix Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) Consultant
4 5 (9.434%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (9.434%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.547%) Architect
5 4 (7.547%) Administrator
6 3 (5.660%) Citrix Consultant
6 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 3 (5.660%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.774%) SCCM Engineer
7 2 (3.774%) Microsoft Consultant
7 2 (3.774%) Citrix Architect
7 2 (3.774%) SharePoint Administrator
7 2 (3.774%) Citrix Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.85%) Clustering
2 5 (9.434%) Computer Science
3 4 (7.547%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.887%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 47 (88.68%) Windows
2 38 (71.70%) Windows Server 2003
3 29 (54.72%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (37.74%) Windows XP
5 18 (33.96%) Windows 2000
5 18 (33.96%) Windows NT
6 7 (13.21%) Linux
6 7 (13.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (9.434%) Windows 7
8 2 (3.774%) Windows 8
8 2 (3.774%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.75%) ITIL
2 10 (18.87%) Change Management
3 4 (7.547%) Migration
4 3 (5.660%) Service Management
5 2 (3.774%) TOGAF
5 2 (3.774%) Software Distribution
6 1 (1.887%) Competitor Analysis
6 1 (1.887%) IT Governance
6 1 (1.887%) Load Balancing
6 1 (1.887%) ITIL V3
6 1 (1.887%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.887%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.887%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.887%) Business Continuity
6 1 (1.887%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 17 (32.08%) VBScript
2 16 (30.19%) VB
3 11 (20.75%) SQL
4 1 (1.887%) C
4 1 (1.887%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (11.32%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (9.434%) Degree
3 4 (7.547%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (7.547%) MCSE
3 4 (7.547%) CCA
4 3 (5.660%) CCIA
5 2 (3.774%) ISEB
5 2 (3.774%) CCEA
5 2 (3.774%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (3.774%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.774%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.547%) SLA
2 1 (1.887%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.887%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 44 (83.02%) XenApp
2 36 (67.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (66.04%) vSphere
4 28 (52.83%) VMware ESX
5 20 (37.74%) Active Directory
6 9 (16.98%) XenDesktop
7 8 (15.09%) XenServer
8 7 (13.21%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (13.21%) ProxySG
9 6 (11.32%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (9.434%) MetaFrame
11 4 (7.547%) Hyper-V
12 2 (3.774%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (3.774%) UAG
Systems Management
1 19 (35.85%) NetBackup
1 19 (35.85%) SCOM
2 16 (30.19%) Backup Exec
3 15 (28.30%) Legato
4 14 (26.42%) SCCM
5 2 (3.774%) Tivoli
5 2 (3.774%) MOM
5 2 (3.774%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 53 (100.00%) Citrix
2 44 (83.02%) VMware
3 26 (49.06%) Microsoft
4 20 (37.74%) HP
5 19 (35.85%) Veritas
6 17 (32.08%) McAfee
6 17 (32.08%) Sophos
6 17 (32.08%) BMC
6 17 (32.08%) Dell
6 17 (32.08%) IBM
7 15 (28.30%) PlateSpin
7 15 (28.30%) Leostream
8 13 (24.53%) NetApp
9 12 (22.64%) AppSense
10 9 (16.98%) Oracle
11 8 (15.09%) Cisco
12 7 (13.21%) Red Hat
12 7 (13.21%) F5
12 7 (13.21%) Blue Coat
13 3 (5.660%) Altiris