The first table below looks at the demand for MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix MetaFrame Server
Rank 371 402 433
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +31
Contract jobs citing MetaFrame 6 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.028% 0.048% 0.029%
As % of the System Software category 0.364% 0.621% 0.482%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 6
Average daily rate £325 £303 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.43% +14.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £303 £325
% change year-on-year
+15.70% -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +84.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £15.86
All System Software
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1648 2095 1868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.610% 7.777% 6.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 1198 968
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 £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 180 204
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 £38.00 £36.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
MetaFrame
England

MetaFrame
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London MetaFrame Jobs Demand Trend

MetaFrame
Daily Rate Trend

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

London MetaFrame Daily Rate Trend

MetaFrame
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London MetaFrame Hourly Rate Trend

MetaFrame
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MetaFrame 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 +12 2 £300 -4.00%
Uxbridge - 1 £300 -
MetaFrame
England

MetaFrame
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (62.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (62.50%) XenApp
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (50.00%) AppSense
5 3 (37.50%) SLA
5 3 (37.50%) Service Management
5 3 (37.50%) VBScript
5 3 (37.50%) VB
5 3 (37.50%) vSphere
6 2 (25.00%) SCCM
6 2 (25.00%) ITIL
6 2 (25.00%) Windows
6 2 (25.00%) Banking
7 1 (12.50%) Retail
7 1 (12.50%) Altiris
7 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (12.50%) LANDesk
7 1 (12.50%) Finance
7 1 (12.50%) Publishing
7 1 (12.50%) Migration
7 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
7 1 (12.50%) Clustering
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (12.50%) Internet
7 1 (12.50%) MSI

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) SMS
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MSI
General
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Service Management
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) VBScript
1 3 (37.50%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (62.50%) XenApp
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (37.50%) vSphere
5 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) AppSense
4 1 (12.50%) Altiris
4 1 (12.50%) LANDesk