The first table below looks at the demand for NetScaler 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 NetScaler 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller
Rank 295 347 416
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +69
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 86 55 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.396% 0.205% 0.059%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.011% 1.499% 0.541%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 45 12
Average daily rate £475 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £388 £330
% change year-on-year
- +17.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2856 3668 3325
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.16% 13.66% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1745 2236 1921
Average daily rate £400 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £241 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 146 208
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% +16.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
NetScaler
England

NetScaler
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London NetScaler Jobs Demand Trend

NetScaler
Daily Rate Trend

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

London NetScaler Daily Rate Trend

NetScaler
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London NetScaler Daily Rate Histogram

NetScaler
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London NetScaler Hourly Rate Trend

NetScaler
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetScaler 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 +14 18 £465 +20.00%
Docklands, London - 4 £369 -
NetScaler
England

NetScaler
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler.

1 145 (98.64%) Citrix
2 91 (61.90%) Windows
3 66 (44.90%) Firewall
4 65 (44.22%) E-Commerce
5 63 (42.86%) Linux
6 55 (37.41%) XenDesktop
7 53 (36.05%) Microsoft
8 49 (33.33%) TCP/IP
8 49 (33.33%) UNIX
8 49 (33.33%) Red Hat
8 49 (33.33%) XenApp
8 49 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 40 (27.21%) IIS
10 39 (26.53%) BIG-IP
10 39 (26.53%) F5
11 38 (25.85%) WebSphere
11 38 (25.85%) Java
11 38 (25.85%) JBoss
11 38 (25.85%) Apache
12 37 (25.17%) LDAP
12 37 (25.17%) SOAP
12 37 (25.17%) WebSphere Application Server
12 37 (25.17%) XML
12 37 (25.17%) XSLT
12 37 (25.17%) PKI
12 37 (25.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 37 (25.17%) Load Balancing
13 36 (24.49%) AppSense
13 36 (24.49%) Windows XP
14 35 (23.81%) Change Control

NetScaler
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 38 (25.85%) WebSphere
2 37 (25.17%) SOAP
2 37 (25.17%) XML
2 37 (25.17%) XSLT
3 32 (21.77%) Java EE
4 31 (21.09%) COM+
5 19 (12.93%) Web Services
6 10 (6.803%) Regular Expression
7 2 (1.361%) Application Packaging
7 2 (1.361%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 40 (27.21%) IIS
2 38 (25.85%) Apache
3 37 (25.17%) WebSphere Application Server
4 8 (5.442%) MS Exchange
5 5 (3.401%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (3.401%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (2.721%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (2.041%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (2.041%) Live Communications Server
8 1 (0.680%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.680%) GroupWise
Applications
1 28 (19.05%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.041%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 66 (44.90%) Firewall
2 49 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 39 (26.53%) BIG-IP
4 37 (25.17%) LDAP
5 32 (21.77%) DNS
6 28 (19.05%) Internet
7 24 (16.33%) BGP
8 19 (12.93%) Cisco Nexus
9 17 (11.56%) VPN
9 17 (11.56%) Ethernet
10 14 (9.524%) VLAN
11 13 (8.844%) LAN
11 13 (8.844%) WAN
11 13 (8.844%) DHCP
12 11 (7.483%) HTTP
13 10 (6.803%) SAN
14 9 (6.122%) OSPF
15 8 (5.442%) MPLS
16 6 (4.082%) IPv6
17 5 (3.401%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.082%) SQL Server
1 6 (4.082%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (1.361%) DTS
2 2 (1.361%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (1.361%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.361%) WinRunner
1 2 (1.361%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (1.361%) LoadRunner
1 2 (1.361%) MSI
1 2 (1.361%) InstallShield
1 2 (1.361%) Bugzilla
1 2 (1.361%) Selenium
General
1 31 (21.09%) Finance
2 22 (14.97%) Banking
3 8 (5.442%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.721%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.041%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.361%) Retail
6 2 (1.361%) Publishing
7 1 (0.680%) Local Government
7 1 (0.680%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (17.01%) Support Engineer
2 21 (14.29%) Senior Support Engineer
3 19 (12.93%) Consultant
3 19 (12.93%) Network Engineer
4 15 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (8.163%) Administrator
5 12 (8.163%) Citrix Consultant
5 12 (8.163%) Citrix Administrator
6 11 (7.483%) Citrix Support
7 10 (6.803%) Firewall Engineer
7 10 (6.803%) Security Engineer
7 10 (6.803%) Migration Engineer
7 10 (6.803%) Web Engineer
8 9 (6.122%) Project Manager
9 8 (5.442%) Citrix Engineer
10 6 (4.082%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (3.401%) Architect
12 4 (2.721%) Support Consultant
13 3 (2.041%) 2nd Line Support
13 3 (2.041%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (25.17%) PKI
2 10 (6.803%) Open Source
3 7 (4.762%) Firmware
4 3 (2.041%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.041%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.361%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.680%) Clustering
6 1 (0.680%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 91 (61.90%) Windows
2 63 (42.86%) Linux
3 49 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 49 (33.33%) UNIX
4 37 (25.17%) Windows Server 2008
5 36 (24.49%) Windows XP
6 15 (10.20%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (5.442%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.361%) Windows Vista
8 2 (1.361%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (1.361%) Windows 2000
8 2 (1.361%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.680%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (44.22%) E-Commerce
2 37 (25.17%) Load Balancing
3 35 (23.81%) Change Control
4 29 (19.73%) Migration
5 28 (19.05%) ITIL
6 21 (14.29%) Time Management
7 17 (11.56%) ITIL V3
8 13 (8.844%) Change Management
8 13 (8.844%) Information Security
9 9 (6.122%) High Availability
10 6 (4.082%) Service Delivery
10 6 (4.082%) Project Management
11 4 (2.721%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (2.721%) Data Modelling
11 4 (2.721%) Configuration Management
11 4 (2.721%) Enterprise Architecture
11 4 (2.721%) Continuous Improvement
12 3 (2.041%) Network Architecture
12 3 (2.041%) WAN Optimisation
12 3 (2.041%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.85%) Java
2 32 (21.77%) Perl
3 23 (15.65%) PowerShell
4 19 (12.93%) VBScript
5 8 (5.442%) SQL
6 6 (4.082%) VB
7 3 (2.041%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.361%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (8.844%) Citrix Certification
2 11 (7.483%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (6.803%) GIAC
3 10 (6.803%) GWAPT
3 10 (6.803%) GPEN
4 9 (6.122%) MCSE
5 8 (5.442%) CCA
6 7 (4.762%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (4.082%) CCIE
8 5 (3.401%) MCSA
8 5 (3.401%) CCAA
9 4 (2.721%) CCNP
9 4 (2.721%) CCNA
10 2 (1.361%) ISEB
10 2 (1.361%) MCP
10 2 (1.361%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (1.361%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.361%) CCEA
10 2 (1.361%) CCIA
10 2 (1.361%) VCP5
System Software
1 55 (37.41%) XenDesktop
2 49 (33.33%) XenApp
3 22 (14.97%) XenServer
4 21 (14.29%) VMware ESX
5 19 (12.93%) Active Directory
6 14 (9.524%) ProxySG
7 10 (6.803%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (4.082%) vSphere
9 4 (2.721%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (2.041%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (1.361%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.680%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.680%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (6.803%) Nagios
2 9 (6.122%) Cacti
3 8 (5.442%) SCCM
4 5 (3.401%) SCOM
4 5 (3.401%) MOM
5 3 (2.041%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.361%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.361%) Legato
6 2 (1.361%) Tivoli
6 2 (1.361%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 145 (98.64%) Citrix
2 53 (36.05%) Microsoft
3 49 (33.33%) Red Hat
4 39 (26.53%) F5
5 38 (25.85%) JBoss
6 36 (24.49%) AppSense
7 33 (22.45%) VMware
8 31 (21.09%) Cisco
9 14 (9.524%) Blue Coat
10 13 (8.844%) CheckPoint
11 12 (8.163%) Wyse
12 10 (6.803%) Imperva
13 8 (5.442%) HP
14 7 (4.762%) Infoblox
15 6 (4.082%) IBM
15 6 (4.082%) Dell
16 4 (2.721%) Websense
16 4 (2.721%) Brocade
17 3 (2.041%) Polycom
17 3 (2.041%) BT
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