The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix 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 Vendors for the Luton 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Citrix Systems.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 15 10 7
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Contract jobs citing Citrix 2 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 2.500% 3.226% 7.843%
As % of the Vendors category 6.667% 10.53% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £425 £374 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% +46.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
30 19 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 37.50% 30.65% 43.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 11
Average daily rate £325 £375 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +21.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
Bedfordshire

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton Citrix Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend

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

Luton Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Luton Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) Novell
1 1 (50.00%) Agresso
1 1 (50.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) ZENworks
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) Novell
1 1 (50.00%) VMware