The first table below looks at the demand for Citrix Presentation Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 19 June 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 Manchester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Presentation Server
Rank 71 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server 4 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.417% 0.567% -
As % of the System Software category 4.444% 6.034% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £228 £213 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.29% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £250 £283
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £19.75 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+89.87% -25.47%
All System Software
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
90 116 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 9.385% 9.400% 7.958%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 46 25
Average daily rate £266 £260 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.40% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £187 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £375 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 28
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £10.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% +65.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £9.00 £9.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £33.50 £17.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Citrix Presentation Server
North West

Citrix Presentation Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Citrix Presentation Server Daily Rate Trend

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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bolton - 2 £228 -
Citrix Presentation Server
North West

Citrix Presentation Server
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) XenApp
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) AppSense
4 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (25.00%) CCEA
4 1 (25.00%) MetaFrame
4 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
4 1 (25.00%) vSphere
4 1 (25.00%) Lync
4 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) CCEE
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V

Citrix Presentation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Lync
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Support
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Support Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CCEA
1 1 (25.00%) CCEE
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) XenApp
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) MetaFrame
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) AppSense