The first table below looks at the demand for NetScaler skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NetScaler 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 Communications & Networking category for the Merseyside 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 NetScaler Application Delivery Controller
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £330
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +13.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
12 46 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 5.941% 17.62% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 16
Average daily rate £350 £215 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -25.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £140 £133
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £288 £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 4
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
NetScaler
North West

NetScaler
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside NetScaler Jobs Demand Trend

NetScaler
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification

NetScaler
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Support
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix