The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 20 29 35
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs citing Citrix 5 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.500% 0.971% 1.190%
As % of the Vendors category 4.386% 2.055% 2.395%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
Average daily rate £350 £303 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.70% -19.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
114 146 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 57.00% 47.25% 49.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 69 60
Average daily rate £375 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £303 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £515 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 11
Average hourly rate £27.75 £27.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.90% +61.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.78 £24.10 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £50.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
South East

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 3 (30.00%) NetApp
3 3 (30.00%) MSI
3 3 (30.00%) XenDesktop
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (20.00%) SCCM
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) EMC
4 2 (20.00%) AppSense
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (20.00%) Middleware
4 2 (20.00%) Solaris
4 2 (20.00%) JBoss
4 2 (20.00%) Apache
4 2 (20.00%) Tomcat
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (20.00%) WebLogic
4 2 (20.00%) XML
4 2 (20.00%) UNIX
5 1 (10.00%) Perl
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 Development
1 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
1 2 (20.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 2 (20.00%) Apache
1 2 (20.00%) Tomcat
1 2 (20.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) 3G
1 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (10.00%) Local Government
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Applications Packager
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) MSI Packager
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Project Officer
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) UAT Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) UAT Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (20.00%) Solaris
2 2 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Perl
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (30.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) XenApp
3 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (10.00%) SCOM
2 1 (10.00%) ChangeBASE
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) NetApp
3 2 (20.00%) EMC
3 2 (20.00%) AppSense
3 2 (20.00%) JBoss
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) Symantec
4 1 (10.00%) Civica
4 1 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Lumension