North East Citrix Certification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Citrix Certification in IT contracts within the North East region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix Certification over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Citrix Certification
Location Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Fareham Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Poole Reading Sheffield Somerset South Coast South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Warrington West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	53	60
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	1.333 %	1.064 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£393
% change on same period last year	-13.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.27	£27.99
% change on same period last year	-13.31 %
Qualifications North East
Matching contract IT job ads	75	94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.101 %	0.093 %
Daily rates quoted	21	20
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£277
Average daily rate	£379	£300
% change on same period last year	+26.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£323
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£331
% change on same period last year	+0.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.22	£18.76
Average hourly rate	£18.17	£23.26
% change on same period last year	-21.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.12	£27.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.62	£25.79
% change on same period last year	-4.55 %
Citrix Certification England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Citrix Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix Certification across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Citrix Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Citrix Certification across the North East region.

Citrix Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Citrix Certification across the North East region.

Citrix Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix Certification within the North East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Tyne and Wear	+15	1	-	-

Citrix Certification England

Citrix Certification
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Citrix Certification 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 Certification.

1 3 (100.00 %) Citrix 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2 2 (66.67 %) Incident Management 3 1 (33.33 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 1 (33.33 %) MS Office 3 1 (33.33 %) Lotus Domino 3 1 (33.33 %) MCSE 3 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 1 (33.33 %) CCA 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (33.33 %) Lotus 3 1 (33.33 %) Firewall

Citrix Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Citrix Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (33.33 %) Lotus Domino	Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Office 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) Firewall	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Citrix Support 2 1 (33.33 %) Network Support
Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Incident Management
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) MCSE 1 1 (33.33 %) CCA 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Certification	System Software 1 1 (33.33 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) Citrix 2 1 (33.33 %) Lotus 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft