The first table below looks at the demand for CCEA in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCEA over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the North West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA)
Rank 116 - 130
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing CCEA 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.044% - 0.065%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.226% - 0.409%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+35.45% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -24.00%
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
443 690 489
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.29% 21.79% 15.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 342 213
Average daily rate £350 £375 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 26 45
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £22.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -12.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.33 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCEA
England

CCEA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCEA across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West CCEA Jobs Demand Trend

CCEA
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West CCEA Daily Rate Trend

CCEA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West CCEA Hourly Rate Trend

CCEA
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CCEA 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 CCEA.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (100.00%) XenDesktop
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) CCA
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) CCEE
2 3 (60.00%) CCIA
2 3 (60.00%) NetScaler
3 2 (40.00%) XenApp
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (20.00%) CCSP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) XenServer
4 1 (20.00%) Local Government
4 1 (20.00%) Twitter

CCEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CCEA 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 CCEA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CCA
2 3 (60.00%) CCEE
2 3 (60.00%) CCIA
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
4 1 (20.00%) CCSP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) XenDesktop
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (40.00%) XenApp
3 1 (20.00%) XenServer
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Twitter