The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services 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 Citrix 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 Vendors 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 42 50 47
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -3
Contract jobs citing Citrix 101 99 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 4.231% 3.259% 2.878%
As % of the Vendors category 9.190% 6.391% 6.323%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 40 52
Average daily rate £300 £325 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +27.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 12
Average hourly rate £20.25 £16.50 £21.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% -24.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £14.00 £12.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.22 £30.00 £32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1099 1549 1376
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 46.04% 50.99% 45.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 708 687
Average daily rate £333 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.47% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 84 94
Average hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.88% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.34 £31.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
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England

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West Citrix Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West Citrix Hourly Rate Histogram

Citrix
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the North West 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +12 49 £278 -25.86% 1
Lancashire +29 24 £325 -30.85% 6
Manchester -15 22 £321 +4.89% 21
Merseyside -3 1 - - 2
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England

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 136 (67.00%) Windows
2 86 (42.36%) Active Directory
3 75 (36.95%) Microsoft
4 74 (36.45%) VMware
5 70 (34.48%) XenApp
6 59 (29.06%) Windows Server 2008
7 58 (28.57%) MS Exchange
8 55 (27.09%) Migration
8 55 (27.09%) SCCM
9 46 (22.66%) Microsoft App-V
10 43 (21.18%) Windows 7
11 41 (20.20%) Windows XP
12 40 (19.70%) AppSense
13 38 (18.72%) ITIL
14 33 (16.26%) Windows Server 2003
15 32 (15.76%) Finance
16 29 (14.29%) SLA
16 29 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
17 28 (13.79%) MS Office
17 28 (13.79%) MS Excel
18 25 (12.32%) Security Cleared
18 25 (12.32%) Hyper-V
19 24 (11.82%) Cisco
20 23 (11.33%) VPN
20 23 (11.33%) XenDesktop
20 23 (11.33%) SC Cleared
20 23 (11.33%) Exchange Server 2010
21 22 (10.84%) SQL
21 22 (10.84%) Windows Vista
21 22 (10.84%) Application Packaging

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 22 (10.84%) Application Packaging
2 6 (2.956%) WebSphere
3 5 (2.463%) Middleware
4 3 (1.478%) COM
5 2 (0.985%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.493%) JSP
6 1 (0.493%) SOAP
6 1 (0.493%) Web Services
6 1 (0.493%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 58 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 23 (11.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (8.867%) Exchange Server 2007
4 17 (8.374%) SharePoint
5 11 (5.419%) IIS
6 8 (3.941%) SAS
7 6 (2.956%) WebLogic
8 5 (2.463%) Lync
8 5 (2.463%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (2.463%) CICS
8 5 (2.463%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (1.970%) IBM Notes
10 3 (1.478%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.985%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.493%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.493%) iPlanet
Applications
1 28 (13.79%) MS Office
1 28 (13.79%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.478%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.493%) MS Project
3 1 (0.493%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.985%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.493%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.33%) VPN
2 18 (8.867%) SAN
3 15 (7.389%) Firewall
4 14 (6.897%) DNS
4 14 (6.897%) DHCP
5 11 (5.419%) TCP/IP
6 10 (4.926%) DSL
7 8 (3.941%) Internet
7 8 (3.941%) LAN
7 8 (3.941%) Fibre Channel
7 8 (3.941%) iSCSI
8 6 (2.956%) Wireless
8 6 (2.956%) WAN
9 4 (1.970%) NetScreen
9 4 (1.970%) NetScaler
10 3 (1.478%) SNA
10 3 (1.478%) VoIP
11 2 (0.985%) IP Telephony
11 2 (0.985%) MPLS
11 2 (0.985%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.852%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.956%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.463%) DB2
4 3 (1.478%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (1.478%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.985%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (0.985%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.493%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.493%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.493%) TOAD
6 1 (0.493%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.493%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (5.911%) MSI
2 4 (1.970%) InstallShield
2 4 (1.970%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (0.493%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.493%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.493%) LoadRunner
General
1 32 (15.76%) Finance
2 18 (8.867%) Banking
3 9 (4.433%) Local Government
4 6 (2.956%) Retail
5 2 (0.985%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.493%) Marketing
6 1 (0.493%) Law
6 1 (0.493%) Legal
6 1 (0.493%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (22.17%) Analyst
2 20 (9.852%) Support Engineer
3 17 (8.374%) Consultant
3 17 (8.374%) 2nd Line Support
4 15 (7.389%) IT Support
4 15 (7.389%) 3rd Line Support
5 13 (6.404%) Architect
5 13 (6.404%) Infrastructure Manager
6 11 (5.419%) Project Manager
6 11 (5.419%) Citrix Engineer
6 11 (5.419%) Help Desk Support
7 10 (4.926%) Support Analyst
7 10 (4.926%) Help Desk Analyst
7 10 (4.926%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 9 (4.433%) Citrix Support
9 8 (3.941%) Applications Packager
9 8 (3.941%) Service Manager
9 8 (3.941%) Desktop Support
10 7 (3.448%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 6 (2.956%) Applications Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.34%) Blackberry
2 12 (5.911%) Thin Client
2 12 (5.911%) Fat Client
3 11 (5.419%) Statistics
4 10 (4.926%) Clustering
5 6 (2.956%) PKI
6 5 (2.463%) Mainframe
6 5 (2.463%) VSAM
7 4 (1.970%) iPad
8 3 (1.478%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (1.478%) IBM Mainframe
8 3 (1.478%) iPhone
8 3 (1.478%) Online Banking
8 3 (1.478%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.985%) NHS
9 2 (0.985%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.493%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.493%) RMADS
10 1 (0.493%) FMCG
10 1 (0.493%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 136 (67.00%) Windows
2 59 (29.06%) Windows Server 2008
3 43 (21.18%) Windows 7
4 41 (20.20%) Windows XP
5 33 (16.26%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (10.84%) Windows Vista
7 16 (7.882%) Windows NT
8 15 (7.389%) AIX
9 12 (5.911%) UNIX
10 10 (4.926%) Linux
11 9 (4.433%) Windows 2000
12 4 (1.970%) VMS
13 3 (1.478%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.985%) zOS
14 2 (0.985%) Solaris
14 2 (0.985%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (27.09%) Migration
2 38 (18.72%) ITIL
3 18 (8.867%) PRINCE2
4 17 (8.374%) Software Deployment
5 13 (6.404%) Project Management
6 11 (5.419%) Data Analysis
6 11 (5.419%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (4.926%) Incident Management
8 8 (3.941%) Change Management
9 7 (3.448%) Release Management
9 7 (3.448%) Service Management
10 6 (2.956%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (2.956%) Change Control
11 5 (2.463%) Problem Management
11 5 (2.463%) ETL
11 5 (2.463%) TQM
12 4 (1.970%) Service Delivery
12 4 (1.970%) Validation
12 4 (1.970%) TOGAF
12 4 (1.970%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.84%) SQL
2 12 (5.911%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.926%) C
4 6 (2.956%) VB
5 4 (1.970%) JCL
5 4 (1.970%) VBScript
6 1 (0.493%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 25 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.882%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (4.926%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.433%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 8 (3.941%) MCP
7 7 (3.448%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (1.970%) CCA
8 4 (1.970%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.478%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.478%) MCITP
9 3 (1.478%) MCDST
9 3 (1.478%) Degree
10 2 (0.985%) CISSP
10 2 (0.985%) CCEA
10 2 (0.985%) CCEE
11 1 (0.493%) CCIA
11 1 (0.493%) MCSE
11 1 (0.493%) MCSA
11 1 (0.493%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.29%) SLA
2 12 (5.911%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.926%) ISO 9000
4 2 (0.985%) COBIT
4 2 (0.985%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.985%) QA
4 2 (0.985%) BS25999
4 2 (0.985%) COSO
5 1 (0.493%) JSP 440
System Software
1 86 (42.36%) Active Directory
2 70 (34.48%) XenApp
3 46 (22.66%) Microsoft App-V
4 29 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (12.32%) Hyper-V
6 23 (11.33%) XenDesktop
7 16 (7.882%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 12 (5.911%) vSphere
9 8 (3.941%) NFS
9 8 (3.941%) XenServer
10 4 (1.970%) VMware ESX
10 4 (1.970%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
11 3 (1.478%) VMware Server
11 3 (1.478%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.493%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.493%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 55 (27.09%) SCCM
2 18 (8.867%) SCOM
3 8 (3.941%) Backup Exec
4 7 (3.448%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (1.970%) Tivoli
5 4 (1.970%) ZENworks
6 3 (1.478%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.985%) AppDNA
8 1 (0.493%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.493%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.493%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.493%) DameWare
Vendors
1 75 (36.95%) Microsoft
2 74 (36.45%) VMware
3 40 (19.70%) AppSense
4 24 (11.82%) Cisco
5 21 (10.34%) HP
6 15 (7.389%) CA
6 15 (7.389%) Dell
7 12 (5.911%) Symantec
7 12 (5.911%) Oracle
8 10 (4.926%) Lumension
9 7 (3.448%) NetApp
10 6 (2.956%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.463%) Brocade
12 4 (1.970%) Novell
12 4 (1.970%) Veritas
12 4 (1.970%) Lotus
12 4 (1.970%) IBM
13 3 (1.478%) Kaspersky
13 3 (1.478%) SAP
13 3 (1.478%) Remedy
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Posted: 24 May 2013
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The successful candidates will have experience working with the following technologies: - VMware, V-Sphere - Storage experience, EMC, SAN - Cisco UCS Blade solutions - Active Directory - Citrix (Xen App desirable) -...
Computer Futures
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Windows XP, Windows 7, Server 2003, Server 2008. Experience of any of the below would be an advantage: Exchange, Active Directory, VMware ESXi, TCP/IP, Remote Desktop Services,...
Bullit Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: From £10 to £10 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
North West
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Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Rate: Unspecified
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Salary: £275 - £325 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
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