The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 23 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 Northern Ireland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 32 14 29
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +15
Contract jobs citing Citrix 1 15 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.426% 7.500% 4.865%
As % of the Vendors category 1.299% 13.64% 9.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 11
Average daily rate - £260 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
All Vendors
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
77 110 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 32.77% 55.00% 52.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 25 69
Average daily rate £375 £265 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.50% -20.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £235 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
Average hourly rate - - £19.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
County Antrim -15 1 - -
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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%) XenApp
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Windows
3 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (30.00%) VMware
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) SAN
4 2 (20.00%) CommVault
4 2 (20.00%) NetApp
4 2 (20.00%) Symantec
4 2 (20.00%) UNIX
4 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (20.00%) HP
4 2 (20.00%) Dell
4 2 (20.00%) Xen
4 2 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (10.00%) 3PAR
5 1 (10.00%) Lync
5 1 (10.00%) Office 365
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (10.00%) XenServer
5 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) EMC
5 1 (10.00%) MS Office

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Office 365
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (20.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix Technical Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Design Authority
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Design Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Project Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) XenApp
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) Xen
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (10.00%) XenServer
3 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) CommVault
2 2 (20.00%) NetApp
2 2 (20.00%) Symantec
2 2 (20.00%) HP
2 2 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (10.00%) 3PAR
3 1 (10.00%) EMC