The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 21 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 Nottinghamshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 15 24 10
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Contract jobs citing Citrix 27 14 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 8.060% 4.912% 8.136%
As % of the Vendors category 16.56% 12.84% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 2
Average daily rate £338 £325 £261
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +24.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £232 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £355 £302
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £302
% change year-on-year
- +7.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 8
Average hourly rate £25.63 - £22.75
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 - £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.15 - £27.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-6.06% -1.49%
All Vendors
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
163 109 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 48.66% 38.25% 48.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 60 35
Average daily rate £338 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £221 £107
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £714
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 17
Average hourly rate £23.75 £23.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.12 £18.75 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £28.75 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Citrix
East Midlands

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Nottingham +1 21 £325 -
Citrix
East Midlands

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 32 (66.67%) Windows
2 27 (56.25%) VMware
3 20 (41.67%) Linux
3 20 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 16 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 14 (29.17%) Windows Server 2003
5 14 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (27.08%) SQL Server 2008
6 13 (27.08%) SQL Server 2005
6 13 (27.08%) Cisco
6 13 (27.08%) IBM
6 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
7 12 (25.00%) UNIX
7 12 (25.00%) SAN
8 11 (22.92%) SQL Server 2000
8 11 (22.92%) Finance
9 10 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
9 10 (20.83%) HP
9 10 (20.83%) Windows 2000
9 10 (20.83%) LAN
10 9 (18.75%) WAN
10 9 (18.75%) XenApp
10 9 (18.75%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 8 (16.67%) Service Delivery
11 8 (16.67%) Apache
12 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (14.58%) Windows XP
12 7 (14.58%) MS Excel
12 7 (14.58%) MCSE

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 6 (12.50%) Web Services
2 2 (4.167%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (4.167%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (16.67%) Apache
2 6 (12.50%) IIS
3 5 (10.42%) MS Exchange
4 4 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (4.167%) WebLogic
5 2 (4.167%) Lotus Domino
5 2 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.58%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.167%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (2.083%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 12 (25.00%) SAN
2 10 (20.83%) LAN
3 9 (18.75%) WAN
3 9 (18.75%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (12.50%) Firewall
5 5 (10.42%) VPN
5 5 (10.42%) DMVPN
6 3 (6.250%) VoIP
7 2 (4.167%) NetScaler
8 1 (2.083%) 3G
8 1 (2.083%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 13 (27.08%) SQL Server 2008
2 13 (27.08%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (22.92%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (6.250%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 11 (22.92%) Finance
2 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.083%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
1 8 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) Platform Engineer
3 5 (10.42%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.42%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (10.42%) Support Engineer
4 4 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (8.333%) Consultant
4 4 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 4 (8.333%) Analyst
5 3 (6.250%) Desktop Support
5 3 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 3 (6.250%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.250%) Server Engineer
5 3 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.250%) IT Support
6 2 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Blackberry
2 2 (4.167%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.083%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.083%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 32 (66.67%) Windows
2 20 (41.67%) Linux
3 14 (29.17%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (25.00%) UNIX
5 10 (20.83%) Windows 2000
6 7 (14.58%) Windows XP
7 3 (6.250%) Windows NT
7 3 (6.250%) Windows Vista
8 2 (4.167%) Windows 7
9 1 (2.083%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (2.083%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 6 (12.50%) Validation
2 6 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 4 (8.333%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (6.250%) Problem Management
4 3 (6.250%) Capacity Management
5 2 (4.167%) Network Management
5 2 (4.167%) Process Management
5 2 (4.167%) Migration
5 2 (4.167%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (4.167%) SOA
5 2 (4.167%) Project Management
6 1 (2.083%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.083%) PRINCE2
6 1 (2.083%) E-Procurement
6 1 (2.083%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.42%) SQL
2 2 (4.167%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.167%) VBScript
3 1 (2.083%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (14.58%) MCSE
2 5 (10.42%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (10.42%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (10.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (8.333%) MCITP
3 4 (8.333%) CCA
4 3 (6.250%) CCNP
4 3 (6.250%) CCNA
5 1 (2.083%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.083%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (18.75%) XenApp
4 8 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 6 (12.50%) MetaFrame
6 1 (2.083%) Terminal Server
6 1 (2.083%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.083%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.083%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.083%) IAG
6 1 (2.083%) UAG
6 1 (2.083%) XenServer
6 1 (2.083%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (12.50%) Tivoli
1 6 (12.50%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (4.167%) SCCM
3 1 (2.083%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.083%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (2.083%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 27 (56.25%) VMware
2 13 (27.08%) Cisco
2 13 (27.08%) IBM
2 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
3 10 (20.83%) HP
4 5 (10.42%) Juniper
4 5 (10.42%) Nokia
5 3 (6.250%) Nortel
5 3 (6.250%) Oracle
5 3 (6.250%) F5
6 2 (4.167%) McAfee
6 2 (4.167%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.083%) Symantec
7 1 (2.083%) Altiris