The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 20 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 Oxford 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 26 - 20
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Citrix 10 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 4.545% - 3.488%
As % of the Vendors category 8.621% - 7.229%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Average daily rate £325 - £110
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £15.00 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Vendors
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
116 177 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 52.73% 57.84% 48.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 93 45
Average daily rate £340 £438 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.28% +59.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £313 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £550 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 23 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -39.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.19 £10.00 £12.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £20.06 £28.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
Citrix
Oxfordshire

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
3 5 (38.46%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (38.46%) Electronics
3 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
3 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing
3 5 (38.46%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) Programme Management
3 5 (38.46%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (38.46%) Marketing
3 5 (38.46%) MS Office
3 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (38.46%) DTV
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
4 4 (30.77%) VoIP
5 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
5 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
5 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
5 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (23.08%) SCCM
6 2 (15.38%) Network Security
6 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (15.38%) IIS
6 2 (15.38%) Firewall

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (15.38%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) IIS
3 1 (7.692%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MS Office
2 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) VoIP
2 2 (15.38%) Network Security
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) SAN
3 1 (7.692%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Electronics
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
1 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing
1 5 (38.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Desktop Support
1 3 (23.08%) Systems Administrator
1 3 (23.08%) Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) Citrix Support
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Network Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Server Support
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
3 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) IT Administrator
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) DTV
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
3 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (7.692%) AIX
6 1 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (38.46%) Programme Management
1 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Service Management
3 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CCA
1 2 (15.38%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (7.692%) MCSE
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) VMware
1 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft