The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 18 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 Oxfordshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 29 46 46
Rank change year-on-year
+17 0
Contract jobs citing Citrix 21 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.459% 1.546% 1.215%
As % of the Vendors category 9.091% 2.744% 2.308%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 1
Average daily rate £335 £325 £110
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% +195.45%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £303
% change year-on-year
+0.15% +7.27%
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 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +6.06%
All Vendors
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
231 328 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 49.04% 56.36% 52.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 166 125
Average daily rate £340 £425 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +36.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £540 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 46 36
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £10.86 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £20.06 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Citrix
South East

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
Oxford +13 10 £325 +30.00% 3
Abingdon - - - - 2
Faringdon - - - -
Kidlington - - - - 1
Citrix
South East

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (51.85%) VMware
4 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
4 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
5 9 (33.33%) MS Exchange
6 8 (29.63%) Finance
7 7 (25.93%) SQL
7 7 (25.93%) Cisco
7 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
8 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (18.52%) DTV
9 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
9 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (18.52%) MS Office
9 5 (18.52%) SAP
9 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
9 5 (18.52%) Electronics
9 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
9 5 (18.52%) SCCM
9 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (18.52%) CheckPoint
9 5 (18.52%) Programme Management
9 5 (18.52%) Marketing
9 5 (18.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 5 (18.52%) Digital Marketing
9 5 (18.52%) XenApp
10 4 (14.81%) Business Continuity
10 4 (14.81%) F5
10 4 (14.81%) VoIP

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (7.407%) Web Services
2 1 (3.704%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (7.407%) IIS
3 1 (3.704%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Office
1 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) VoIP
1 4 (14.81%) WAN
2 3 (11.11%) DNS
2 3 (11.11%) SAN
3 2 (7.407%) Firewall
3 2 (7.407%) Network Security
3 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.704%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (29.63%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
2 5 (18.52%) Electronics
2 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
2 5 (18.52%) Marketing
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (3.704%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) Desktop Support
1 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (11.11%) Administrator
2 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Analyst
2 3 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (11.11%) Technical Specialist
3 2 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Citrix Support
3 2 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (7.407%) Network Administrator
3 2 (7.407%) Architect
4 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (3.704%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Server Support
4 1 (3.704%) Technical Support
4 1 (3.704%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) DTV
2 1 (3.704%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
4 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (14.81%) Windows XP
6 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (7.407%) Linux
8 1 (3.704%) UNIX
8 1 (3.704%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) Programme Management
1 5 (18.52%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (14.81%) Business Continuity
3 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (7.407%) ITIL
4 2 (7.407%) Change Management
4 2 (7.407%) Performance Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Security Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Software Deployment
5 1 (3.704%) Project Management
5 1 (3.704%) Service Management
5 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) CCA
1 3 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (3.704%) CCEA
2 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (3.704%) VCP4
2 1 (3.704%) CCEE
2 1 (3.704%) CCAA
2 1 (3.704%) CCIA
2 1 (3.704%) VCP5
2 1 (3.704%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (18.52%) XenApp
3 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.704%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (3.704%) XenDesktop
4 1 (3.704%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) VMware
2 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
3 7 (25.93%) Cisco
4 5 (18.52%) SAP
4 5 (18.52%) CheckPoint
5 4 (14.81%) NetApp
5 4 (14.81%) F5
6 3 (11.11%) Oracle
7 1 (3.704%) IBM
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