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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts within the Reading region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCitrix
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6059
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads149
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.010 %
As % of the category below2.555 %2.009 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£220£333
Average daily rate£220£333
% change on same period last year-33.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£220£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£332
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£33.50£17.00
% change on same period last year+97.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.91£19.09
% change on same period last year+4.31 %
Vendors ReadingVendors
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads548448
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.723 %0.475 %
Daily rates quoted147131
Average minimum daily rate£293£332
Average daily rate£311£357
% change on same period last year-12.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted5639
Average minimum hourly rate£20.81£26.64
Average hourly rate£22.57£29.05
% change on same period last year-22.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.33£31.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
Citrix BerkshireCitrix
Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Citrix Systems.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Reading Citrix Demand Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Citrix across the Reading region.

Reading Citrix Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the Reading region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Reading Citrix Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

119 (65.52 %)Windows
218 (62.07 %)Active Directory
311 (37.93 %)VMware
410 (34.48 %)HP
410 (34.48 %)Microsoft
410 (34.48 %)Dell
59 (31.03 %)Clustering
68 (27.59 %)Microsoft Certification
68 (27.59 %)MS Exchange
77 (24.14 %)LAN
77 (24.14 %)WAN
77 (24.14 %)DHCP
77 (24.14 %)DNS
77 (24.14 %)MCSE
77 (24.14 %)ITIL
77 (24.14 %)SAN
77 (24.14 %)ISA Server
77 (24.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
86 (20.69 %)SQL
86 (20.69 %)Windows 2000
86 (20.69 %)IIS
95 (17.24 %)MS Excel
104 (13.79 %)Exchange Server 2000
104 (13.79 %)VMware ESX
104 (13.79 %)Validation
104 (13.79 %)IBM
104 (13.79 %)TCP/IP
104 (13.79 %)Sun
113 (10.34 %)Compaq
113 (10.34 %)WINS

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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
11 (3.448 %).NET
Application Platforms
18 (27.59 %)MS Exchange
27 (24.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
36 (20.69 %)IIS
44 (13.79 %)Exchange Server 2000
53 (10.34 %)Exchange Server 5.5
61 (3.448 %)Lotus Notes
61 (3.448 %)SharePoint
61 (3.448 %)BizTalk Server
61 (3.448 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
15 (17.24 %)MS Excel
23 (10.34 %)MS Office
Business Applications
11 (3.448 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
17 (24.14 %)LAN
17 (24.14 %)WAN
17 (24.14 %)DHCP
17 (24.14 %)DNS
17 (24.14 %)SAN
24 (13.79 %)TCP/IP
33 (10.34 %)WINS
41 (3.448 %)Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (3.448 %)SQL Server
General
11 (3.448 %)Finance
11 (3.448 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
112 (41.38 %)Analyst
211 (37.93 %)3rd Line Support
38 (27.59 %)Support Analyst
47 (24.14 %)Systems Analyst
55 (17.24 %)Systems Engineer
55 (17.24 %)Server Support
55 (17.24 %)Systems Support
55 (17.24 %)Server Engineer
64 (13.79 %)Support Engineer
64 (13.79 %)Systems Support Analyst
64 (13.79 %)Systems Administrator
64 (13.79 %)Administrator
73 (10.34 %)2nd Line Support
82 (6.897 %)Senior Analyst
82 (6.897 %)Technical Support Analyst
82 (6.897 %)Technical Analyst
82 (6.897 %)Technical Support
82 (6.897 %)Senior Systems Analyst
82 (6.897 %)Citrix Engineer
82 (6.897 %)Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
19 (31.03 %)Clustering
21 (3.448 %)Fat Client
21 (3.448 %)Thin Client
21 (3.448 %)Blackberry
21 (3.448 %)CLARiiON
Operating Systems
119 (65.52 %)Windows
26 (20.69 %)Windows 2000
33 (10.34 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (3.448 %)Unix
41 (3.448 %)NetWare
41 (3.448 %)Solaris
41 (3.448 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
17 (24.14 %)ITIL
24 (13.79 %)Validation
32 (6.897 %)Migration
32 (6.897 %)Network Load Balancing
32 (6.897 %)Time Management
41 (3.448 %)PRINCE2
41 (3.448 %)Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
16 (20.69 %)SQL
22 (6.897 %)VB
Qualifications
18 (27.59 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (24.14 %)MCSE
32 (6.897 %)CCA
32 (6.897 %)Citrix Certification
41 (3.448 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
41 (3.448 %)MCP
System Software
118 (62.07 %)Active Directory
27 (24.14 %)ISA Server
34 (13.79 %)VMware ESX
42 (6.897 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
42 (6.897 %)Citrix Presentation Server
42 (6.897 %)VMware Server
42 (6.897 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (6.897 %)MetaFrame
51 (3.448 %)Terminal Services
Systems Management
12 (6.897 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (6.897 %)WSUS
12 (6.897 %)SCCM
21 (3.448 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
111 (37.93 %)VMware
210 (34.48 %)HP
210 (34.48 %)Microsoft
210 (34.48 %)Dell
34 (13.79 %)Sun
34 (13.79 %)IBM
43 (10.34 %)Compaq
52 (6.897 %)Oracle
52 (6.897 %)EMC
61 (3.448 %)Novell
61 (3.448 %)Lotus
61 (3.448 %)Symantec
61 (3.448 %)AppSense
61 (3.448 %)Altiris
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