The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 33 32 34
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Contract jobs citing Citrix 41 48 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 4.852% 4.503% 4.836%
As % of the Vendors category 9.297% 8.013% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 24
Average daily rate £350 £350 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £222 £297
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £459 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £303
% change year-on-year
- +7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
Average hourly rate £19.00 £28.75 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.91% +161.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-7.57% -1.49%
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
441 599 600
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 52.19% 56.19% 58.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 185 248
Average daily rate £350 £330 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £212 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 39 22
Average hourly rate £20.75 £15.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
Berkshire

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

1 42 (72.41%) Windows
2 30 (51.72%) Microsoft
3 24 (41.38%) Active Directory
4 19 (32.76%) VMware
5 16 (27.59%) Microsoft App-V
5 16 (27.59%) VPN
6 15 (25.86%) TCP/IP
6 15 (25.86%) MS Office
6 15 (25.86%) Windows 7
7 14 (24.14%) SQL
7 14 (24.14%) WAN
8 13 (22.41%) Windows XP
8 13 (22.41%) Internet
9 12 (20.69%) SLA
9 12 (20.69%) Security Cleared
9 12 (20.69%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (18.97%) XenApp
10 11 (18.97%) VMware Infrastructure
10 11 (18.97%) MS Excel
11 10 (17.24%) SC Cleared
11 10 (17.24%) SCCM
11 10 (17.24%) Fault Management
12 9 (15.52%) .NET
13 8 (13.79%) ITIL
13 8 (13.79%) FTP
13 8 (13.79%) Windows Server 2003
13 8 (13.79%) Telecoms
14 7 (12.07%) Disaster Recovery
14 7 (12.07%) MSI
14 7 (12.07%) HTTP

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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
1 9 (15.52%) .NET
2 7 (12.07%) ASP.NET
3 3 (5.172%) HTML
3 3 (5.172%) Software Packaging
4 2 (3.448%) CSS
4 2 (3.448%) WinForms
5 1 (1.724%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.897%) SharePoint
1 4 (6.897%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (5.172%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.448%) IIS
4 1 (1.724%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 15 (25.86%) MS Office
2 11 (18.97%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.448%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (27.59%) VPN
2 15 (25.86%) TCP/IP
3 14 (24.14%) WAN
4 13 (22.41%) Internet
5 8 (13.79%) FTP
6 7 (12.07%) HTTP
6 7 (12.07%) DNS
6 7 (12.07%) SMTP
7 6 (10.34%) LAN
8 4 (6.897%) ATM
8 4 (6.897%) IPv4
8 4 (6.897%) Ethernet
8 4 (6.897%) 3G
8 4 (6.897%) Intranet
8 4 (6.897%) 2G
8 4 (6.897%) LTE
8 4 (6.897%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (5.172%) SAN
9 3 (5.172%) SSL
9 3 (5.172%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.621%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.897%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.897%) NoSQL
2 4 (6.897%) Big Data
3 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (12.07%) MSI
2 3 (5.172%) InstallShield
3 2 (3.448%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (3.448%) Wise Package Studio
3 2 (3.448%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 8 (13.79%) Telecoms
2 6 (10.34%) Finance
3 3 (5.172%) Publishing
4 1 (1.724%) Banking
4 1 (1.724%) French Language
4 1 (1.724%) German Language
4 1 (1.724%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (17.24%) Analyst
2 9 (15.52%) Architect
2 9 (15.52%) Applications Packager
3 8 (13.79%) Support Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Technical Architect
4 6 (10.34%) Administrator
5 5 (8.621%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (8.621%) Consultant
5 5 (8.621%) Service Analyst
6 4 (6.897%) Applications Support
6 4 (6.897%) Applications Support Engineer
7 3 (5.172%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (5.172%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (5.172%) Technical Leader
8 2 (3.448%) Applications Architect
8 2 (3.448%) Windows Support Engineer
8 2 (3.448%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (3.448%) Designer
8 2 (3.448%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (3.448%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.897%) Blackberry
1 4 (6.897%) Open Source
1 4 (6.897%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.448%) Clustering
2 2 (3.448%) Fat Client
2 2 (3.448%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.724%) NHS
3 1 (1.724%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 42 (72.41%) Windows
2 15 (25.86%) Windows 7
3 13 (22.41%) Windows XP
4 12 (20.69%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (13.79%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (6.897%) Windows Vista
6 4 (6.897%) Linux
7 3 (5.172%) Mac OS X
8 2 (3.448%) Windows 2000
8 2 (3.448%) UNIX
9 1 (1.724%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.24%) Fault Management
2 8 (13.79%) ITIL
3 7 (12.07%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (6.897%) Knowledge Management
4 4 (6.897%) eTOM
4 4 (6.897%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (6.897%) Network Management
4 4 (6.897%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (6.897%) Change Management
5 3 (5.172%) Software Distribution
5 3 (5.172%) Validation
5 3 (5.172%) ETL
6 2 (3.448%) Migration
6 2 (3.448%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.448%) Time Management
6 2 (3.448%) Data Migration
7 1 (1.724%) WAN Optimisation
7 1 (1.724%) Business Transformation
7 1 (1.724%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.724%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) SQL
2 6 (10.34%) VBScript
2 6 (10.34%) C#
3 4 (6.897%) Java
3 4 (6.897%) C
3 4 (6.897%) Perl
4 3 (5.172%) VB
4 3 (5.172%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.724%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.897%) Degree
4 3 (5.172%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.448%) HNC
5 2 (3.448%) MCSE
5 2 (3.448%) CCA
5 2 (3.448%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (3.448%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.724%) MCP
6 1 (1.724%) VCP4
6 1 (1.724%) VCP5
6 1 (1.724%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.724%) PMP
6 1 (1.724%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.724%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.69%) SLA
2 3 (5.172%) QA
System Software
1 24 (41.38%) Active Directory
2 16 (27.59%) Microsoft App-V
3 11 (18.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (18.97%) XenApp
4 5 (8.621%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 3 (5.172%) MetaFrame
5 3 (5.172%) XenDesktop
6 2 (3.448%) vSphere
6 2 (3.448%) NFS
6 2 (3.448%) VMware Server
6 2 (3.448%) XenServer
7 1 (1.724%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.724%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (17.24%) SCCM
2 3 (5.172%) Unicenter
3 1 (1.724%) Netcool
3 1 (1.724%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 19 (32.76%) VMware
3 5 (8.621%) Greenplum
3 5 (8.621%) Oracle
3 5 (8.621%) Lotus
4 4 (6.897%) Business Objects
4 4 (6.897%) Ericsson
4 4 (6.897%) Sitecore
4 4 (6.897%) Hummingbird
4 4 (6.897%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 4 (6.897%) Remedy
4 4 (6.897%) NEC
4 4 (6.897%) FrontRange
4 4 (6.897%) Huawei
5 3 (5.172%) Altiris
5 3 (5.172%) Cisco
5 3 (5.172%) CA
5 3 (5.172%) Symantec
5 3 (5.172%) Royalblue
5 3 (5.172%) HP
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