Citrix Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 67 44 41
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -3
Contract jobs citing Citrix 48 68 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.977% 2.561% 2.871%
As % of the Vendors category 4.360% 6.589% 6.633%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 32 20
Average daily rate £355 £275 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.09% -6.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £137 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £424 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £303
% change year-on-year
- +7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 4
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +45.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-7.57% -1.49%
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 1101 1032 1191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.35% 38.87% 43.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 459 510
Average daily rate £365 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.14% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £205 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 51 56
Average hourly rate £14.25 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.00% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.78 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.75 £33.40 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Edinburgh +5 14 £125 -69.51%
Glasgow -25 13 £358 +30.00%
Renfrewshire -9 10 £365 -2.66%
Aberdeen -1 6 - -
Stirling -10 1 - -
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 91 (79.82%) Windows
2 46 (40.35%) VMware
3 43 (37.72%) Active Directory
4 36 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
5 33 (28.95%) Microsoft
6 31 (27.19%) Windows Server 2003
7 29 (25.44%) VMware Infrastructure
8 28 (24.56%) MS Exchange
9 25 (21.93%) Finance
10 24 (21.05%) XenApp
11 23 (20.18%) Security Cleared
11 23 (20.18%) Windows 7
12 21 (18.42%) SQL
13 20 (17.54%) SQL Server
13 20 (17.54%) Windows XP
14 19 (16.67%) HP
15 18 (15.79%) SCCM
16 16 (14.04%) MS Excel
16 16 (14.04%) TCP/IP
17 15 (13.16%) Clustering
17 15 (13.16%) SC Cleared
18 14 (12.28%) VMware ESX
18 14 (12.28%) Oracle
18 14 (12.28%) HTML
18 14 (12.28%) XML
18 14 (12.28%) SAN
19 13 (11.40%) OpenView Configuration Management
19 13 (11.40%) Banking
20 12 (10.53%) Veritas
20 12 (10.53%) Java

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 14 (12.28%) HTML
1 14 (12.28%) XML
2 12 (10.53%) .NET
3 7 (6.140%) CSS
4 6 (5.263%) XSL
4 6 (5.263%) WebSphere
5 3 (2.632%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.632%) Application Packaging
5 3 (2.632%) JSTL
5 3 (2.632%) JMS
5 3 (2.632%) JAXB
5 3 (2.632%) JDBC
5 3 (2.632%) JSP
5 3 (2.632%) J2EE
5 3 (2.632%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.632%) Spring
5 3 (2.632%) Ajax
5 3 (2.632%) Spring MVC
5 3 (2.632%) jQuery
6 1 (0.877%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 28 (24.56%) MS Exchange
2 11 (9.649%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (7.895%) IIS
3 9 (7.895%) Apache
4 8 (7.018%) SharePoint
5 7 (6.140%) Tomcat
5 7 (6.140%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (4.386%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (4.386%) Lotus Notes
8 4 (3.509%) LiveLink
9 3 (2.632%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (1.754%) Lotus Domino
10 2 (1.754%) MQSeries
10 2 (1.754%) WebSphere MQ
11 1 (0.877%) GroupWise
11 1 (0.877%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.877%) CMS
11 1 (0.877%) Lync
11 1 (0.877%) CICS
Applications
1 16 (14.04%) MS Excel
2 11 (9.649%) MS Office
3 3 (2.632%) Photoshop
3 3 (2.632%) Fireworks
4 1 (0.877%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.263%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (5.263%) SAP CCM
1 6 (5.263%) SAP GTS
2 2 (1.754%) assyst
3 1 (0.877%) Advent Geneva
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.04%) TCP/IP
2 14 (12.28%) SAN
3 12 (10.53%) WAN
4 10 (8.772%) LAN
4 10 (8.772%) DNS
4 10 (8.772%) Internet
5 9 (7.895%) DHCP
6 7 (6.140%) VPN
6 7 (6.140%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (6.140%) Wireless
7 6 (5.263%) IP Telephony
7 6 (5.263%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (5.263%) VoIP
7 6 (5.263%) BGP
7 6 (5.263%) EIGRP
7 6 (5.263%) MGCP
7 6 (5.263%) H.323
8 5 (4.386%) Intranet
9 4 (3.509%) HTTP
10 3 (2.632%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (17.54%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.772%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (7.895%) Oracle 8/8i
4 6 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (4.386%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (4.386%) MySQL
6 4 (3.509%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (1.754%) MS Access
8 1 (0.877%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (8.772%) MSI
2 5 (4.386%) InstallShield
2 5 (4.386%) WinRunner
2 5 (4.386%) TestDirector
2 5 (4.386%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (3.509%) Wise Package Studio
4 3 (2.632%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.632%) Firebug
4 3 (2.632%) JUnit
5 2 (1.754%) StarTeam
6 1 (0.877%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.877%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.877%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.877%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 25 (21.93%) Finance
2 13 (11.40%) Banking
3 11 (9.649%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.754%) Marketing
5 1 (0.877%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.877%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (19.30%) Analyst
2 16 (14.04%) Consultant
3 14 (12.28%) Support Analyst
4 10 (8.772%) Applications Packager
5 8 (7.018%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (6.140%) Architect
7 6 (5.263%) Desktop Support
7 6 (5.263%) Network Engineer
7 6 (5.263%) Technical Support
7 6 (5.263%) Technical Analyst
7 6 (5.263%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (4.386%) Server Engineer
8 5 (4.386%) Citrix Support
8 5 (4.386%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (4.386%) Technical Consultant
8 5 (4.386%) Server Support
9 4 (3.509%) Systems Support
9 4 (3.509%) Technical Support Analyst
9 4 (3.509%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 4 (3.509%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.16%) Clustering
2 5 (4.386%) Computer Science
3 4 (3.509%) PDA
4 3 (2.632%) Thin Client
4 3 (2.632%) CMDB
4 3 (2.632%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.754%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.754%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.754%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.754%) NHS
6 1 (0.877%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.877%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.877%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.877%) PKI
6 1 (0.877%) Symmetrix DMX
6 1 (0.877%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (0.877%) SaaS
6 1 (0.877%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 91 (79.82%) Windows
2 36 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 31 (27.19%) Windows Server 2003
4 23 (20.18%) Windows 7
5 20 (17.54%) Windows XP
6 12 (10.53%) UNIX
7 9 (7.895%) AIX
8 8 (7.018%) Solaris
9 7 (6.140%) Linux
10 5 (4.386%) Windows Vista
11 3 (2.632%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.754%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.754%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.877%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.877%) Android
13 1 (0.877%) zOS
13 1 (0.877%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.877%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (8.772%) Migration
2 9 (7.895%) Test Scripting
2 9 (7.895%) Time Management
3 7 (6.140%) Data Management
4 6 (5.263%) ITIL
5 5 (4.386%) Project Management
5 5 (4.386%) Information Assurance
5 5 (4.386%) Test Automation
5 5 (4.386%) Software Deployment
5 5 (4.386%) Software Testing
6 4 (3.509%) Network Load Balancing
6 4 (3.509%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (3.509%) Service Delivery
6 4 (3.509%) Content Management
6 4 (3.509%) Document Management
7 3 (2.632%) Configuration Management
7 3 (2.632%) MVC
7 3 (2.632%) Service Management
7 3 (2.632%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (2.632%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.42%) SQL
2 12 (10.53%) Java
2 12 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 6 (5.263%) XPath
4 5 (4.386%) VB
5 4 (3.509%) VBScript
5 4 (3.509%) Perl
5 4 (3.509%) C
5 4 (3.509%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.632%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.632%) Jython
7 1 (0.877%) COBOL
7 1 (0.877%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (20.18%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.649%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (9.649%) Degree
4 6 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (5.263%) MCSE
4 6 (5.263%) CCIE
5 5 (4.386%) CCNP
5 5 (4.386%) MCITP
6 3 (2.632%) MCTS
7 1 (0.877%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.877%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.877%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.754%) SLA
2 1 (0.877%) QA
System Software
1 43 (37.72%) Active Directory
2 29 (25.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (21.05%) XenApp
4 14 (12.28%) VMware ESX
5 11 (9.649%) vSphere
6 10 (8.772%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (6.140%) XenDesktop
8 5 (4.386%) Hyper-V
8 5 (4.386%) MetaFrame
8 5 (4.386%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.754%) ISA Server
9 2 (1.754%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.754%) XenServer
9 2 (1.754%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 2 (1.754%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.877%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.877%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.877%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 18 (15.79%) SCCM
2 13 (11.40%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 11 (9.649%) Netcool
4 10 (8.772%) McAfee ePO
5 6 (5.263%) HP Operations Orchestration
6 5 (4.386%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (3.509%) SCOM
7 4 (3.509%) ZENworks
8 3 (2.632%) Backup Exec
8 3 (2.632%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (2.632%) MOM
8 3 (2.632%) HP SiteScope
8 3 (2.632%) HP UCMDB
8 3 (2.632%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 2 (1.754%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (1.754%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.877%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 46 (40.35%) VMware
2 33 (28.95%) Microsoft
3 19 (16.67%) HP
4 14 (12.28%) Oracle
5 12 (10.53%) Veritas
6 10 (8.772%) McAfee
7 9 (7.895%) Cisco
8 8 (7.018%) Lotus
9 7 (6.140%) Dell
10 6 (5.263%) EMC
10 6 (5.263%) SAP
10 6 (5.263%) Symantec
10 6 (5.263%) Remedy
10 6 (5.263%) Riverbed
11 5 (4.386%) Lumension
11 5 (4.386%) Novell
12 4 (3.509%) Sophos
12 4 (3.509%) Kofax
12 4 (3.509%) Open Text
12 4 (3.509%) IBM
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