The first table below looks at the demand for Citrix Certification in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Qualifications for the South East 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certification
Rank 209 239 238
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -1
Contract jobs citing Citrix Certification 11 6 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.139% 0.059% 0.146%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.560% 0.273% 0.684%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 5
Average daily rate £325 - £330
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 - £314
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 - £336
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £280 £265
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1964 2194 2192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.79% 21.60% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 955 987 888
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 134 202
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.92
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Citrix Certification
England

Citrix Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Citrix Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Citrix Certification across the South East region.

South East Citrix Certification Daily Rate Trend

Citrix Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix Certification across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Citrix Certification Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Citrix Certification across the South East region.

South East Citrix Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix Certification within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +9 3 £325 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £350 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £250 -
Hampshire -9 2 £475 -
Citrix Certification
England

Citrix Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Citrix Certification 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 Certification.

1 12 (80.00%) Windows
1 12 (80.00%) Citrix
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (53.33%) CCA
4 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (46.67%) MCSE
4 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
4 7 (46.67%) XenDesktop
4 7 (46.67%) XenApp
5 6 (40.00%) Windows 7
6 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (33.33%) AppSense
7 4 (26.67%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 4 (26.67%) MSI
7 4 (26.67%) AdminStudio
7 4 (26.67%) DNA
7 4 (26.67%) AppDNA
7 4 (26.67%) CCEE
8 3 (20.00%) Time Management
8 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
8 3 (20.00%) HNC
8 3 (20.00%) Thin Client
8 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (20.00%) CCNA
8 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
8 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (20.00%) Degree
8 3 (20.00%) Fat Client
9 2 (13.33%) Performance Testing

Citrix Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Citrix Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) JSP
2 1 (6.667%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
2 1 (6.667%) NetScaler
2 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MSI
1 4 (26.67%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (6.667%) Electronics
1 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
1 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
1 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Windows Support Engineer
1 3 (20.00%) Applications Packager
1 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (13.33%) Citrix Support
2 2 (13.33%) Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support
2 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Server Support
3 1 (6.667%) Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.667%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Incident Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (20.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (6.667%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (13.33%) UNIX
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 2000
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
5 1 (6.667%) Linux
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) DNA
2 3 (20.00%) Time Management
3 2 (13.33%) Performance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Software Deployment
4 1 (6.667%) Build Automation
4 1 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.667%) Change Control
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL
4 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.667%) Service Management
4 1 (6.667%) Programme Management
4 1 (6.667%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (6.667%) Load Balancing
4 1 (6.667%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) CCA
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (46.67%) MCSE
2 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (26.67%) CCEE
5 3 (20.00%) HNC
5 3 (20.00%) CCNA
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (13.33%) CCIE
6 2 (13.33%) CCEA
6 2 (13.33%) CCAA
6 2 (13.33%) CCIA
7 1 (6.667%) VCP5
7 1 (6.667%) CCENT
7 1 (6.667%) VCP4
7 1 (6.667%) MCSA
7 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) JSP 440
2 1 (6.667%) SLA
2 1 (6.667%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) XenDesktop
1 7 (46.67%) XenApp
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (13.33%) MetaFrame
4 2 (13.33%) NFS
5 1 (6.667%) Hyper-V
5 1 (6.667%) XenServer
5 1 (6.667%) vCloud
5 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (6.667%) vSphere
5 1 (6.667%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 4 (26.67%) AppDNA
2 2 (13.33%) SCCM
3 1 (6.667%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Citrix
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) AppSense
4 2 (13.33%) VMware
5 1 (6.667%) SAP
5 1 (6.667%) Cisco
5 1 (6.667%) Symantec
5 1 (6.667%) Wyse
Reading, Thames Valley
You will be responsible for providing both on-site and remote administration of Microsoft Windows Servers, Citrix Provisioning, Citrix XenApp, XenServer, and a multitude of proprietary applications... Required...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Strong experience with Microsoft Server 2003. *Ideally have knowledge with Microsoft Server 2008R2 *Troubleshooting, publishing, and supporting applications in a Citrix XenApp environment... *Experience with Active Directory. *Experience...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013