The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 19 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 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 36 64 60
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -4
Contract jobs citing Citrix 381 259 276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 4.758% 2.591% 2.604%
As % of the Vendors category 9.433% 5.366% 5.329%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 114 114
Average daily rate £325 £340 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.41% +3.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £472 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 40 68
Average hourly rate £15.50 £21.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.05% +41.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £13.00 £11.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
4039 4827 5179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.44% 48.29% 48.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1972 2078 2083
Average daily rate £360 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 354 449
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.38 £11.00 £11.02
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Citrix
England

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Citrix Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 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
Berkshire +41 117 £325 -4.41% 11
Hampshire +15 83 £300 -33.51% 26
Buckinghamshire +12 66 £357 +35.93% 9
Surrey +22 36 £263 +31.25% 18
Oxfordshire +16 22 £335 -16.25% 8
West Sussex +11 19 £425 +11.84% 3
Kent +7 14 £280 +65.92% 12
East Sussex +3 7 £475 +25.00%
Middlesex +9 5 £350 +15.70%
Home Counties -2 2 £550 +66.66%
Citrix
England

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 478 (77.10%) Windows
2 280 (45.16%) Active Directory
3 278 (44.84%) VMware
4 270 (43.55%) Microsoft
5 197 (31.77%) Windows Server 2008
6 175 (28.23%) XenApp
7 171 (27.58%) VMware Infrastructure
8 166 (26.77%) Windows 7
9 128 (20.65%) Security Cleared
10 125 (20.16%) Windows Server 2003
11 120 (19.35%) Windows XP
12 119 (19.19%) MS Exchange
13 109 (17.58%) SQL
14 104 (16.77%) SAN
15 100 (16.13%) ITIL
16 99 (15.97%) SC Cleared
17 98 (15.81%) SCCM
18 89 (14.35%) Microsoft App-V
19 88 (14.19%) Cisco
20 84 (13.55%) MS Office
21 83 (13.39%) WAN
22 79 (12.74%) XenDesktop
23 73 (11.77%) Firewall
24 71 (11.45%) HP
25 69 (11.13%) LAN
26 68 (10.97%) MS Excel
27 66 (10.65%) Finance
28 62 (10.00%) SharePoint
28 62 (10.00%) Hyper-V
29 59 (9.516%) Exchange Server 2010

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 (2.258%) .NET
2 13 (2.097%) Application Packaging
3 9 (1.452%) ASP.NET
4 6 (0.968%) XML
5 5 (0.806%) HTML
6 3 (0.484%) JMS
6 3 (0.484%) JSP
6 3 (0.484%) SOAP
6 3 (0.484%) Middleware
6 3 (0.484%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.484%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.323%) WinForms
7 2 (0.323%) Web Services
7 2 (0.323%) CSS
8 1 (0.161%) COM
8 1 (0.161%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 119 (19.19%) MS Exchange
2 62 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 59 (9.516%) Exchange Server 2010
4 44 (7.097%) Exchange Server 2007
5 40 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2003
6 20 (3.226%) IBM Notes
7 18 (2.903%) IIS
8 14 (2.258%) Lync
9 10 (1.613%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (1.290%) CloudStack
11 6 (0.968%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (0.484%) Lotus Domino
12 3 (0.484%) Apache
12 3 (0.484%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.323%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.323%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.161%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.161%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 1 (0.161%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 84 (13.55%) MS Office
2 68 (10.97%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.323%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.161%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.161%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.806%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (0.484%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.323%) assyst
4 1 (0.161%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.161%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 104 (16.77%) SAN
2 83 (13.39%) WAN
3 73 (11.77%) Firewall
4 69 (11.13%) LAN
5 49 (7.903%) DNS
6 48 (7.742%) VPN
7 46 (7.419%) TCP/IP
8 41 (6.613%) Internet
9 39 (6.290%) DHCP
10 21 (3.387%) NAS
11 18 (2.903%) VoIP
12 17 (2.742%) NetScaler
12 17 (2.742%) Network Security
13 16 (2.581%) Ethernet
14 13 (2.097%) WLAN
15 11 (1.774%) SMTP
15 11 (1.774%) Wireless
16 10 (1.613%) HTTP
17 9 (1.452%) MPLS
17 9 (1.452%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.097%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.581%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (2.258%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (0.968%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.645%) Big Data
5 4 (0.645%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.645%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (0.484%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.161%) MySQL
7 1 (0.161%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.161%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.161%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 38 (6.129%) MSI
2 14 (2.258%) AdminStudio
3 9 (1.452%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.645%) Wise Package Studio
4 4 (0.645%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.323%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.161%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.161%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.161%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.161%) LoadRunner
General
1 66 (10.65%) Finance
2 39 (6.290%) Telecoms
3 13 (2.097%) Publishing
3 13 (2.097%) Back Office
4 12 (1.935%) Retail
5 10 (1.613%) Manufacturing
6 8 (1.290%) Advertising
7 7 (1.129%) Banking
8 6 (0.968%) Marketing
9 5 (0.806%) Electronics
10 4 (0.645%) French Language
11 3 (0.484%) Military
11 3 (0.484%) Online Betting
12 2 (0.323%) Local Government
13 1 (0.161%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.161%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.161%) German Language
Job Titles
1 132 (21.29%) Analyst
2 76 (12.26%) Architect
3 59 (9.516%) Support Engineer
4 53 (8.548%) Support Analyst
5 47 (7.581%) 3rd Line Support
5 47 (7.581%) Service Analyst
6 46 (7.419%) Service Desk Analyst
7 37 (5.968%) Consultant
8 35 (5.645%) Server Engineer
9 34 (5.484%) Technical Architect
10 32 (5.161%) Applications Packager
11 30 (4.839%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 28 (4.516%) 2nd Line Support
12 28 (4.516%) Desktop Support
13 25 (4.032%) Administrator
14 23 (3.710%) Systems Engineer
15 19 (3.065%) Project Manager
16 18 (2.903%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 18 (2.903%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 16 (2.581%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.226%) Blackberry
2 33 (5.323%) Clustering
3 27 (4.355%) Thin Client
3 27 (4.355%) Fat Client
4 12 (1.935%) NHS
5 11 (1.774%) Cryptography
6 10 (1.613%) PKI
7 9 (1.452%) Computer Science
8 8 (1.290%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.129%) iSeries
10 6 (0.968%) Mobile Computing
11 5 (0.806%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.806%) DTV
12 4 (0.645%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.645%) Open Source
12 4 (0.645%) iPhone
12 4 (0.645%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.645%) EPoS
13 3 (0.484%) CESG
13 3 (0.484%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 478 (77.10%) Windows
2 197 (31.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 166 (26.77%) Windows 7
4 125 (20.16%) Windows Server 2003
5 120 (19.35%) Windows XP
6 34 (5.484%) Linux
7 33 (5.323%) UNIX
8 26 (4.194%) Windows Vista
8 26 (4.194%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (2.097%) Windows 8
10 11 (1.774%) Windows 2000 Server
11 9 (1.452%) Windows 2000
12 8 (1.290%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.806%) AIX
13 5 (0.806%) Windows NT
13 5 (0.806%) Windows Mobile
14 2 (0.323%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.323%) SUSE
14 2 (0.323%) Solaris
15 1 (0.161%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (16.13%) ITIL
2 45 (7.258%) Service Management
3 42 (6.774%) Migration
4 39 (6.290%) Project Management
5 32 (5.161%) PRINCE2
6 29 (4.677%) Incident Management
7 21 (3.387%) Service Delivery
8 20 (3.226%) Configuration Management
8 20 (3.226%) Change Management
9 18 (2.903%) Change Control
10 17 (2.742%) Load Balancing
10 17 (2.742%) TOGAF
11 16 (2.581%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (2.581%) Software Distribution
12 15 (2.419%) ITIL V3
12 15 (2.419%) Fault Management
13 14 (2.258%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (2.097%) DNA
15 11 (1.774%) Validation
15 11 (1.774%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 109 (17.58%) SQL
2 41 (6.613%) PowerShell
3 34 (5.484%) VB
4 18 (2.903%) VBScript
5 12 (1.935%) C
6 8 (1.290%) C#
6 8 (1.290%) Perl
7 7 (1.129%) Java
8 3 (0.484%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.484%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.323%) VBA
9 2 (0.323%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 128 (20.65%) Security Cleared
2 99 (15.97%) SC Cleared
3 46 (7.419%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (5.161%) DV Cleared
5 31 (5.000%) MCSE
6 23 (3.710%) Citrix Certification
7 20 (3.226%) Degree
7 20 (3.226%) ITIL Certification
8 19 (3.065%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (2.581%) CCNA
10 14 (2.258%) MCP
11 12 (1.935%) MCSA
12 9 (1.452%) CCA
13 8 (1.290%) ISEB
14 7 (1.129%) MCITP
15 6 (0.968%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.806%) CCSP
17 4 (0.645%) MCTS
18 3 (0.484%) CISSP
18 3 (0.484%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.677%) SLA
2 12 (1.935%) QA
3 5 (0.806%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.806%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.161%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.161%) JSP 440
System Software
1 280 (45.16%) Active Directory
2 175 (28.23%) XenApp
3 171 (27.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 89 (14.35%) Microsoft App-V
5 79 (12.74%) XenDesktop
6 62 (10.00%) Hyper-V
7 42 (6.774%) XenServer
8 40 (6.452%) vSphere
9 32 (5.161%) VMware ESX
10 18 (2.903%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 12 (1.935%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 12 (1.935%) VMware ESXi
12 10 (1.613%) VMware Server
13 9 (1.452%) VMware Workstation
13 9 (1.452%) Xen
14 8 (1.290%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.968%) MetaFrame
16 5 (0.806%) Terminal Server
17 4 (0.645%) ISA Server
18 2 (0.323%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 98 (15.81%) SCCM
2 43 (6.935%) SCOM
3 29 (4.677%) Backup Exec
4 14 (2.258%) AppDNA
5 12 (1.935%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 11 (1.774%) NetBackup
7 9 (1.452%) Unicenter
7 9 (1.452%) MIMEsweeper
8 7 (1.129%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.968%) WSUS
9 6 (0.968%) Netcool
9 6 (0.968%) OpenView
10 5 (0.806%) MOM
10 5 (0.806%) Opalis
10 5 (0.806%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.645%) Tivoli
11 4 (0.645%) Netcool/OMNIbus
12 3 (0.484%) Tivoli Monitoring
12 3 (0.484%) Netcool/Webtop
13 2 (0.323%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 278 (44.84%) VMware
2 270 (43.55%) Microsoft
3 88 (14.19%) Cisco
4 71 (11.45%) HP
5 45 (7.258%) AppSense
6 30 (4.839%) NetApp
7 26 (4.194%) Oracle
8 24 (3.871%) Lotus
9 21 (3.387%) Symantec
10 19 (3.065%) Juniper
11 18 (2.903%) Dell
12 17 (2.742%) CA
13 16 (2.581%) Remedy
14 14 (2.258%) EMC
15 13 (2.097%) CheckPoint
16 12 (1.935%) Lumension
17 11 (1.774%) IBM
17 11 (1.774%) Websense
18 10 (1.613%) SAP
19 9 (1.452%) Royalblue
Southampton, South East
This position is very much a hands on role which requires experience working within a Citrix and VMware environment.Key skills*Hands on Citrix and VMware experience*Citrix...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £14 - £16 per hour
Posted: 4 June 2013
Camberley, Surrey
Austin Fraser are looking for a 1st/2nd Line Support Enginner to join our client based in Camberley. The 1st/2nd Line Support Enginner will be responsible for...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £15 - £16 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
The successful candidate will be the main point of contact for technical advice surrounding network configuration, installation, support and troubleshooting. You will be part of a UK wide...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hampshire
Experience in providing support for: * Microsoft server 2003 and 2008 * Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7 * Network Printing * Microsoft Office applications * Local and Wide Area Networks Understanding in...
Experis IT
Rate: £180 - £220 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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: 3 June 2013
Hampshire
Sanderson
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
West Sussex
Connectus
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Posted: 14 June 2013
Oxfordshire
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Connectus
Rate: £25 - £30 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Banbury, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hatfield, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Extra Technology 'Human Capital Solutions' Ltd
Rate: From £13 to £13 per hour Then £23,000 when permanent
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Redhill, South East
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP230 to GBP250 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Berkshire
Venn Group
Rate: likely to extend
Posted: 18 June 2013
Gatwick, South East
Rate: £350 - £999 per day + "Please quote"
Posted: 6 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
TD Group
Rate: Excellent rates will be paid to the right candidate.
Posted: 14 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Connectus
Rate: £22 - £26.5 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Berkshire
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013