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 Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 20 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 Wales 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 34 32 29
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Contract jobs citing Citrix 10 12 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 2.755% 3.046% 4.773%
As % of the Vendors category 6.098% 6.486% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 11
Average daily rate £275 £298 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.56% -8.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £10.50 - £20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
All Vendors
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
164 185 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 45.18% 46.95% 42.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 88 93
Average daily rate £375 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £444
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 6
Average hourly rate £13.25 £14.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.35% -26.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £11.15 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £26.05 £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
Citrix
Wales

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cardiff +3 8 £275 -10.56%
Caerphilly +2 1 - -
Bridgend - - - -
Monmouthshire - - - -
Citrix
Wales

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 13 (76.47%) Windows
2 11 (64.71%) VMware
3 10 (58.82%) Active Directory
4 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
5 5 (29.41%) SCCM
6 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (23.53%) LAN
7 3 (17.65%) Internet
7 3 (17.65%) WAN
7 3 (17.65%) MS Office
7 3 (17.65%) XenApp
7 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
8 2 (11.76%) Migration
8 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (11.76%) SQL
8 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
8 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
8 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (11.76%) SAN
8 2 (11.76%) Blackberry
9 1 (5.882%) Wireless
9 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
9 1 (5.882%) Validation
9 1 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (5.882%) HP
9 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (5.882%) MOM
9 1 (5.882%) ZENworks
9 1 (5.882%) NetApp

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Office
2 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) LAN
2 3 (17.65%) Internet
2 3 (17.65%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) SAN
4 1 (5.882%) Wireless
4 1 (5.882%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.882%) Architect
4 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) IT Support
4 1 (5.882%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Citrix Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.882%) Thin Client
2 1 (5.882%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.882%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (76.47%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.882%) VMS
4 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) Migration
2 1 (5.882%) Validation
2 1 (5.882%) CRM
2 1 (5.882%) ITIL
2 1 (5.882%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) LINC
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.882%) MCSE
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
2 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (17.65%) XenApp
3 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.882%) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) SCCM
2 1 (5.882%) MOM
2 1 (5.882%) ZENworks
2 1 (5.882%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.882%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) VMware
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.882%) HP
3 1 (5.882%) NetApp
3 1 (5.882%) Novell
3 1 (5.882%) Brocade
South Wales
The right candidate will be responsible for managing the support function for all Desktop and LAN services in the expansion of the new environment, running in parallel with...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013