The first table below looks at the demand for the Citrix Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Engineer
Rank 113 - 116
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Citrix Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.098% - 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.104% - 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £450 - £313
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+34.78% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £41.74 £26.68
% change year-on-year
-34.11% +56.44%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1930 3082 2645
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 93.00% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1158 1838 1307
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £228 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 193 247
Average hourly rate £15.40 £23.88 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.49% +13.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Citrix Engineer
England

Citrix Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Citrix Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Citrix Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Citrix Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Citrix Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £450 -
Citrix Engineer
England

Citrix Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Citrix Engineer in their job title 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 with Citrix Engineer in their job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Citrix
2 11 (84.62%) XenApp
3 7 (53.85%) Windows
3 7 (53.85%) VMware
4 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
4 6 (46.15%) DV Cleared
4 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
4 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (30.77%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
6 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
6 4 (30.77%) Finance
6 4 (30.77%) VMware ESX
6 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (23.08%) Degree
7 3 (23.08%) Migration
7 3 (23.08%) HNC
8 2 (15.38%) ITIL
8 2 (15.38%) HP
8 2 (15.38%) Service Management
9 1 (7.692%) AppSense
9 1 (7.692%) Change Management
9 1 (7.692%) Wyse
9 1 (7.692%) EMC
9 1 (7.692%) SQL
9 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
9 1 (7.692%) HTTP
9 1 (7.692%) NFS

Citrix Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Citrix Engineer in their job title 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 with Citrix Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) HTTP
1 1 (7.692%) VLAN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Service Management
3 1 (7.692%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) DV Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) HNC
4 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 11 (84.62%) XenApp
2 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
3 4 (30.77%) VMware ESX
3 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (7.692%) NFS
4 1 (7.692%) XenDesktop
4 1 (7.692%) vSphere
4 1 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Citrix
2 7 (53.85%) VMware
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) HP
5 1 (7.692%) EMC
5 1 (7.692%) NetApp
5 1 (7.692%) Wyse
5 1 (7.692%) AppSense
5 1 (7.692%) ProCurve
Swindon, South West
XenDesktop Infrastructure / Server Engineer / vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Swindon, £450 per dayA XenDesktop Infrastructure Engineer /vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Engineer is required on an initial 6-Month contract by a...
OPUS
Rate: GBP450 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013