South West Citrix Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aylesbury Barnet Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Buxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Cobham Colchester Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grimsby Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Havant Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Ilford Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Reigate Rotherham Runcorn Salford Sandbach Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark Spalding St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Teddington Teesside Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Widnes Wiltshire Winchester Wirral Witham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	88	74
Rank change on same period last year	-14
Matching contract IT job ads	48	93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.076 %	0.100 %
As % of the category below	2.861 %	4.397 %
Daily rates quoted	5	16
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£281
Average daily rate	£358	£296
% change on same period last year	+20.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£311
UK excluding London average daily rate	£295	£305
% change on same period last year	-3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.02	£19.56
Average hourly rate	£20.94	£20.60
% change on same period last year	+1.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.87	£21.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.41	£20.56
% change on same period last year	+8.97 %
Vendors South West
Matching contract IT job ads	1678	2115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.643 %	2.266 %
Daily rates quoted	444	477
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£314
Average daily rate	£364	£330
% change on same period last year	+10.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	193	256
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.28	£23.11
Average hourly rate	£24.68	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.09	£26.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Citrix Systems.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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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 West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Gloucestershire	-6	14	£371	+28.43 %
Bristol	-1	10	-	-
Wiltshire	-15	8	-	-
Devon	+13	6	£325	-
Somerset	-6	5	-	-
Dorset	+13	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 101 (72.66 %) Windows 2 55 (39.57 %) Windows Server 2003 3 52 (37.41 %) Active Directory 4 44 (31.65 %) VMware 5 43 (30.94 %) Microsoft 6 42 (30.22 %) MS Exchange 7 38 (27.34 %) Cisco 8 32 (23.02 %) MS Office 9 27 (19.42 %) Windows 2000 10 25 (17.99 %) TCP/IP 11 23 (16.55 %) SQL 11 23 (16.55 %) Citrix Presentation Server 12 22 (15.83 %) Cisco Certification 13 21 (15.11 %) WAN 13 21 (15.11 %) CCNA

14 20 (14.39 %) LAN 14 20 (14.39 %) Exchange Server 2007 14 20 (14.39 %) Exchange Server 2003 15 19 (13.67 %) Clustering 15 19 (13.67 %) Windows XP 15 19 (13.67 %) Oracle 15 19 (13.67 %) SQL Server 15 19 (13.67 %) Microsoft Certification 15 19 (13.67 %) SAN 16 18 (12.95 %) UNIX 17 17 (12.23 %) Security Cleared 18 16 (11.51 %) MCSE 19 15 (10.79 %) ITSM 20 14 (10.07 %) Migration 20 14 (10.07 %) VMware Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (10.07 %) .NET 1 14 (10.07 %) J2EE 2 8 (5.755 %) Application Packaging 3 2 (1.439 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 42 (30.22 %) MS Exchange 2 20 (14.39 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 20 (14.39 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 14 (10.07 %) SharePoint 3 14 (10.07 %) BizTalk Server 4 13 (9.353 %) Lotus Notes 5 4 (2.878 %) GroupWise 6 1 (0.719 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 1 (0.719 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 32 (23.02 %) MS Office 2 8 (5.755 %) MS Excel 2 8 (5.755 %) MS Project 3 3 (2.158 %) MS Visio 4 2 (1.439 %) CATIA 4 2 (1.439 %) Windchill 5 1 (0.719 %) Acrobat	Business Applications 1 1 (0.719 %) SoftGrid 1 1 (0.719 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 25 (17.99 %) TCP/IP 2 21 (15.11 %) WAN 3 20 (14.39 %) LAN 4 19 (13.67 %) SAN 5 14 (10.07 %) DNS 6 13 (9.353 %) Intranet 6 13 (9.353 %) Extranet 6 13 (9.353 %) DHCP 7 7 (5.036 %) Firewall 8 6 (4.317 %) NetScreen 8 6 (4.317 %) VoIP 9 5 (3.597 %) VPN 10 4 (2.878 %) SMTP 11 3 (2.158 %) SMS 11 3 (2.158 %) Wireless 12 2 (1.439 %) IP Telephony 12 2 (1.439 %) VLAN 12 2 (1.439 %) Cisco ASA 12 2 (1.439 %) Internet 13 1 (0.719 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (13.67 %) SQL Server 2 13 (9.353 %) Cognos Impromptu 2 13 (9.353 %) InterBase 3 3 (2.158 %) MS Access 4 2 (1.439 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (1.439 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 6 (4.317 %) MSI 2 2 (1.439 %) QARun 2 2 (1.439 %) QALoad 3 1 (0.719 %) InstallShield 3 1 (0.719 %) FrontPage 3 1 (0.719 %) LoadRunner	General 1 12 (8.633 %) Government 2 7 (5.036 %) Telecoms 3 4 (2.878 %) Finance 4 3 (2.158 %) Auditing 5 1 (0.719 %) Back Office 5 1 (0.719 %) Aerospace 5 1 (0.719 %) Health 5 1 (0.719 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 26 (18.71 %) Analyst 2 19 (13.67 %) Consultant 3 17 (12.23 %) Support Engineer 4 12 (8.633 %) Technical Consultant 5 11 (7.914 %) Citrix Engineer 6 10 (7.194 %) Desktop Support 7 8 (5.755 %) Desktop Engineer 8 7 (5.036 %) Infrastructure Engineer 8 7 (5.036 %) 3rd Line Support 9 6 (4.317 %) Infrastructure Analyst 9 6 (4.317 %) Support Analyst 9 6 (4.317 %) Helpdesk Analyst 9 6 (4.317 %) 1st Line Support 10 5 (3.597 %) Implementation Consultant 10 5 (3.597 %) Server Engineer 11 4 (2.878 %) Citrix Consultant 11 4 (2.878 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 4 (2.878 %) Support Technician 11 4 (2.878 %) Applications Packager 11 4 (2.878 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 19 (13.67 %) Clustering 2 3 (2.158 %) PKI 2 3 (2.158 %) Blackberry 3 2 (1.439 %) Fat Client 3 2 (1.439 %) Thin Client 4 1 (0.719 %) Smartcard 4 1 (0.719 %) VAX 4 1 (0.719 %) PDA
Operating Systems 1 101 (72.66 %) Windows 2 55 (39.57 %) Windows Server 2003 3 27 (19.42 %) Windows 2000 4 19 (13.67 %) Windows XP 5 18 (12.95 %) UNIX 6 5 (3.597 %) Linux 6 5 (3.597 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 5 (3.597 %) Red Hat Linux 7 4 (2.878 %) Windows NT 7 4 (2.878 %) HPUX 8 3 (2.158 %) NetWare 9 2 (1.439 %) Solaris 9 2 (1.439 %) AIX 10 1 (0.719 %) OpenVMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (12.23 %) Security Cleared 2 15 (10.79 %) ITSM 3 14 (10.07 %) Migration 4 12 (8.633 %) Content Management 5 10 (7.194 %) ITIL 6 8 (5.755 %) DV Cleared 7 7 (5.036 %) SC Cleared 8 6 (4.317 %) Network Design 9 3 (2.158 %) Test Scripting 10 2 (1.439 %) CAD 11 1 (0.719 %) Project Management 11 1 (0.719 %) Service Management 11 1 (0.719 %) Service Delivery 11 1 (0.719 %) Change Management 11 1 (0.719 %) Information Security 11 1 (0.719 %) PDM 11 1 (0.719 %) Validation 11 1 (0.719 %) Incident Management 11 1 (0.719 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 1 (0.719 %) Performance Testing
Programming Languages 1 23 (16.55 %) SQL 2 7 (5.036 %) VBScript 3 6 (4.317 %) VB 4 2 (1.439 %) JavaScript 5 1 (0.719 %) C	Qualifications 1 22 (15.83 %) Cisco Certification 2 21 (15.11 %) CCNA 3 19 (13.67 %) Microsoft Certification 4 16 (11.51 %) MCSE 5 13 (9.353 %) Citrix Certification 6 7 (5.036 %) CCA 7 6 (4.317 %) CCEA 8 5 (3.597 %) MCP 9 3 (2.158 %) ITIL Certification 9 3 (2.158 %) CNA 9 3 (2.158 %) CNE 9 3 (2.158 %) Novell Certification 9 3 (2.158 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 10 2 (1.439 %) ISTQB 10 2 (1.439 %) CCSA 10 2 (1.439 %) CCSE 10 2 (1.439 %) ISEB 11 1 (0.719 %) MCSA 11 1 (0.719 %) CCIE 11 1 (0.719 %) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (4.317 %) QA 2 5 (3.597 %) SLA	System Software 1 52 (37.41 %) Active Directory 2 23 (16.55 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 14 (10.07 %) VMware Server 4 12 (8.633 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 11 (7.914 %) MetaFrame 6 7 (5.036 %) VMware ESX 7 6 (4.317 %) Xen 8 5 (3.597 %) NetBackup 9 3 (2.158 %) Backup Exec 9 3 (2.158 %) NDS 9 3 (2.158 %) Terminal Server 10 1 (0.719 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 13 (9.353 %) OVPI 2 3 (2.158 %) MOM 2 3 (2.158 %) ARCserve 2 3 (2.158 %) MIMEsweeper 3 2 (1.439 %) BMC Performance Manager 3 2 (1.439 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 2 (1.439 %) OpenView 4 1 (0.719 %) Unicenter 4 1 (0.719 %) Norton AntiVirus 4 1 (0.719 %) AssetCenter 4 1 (0.719 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 44 (31.65 %) VMware 2 43 (30.94 %) Microsoft 3 38 (27.34 %) Cisco 4 19 (13.67 %) Oracle 5 13 (9.353 %) Lotus 6 12 (8.633 %) IBM 7 10 (7.194 %) HP 8 8 (5.755 %) Altiris 9 6 (4.317 %) Symantec 9 6 (4.317 %) Compaq 10 5 (3.597 %) McAfee Security 10 5 (3.597 %) Red Hat 10 5 (3.597 %) AppSense 11 4 (2.878 %) CheckPoint 12 3 (2.158 %) Novell 12 3 (2.158 %) Remedy 12 3 (2.158 %) Dell 13 2 (1.439 %) Compuware 13 2 (1.439 %) CommVault 13 2 (1.439 %) Intel