South Yorkshire MetaFrame Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Citrix MetaFrame skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MetaFrame over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Citrix MetaFrame
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham City of London Docklands, London East of England England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester North West Scotland South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey UK Wales West Yorkshire Winchester Witham Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	37
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	6.410 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£253
Average daily rate	-	£273
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£293
UK excluding London average daily rate	£273	£326
% change on same period last year	-16.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.57	£21.05
% change on same period last year	+26.23 %
System Software South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	91	78
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.120 %	0.078 %
Daily rates quoted	16	25
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£354
Average daily rate	£322	£377
% change on same period last year	-14.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£332	£399
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£325
% change on same period last year	-1.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	51	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.12	£24.64
Average hourly rate	£26.18	£25.23
% change on same period last year	+3.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.24	£25.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.86	£21.86
% change on same period last year	-4.59 %
MetaFrame Yorkshire

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.

MetaFrame
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MetaFrame across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

MetaFrame
Daily Rate Trend

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

MetaFrame
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame.

1 1 (100.00 %) Citrix 1 1 (100.00 %) SAN 1 1 (100.00 %) Citrix Presentation Server

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (100.00 %) SAN	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Citrix Specialist
System Software 1 1 (100.00 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Citrix