The first table below looks at the demand for NetScaler skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NetScaler over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Surrey 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £369 £330
% change year-on-year
+5.08% +11.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
193 266 305
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 16.78% 16.52% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 116 149
Average daily rate £330 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 35 20
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +129.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.75 £15.10 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.95 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
NetScaler
South East

NetScaler
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NetScaler across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Surrey NetScaler Jobs Demand Trend

NetScaler
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NetScaler across the Surrey region.

Surrey NetScaler Daily Rate Trend

NetScaler
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler.

1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (33.33%) CCEE
3 1 (33.33%) CCIA
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCEA
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) XenServer

NetScaler
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCEE
1 1 (33.33%) CCIA
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CCEA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) XenDesktop
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (33.33%) XenServer
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft