CCA Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for CCA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCA 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

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 Certified Administrator (CCA)
Rank 468 455 439
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -16
Contract jobs citing CCA 73 110 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.158% 0.188% 0.238%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.868% 1.090% 1.508%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 55 76
Average daily rate £350 £340 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £185 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £310 £265
% change year-on-year
+20.96% +16.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 7
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -12.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £19.00 £21.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £27.50 £31.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 8407 10089 9814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.28% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4512 5254 4701
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 557 669
Average hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

CCA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCA Jobs Demand Trend

CCA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCA within the UK.

CCA Daily Rate Trend

CCA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCA within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

CCA Daily Rate Histogram

CCA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCA within the UK.

CCA Hourly Rate Trend

CCA
Top 28 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCA within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +16 69 £350 +2.94%
London +35 43 £350 +1.44%
City of London +17 9 £358 +2.14%
East of England +16 8 £400 +33.33%
South East +11 8 £355 -29.00%
Essex - 8 £400 -
West Midlands +5 7 £175 -33.64%
Colchester - 7 £400 -
Reading +14 3 £325 -
Berkshire +11 3 £325 -
Coventry +2 3 - -
Docklands, London - 3 £350 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £250 -
Hampshire -2 2 £475 +117.14%
Southampton -3 2 £475 -
Oxford - 2 £250 -
South West +29 1 £450 +29.96%
Staffordshire +16 1 £175 -
Bristol +13 1 £450 +60.71%
North West +10 1 £350 -33.33%
Birmingham +6 1 £475 +80.09%
Sheffield -4 1 £375 +102.70%
South Yorkshire -4 1 £375 +102.70%
Yorkshire -13 1 £375 +102.70%
Willenhall - 1 £175 -
Wednesbury - 1 £175 -
Halesowen - 1 £175 -
Cannock - 1 £175 -

CCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCA 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 CCA.

1 115 (75.16%) Citrix Certification
2 110 (71.90%) Citrix
3 93 (60.78%) Windows
4 67 (43.79%) XenApp
5 61 (39.87%) Windows Server 2008
6 58 (37.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 58 (37.91%) VMware
7 56 (36.60%) Windows Server 2003
8 54 (35.29%) Active Directory
8 54 (35.29%) MCSE
9 48 (31.37%) Finance
10 42 (27.45%) Microsoft
11 41 (26.80%) XenDesktop
12 39 (25.49%) SAP
13 34 (22.22%) AppSense
14 33 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
15 32 (20.92%) CCEA
16 31 (20.26%) SAP FI
16 31 (20.26%) SAP CO
17 30 (19.61%) SAP FI/CO
18 29 (18.95%) Cisco Certification
18 29 (18.95%) SAN
19 25 (16.34%) XenServer
19 25 (16.34%) CCEE
20 24 (15.69%) MS Exchange
21 23 (15.03%) MCITP
21 23 (15.03%) Cisco
22 21 (13.73%) DNS
22 21 (13.73%) HP
22 21 (13.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

CCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCA 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 CCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.961%) SAP XI
2 2 (1.307%) Application Packaging
2 2 (1.307%) JSP
3 1 (0.654%) EDI
3 1 (0.654%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 24 (15.69%) MS Exchange
2 17 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 12 (7.843%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (4.575%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (2.614%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (2.614%) IIS
6 1 (0.654%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 7 (4.575%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.268%) MS Office
3 4 (2.614%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.307%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 31 (20.26%) SAP FI
1 31 (20.26%) SAP CO
2 30 (19.61%) SAP FI/CO
3 7 (4.575%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 5 (3.268%) SAP FI-AP
5 4 (2.614%) SAP PSCD
5 4 (2.614%) SAP ERP
5 4 (2.614%) SAP PS
6 3 (1.961%) SAP FI-CA
7 2 (1.307%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (1.307%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.654%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 29 (18.95%) SAN
2 21 (13.73%) DNS
3 17 (11.11%) WAN
4 16 (10.46%) Firewall
5 15 (9.804%) LAN
6 14 (9.150%) NetScaler
7 13 (8.497%) DHCP
8 12 (7.843%) Internet
9 11 (7.190%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (7.190%) Cisco PIX
9 11 (7.190%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (5.882%) TCP/IP
11 4 (2.614%) VoIP
12 3 (1.961%) Ethernet
12 3 (1.961%) NAS
13 2 (1.307%) WAAS
13 2 (1.307%) Wireless
14 1 (0.654%) SSL
14 1 (0.654%) VPN
14 1 (0.654%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.575%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (4.575%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (2.614%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (1.961%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.307%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.307%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.307%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (1.307%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.654%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (3.922%) QuickTest Pro
1 6 (3.922%) LoadRunner
2 4 (2.614%) MSI
3 3 (1.961%) InstallShield
3 3 (1.961%) WinRunner
3 3 (1.961%) Bugzilla
3 3 (1.961%) Selenium
4 1 (0.654%) LSMW
General
1 48 (31.37%) Finance
2 11 (7.190%) General Ledger
3 9 (5.882%) Banking
4 6 (3.922%) Telecoms
4 6 (3.922%) Back Office
5 4 (2.614%) Retail
6 3 (1.961%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.961%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.307%) French Language
7 2 (1.307%) German Language
7 2 (1.307%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.307%) Publishing
7 2 (1.307%) Law
8 1 (0.654%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.654%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.654%) Front Office
8 1 (0.654%) Electronics
8 1 (0.654%) Legal
8 1 (0.654%) Automotive
8 1 (0.654%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 39 (25.49%) Consultant
2 24 (15.69%) SAP Consultant
2 24 (15.69%) Citrix Engineer
3 22 (14.38%) 3rd Line Support
4 19 (12.42%) Support Engineer
5 18 (11.76%) Analyst
5 18 (11.76%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 17 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 13 (8.497%) Citrix Consultant
8 10 (6.536%) SAP Analyst
8 10 (6.536%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (6.536%) Administrator
8 10 (6.536%) IT Support
9 8 (5.229%) Citrix Administrator
9 8 (5.229%) Architect
10 7 (4.575%) SAP FI Consultant
10 7 (4.575%) SAP CO Consultant
11 6 (3.922%) Wintel Engineer
11 6 (3.922%) Citrix Support
12 5 (3.268%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.190%) Thin Client
1 11 (7.190%) Fat Client
2 2 (1.307%) iPad
2 2 (1.307%) PDA
2 2 (1.307%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (1.307%) Clustering
2 2 (1.307%) NHS
2 2 (1.307%) Blackberry
3 1 (0.654%) DTV
3 1 (0.654%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.654%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (0.654%) FMCG
3 1 (0.654%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (0.654%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 93 (60.78%) Windows
2 61 (39.87%) Windows Server 2008
3 56 (36.60%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (9.150%) Linux
5 13 (8.497%) Windows 2000
6 11 (7.190%) Windows 7
6 11 (7.190%) Mac OS X
7 9 (5.882%) SUSE
8 7 (4.575%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (1.961%) UNIX
9 3 (1.961%) Windows NT
9 3 (1.961%) Windows Vista
10 2 (1.307%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.654%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (12.42%) ITIL
2 9 (5.882%) Service Delivery
2 9 (5.882%) ERP
3 8 (5.229%) Migration
4 6 (3.922%) Project Management
5 5 (3.268%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (2.614%) Revenue Management
6 4 (2.614%) Test Scripting
6 4 (2.614%) Configuration Management
7 3 (1.961%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (1.961%) Time Management
7 3 (1.961%) Stress Testing
7 3 (1.961%) SAP Implementation
7 3 (1.961%) Software Testing
7 3 (1.961%) Software Distribution
7 3 (1.961%) ITIL V3
7 3 (1.961%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (1.307%) High Availability
8 2 (1.307%) Analytics
8 2 (1.307%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.150%) SQL
1 14 (9.150%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.882%) VBScript
3 3 (1.961%) ABAP
4 1 (0.654%) C
Qualifications
1 115 (75.16%) Citrix Certification
2 58 (37.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 54 (35.29%) MCSE
4 32 (20.92%) CCEA
5 29 (18.95%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (16.34%) CCEE
7 23 (15.03%) MCITP
8 21 (13.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 20 (13.07%) CCNA
10 18 (11.76%) CCNP
11 13 (8.497%) CCIA
12 10 (6.536%) Degree
13 8 (5.229%) Linux+ Certification
14 6 (3.922%) CCAA
14 6 (3.922%) ISTQB
14 6 (3.922%) MCP
14 6 (3.922%) CCSP
14 6 (3.922%) ISEB
15 5 (3.268%) MCTS
16 4 (2.614%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.614%) SLA
2 2 (1.307%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.654%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (43.79%) XenApp
2 54 (35.29%) Active Directory
3 41 (26.80%) XenDesktop
4 33 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (16.34%) XenServer
6 13 (8.497%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (5.882%) VMware ESX
7 9 (5.882%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 5 (3.268%) vSphere
8 5 (3.268%) IAG
8 5 (3.268%) UAG
9 2 (1.307%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.307%) Xen
9 2 (1.307%) NFS
9 2 (1.307%) MetaFrame
9 2 (1.307%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.654%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.654%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 20 (13.07%) SCCM
2 6 (3.922%) SCOM
2 6 (3.922%) Backup Exec
3 5 (3.268%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (2.614%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (2.614%) NetBackup
5 3 (1.961%) Tivoli
5 3 (1.961%) MOM
Vendors
1 110 (71.90%) Citrix
2 58 (37.91%) VMware
3 42 (27.45%) Microsoft
4 39 (25.49%) SAP
5 34 (22.22%) AppSense
6 23 (15.03%) Cisco
7 21 (13.73%) HP
8 9 (5.882%) Red Hat
8 9 (5.882%) NetApp
9 8 (5.229%) Wyse
10 7 (4.575%) IBM
11 6 (3.922%) CA
12 4 (2.614%) Dell
13 3 (1.961%) webMethods
13 3 (1.961%) Compaq
13 3 (1.961%) SolarWinds
14 2 (1.307%) Twitter
14 2 (1.307%) Brocade
15 1 (0.654%) CheckPoint
15 1 (0.654%) Juniper
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