Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for Citrix Presentation Server skills across the UK with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix Presentation Server over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCitrix Presentation Server
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank387513
Rank change on same period last yearUp+126
Matching contract IT job ads192160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.268 %0.161 %
As % of the category below3.856 %2.783 %
Daily rates quoted4946
Average minimum daily rate£259£281
Average daily rate£284£290
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£299
UK excluding London average daily rate£264£292
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Hourly rates quoted3127
Average minimum hourly rate£28.19£24.09
Average hourly rate£30.69£25.43
% change on same period last year+20.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.19£26.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.74£27.16
% change on same period last year+16.83 %
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
UK
Matching contract IT job ads49795749
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.955 %5.776 %
Daily rates quoted12761313
Average minimum daily rate£319£329
Average daily rate£338£347
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£324
% change on same period last year-2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted10591293
Average minimum hourly rate£20.49£20.30
Average hourly rate£21.66£21.58
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.83£22.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.37£21.51
% change on same period last year-0.65 %

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.

Citrix Presentation Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Citrix Presentation Server Demand Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server within the UK.

Citrix Presentation Server Daily Rate Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Citrix Presentation Server Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix Presentation Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server within the UK.

Citrix Presentation Server Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix Presentation Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Citrix Presentation Server Hourly Rate Histogram

Citrix Presentation Server
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix Presentation Server within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+118185£287-1.19 %
LondonUp+11085£325+13.05 %
South EastUp+4752£290-9.79 %
BerkshireUp+3721£282-19.24 %
ReadingUp+917£260-25.71 %
City of LondonDown-314£310-11.40 %
East of EnglandUp+2214£213-24.94 %
South WestUp+2113£300-16.66 %
MiddlesexNew entry-13£203-
UxbridgeNew entry-12£301-
EssexUp+99--
North WestUp+108£256-
GloucestershireDown-27--
SurreyUp+246£298+31.61 %
GloucesterUp+45--
CheshireUp+103£288-
ManchesterDown-43£225-
BrentfordNew entry-3--
WiltshireDown-23£300-
BirminghamNew entry-3£198-
West MidlandsUp+173£198-
YorkshireUp+112£175-12.50 %
MidlandsUp+132£238-
East SussexNew entry-2--
DevonUp+202--
OxfordshireDown-42£290-
EdinburghUp+92£255-
CambridgeshireNew entry-2--
ScotlandUp+122£255-
WalesNew entry-2--

Citrix Presentation Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Citrix Presentation Server 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 Presentation Server.

1373 (100.00 %)Citrix
2298 (79.89 %)Windows
3248 (66.49 %)Windows Server 2003
4241 (64.61 %)Active Directory
5151 (40.48 %)VMware
6138 (37.00 %)MS Exchange
7123 (32.98 %)Microsoft
8121 (32.44 %)SAN
996 (25.74 %)Exchange Server 2003
1075 (20.11 %)HP
1170 (18.77 %)Windows 2000
1261 (16.35 %)VMware ESX
1356 (15.01 %)Security Cleared
1455 (14.75 %)MetaFrame
1554 (14.48 %)Cisco
1554 (14.48 %)Migration
1653 (14.21 %)Firewall
1752 (13.94 %)NetBackup
1851 (13.67 %)TCP/IP
1851 (13.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
1949 (13.14 %)LAN
1949 (13.14 %)Microsoft Certification
1949 (13.14 %)Citrix Certification
2048 (12.87 %)MCSE
2147 (12.60 %)Windows XP
2147 (12.60 %)Exchange Server 2007
2243 (11.53 %)Clustering
2341 (10.99 %)Linux
2341 (10.99 %)WAN
2341 (10.99 %)SQL

Citrix Presentation Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Citrix Presentation Server 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 Presentation Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (2.145 %).NET
18 (2.145 %).NET Framework
18 (2.145 %)Application Packaging
25 (1.340 %)WebSphere
33 (0.804 %)J2EE
42 (0.536 %)JSP
51 (0.268 %)Struts
51 (0.268 %)XML
51 (0.268 %)WSH
51 (0.268 %)CGI
51 (0.268 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1138 (37.00 %)MS Exchange
296 (25.74 %)Exchange Server 2003
347 (12.60 %)Exchange Server 2007
432 (8.579 %)IIS
524 (6.434 %)GroupWise
612 (3.217 %)SharePoint
78 (2.145 %)Exchange Server 2000
87 (1.877 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
95 (1.340 %)Lotus Notes
104 (1.072 %)Apache
112 (0.536 %)Lotus Domino
112 (0.536 %)Exchange Server 5.5
121 (0.268 %)WebLogic
121 (0.268 %)SharePoint Server 2007
121 (0.268 %)WorkSite
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (5.362 %)MS Excel
212 (3.217 %)MS Office
35 (1.340 %)Shockwave
41 (0.268 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.268 %)MS Project
41 (0.268 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (3.217 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.536 %)Cerner Millennium
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1121 (32.44 %)SAN
253 (14.21 %)Firewall
351 (13.67 %)TCP/IP
449 (13.14 %)LAN
541 (10.99 %)WAN
637 (9.920 %)DNS
723 (6.166 %)DHCP
723 (6.166 %)NetScreen
723 (6.166 %)Cisco ASA
820 (5.362 %)VPN
912 (3.217 %)LDAP
1010 (2.681 %)VoIP
1010 (2.681 %)Internet
118 (2.145 %)Cisco IPT
126 (1.609 %)IP Telephony
126 (1.609 %)SMS
134 (1.072 %)SSL
143 (0.804 %)DMZ
143 (0.804 %)Kerberos
143 (0.804 %)SNMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (6.702 %)SQL Server
28 (2.145 %)Oracle 10g
36 (1.609 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (1.072 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (0.536 %)BusinessObjects
52 (0.536 %)Oracle 9i
52 (0.536 %)MS Access
52 (0.536 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.268 %)RDBMS
61 (0.268 %)EDRMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (2.413 %)MSI
25 (1.340 %)Flash
31 (0.268 %)Rational Rose
31 (0.268 %)TestDirector
31 (0.268 %)Telelogic DOORS
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (9.383 %)Government
230 (8.043 %)Finance
318 (4.826 %)Banking
411 (2.949 %)Telecoms
510 (2.681 %)Construction
64 (1.072 %)Retail
64 (1.072 %)Investment Banking
64 (1.072 %)Insurance
73 (0.804 %)Health
73 (0.804 %)Law
82 (0.536 %)Manufacturing
82 (0.536 %)Publishing
91 (0.268 %)Retail Banking
91 (0.268 %)Legal
91 (0.268 %)Education
91 (0.268 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
171 (19.03 %)Analyst
249 (13.14 %)Support Analyst
346 (12.33 %)Consultant
439 (10.46 %)Support Engineer
439 (10.46 %)Citrix Engineer
536 (9.651 %)Citrix Support
633 (8.847 %)Citrix Specialist
731 (8.311 %)Citrix Consultant
825 (6.702 %)Data Centre Engineer
921 (5.630 %)Server Analyst
921 (5.630 %)Infrastructure Specialist
921 (5.630 %)Server Support
1020 (5.362 %)Architect
1020 (5.362 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1119 (5.094 %)Technical Engineer
1119 (5.094 %)Applications Specialist
1218 (4.826 %)Administrator
1316 (4.290 %)Technical Support
1415 (4.021 %)Infrastructure Consultant
1512 (3.217 %)Server Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
143 (11.53 %)Clustering
223 (6.166 %)PKI
321 (5.630 %)Fat Client
321 (5.630 %)Thin Client
410 (2.681 %)Client/Server
59 (2.413 %)Blackberry
64 (1.072 %)Smartcard
73 (0.804 %)Management Information System
82 (0.536 %)Cryptography
82 (0.536 %)SecurID
91 (0.268 %)Informatics
91 (0.268 %)CLARiiON
91 (0.268 %)Mainframe
91 (0.268 %)N-Tier
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1298 (79.89 %)Windows
2248 (66.49 %)Windows Server 2003
370 (18.77 %)Windows 2000
447 (12.60 %)Windows XP
541 (10.99 %)Linux
636 (9.651 %)Windows 2000 Server
735 (9.383 %)Red Hat Linux
824 (6.434 %)NetWare
917 (4.558 %)Windows NT
1015 (4.021 %)Solaris
1114 (3.753 %)Windows Server 2008
1213 (3.485 %)UNIX
137 (1.877 %)HPUX
143 (0.804 %)Windows Vista
152 (0.536 %)OpenBSD
152 (0.536 %)FreeBSD
161 (0.268 %)AIX
161 (0.268 %)Ubuntu
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
156 (15.01 %)Security Cleared
254 (14.48 %)Migration
339 (10.46 %)SC Cleared
420 (5.362 %)ITIL
515 (4.021 %)Disaster Recovery
65 (1.340 %)Project Management
74 (1.072 %)BC Cleared
74 (1.072 %)CTC Cleared
74 (1.072 %)Asset Management
83 (0.804 %)Information Security
83 (0.804 %)Time Management
92 (0.536 %)Agile Software Development
92 (0.536 %)Load Balancing
92 (0.536 %)Network Load Balancing
92 (0.536 %)Fund Management
92 (0.536 %)Release Management
92 (0.536 %)Unit Testing
92 (0.536 %)Investment Management
92 (0.536 %)Service Management
92 (0.536 %)Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
141 (10.99 %)SQL
220 (5.362 %)VBScript
220 (5.362 %)VB
310 (2.681 %)C
48 (2.145 %)Java
55 (1.340 %)Perl
63 (0.804 %)C#
63 (0.804 %)PowerShell
72 (0.536 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.268 %)C++
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
149 (13.14 %)Citrix Certification
149 (13.14 %)Microsoft Certification
248 (12.87 %)MCSE
329 (7.775 %)CCA
427 (7.239 %)CCEA
512 (3.217 %)Novell Certification
68 (2.145 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
77 (1.877 %)RHCE
77 (1.877 %)CNA
77 (1.877 %)CNE
85 (1.340 %)Cisco Certification
94 (1.072 %)CCNA
103 (0.804 %)MCP
103 (0.804 %)Degree
112 (0.536 %)MCSA
121 (0.268 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
121 (0.268 %)MCTS
121 (0.268 %)MCITP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.681 %)SLA
23 (0.804 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.536 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1241 (64.61 %)Active Directory
261 (16.35 %)VMware ESX
355 (14.75 %)MetaFrame
452 (13.94 %)NetBackup
551 (13.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
630 (8.043 %)Terminal Server
718 (4.826 %)ISA Server
815 (4.021 %)Terminal Services
914 (3.753 %)Backup Exec
108 (2.145 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
117 (1.877 %)NDS
126 (1.609 %)VMware GSX
135 (1.340 %)VMware Server
144 (1.072 %)VMware Workstation
153 (0.804 %)Novell eDirectory
153 (0.804 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (3.753 %)Norton AntiVirus
211 (2.949 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
310 (2.681 %)ARCserve
49 (2.413 %)MOM
49 (2.413 %)BMC Performance Manager
56 (1.609 %)SCCM
56 (1.609 %)ZENworks
63 (0.804 %)Tivoli
63 (0.804 %)WSUS
72 (0.536 %)MIMEsweeper
72 (0.536 %)MAILsweeper
81 (0.268 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
81 (0.268 %)Legato
81 (0.268 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
81 (0.268 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.268 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1373 (100.00 %)Citrix
2151 (40.48 %)VMware
3123 (32.98 %)Microsoft
475 (20.11 %)HP
554 (14.48 %)Cisco
641 (10.99 %)Symantec
738 (10.19 %)IBM
835 (9.383 %)Red Hat
932 (8.579 %)Altiris
1027 (7.239 %)Novell
1124 (6.434 %)AppSense
1220 (5.362 %)Dell
1220 (5.362 %)EMC
1319 (5.094 %)Juniper
1413 (3.485 %)Oracle
1512 (3.217 %)VERITAS
169 (2.413 %)BMC
169 (2.413 %)Sun
178 (2.145 %)Compaq
187 (1.877 %)Adobe