The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Citrix Systems.

Citrix
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank5574108
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Up+34
Matching contract IT job ads16971473888
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.867 %2.400 %1.613 %
As % of the Vendors category6.187 %5.167 %3.664 %
Number of daily rates quoted883681327
Average daily rate£350£325£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£180£208£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£473£500£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£303£289
% change year-on-year
+7.43 %+4.76 %
Number of hourly rates quoted182198148
Average hourly rate£16.50£17.00£17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.94 %-2.85 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£35.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.50£16.75£16.50
% change year-on-year
-7.46 %+1.51 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
274282850924236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK46.34 %46.46 %44.02 %
Number of daily rates quoted140221424810950
Average daily rate£400£405£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.23 %+1.25 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£233£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted129815981456
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£11.38£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£20.00£19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00 %+2.56 %

Citrix
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Citrix Demand Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend

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

Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Citrix Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Citrix Hourly Rate Histogram

Citrix
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+201568£350+5.26 %
LondonUp+32770£350-
South EastUp+8298£340-
City of LondonUp+39249£363+3.57 %
North WestDown-6111£325+27.45 %
East of EnglandDown-5101£330+14.98 %
South WestUp+590£325-
BerkshireDown-882£340-11.34 %
ScotlandDown-1169£275-6.46 %
YorkshireUp+1967£250-11.50 %
HampshireUp+2158£375+21.95 %
West MidlandsDown-1058£300+3.44 %
East MidlandsUp+654£275-13.72 %
ManchesterUp+1147£325-7.14 %
BuckinghamshireNo change047£165-22.35 %
ReadingDown-247£350-8.49 %
Milton KeynesNo change039£165-21.42 %
CheshireDown-439£375+47.05 %
SurreyDown-2137£160-59.36 %
West YorkshireUp+436£300-15.78 %
CambridgeshireUp+333£300-3.22 %
LeedsDown-328£320-10.17 %
BedfordshireUp+1427£368+44.21 %
BirminghamUp+827£325-20.24 %
WalesDown-127£313-3.84 %
BristolDown-1927£313-10.71 %
West SussexDown-625£380+8.57 %
South WalesDown-221£314-3.46 %
North EastUp+119£350+27.27 %
EssexUp+1618£450+77.33 %

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

12159 (68.39 %)Windows
21373 (43.49 %)VMware
31323 (41.91 %)Active Directory
41052 (33.32 %)Microsoft
5913 (28.92 %)Windows Server 2008
6817 (25.88 %)XenApp
7755 (23.92 %)Windows Server 2003
8744 (23.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
9728 (23.06 %)MS Exchange
10582 (18.44 %)Finance
11532 (16.85 %)Windows 7
12512 (16.22 %)SAN
13505 (16.00 %)HP
14465 (14.73 %)ITIL
15463 (14.67 %)Windows XP
16457 (14.48 %)MS Office
17449 (14.22 %)Cisco
18434 (13.75 %)SQL
19417 (13.21 %)MS Excel
20375 (11.88 %)Firewall
21372 (11.78 %)Microsoft Certification
22348 (11.02 %)XenDesktop
23341 (10.80 %)SQL Server
24323 (10.23 %)DNS
25302 (9.566 %)Exchange Server 2010
26299 (9.471 %)Exchange Server 2003
27296 (9.376 %)Migration
28285 (9.028 %)vSphere
29281 (8.901 %)WAN
30279 (8.838 %)Security Cleared

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1103 (3.263 %)Application Packaging
288 (2.787 %).NET
352 (1.647 %)Middleware
451 (1.615 %)Web Services
537 (1.172 %)ASP.NET
621 (0.665 %)WebSphere
718 (0.570 %)XML
817 (0.538 %)J2EE
915 (0.475 %)ADSI
1012 (0.380 %)Forefront TMG
1111 (0.348 %)ASP.NET MVC
1111 (0.348 %)Software Packaging
1111 (0.348 %)HTML
1111 (0.348 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
1210 (0.317 %)CSS
1210 (0.317 %)SOAP
1210 (0.317 %)X-Windows
139 (0.285 %)Ajax
139 (0.285 %)jQuery
139 (0.285 %)JMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1728 (23.06 %)MS Exchange
2302 (9.566 %)Exchange Server 2010
3299 (9.471 %)Exchange Server 2003
4225 (7.127 %)Exchange Server 2007
5216 (6.842 %)SharePoint
6178 (5.638 %)IIS
7117 (3.706 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
8114 (3.611 %)Lotus Notes
953 (1.679 %)SharePoint 2010
1048 (1.520 %)Apache
1147 (1.489 %)Lync
1230 (0.950 %)BizTalk Server
1329 (0.919 %)Lotus Domino
1423 (0.729 %)Exchange Server 2000
1423 (0.729 %)WebLogic
1520 (0.634 %)WorkSite
1617 (0.538 %)Oracle Application Server
1716 (0.507 %)SharePoint Server
1812 (0.380 %)Office Communications Server
1812 (0.380 %)Exchange Server 5.5
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1457 (14.48 %)MS Office
2417 (13.21 %)MS Excel
347 (1.489 %)MS Visio
430 (0.950 %)MS PowerPoint
529 (0.919 %)MS Project
69 (0.285 %)Office 365
75 (0.158 %)MATLAB
84 (0.127 %)Spreadsheet
91 (0.032 %)Stata
91 (0.032 %)DeltaView
91 (0.032 %)Photoshop
91 (0.032 %)FreeHand
91 (0.032 %)Google Apps
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
118 (0.570 %)SoftGrid
213 (0.412 %)HFM
310 (0.317 %)Oracle EBS
48 (0.253 %)Cerner Millennium
56 (0.190 %)RMDS
64 (0.127 %)Sophis RISQUE
64 (0.127 %)Dynamics CRM
73 (0.095 %)Dynamics NAV
73 (0.095 %)Maximo
73 (0.095 %)EMB Igloo
82 (0.063 %)Lawson M3
82 (0.063 %)Remedy ITSM
82 (0.063 %)Hyperion Enterprise
82 (0.063 %)assyst
91 (0.032 %)SalesLogix
91 (0.032 %)FLEXCUBE
91 (0.032 %)SAP CCM
91 (0.032 %)Remedy AR System
91 (0.032 %)Oracle Applications
91 (0.032 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1512 (16.22 %)SAN
2375 (11.88 %)Firewall
3323 (10.23 %)DNS
4281 (8.901 %)WAN
5253 (8.014 %)TCP/IP
6252 (7.982 %)DHCP
7248 (7.856 %)LAN
8233 (7.380 %)VPN
9150 (4.751 %)VoIP
10138 (4.371 %)NetScaler
11126 (3.991 %)NAS
12104 (3.294 %)Internet
1375 (2.376 %)Cisco ASA
1473 (2.312 %)SSL
1568 (2.154 %)iSCSI
1667 (2.122 %)VLAN
1765 (2.059 %)Wireless
1854 (1.710 %)Network Security
1950 (1.584 %)BGP
2046 (1.457 %)OSPF
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1341 (10.80 %)SQL Server
275 (2.376 %)SQL Server 2008
374 (2.344 %)SQL Server 2005
459 (1.869 %)Oracle 8/8i
521 (0.665 %)SQL Server 2000
613 (0.412 %)MySQL
712 (0.380 %)Essbase
810 (0.317 %)MS Access
99 (0.285 %)Oracle Reports
99 (0.285 %)RDBMS
108 (0.253 %)Data Warehouse
108 (0.253 %)Oracle 11g
117 (0.222 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
117 (0.222 %)Oracle 10g
126 (0.190 %)Crystal Reports
126 (0.190 %)GIS
126 (0.190 %)SQL Server Integration Services
135 (0.158 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
135 (0.158 %)DB2
144 (0.127 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
186 (2.724 %)MSI
249 (1.552 %)InstallShield
328 (0.887 %)Wise Package Studio
413 (0.412 %)AdminStudio
512 (0.380 %)Visual Studio
68 (0.253 %)TestDirector
68 (0.253 %)StarTeam
76 (0.190 %)QuickTest Pro
76 (0.190 %)VSS/SourceSafe
85 (0.158 %)Team Foundation Server
94 (0.127 %)WinRunner
103 (0.095 %)Selenium
103 (0.095 %)Cucumber
103 (0.095 %)Moq
112 (0.063 %)K2 blackpoint
112 (0.063 %)NWDI
112 (0.063 %)LoadRunner
112 (0.063 %)JIRA
112 (0.063 %)Rational Performance Tester
112 (0.063 %)NUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1582 (18.44 %)Finance
2202 (6.398 %)Banking
3134 (4.245 %)Telecoms
474 (2.344 %)Law
571 (2.249 %)Investment Banking
653 (1.679 %)Legal
751 (1.615 %)Back Office
847 (1.489 %)Publishing
935 (1.109 %)Financial Institution
1029 (0.919 %)Retail
1119 (0.602 %)Manufacturing
1217 (0.538 %)Local Government
1315 (0.475 %)Pharmaceutical
1414 (0.443 %)Front Office
1512 (0.380 %)French Language
1610 (0.317 %)Dutch Language
179 (0.285 %)German Language
187 (0.222 %)Billing
187 (0.222 %)Games
195 (0.158 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1696 (22.05 %)Analyst
2303 (9.598 %)Consultant
3282 (8.933 %)Support Analyst
4264 (8.362 %)Architect
5214 (6.779 %)Support Engineer
6185 (5.860 %)3rd Line Support
7160 (5.068 %)Infrastructure Engineer
8153 (4.846 %)Desktop Support
9143 (4.530 %)2nd Line Support
10140 (4.435 %)Project Manager
11127 (4.023 %)Citrix Engineer
12122 (3.864 %)Citrix Consultant
13116 (3.674 %)Service Analyst
14111 (3.516 %)Service Desk Analyst
15103 (3.263 %)Technical Architect
16101 (3.199 %)Administrator
1798 (3.104 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1888 (2.787 %)Citrix Specialist
1987 (2.756 %)Server Engineer
2077 (2.439 %)IT Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1218 (6.905 %)Blackberry
2196 (6.208 %)Clustering
3142 (4.498 %)Thin Client
3142 (4.498 %)Fat Client
463 (1.996 %)Client/Server
560 (1.901 %)Replication
633 (1.045 %)Computer Science
633 (1.045 %)Video Conferencing
730 (0.950 %)Management Information System
827 (0.855 %)iPad
926 (0.824 %)PKI
926 (0.824 %)SWIFT
1025 (0.792 %)AS400
1122 (0.697 %)PDA
1221 (0.665 %)CMDB
1320 (0.634 %)Mainframe
1418 (0.570 %)Handset
1517 (0.538 %)CLARiiON
1517 (0.538 %)EqualLogic
1615 (0.475 %)IVR
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12159 (68.39 %)Windows
2913 (28.92 %)Windows Server 2008
3755 (23.92 %)Windows Server 2003
4532 (16.85 %)Windows 7
5463 (14.67 %)Windows XP
6264 (8.362 %)Linux
7239 (7.570 %)UNIX
8127 (4.023 %)Windows Vista
9117 (3.706 %)Windows 2000
1091 (2.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
1177 (2.439 %)Solaris
1254 (1.710 %)Windows NT
1341 (1.299 %)AIX
1437 (1.172 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1528 (0.887 %)Mac OS X
1615 (0.475 %)HPUX
1714 (0.443 %)Apple iOS
188 (0.253 %)zOS
188 (0.253 %)Windows Mobile
196 (0.190 %)Mac OS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1465 (14.73 %)ITIL
2296 (9.376 %)Migration
3173 (5.480 %)Project Management
4141 (4.466 %)Disaster Recovery
597 (3.073 %)Change Management
689 (2.819 %)Service Delivery
787 (2.756 %)PRINCE2
881 (2.566 %)Load Balancing
980 (2.534 %)Service Management
1076 (2.407 %)Incident Management
1172 (2.281 %)Stakeholder Management
1264 (2.027 %)Business Continuity
1353 (1.679 %)ITSM
1448 (1.520 %)Change Control
1545 (1.425 %)Capacity Management
1643 (1.362 %)Problem Management
1735 (1.109 %)Information Security
1834 (1.077 %)Workflow
1834 (1.077 %)Configuration Management
1834 (1.077 %)E-Commerce
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1434 (13.75 %)SQL
2133 (4.213 %)VBScript
3125 (3.959 %)PowerShell
496 (3.041 %)VB
548 (1.520 %)C
639 (1.235 %)Perl
732 (1.014 %)C#
830 (0.950 %)Java
917 (0.538 %)Shell Script
917 (0.538 %)VBA
1014 (0.443 %)JavaScript
1111 (0.348 %)VB.NET
1210 (0.317 %)T-SQL
139 (0.285 %)PL/SQL
147 (0.222 %)C++
156 (0.190 %)Korn
164 (0.127 %)COBOL
164 (0.127 %)VB6
173 (0.095 %)PHP
182 (0.063 %)ABAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1372 (11.78 %)Microsoft Certification
2279 (8.838 %)Security Cleared
3277 (8.774 %)MCSE
4230 (7.285 %)Citrix Certification
5202 (6.398 %)SC Cleared
6155 (4.910 %)Cisco Certification
7154 (4.878 %)CCA
8146 (4.625 %)MCITP
9129 (4.086 %)MCP
10110 (3.484 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11102 (3.231 %)Degree
1283 (2.629 %)CCNA
1373 (2.312 %)MCSA
1471 (2.249 %)CCNP
1569 (2.186 %)CCEA
1658 (1.837 %)DV Cleared
1750 (1.584 %)CCEE
1846 (1.457 %)CCIE
1945 (1.425 %)ITIL Certification
2040 (1.267 %)MCTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1117 (3.706 %)SLA
217 (0.538 %)QA
316 (0.507 %)ISO 9001
49 (0.285 %)ISO/IEC 27001
56 (0.190 %)GxP
65 (0.158 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
74 (0.127 %)COBIT
81 (0.032 %)ISO/IEC 20000
81 (0.032 %)PCI DSS
81 (0.032 %)DICOM
81 (0.032 %)GAMP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11323 (41.91 %)Active Directory
2817 (25.88 %)XenApp
3744 (23.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
4348 (11.02 %)XenDesktop
5285 (9.028 %)vSphere
6224 (7.095 %)VMware ESX
7173 (5.480 %)XenServer
8163 (5.163 %)Citrix Presentation Server
9147 (4.656 %)Hyper-V
10128 (4.054 %)Terminal Services
1163 (1.996 %)VMware ESXi
1260 (1.901 %)MetaFrame
1357 (1.806 %)Terminal Server
1439 (1.235 %)Xen
1527 (0.855 %)NFS
1622 (0.697 %)ISA Server
1719 (0.602 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1719 (0.602 %)VMware Server
1816 (0.507 %)VMware Workstation
1915 (0.475 %)UAG
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1277 (8.774 %)SCCM
2126 (3.991 %)SCOM
382 (2.597 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
476 (2.407 %)Backup Exec
575 (2.376 %)NetBackup
644 (1.394 %)WSUS
737 (1.172 %)Norton AntiVirus
835 (1.109 %)OpenView Configuration Management
929 (0.919 %)HP SIM
1028 (0.887 %)vCenter
1121 (0.665 %)OpenView
1220 (0.634 %)Netcool
1220 (0.634 %)EMC NetWorker
1318 (0.570 %)AppDNA
1318 (0.570 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1318 (0.570 %)Legato
1417 (0.538 %)WMI
1417 (0.538 %)McAfee ePO
1516 (0.507 %)HP Quality Center
1613 (0.412 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11373 (43.49 %)VMware
21052 (33.32 %)Microsoft
3505 (16.00 %)HP
4449 (14.22 %)Cisco
5220 (6.969 %)Oracle
6202 (6.398 %)NetApp
7154 (4.878 %)Symantec
8149 (4.720 %)EMC
9139 (4.403 %)AppSense
10135 (4.276 %)Dell
11119 (3.769 %)Lotus
12115 (3.643 %)IBM
1379 (2.502 %)Veritas
1472 (2.281 %)Altiris
1571 (2.249 %)McAfee
1667 (2.122 %)CheckPoint
1760 (1.901 %)Reuters
1857 (1.806 %)Remedy
1952 (1.647 %)Bloomberg
1952 (1.647 %)Juniper