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The table below looks at the demand for Citrix MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCitrix MetaFrame
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008		Same period last year
Rank496523
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads47120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.128 %
As % of the category below1.126 %2.099 %
Daily rates quoted1247
Average minimum daily rate£234£308
Average daily rate£241£323
% change on same period last year-25.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£249£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£205£265
% change on same period last year-22.54 %
Hourly rates quoted832
Average minimum hourly rate£19.13£20.09
Average hourly rate£20.19£21.37
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.25£22.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.90£21.26
% change on same period last year+3.01 %
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
UK
Matching contract IT job ads41735718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.617 %6.087 %
Daily rates quoted10971228
Average minimum daily rate£313£322
Average daily rate£330£339
% change on same period last year-2.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£317
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted8791311
Average minimum hourly rate£20.32£20.58
Average hourly rate£21.42£21.91
% change on same period last year-2.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.52£23.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.87£21.19
% change on same period last year-1.54 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MetaFrame within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

MetaFrame Demand Trend

MetaFrame
Daily Rate Trend

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

MetaFrame Daily Rate Trend

MetaFrame
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MetaFrame within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

MetaFrame Daily Rate Histogram

MetaFrame
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MetaFrame Hourly Rate Trend

MetaFrame
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MetaFrame within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

MetaFrame Hourly Rate Histogram

MetaFrame
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 MetaFrame within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 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+1744£241-25.21 %
LondonUp+7428£259-29.02 %
City of LondonUp+138£234-45.00 %
South WestUp+235--
South EastUp+403--
GloucestershireUp+23--
NottinghamshireUp+142£155-
BerkshireUp+262--
BristolUp+42--
GloucesterNew entry-2--
NottinghamUp+82£155-
East of EnglandUp+252£135-64.59 %
ScotlandUp+242--
East MidlandsUp+242£155-
North WestUp+182£130-56.66 %
AberdeenNew entry-1--
ManchesterDown-11£130-56.66 %
MerseysideNew entry-1--
North WalesNew entry-1--
Home CountiesNew entry-1--
Canary WharfNew entry-1--
WalesNew entry-1--
West MidlandsUp+91--
PeterboroughNew entry-1--
ReadingUp+111--
SheffieldUp+91£400+142.42 %
St AsaphNew entry-1--
StaffordNew entry-1--
WithamNew entry-1£135-
LiverpoolNew entry-1--

MetaFrame
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1106 (95.50 %)Citrix
281 (72.97 %)Windows
348 (43.24 %)Active Directory
445 (40.54 %)Windows Server 2003
528 (25.23 %)Windows 2000
528 (25.23 %)Citrix Presentation Server
626 (23.42 %)ITIL
626 (23.42 %)Microsoft
725 (22.52 %)Windows 2000 Server
824 (21.62 %)UNIX
824 (21.62 %)MS Exchange
923 (20.72 %)VERITAS
1021 (18.92 %)TCP/IP
1021 (18.92 %)SQL
1120 (18.02 %)Windows XP
1219 (17.12 %)LAN
1318 (16.22 %)DHCP
1417 (15.32 %)WAN
1516 (14.41 %)DNS
1615 (13.51 %)TIBCO
1615 (13.51 %)Middleware
1615 (13.51 %)Ant
1714 (12.61 %)MS Office
1714 (12.61 %)SQL Server
1714 (12.61 %)HP
1714 (12.61 %)Incident Management
1813 (11.71 %)Oracle
1813 (11.71 %)Java
1813 (11.71 %)Configuration Management
1813 (11.71 %)Shell Script

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (13.51 %)Middleware
210 (9.009 %)ODBC
32 (1.802 %)Application Packaging
41 (0.901 %)WebServices
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (21.62 %)MS Exchange
212 (10.81 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (6.306 %)IIS
46 (5.405 %)SharePoint
55 (4.505 %)Lotus Notes
63 (2.703 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (1.802 %)WebLogic
72 (1.802 %)Exchange Server 2007
72 (1.802 %)NetWeaver
81 (0.901 %)Exchange Server 5.5
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (12.61 %)MS Office
27 (6.306 %)MS Excel
33 (2.703 %)Spreadsheet
42 (1.802 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.901 %)MS Project
51 (0.901 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.802 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.901 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (18.92 %)TCP/IP
219 (17.12 %)LAN
318 (16.22 %)DHCP
417 (15.32 %)WAN
516 (14.41 %)DNS
612 (10.81 %)SAN
76 (5.405 %)Internet
83 (2.703 %)Firewall
83 (2.703 %)VPN
92 (1.802 %)SMS
101 (0.901 %)CTI
101 (0.901 %)Intranet
101 (0.901 %)Network Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (12.61 %)SQL Server
28 (7.207 %)RDBMS
36 (5.405 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (2.703 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (1.802 %)BusinessObjects
52 (1.802 %)MS Access
52 (1.802 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.901 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (13.51 %)Ant
27 (6.306 %)ClearCase
27 (6.306 %)ClearQuest
27 (6.306 %)JIRA
33 (2.703 %)MSI
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (8.108 %)Finance
28 (7.207 %)Banking
34 (3.604 %)Insurance
34 (3.604 %)Telecoms
43 (2.703 %)Investment Banking
52 (1.802 %)Publishing
52 (1.802 %)Government
61 (0.901 %)Law
61 (0.901 %)Education
61 (0.901 %)Electric
61 (0.901 %)Home Office
61 (0.901 %)Retail
61 (0.901 %)Local Government
61 (0.901 %)Pensions
61 (0.901 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (33.33 %)Analyst
216 (14.41 %)Support Analyst
216 (14.41 %)Citrix Engineer
310 (9.009 %)Support Engineer
310 (9.009 %)Administrator
47 (6.306 %)Consultant
56 (5.405 %)Network Engineer
56 (5.405 %)Citrix Consultant
56 (5.405 %)Citrix Support
56 (5.405 %)Citrix Administrator
65 (4.505 %)Systems Engineer
65 (4.505 %)Server Support
65 (4.505 %)Network Technician
74 (3.604 %)Infrastructure Engineer
74 (3.604 %)Infrastructure Analyst
74 (3.604 %)Server Engineer
83 (2.703 %)Network Support
83 (2.703 %)Server Analyst
83 (2.703 %)3rd Line Support
83 (2.703 %)Helpdesk Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (9.910 %)Replication
29 (8.108 %)Clustering
34 (3.604 %)Fat Client
34 (3.604 %)Thin Client
34 (3.604 %)Blackberry
43 (2.703 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
181 (72.97 %)Windows
245 (40.54 %)Windows Server 2003
328 (25.23 %)Windows 2000
425 (22.52 %)Windows 2000 Server
524 (21.62 %)UNIX
620 (18.02 %)Windows XP
78 (7.207 %)Solaris
85 (4.505 %)Linux
94 (3.604 %)Windows NT
94 (3.604 %)Windows Vista
102 (1.802 %)NetWare
102 (1.802 %)OpenBSD
102 (1.802 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (1.802 %)FreeBSD
111 (0.901 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (23.42 %)ITIL
214 (12.61 %)Incident Management
313 (11.71 %)Configuration Management
48 (7.207 %)Migration
54 (3.604 %)Security Cleared
63 (2.703 %)DV Cleared
63 (2.703 %)Service Delivery
72 (1.802 %)Business Intelligence
72 (1.802 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (1.802 %)Load Balancing
81 (0.901 %)Data Migration
81 (0.901 %)Information Management
81 (0.901 %)Network Design
81 (0.901 %)Change Management
81 (0.901 %)Project Management
81 (0.901 %)Service Management
81 (0.901 %)CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (18.92 %)SQL
213 (11.71 %)Java
213 (11.71 %)Shell Script
34 (3.604 %)VBScript
43 (2.703 %)VB
52 (1.802 %)Perl
52 (1.802 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (5.405 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (4.505 %)Citrix Certification
25 (4.505 %)MCSE
34 (3.604 %)Cisco Certification
42 (1.802 %)CCNA
42 (1.802 %)CCA
42 (1.802 %)CCEA
42 (1.802 %)ITIL Certification
42 (1.802 %)Degree
51 (0.901 %)MCSA
51 (0.901 %)CCNP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.901 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
148 (43.24 %)Active Directory
228 (25.23 %)Citrix Presentation Server
37 (6.306 %)Terminal Services
46 (5.405 %)Terminal Server
55 (4.505 %)VMware ESX
63 (2.703 %)VMware Infrastructure
72 (1.802 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.901 %)Xen
81 (0.901 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (4.505 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (2.703 %)Tivoli
23 (2.703 %)MOM
23 (2.703 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (1.802 %)ARCserve
41 (0.901 %)WSUS
41 (0.901 %)OpenView Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1106 (95.50 %)Citrix
226 (23.42 %)Microsoft
323 (20.72 %)VERITAS
415 (13.51 %)TIBCO
514 (12.61 %)HP
613 (11.71 %)Oracle
613 (11.71 %)VMware
712 (10.81 %)Cisco
89 (8.108 %)Compaq
97 (6.306 %)IBM
106 (5.405 %)AppSense
115 (4.505 %)Lotus
123 (2.703 %)Novell
123 (2.703 %)Symantec
123 (2.703 %)Remedy
132 (1.802 %)McAfee Security
132 (1.802 %)Sophos
132 (1.802 %)Altiris
132 (1.802 %)Business Objects
132 (1.802 %)Red Hat
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