The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Uxbridge 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.

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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 15 23 21
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -2
Contract jobs citing Citrix 3 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 3.061% 0.741% 0.943%
As % of the Vendors category 5.660% 2.041% 1.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £450 - £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Vendors
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
53 49 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 54.08% 36.30% 56.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 34 31
Average daily rate £440 £450 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.22% +16.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £340 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £654 £600 £483
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
London

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Citrix across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Uxbridge Citrix Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend

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

Uxbridge Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Citrix across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Uxbridge Citrix Daily Rate Histogram

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Citrix across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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.

1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows 2000
1 7 (70.00%) MS Exchange
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (70.00%) EMC
1 7 (70.00%) SAN
1 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (70.00%) NetIQ
1 7 (70.00%) Symantec
1 7 (70.00%) Blackberry
1 7 (70.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
1 7 (70.00%) CLARiiON
1 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (70.00%) Capacity Planning
1 7 (70.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 5 (50.00%) XenApp
3 4 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (40.00%) Law
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) MCSE
3 4 (40.00%) MCSA
4 3 (30.00%) Intel
4 3 (30.00%) HP
4 3 (30.00%) Compaq
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (30.00%) Clearswift
4 3 (30.00%) MAILsweeper
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2005

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region 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.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (70.00%) MS Exchange
1 7 (70.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (30.00%) WorkSite
2 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) SAN
2 3 (30.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (40.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Server Support
2 4 (40.00%) Server Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Server Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Storage Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Storage Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Blackberry
1 7 (70.00%) CLARiiON
2 1 (10.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows 2000
1 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (40.00%) MCSE
1 4 (40.00%) MCSA
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (50.00%) XenApp
3 3 (30.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (10.00%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 3 (30.00%) MAILsweeper
2 3 (30.00%) RepliStor
3 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) EMC
1 7 (70.00%) NetIQ
1 7 (70.00%) Symantec
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Intel
3 3 (30.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) Compaq
3 3 (30.00%) Clearswift
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle