The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 31 28 28
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Contract jobs citing Citrix 12 26 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 2.970% 4.685% 4.938%
As % of the Vendors category 7.143% 10.24% 9.412%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 22
Average daily rate £275 £311 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.64% -4.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £325 £303
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +37.93%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-4.68% -4.47%
All Vendors
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
168 254 340
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 41.58% 45.77% 52.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 100 153
Average daily rate £358 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.49% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £200 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 17
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% -9.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.87
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.20 £20.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales -7 12 £275 -12.00%
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 14 (70.00%) Active Directory
3 12 (60.00%) VMware
4 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (35.00%) SCCM
6 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (25.00%) XenApp
7 5 (25.00%) Windows 7
8 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (20.00%) LAN
8 4 (20.00%) WAN
8 4 (20.00%) SQL
8 4 (20.00%) MS Office
9 3 (15.00%) MS Exchange
9 3 (15.00%) Internet
9 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (15.00%) Migration
10 2 (10.00%) Wireless
10 2 (10.00%) Fat Client
10 2 (10.00%) Software Deployment
10 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
10 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
10 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (10.00%) Thin Client
10 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (10.00%) Blackberry
10 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
10 2 (10.00%) MCSE

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Office
2 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) LAN
1 4 (20.00%) WAN
2 3 (15.00%) Internet
3 2 (10.00%) Wireless
3 2 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MSI
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (10.00%) Consultant
2 2 (10.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (5.000%) Technical Architect
3 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) Architect
3 1 (5.000%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Thin Client
1 2 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (10.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.000%) Windows Vista
5 1 (5.000%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.000%) VMS
5 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.00%) Migration
2 2 (10.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (5.000%) CRM
3 1 (5.000%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.000%) LINC
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 14 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (25.00%) XenApp
3 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.000%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (5.000%) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.000%) SCOM
2 1 (5.000%) AppDNA
2 1 (5.000%) MOM
2 1 (5.000%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) VMware
2 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.000%) Novell
3 1 (5.000%) Cisco