The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Warrington 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 14 14 13
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing Citrix 7 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 6.604% 6.667% 2.381%
As % of the Vendors category 11.29% 11.11% 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £475 £113 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+322.22% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £303
% change year-on-year
+0.15% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +6.06%
All Vendors
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
62 63 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 58.49% 60.00% 64.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 33 18
Average daily rate £425 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £257 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £411 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Citrix
Cheshire

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Citrix Daily Rate Trend

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warrington Citrix Hourly Rate Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (30.00%) Service Desk Management
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (30.00%) Fat Client
2 3 (30.00%) MCP
2 3 (30.00%) SLA
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Thin Client
3 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Dell
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) XenApp
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) .NET

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Service Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (30.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (30.00%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (30.00%) MCP
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) XenApp
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (10.00%) EMC
3 1 (10.00%) Hitachi
3 1 (10.00%) NetApp
3 1 (10.00%) SAP