The first table below looks at the demand for CCA in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCA 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 Qualifications for the West Midlands 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
Rank 89 93 90
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -3
Contract jobs citing CCA 6 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.363% 0.448% 0.211%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.400% 3.205% 1.342%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
Average daily rate £175 £264 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.64% -37.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £310 £265
% change year-on-year
+12.90% +16.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £18.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
250 312 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.14% 13.98% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 141 136
Average daily rate £325 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £438 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 33 25
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.25 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
CCA
England

CCA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCA across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands CCA Jobs Demand Trend

CCA
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands CCA Daily Rate Trend

CCA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCA across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands CCA Daily Rate Histogram

CCA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands CCA Hourly Rate Trend

CCA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCA within the West Midlands 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
Coventry -2 3 - -
Staffordshire +14 1 £175 -
Halesowen - 1 £175 -
Wednesbury - 1 £175 -
Willenhall - 1 £175 -
CCA
England

CCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing CCA 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 CCA.

1 6 (75.00%) Citrix
1 6 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 5 (62.50%) XenApp
3 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (37.50%) NetApp
4 3 (37.50%) AppSense
5 2 (25.00%) SAP CO
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (25.00%) XenServer
5 2 (25.00%) SAP FI
5 2 (25.00%) SAP
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (25.00%) CCEE
5 2 (25.00%) CCIA
5 2 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (12.50%) Twitter
6 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (12.50%) HP
6 1 (12.50%) CCEA
6 1 (12.50%) LAN
6 1 (12.50%) WAN
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco
6 1 (12.50%) CCSP
6 1 (12.50%) CCNA
6 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
6 1 (12.50%) Veeam
6 1 (12.50%) Network Management

CCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing CCA 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 CCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP FI
1 2 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (25.00%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
1 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
1 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Administrator
1 3 (37.50%) Citrix Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Network Technician
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CCEE
2 2 (25.00%) CCIA
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (12.50%) CCEA
3 1 (12.50%) CCSP
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) XenApp
2 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) XenServer
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
4 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Citrix
2 5 (62.50%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) AppSense
3 3 (37.50%) NetApp
4 2 (25.00%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) HP
5 1 (12.50%) Brocade
5 1 (12.50%) Veeam
5 1 (12.50%) Twitter