The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 22 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 West Sussex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 23 34 20
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -14
Contract jobs citing Citrix 19 23 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 4.884% 3.453% 7.045%
As % of the Vendors category 9.091% 8.185% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 14
Average daily rate £425 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £339 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £423 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 7
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.70 - £17.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.30 - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-7.57% -1.49%
All Vendors
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
209 281 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 53.73% 42.19% 49.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 146 93
Average daily rate £400 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £235 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 22
Average hourly rate £26.00 £15.30 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+69.93% -23.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.60 £31.00 £21.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Citrix
South East

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Crawley +6 9 £425 +8.97%
Horsham - 2 £120 -
Gatwick +7 1 - -
Citrix
South East

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 32 (80.00%) Windows
1 32 (80.00%) VMware
2 23 (57.50%) Active Directory
3 21 (52.50%) XenApp
4 19 (47.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (47.50%) Microsoft
5 14 (35.00%) ITIL
6 13 (32.50%) Cisco
6 13 (32.50%) WAN
6 13 (32.50%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (30.00%) LAN
7 12 (30.00%) SAN
8 11 (27.50%) NetApp
8 11 (27.50%) HP
8 11 (27.50%) PRINCE2
9 10 (25.00%) VPN
9 10 (25.00%) Firewall
10 9 (22.50%) Finance
10 9 (22.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 9 (22.50%) MS Exchange
10 9 (22.50%) SQL
10 9 (22.50%) SQL Server
10 9 (22.50%) Project Management
10 9 (22.50%) Windows 7
10 9 (22.50%) vSphere
11 8 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 8 (20.00%) DHCP
11 8 (20.00%) DNS
12 7 (17.50%) Windows XP
12 7 (17.50%) Linux

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 4 (10.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (5.000%) Web Services
2 2 (5.000%) .NET
3 1 (2.500%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (22.50%) MS Exchange
2 8 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (10.00%) IIS
4 4 (10.00%) Apache
5 2 (5.000%) Zimbra
5 2 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (5.000%) SharePoint
6 1 (2.500%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) MS Office
2 4 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.500%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.000%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 13 (32.50%) WAN
2 12 (30.00%) LAN
2 12 (30.00%) SAN
3 10 (25.00%) VPN
3 10 (25.00%) Firewall
4 8 (20.00%) DHCP
4 8 (20.00%) DNS
5 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
6 5 (12.50%) SNMP
6 5 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (12.50%) NetScaler
7 4 (10.00%) SSL
8 3 (7.500%) IP Telephony
9 2 (5.000%) VLAN
9 2 (5.000%) IPsec
9 2 (5.000%) Wireless
9 2 (5.000%) ADSL
9 2 (5.000%) Broadband
9 2 (5.000%) Internet
10 1 (2.500%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (10.00%) MySQL
2 4 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 9 (22.50%) Finance
2 5 (12.50%) Back Office
3 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.500%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (15.00%) Project Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Administrator
4 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (7.500%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (7.500%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.500%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (7.500%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Support Manager
6 2 (5.000%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
6 2 (5.000%) Wintel Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Consultant
6 2 (5.000%) Team Leader
6 2 (5.000%) Support Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.500%) Blackberry
1 3 (7.500%) iPad
2 2 (5.000%) iSeries
2 2 (5.000%) Clustering
2 2 (5.000%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.500%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 32 (80.00%) Windows
2 19 (47.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (22.50%) Windows 7
4 7 (17.50%) Windows XP
4 7 (17.50%) Linux
5 4 (10.00%) UNIX
5 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (5.000%) Windows Vista
6 2 (5.000%) AIX
7 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.500%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) ITIL
2 11 (27.50%) PRINCE2
3 9 (22.50%) Project Management
4 6 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (7.500%) System Testing
6 2 (5.000%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (5.000%) Service Management
6 2 (5.000%) Change Management
6 2 (5.000%) Multithreading
6 2 (5.000%) Performance Management
6 2 (5.000%) Project Planning
6 2 (5.000%) Load Balancing
6 2 (5.000%) Problem Management
6 2 (5.000%) Matrix Management
7 1 (2.500%) PRINCE
7 1 (2.500%) Test Management
7 1 (2.500%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.500%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) SQL
2 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
1 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.500%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.500%) MCSE
3 1 (2.500%) CCNA
3 1 (2.500%) MCITP
3 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.500%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.500%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (57.50%) Active Directory
2 21 (52.50%) XenApp
3 13 (32.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (22.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 9 (22.50%) vSphere
5 7 (17.50%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (15.00%) VMware ESX
7 4 (10.00%) Postfix
8 3 (7.500%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (5.000%) XenDesktop
10 1 (2.500%) XenServer
10 1 (2.500%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) NetBackup
1 6 (15.00%) SCCM
2 5 (12.50%) SCOM
3 2 (5.000%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 32 (80.00%) VMware
2 19 (47.50%) Microsoft
3 13 (32.50%) Cisco
4 11 (27.50%) NetApp
4 11 (27.50%) HP
5 6 (15.00%) Symantec
5 6 (15.00%) Avaya
5 6 (15.00%) Juniper
6 5 (12.50%) LANDesk
6 5 (12.50%) SolarWinds
7 4 (10.00%) Dell
7 4 (10.00%) Sophos
8 3 (7.500%) IBM
9 2 (5.000%) Riverbed
9 2 (5.000%) PlateSpin
9 2 (5.000%) Oracle
9 2 (5.000%) SAP
9 2 (5.000%) CheckPoint
9 2 (5.000%) CommVault
9 2 (5.000%) EMC