The first table below looks at the demand for CCA in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CCA over the 3 months to 19 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 Qualifications for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
Rank 228 227 206
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -21
Permanent jobs citing CCA 18 24 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.246% 0.328% 0.342%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.048% 1.306% 1.459%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 19
Average salary £32,000 £44,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.27% +3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,700 £28,300 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £79,000 £55,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1718 1838 1645
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 23.49% 25.11% 23.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1424 1584 1435
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CCA
England

CCA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West CCA Jobs Demand Trend

CCA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CCA across the North West region.

North West CCA Salary Trend

CCA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CCA across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West CCA Salary Histogram

CCA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCA within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -10 12 £29,000 -14.70% 1
Cheshire +10 4 £77,500 +84.52% 1
Merseyside +14 2 £65,000 +47.72% 1
Lancashire +8 2 £81,250 +84.65%
CCA
England

CCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CCA.

1 28 (93.33%) Citrix
1 28 (93.33%) Citrix Certification
2 24 (80.00%) VMware
2 24 (80.00%) XenApp
3 23 (76.67%) Windows
4 21 (70.00%) XenServer
5 19 (63.33%) XenDesktop
5 19 (63.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (56.67%) MS Exchange
7 15 (50.00%) MCITP
8 14 (46.67%) CCEE
8 14 (46.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 13 (43.33%) Hyper-V
10 12 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
10 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
10 12 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
11 10 (33.33%) CCEA
11 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (33.33%) Active Directory
11 10 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
12 9 (30.00%) SAN
13 8 (26.67%) HP
13 8 (26.67%) Cisco
13 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
14 7 (23.33%) vSphere
14 7 (23.33%) MCTS
14 7 (23.33%) CCIA
14 7 (23.33%) ITIL
14 7 (23.33%) DHCP
14 7 (23.33%) DNS

CCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 17 (56.67%) MS Exchange
2 10 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) SAN
2 7 (23.33%) DHCP
2 7 (23.33%) DNS
3 6 (20.00%) Firewall
4 4 (13.33%) Unified Communications
5 2 (6.667%) Network Security
5 2 (6.667%) iSCSI
5 2 (6.667%) NAS
5 2 (6.667%) NetScaler
5 2 (6.667%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Consultant
2 8 (26.67%) Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
3 5 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Service Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Citrix Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Wintel Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (10.00%) Administrator
5 3 (10.00%) Sales Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (6.667%) Architect
6 2 (6.667%) Account Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Technical Architect
6 2 (6.667%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) HP StorageWorks
2 2 (6.667%) CLARiiON
2 2 (6.667%) EMC Centera
2 2 (6.667%) Celerra
2 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 23 (76.67%) Windows
2 12 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) ITIL
2 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (13.33%) Change Control
2 4 (13.33%) Problem Management
3 3 (10.00%) Project Planning
4 2 (6.667%) Business Continuity
4 2 (6.667%) High Availability
5 1 (3.333%) Business Development
5 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) VBScript
1 4 (13.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (93.33%) Citrix Certification
2 15 (50.00%) MCITP
3 14 (46.67%) CCEE
3 14 (46.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 10 (33.33%) CCEA
4 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (23.33%) MCTS
5 7 (23.33%) CCIA
5 7 (23.33%) MCSA
6 6 (20.00%) MCSE
7 4 (13.33%) CCAA
8 3 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (6.667%) CCNA
9 2 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (6.667%) HP AIS
9 2 (6.667%) HP ASE
9 2 (6.667%) HP MASE
9 2 (6.667%) SC Cleared
9 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
9 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 24 (80.00%) XenApp
2 21 (70.00%) XenServer
3 19 (63.33%) XenDesktop
3 19 (63.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (43.33%) Hyper-V
5 10 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 7 (23.33%) vSphere
7 4 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (6.667%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (3.333%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (6.667%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 28 (93.33%) Citrix
2 24 (80.00%) VMware
3 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (26.67%) HP
4 8 (26.67%) Cisco
5 5 (16.67%) IBM
6 4 (13.33%) NetApp
7 3 (10.00%) AppSense
7 3 (10.00%) Symantec
7 3 (10.00%) EMC
8 2 (6.667%) Dell
8 2 (6.667%) CommVault
8 2 (6.667%) Brocade
8 2 (6.667%) ProCurve
8 2 (6.667%) 3PAR
8 2 (6.667%) Veeam
9 1 (3.333%) Hitachi
9 1 (3.333%) McAfee
9 1 (3.333%) CA
Greater Manchester, North West
This role requires a real expert in Citrix (most importantly Xenapp and Xendesktop) with the experience to allow them to become a Subject Mater Expert for Citrix. Working...
Computer Futures
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
North West
NetApp, VMWare, Hitachi DS, Citrix, Xenapp - HP, Cisco UCS, Flexpod... Woodrow Mercer Associates seeks a client facing Technical Consultant to join this VMWare, NetApp, HP, Citrix and Cisco...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £60,000 to £70,000 per annum Bonus + Car or Allowance + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
North West
North West UK - Manchester - Bury - Stockport - Liverpool - Cheshire - Yorkshire - Lancashire - Staffordshire - Derbyshire - EMC, NetApp, VMWare, Hitachi DS, Citrix, HP, IBM, Cisco... Woodrow Mercer Associates seeks a client facing...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum Commissions & Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
We also strive to present the highest Quality standards which is evident through our CCA certification, something we are extremely proud of!... - Sound knowledge of MS Office desktop...
Atos
Posted: 17 June 2013
Merseyside, North West
Other preferred experience includes: Experienced in SAP R/3 versions and ECC 5.0 & 6.0... AR, AP, GL, FA, CCA. Excellent knowledge of SD and FICO SAP...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
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