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 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
Rank 232 222 196
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -26
Permanent jobs citing CCA 11 25 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.153% 0.352% 0.553%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.631% 1.393% 2.296%
Number of salaries quoted 9 25 32
Average salary £34,750 £43,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.18% +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,350 £27,650 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £55,000 £68,900
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +5.00%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1744 1795 1655
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.27% 25.29% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1433 1537 1435
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
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 24 May 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 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -26 5 £29,000 -7.93%
Cheshire +1 3 £54,750 +30.35%
Merseyside +14 1 - -
Lancashire 0 1 £77,500 +76.13%
CCA
England

CCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 20 (95.24%) Citrix
1 20 (95.24%) Citrix Certification
2 18 (85.71%) Windows
3 17 (80.95%) VMware
4 15 (71.43%) XenApp
5 13 (61.90%) XenServer
5 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (61.90%) MCITP
5 13 (61.90%) MS Exchange
6 12 (57.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (52.38%) XenDesktop
8 10 (47.62%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (47.62%) CCEA
8 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
9 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
10 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2003
11 7 (33.33%) MCTS
11 7 (33.33%) Hyper-V
11 7 (33.33%) MCSA
11 7 (33.33%) DHCP
11 7 (33.33%) DNS
11 7 (33.33%) ITIL
11 7 (33.33%) SAN
12 6 (28.57%) MCSE
12 6 (28.57%) HP
12 6 (28.57%) CCEE
13 5 (23.81%) vSphere

CCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 13 (61.90%) MS Exchange
2 10 (47.62%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) DHCP
1 7 (33.33%) DNS
1 7 (33.33%) SAN
2 4 (19.05%) Firewall
3 2 (9.524%) NetScaler
3 2 (9.524%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Service Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Wintel Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (14.29%) Administrator
4 3 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) Sales Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) Citrix Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) VMware Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2003
2 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
2 4 (19.05%) Change Control
2 4 (19.05%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
3 1 (4.762%) Business Development
3 1 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) VBScript
1 4 (19.05%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (95.24%) Citrix Certification
2 13 (61.90%) MCITP
3 12 (57.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 10 (47.62%) CCEA
4 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (33.33%) MCTS
5 7 (33.33%) MCSA
6 6 (28.57%) MCSE
6 6 (28.57%) CCEE
7 3 (14.29%) CCIA
7 3 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (9.524%) CCNA
8 2 (9.524%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
8 2 (9.524%) DV Cleared
8 2 (9.524%) Security Cleared
8 2 (9.524%) CCAA
9 1 (4.762%) VCP5
9 1 (4.762%) CCNP
System Software
1 15 (71.43%) XenApp
2 13 (61.90%) XenServer
2 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (52.38%) XenDesktop
4 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
5 7 (33.33%) Hyper-V
6 5 (23.81%) vSphere
7 4 (19.05%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (9.524%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (4.762%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 20 (95.24%) Citrix
2 17 (80.95%) VMware
3 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 6 (28.57%) HP
5 5 (23.81%) Cisco
6 4 (19.05%) IBM
7 3 (14.29%) AppSense
8 2 (9.524%) CommVault
8 2 (9.524%) NetApp
8 2 (9.524%) Dell
8 2 (9.524%) Brocade
8 2 (9.524%) 3PAR
8 2 (9.524%) Veeam
9 1 (4.762%) EMC
9 1 (4.762%) CA
9 1 (4.762%) Symantec
9 1 (4.762%) McAfee
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