CCA Contract Job Trends in England

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 468 545
Rank change year-on-year -50 +77 +161
Contract jobs citing CCA 21 20 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.066% 0.074% 0.016%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.24% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 2
10th Percentile - £365 £537
25th Percentile £406 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £658
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -23.95% +35.57%
75th Percentile £515 £534 £731
90th Percentile £687 £540 £772
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £658
% change year-on-year -10.00% -23.95% +32.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,932 8,174 11,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.37% 30.42% 30.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,232 4,967 7,148
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £416 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 864 397 734
10th Percentile £16.00 £19.91 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £22.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.18 £67.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.55 £82.25 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.52 £50.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% -20.96% +11.11%

CCA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CCA job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCA

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCA in England over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCA in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCA

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCA within the England region over the 6 months to 18 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London 0 11 £425 -15.00% 1
North of England -48 5 £520 - 3
North West -25 4 £520 - 3
South East -23 3 £515 - 2
West Midlands -38 2 £515 -4.63%
Midlands -46 2 £515 -4.63%
South West - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
CCA
UK

CCA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) SAP CO
1 3 (14.29%) SAP ERP
1 3 (14.29%) SAP FI
1 3 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (4.76%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) GitHub
2 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (4.76%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) NetScaler
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco ICM
2 1 (4.76%) DNS
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) SSL
2 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Artifactory
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) Banking
4 4 (19.05%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
5 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (14.29%) General Ledger
5 3 (14.29%) International Banking
5 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (9.52%) Financial Institution
6 2 (9.52%) Legal
7 1 (4.76%) Billing
7 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.76%) Marketing
7 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (19.05%) Citrix Support
1 4 (19.05%) Consultant
1 4 (19.05%) Lead
1 4 (19.05%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (14.29%) Citrix Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) SAP BW Consultant
2 3 (14.29%) Senior
2 3 (14.29%) Senior Citrix Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Architect
3 1 (4.76%) Citrix Expert
3 1 (4.76%) Lead Architect
3 1 (4.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) CSS
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
1 1 (4.76%) LDAP
1 1 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Client/Server
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) CMDB
3 1 (4.76%) IVR
3 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Change Management
1 4 (19.05%) CRM
1 4 (19.05%) ITIL
1 4 (19.05%) Revenue Management
1 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (14.29%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (14.29%) Accounts Receivable
2 3 (14.29%) Analytics
2 3 (14.29%) Application Packaging
2 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (14.29%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 3 (14.29%) Desktop Virtualisation
2 3 (14.29%) ERP
2 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (9.52%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (9.52%) Project Management
3 2 (9.52%) Service Catalogue
3 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (9.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) ABAP
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Citrix Certification
1 8 (38.10%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 3 (14.29%) MCSE
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) PMO
1 3 (14.29%) QA
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) XenApp
1 5 (23.81%) XenDesktop
2 4 (19.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) SCCM
1 4 (19.05%) SCVMM
2 1 (4.76%) Ansible
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (4.76%) Packer
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Citrix
2 7 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 2 (9.52%) VMware
4 1 (4.76%) Avaya
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.76%) F5
4 1 (4.76%) Genesys
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) Salesforce