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 19 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 500 538
Rank change year-on-year -114 +38 +63
Contract jobs citing CCA 13 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.029% 0.018% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.091% 0.059% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 7
10th Percentile £306 £459 £480
25th Percentile £364 £472 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% -9.09% +79.59%
75th Percentile £540 £586 £700
90th Percentile £601 - -
UK median daily rate £440 £472 £550
% change year-on-year -6.78% -14.18% +57.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.49 - -
Median hourly rate £35.82 - -
75th Percentile £37.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £35.82 - -

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 14,246 8,465 11,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.62% 30.89% 30.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,610 5,349 6,953
10th Percentile £350 £285 £313
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £718 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,064 605 928
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £14.42
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.95 £26.32 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +104.98% -38.79% -23.61%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.96 £76.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.49 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +100.74% -40.82% -25.74%

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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 19 July 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 19 July 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
South East - 6 £560 - 5
West Midlands - 3 £430 -
Midlands - 3 £430 -
London -75 2 £381 -27.93% 4
North West - 2 - - 3
North of England - 2 - - 4
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UK

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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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (23.08%) SAP ERP
1 3 (23.08%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (7.69%) SAP CO
2 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) NetScaler
2 2 (15.38%) DHCP
2 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 1 (7.69%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (23.08%) SAP BW
1 3 (23.08%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) CANoe
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) General Ledger
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) SAP BW Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Wintel Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Citrix Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Citrix Support
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
1 1 (7.69%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Client/Server
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) User Experience
2 3 (23.08%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (23.08%) Accounts Receivable
2 3 (23.08%) Analytics
2 3 (23.08%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 3 (23.08%) CRM
2 3 (23.08%) ERP
2 3 (23.08%) High Availability
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) ITSM
2 3 (23.08%) Master Data Management
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Revenue Management
2 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
3 2 (15.38%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) ABAP
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) Citrix Certification
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (23.08%) MCSA
3 3 (23.08%) MCSE
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
1 1 (7.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (30.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (23.08%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (23.08%) vSphere
4 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
5 1 (7.69%) XenApp
5 1 (7.69%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) SCCM
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (23.08%) SCOM
2 3 (23.08%) vCenter Server
3 2 (15.38%) vMotion
4 1 (7.69%) Functional Safety
4 1 (7.69%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Citrix
2 4 (30.77%) SAP
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Remedy
3 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 3 (23.08%) SolarWinds
3 3 (23.08%) VMware