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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 482 547
Rank change year-on-year -88 +65 +61
Contract jobs citing CCA 22 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.052% 0.025% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.079% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 7
10th Percentile £328 £483 £480
25th Percentile £406 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +57.14%
75th Percentile £570 £586 £700
90th Percentile £668 - £740
UK median daily rate £438 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% -9.09% +31.74%
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 13,415 7,589 11,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.81% 31.39% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,002 4,788 6,981
10th Percentile £350 £278 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £721 £713 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £530
% change year-on-year +0.96% -1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,013 453 1,004
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £22.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £51.44 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.28% -18.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £73.46 £65.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.25 £80.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £32.05 £40.00
% change year-on-year +56.01% -19.88% -27.27%

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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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -65 10 £419 -28.54% 7
North West - 6 £520 - 4
South East - 6 £560 - 1
North of England - 6 £520 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (27.27%) MS Visio
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) SAP CO
2 3 (13.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (13.64%) SAP FI
2 3 (13.64%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) NetScaler
2 2 (9.09%) DHCP
2 2 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (4.55%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) CANoe
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Banking
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) International Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Senior
2 4 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (18.18%) Citrix Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Citrix Support
2 4 (18.18%) Senior Citrix Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Administrator
3 3 (13.64%) Lead
3 3 (13.64%) Wintel Administrator
4 2 (9.09%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) CSS
1 2 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (4.55%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Client/Server
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (9.09%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Windows 10
3 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) User Experience
2 4 (18.18%) Change Management
2 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.64%) High Availability
3 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (13.64%) ITSM
3 3 (13.64%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (9.09%) Application Packaging
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.09%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 2 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (9.09%) Desktop Virtualisation
4 2 (9.09%) ITIL
4 2 (9.09%) Load Balancing
4 2 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.09%) Security Hardening
4 2 (9.09%) Use Case
4 2 (9.09%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Citrix Certification
2 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 7 (31.82%) Degree
5 5 (22.73%) MCSE
5 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (13.64%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (13.64%) MCSA
6 3 (13.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) SLA
2 3 (13.64%) PMO
2 3 (13.64%) QA
3 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 2 (9.09%) WCAG
4 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
1 6 (27.27%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 4 (18.18%) XenApp
2 4 (18.18%) XenDesktop
3 3 (13.64%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.64%) vSphere
4 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) SCCM
2 4 (18.18%) SCVMM
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (13.64%) SCOM
3 3 (13.64%) vCenter Server
4 2 (9.09%) vMotion
5 1 (4.55%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Citrix
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 3 (13.64%) Remedy
3 3 (13.64%) SolarWinds
3 3 (13.64%) VMware