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 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 501 515
Rank change year-on-year -111 +14 +74
Contract jobs citing CCA 16 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.035% 0.025% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.080% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 4
10th Percentile £306 £461 £454
25th Percentile £411 £483 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% -6.36% +57.14%
75th Percentile £605 £568 £588
90th Percentile £610 £586 £655
UK median daily rate £481 £512 £550
% change year-on-year -5.96% -6.95% +32.53%
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 14,522 8,707 10,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.74% 31.30% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,784 5,476 6,481
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £431 £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 £725 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,124 659 755
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.10 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -47.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £75.00 £55.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.88 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £50.24 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +99.77% -41.51% -21.82%

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 9 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCA in England

CCA
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 9 August 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 -61 8 £600 +16.50% 5
West Midlands -49 3 £430 -16.50%
Midlands -51 3 £430 -16.50%
North West - 2 - - 2
South West - 2 - - 1
North of England - 2 - - 3
London -92 1 £413 -22.02% 5
CCA
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 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (18.75%) SAP ERP
1 3 (18.75%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (6.25%) SAP CO
2 1 (6.25%) SAP FI
2 1 (6.25%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 2 (12.50%) DHCP
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (6.25%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (18.75%) SAP BW
1 3 (18.75%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) CANoe
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) General Ledger
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
4 2 (12.50%) Aerospace
5 1 (6.25%) Automotive
5 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) SAP BW Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Wintel Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Safety Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Citrix Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Safety Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Citrix Support
5 1 (6.25%) SAP CO Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (6.25%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Client/Server
1 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) User Experience
2 4 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
2 4 (25.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 4 (25.00%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 4 (25.00%) High Availability
2 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (18.75%) Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) CRM
3 3 (18.75%) ERP
3 3 (18.75%) ITSM
3 3 (18.75%) Master Data Management
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Revenue Management
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) CAE
4 2 (12.50%) Hazard Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) ABAP
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 8 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (25.00%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (18.75%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
5 3 (18.75%) MCSA
5 3 (18.75%) MCSE
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (18.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Def Stans
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (6.25%) IFRS
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
2 1 (6.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (31.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (18.75%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (18.75%) vSphere
4 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
5 1 (6.25%) XenApp
5 1 (6.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) SCCM
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (18.75%) SCOM
2 3 (18.75%) vCenter Server
3 2 (12.50%) vMotion
4 1 (6.25%) Functional Safety
4 1 (6.25%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Citrix
2 4 (25.00%) SAP
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) Remedy
3 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 3 (18.75%) SolarWinds
3 3 (18.75%) VMware