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 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 502 560
Rank change year-on-year -25 +58 +186
Contract jobs citing CCA 8 15 21
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.027% 0.048% 0.052%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.080% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 1
10th Percentile £380 £329 -
25th Percentile £425 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £350
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +47.14% -30.00%
75th Percentile £515 £540 -
90th Percentile - £572 -
UK median daily rate £450 £515 £415
% change year-on-year -12.62% +24.10% -22.61%

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 9,996 9,271 11,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.27% 29.78% 29.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,464 5,664 7,588
10th Percentile £304 £313 £308
25th Percentile £418 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £719 £735 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 879 428 719
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.94 £27.00 £26.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £51.72 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.37% -1.49% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £68.04 £69.81
90th Percentile £72.75 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% -15.89% +18.89%

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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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025. 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 -3 4 £450 -25.00% 8
South East -1 2 £515 - 8
West Midlands -25 2 £515 -4.63% 1
Midlands -35 2 £515 -4.63% 1
South West - 1 - - 3
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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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco ICM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SAP BW
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Artifactory
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) General Ledger
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) International Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) SAP BW Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix Support
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
1 1 (12.50%) CMDB
1 1 (12.50%) IVR
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (37.50%) Accounts Receivable
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 3 (37.50%) ERP
2 3 (37.50%) Revenue Management
2 3 (37.50%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Virtualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
3 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) ABAP
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
1 1 (12.50%) XenApp
1 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco UCCE
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (12.50%) Packer
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) SCVMM
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Avaya
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) CyberArk
3 1 (12.50%) Genesys
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) VMware