Citrix Contract Job Trends in England

Citrix
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Citrix products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Citrix over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Citrix Systems.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 410 274 226
Rank change year-on-year -136 -48 -42
Contract jobs citing Citrix 229 275 363
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.98% 1.12%
As % of the Vendors category 1.18% 2.06% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 199 226
10th Percentile £185 £171 £203
25th Percentile £310 £256 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% +1.88% -
75th Percentile £569 £537 £509
90th Percentile £619 £622 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £408 £400
% change year-on-year +10.43% +1.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 18
10th Percentile £22.90 - £14.16
25th Percentile £29.69 £14.99 £14.70
Median hourly rate £40.00 £16.30 £18.84
Median % change year-on-year +145.40% -13.46% +19.82%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £25.41
90th Percentile - £30.00 £27.00
UK median hourly rate £30.38 £16.30 £19.87
% change year-on-year +86.35% -17.98% +26.42%

All Vendors
England

Citrix falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,337 13,323 14,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.68% 44.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,901 8,487 8,614
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £623 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £701 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,205 633 543
10th Percentile £14.02 £14.84 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -28.14% -20.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.52 £25.15 £31.50
% change year-on-year +1.47% -20.16% -27.38%

Citrix
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Citrix job vacancy trend in England

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Citrix

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Citrix in England over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Citrix in England

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Citrix

Citrix
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Citrix in England over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Citrix in England

Citrix
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 Citrix within the England region over the 6 months to 1 October 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 -91 107 £445 -1.11% 30
North of England -55 54 £310 -18.95% 22
South East -76 44 £570 +52.00% 16
North West -19 38 £310 -31.49% 16
Midlands -55 14 £469 +0.86% 16
West Midlands -37 11 £469 +70.55% 5
Yorkshire -56 11 £510 +117.02% 6
East of England -45 6 £223 +30.41% 4
North East - 5 £200 - 1
East Midlands -22 3 - - 11
South West -47 3 £535 +127.66% 11
Citrix
UK

Citrix
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 20 (8.73%) IIS
1 20 (8.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (7.86%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.18%) Appian
3 5 (2.18%) Camunda
3 5 (2.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.18%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (2.18%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.87%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 63 (27.51%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (25.33%) Azure
3 32 (13.97%) Entra ID
4 24 (10.48%) AWS
5 7 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.62%) IaaS
7 5 (2.18%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.18%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.75%) PaaS
9 3 (1.31%) GCP
9 3 (1.31%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.31%) Slack
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.87%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.44%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.44%) AWS Control Tower
11 1 (0.44%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 44 (19.21%) DNS
2 40 (17.47%) VPN
3 38 (16.59%) DHCP
4 30 (13.10%) Firewall
5 29 (12.66%) NetScaler
6 18 (7.86%) Internet
7 17 (7.42%) Network Security
8 15 (6.55%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.49%) Wireless
10 7 (3.06%) LAN
10 7 (3.06%) WAN
10 7 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (2.62%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (2.62%) DMZ
11 6 (2.62%) SSL
12 5 (2.18%) BGP
12 5 (2.18%) OSPF
13 4 (1.75%) EIGRP
13 4 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.75%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (15.72%) SQL Server
2 23 (10.04%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.31%) Big Data
5 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.62%) JIRA
2 5 (2.18%) MSI
3 4 (1.75%) REST Assured
4 3 (1.31%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.31%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.31%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.87%) Git
6 1 (0.44%) GitLab
General
1 57 (24.89%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.83%) Finance
3 40 (17.47%) Banking
4 12 (5.24%) Financial Institution
5 11 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.80%) Front Office
6 9 (3.93%) Investment Banking
7 7 (3.06%) Legal
8 6 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.31%) Military
11 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.87%) Publishing
12 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (20.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (14.85%) Developer
3 30 (13.10%) Citrix Engineer
3 30 (13.10%) Support Engineer
4 28 (12.23%) Senior
5 25 (10.92%) C# Developer
6 23 (10.04%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (7.86%) Desktop Support
8 17 (7.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (6.11%) Desktop Engineer
10 13 (5.68%) Administrator
11 12 (5.24%) Analyst
11 12 (5.24%) Network Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) Senior Citrix Engineer
12 11 (4.80%) VMware Engineer
13 10 (4.37%) Architect
14 9 (3.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 9 (3.93%) IT Engineer
14 9 (3.93%) Wintel Administrator
15 8 (3.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.85%) .NET
2 28 (12.23%) .NET Framework
3 16 (6.99%) WPF
4 15 (6.55%) WinForms
5 8 (3.49%) Terraform
6 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Graph
6 5 (2.18%) REST
7 4 (1.75%) RESTful
7 4 (1.75%) SAML
7 4 (1.75%) Web Services
8 3 (1.31%) 802.1X
8 3 (1.31%) JSON
8 3 (1.31%) YAML
9 1 (0.44%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.44%) LDAP
9 1 (0.44%) OAuth
9 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.44%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.73%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.11%) PKI
3 13 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.93%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (3.49%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.62%) Clustering
6 6 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.62%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.31%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.31%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.31%) NHS
9 2 (0.87%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.87%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.87%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.87%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.87%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 157 (68.56%) Windows
2 72 (31.44%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.48%) Linux
4 18 (7.86%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (3.06%) Mac OS
6 7 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (2.18%) Debian
8 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.31%) Android
10 2 (0.87%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.44%) Unix
11 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (23.14%) ITIL
3 31 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (12.23%) AI
5 27 (11.79%) User Experience
6 26 (11.35%) Change Management
6 26 (11.35%) Customer Service
6 26 (11.35%) ITSM
7 25 (10.92%) Data Analysis
8 23 (10.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 23 (10.04%) Migration
9 20 (8.73%) DevOps
10 19 (8.30%) Agile
11 17 (7.42%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (6.99%) Generative AI
12 16 (6.99%) Service Management
13 13 (5.68%) OO
13 13 (5.68%) OOP
13 13 (5.68%) Service Delivery
14 12 (5.24%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 43 (18.78%) PowerShell
2 34 (14.85%) C#
3 31 (13.54%) SQL
4 27 (11.79%) PL/SQL
4 27 (11.79%) T-SQL
5 11 (4.80%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.80%) VB
5 11 (4.80%) VBA
6 8 (3.49%) Python
7 5 (2.18%) Bash
8 2 (0.87%) Bicep
9 1 (0.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 71 (31.00%) Security Cleared
2 54 (23.58%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.17%) Degree
4 19 (8.30%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.18%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.18%) ISTQB
5 5 (2.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (1.75%) CCA
6 4 (1.75%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (1.75%) MCSA
6 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.31%) MCSE
7 3 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.87%) CCNP
8 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.44%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.35%) QA
2 4 (1.75%) SLA
3 3 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 84 (36.68%) Active Directory
2 63 (27.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (18.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 35 (15.28%) Hyper-V
5 14 (6.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 12 (5.24%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (5.24%) XenApp
7 10 (4.37%) XenDesktop
8 9 (3.93%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (3.06%) VMware NSX
9 7 (3.06%) vSphere
10 4 (1.75%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.75%) Docker
10 4 (1.75%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 40 (17.47%) SCCM
2 22 (9.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (5.68%) WSUS
4 12 (5.24%) vCenter Server
5 8 (3.49%) SysTrack
6 7 (3.06%) Ansible
6 7 (3.06%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (2.62%) FortiGate
7 6 (2.62%) Kubernetes
7 6 (2.62%) vMotion
8 5 (2.18%) SCOM
9 4 (1.75%) Puppet
10 3 (1.31%) Nagios
10 3 (1.31%) Nessus
10 3 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.87%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.44%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 90 (39.30%) VMware
2 83 (36.24%) Microsoft
3 31 (13.54%) Oracle
4 19 (8.30%) Cisco
5 12 (5.24%) Bloomberg
6 11 (4.80%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.93%) CyberArk
8 8 (3.49%) Nexthink
8 8 (3.49%) Palo Alto
9 7 (3.06%) Apple
9 7 (3.06%) BeyondTrust
9 7 (3.06%) Meraki
9 7 (3.06%) Tenable
10 6 (2.62%) F5
10 6 (2.62%) Google
10 6 (2.62%) Reuters
10 6 (2.62%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.18%) ION Trading
11 5 (2.18%) OpenText
11 5 (2.18%) SolarWinds