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 18 August 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
18 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 242 222
Rank change year-on-year -154 -20 -35
Contract jobs citing Citrix 251 285 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 1.03% 1.09%
As % of the Vendors category 1.32% 2.19% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 203 245
10th Percentile £200 £153 £208
25th Percentile £402 £253 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.25% - -
75th Percentile £575 £531 £513
90th Percentile £618 £610 £624
UK median daily rate £453 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +13.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 18 35
10th Percentile £26.73 - £14.16
25th Percentile £72.13 £14.99 £14.48
Median hourly rate £74.00 £16.30 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +353.99% - -1.21%
75th Percentile £74.20 £18.31 £21.37
90th Percentile £74.48 £28.60 £26.90
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £16.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +353.99% - -1.21%

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 19,039 13,034 14,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.62% 47.21% 43.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,986 8,232 9,238
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £614 £619 £628
90th Percentile £700 £716 £734
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,032 642 732
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.25 £17.61 £15.62
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £29.39
Median % change year-on-year +35.11% -14.41% -21.64%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £62.51
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.86%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 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
London -53 127 £445 +9.20% 26
South East -95 49 £570 +52.00% 13
North of England -84 39 £313 -10.71% 17
Midlands -42 24 £460 +67.09% 4
North West -34 23 £310 -38.00% 14
West Midlands -41 17 £460 +75.05% 4
Yorkshire -67 11 £510 +117.02% 3
South West -47 9 £550 +134.04% 9
East Midlands -13 7 - -
North East - 5 £200 - 2
East of England -48 4 £223 +30.41% 6
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 33 (13.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (7.97%) SharePoint
3 19 (7.57%) IIS
4 5 (1.99%) Appian
4 5 (1.99%) Camunda
4 5 (1.99%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.99%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (1.99%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.40%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.40%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 66 (26.29%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (23.90%) Azure
3 29 (11.55%) Entra ID
4 25 (9.96%) AWS
5 10 (3.98%) IaaS
6 8 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.19%) Google Workspace
7 7 (2.79%) GCP
8 6 (2.39%) PaaS
9 4 (1.59%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.20%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.80%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.80%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.80%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.40%) AWS Control Tower
12 1 (0.40%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.40%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.40%) Azure App Service
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 57 (22.71%) DNS
2 45 (17.93%) DHCP
3 42 (16.73%) VPN
4 35 (13.94%) Firewall
5 20 (7.97%) NetScaler
6 19 (7.57%) Network Security
7 17 (6.77%) Internet
7 17 (6.77%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.19%) DMZ
9 7 (2.79%) LAN
9 7 (2.79%) SMTP
9 7 (2.79%) SSL
9 7 (2.79%) WAN
9 7 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.39%) IPv4
10 6 (2.39%) IPv6
10 6 (2.39%) VLAN
11 5 (1.99%) BGP
11 5 (1.99%) OSPF
11 5 (1.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (17.93%) SQL Server
2 26 (10.36%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.20%) Big Data
5 3 (1.20%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.78%) JIRA
2 4 (1.59%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (1.59%) Git
2 4 (1.59%) REST Assured
2 4 (1.59%) Selenium
3 3 (1.20%) Appium
3 3 (1.20%) JUnit
3 3 (1.20%) MSI
3 3 (1.20%) TestNG
3 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.40%) GitLab
General
1 61 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.12%) Finance
3 41 (16.33%) Banking
4 21 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.38%) Front Office
6 10 (3.98%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.59%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.19%) Legal
9 4 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.20%) Publishing
11 2 (0.80%) Retail
12 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 60 (23.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (15.54%) Citrix Engineer
3 37 (14.74%) Developer
4 28 (11.16%) C# Developer
4 28 (11.16%) Senior
5 27 (10.76%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (9.56%) Support Engineer
7 20 (7.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (7.57%) Architect
9 15 (5.98%) Administrator
9 15 (5.98%) Analyst
10 13 (5.18%) Senior Citrix Engineer
10 13 (5.18%) VMware Engineer
11 11 (4.38%) Desktop Engineer
11 11 (4.38%) Desktop Support
12 10 (3.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 10 (3.98%) IT Engineer
12 10 (3.98%) Network Engineer
13 9 (3.59%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (14.74%) .NET
2 31 (12.35%) .NET Framework
3 15 (5.98%) WPF
4 14 (5.58%) WinForms
5 5 (1.99%) SAML
6 4 (1.59%) RESTful
6 4 (1.59%) Web Services
7 3 (1.20%) 802.1X
7 3 (1.20%) REST
8 2 (0.80%) ADO
8 2 (0.80%) ebXML
8 2 (0.80%) JSON
8 2 (0.80%) LDAP
8 2 (0.80%) XML
8 2 (0.80%) XMPP
8 2 (0.80%) YAML
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.40%) OAuth
9 1 (0.40%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.40%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.56%) Onboarding
2 21 (8.37%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (6.77%) PKI
4 11 (4.38%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (3.98%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.59%) Blackberry
6 9 (3.59%) Clustering
7 8 (3.19%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (3.19%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.99%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.59%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.59%) Hedge funds
9 4 (1.59%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.59%) Thin Client
10 3 (1.20%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.80%) NHS
11 2 (0.80%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 168 (66.93%) Windows
2 74 (29.48%) Windows Server
3 27 (10.76%) Linux
4 16 (6.37%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.98%) Android
5 10 (3.98%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.19%) Mac OS
6 8 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (2.39%) Debian
8 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.20%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.40%) Unix
10 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 49 (19.52%) ITIL
3 44 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (11.55%) Data Analysis
5 28 (11.16%) User Experience
6 25 (9.96%) Migration
7 22 (8.76%) Agile
7 22 (8.76%) AI
7 22 (8.76%) Change Management
7 22 (8.76%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (7.57%) DevOps
8 19 (7.57%) ITSM
8 19 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (6.37%) Service Management
10 15 (5.98%) High Availability
10 15 (5.98%) OO
10 15 (5.98%) OOP
11 14 (5.58%) Data Protection
11 14 (5.58%) Incident Management
11 14 (5.58%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.73%) PowerShell
2 37 (14.74%) C#
2 37 (14.74%) SQL
3 30 (11.95%) PL/SQL
3 30 (11.95%) T-SQL
4 10 (3.98%) VB
4 10 (3.98%) VBA
5 8 (3.19%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.19%) Python
6 4 (1.59%) Bash
7 1 (0.40%) Bicep
7 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 77 (30.68%) Security Cleared
2 61 (24.30%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.36%) Degree
4 23 (9.16%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.19%) Citrix Certification
5 8 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.79%) CCA
6 7 (2.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.39%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.39%) ISTQB
7 6 (2.39%) MCSA
8 4 (1.59%) CESG Certified Professional
8 4 (1.59%) MCSE
9 3 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) CCNA
11 1 (0.40%) CCNP
11 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.15%) QA
2 5 (1.99%) SLA
3 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 79 (31.47%) Active Directory
2 58 (23.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (17.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 28 (11.16%) Hyper-V
5 13 (5.18%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.98%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (3.59%) VMware NSX
7 9 (3.59%) XenApp
7 9 (3.59%) XenDesktop
8 7 (2.79%) BitLocker
8 7 (2.79%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 6 (2.39%) Docker
10 5 (1.99%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.59%) vSphere
12 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (1.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 36 (14.34%) SCCM
2 27 (10.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (7.17%) WSUS
4 14 (5.58%) vCenter Server
5 9 (3.59%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.59%) Terraform
5 9 (3.59%) vMotion
6 8 (3.19%) Ansible
7 7 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (2.39%) FortiGate
8 6 (2.39%) Puppet
8 6 (2.39%) SCOM
9 5 (1.99%) SysTrack
10 4 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.20%) Nagios
11 3 (1.20%) Nessus
12 2 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.80%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.80%) WMI
13 1 (0.40%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 98 (39.04%) VMware
2 89 (35.46%) Microsoft
3 34 (13.55%) Oracle
4 17 (6.77%) Cisco
5 14 (5.58%) Bloomberg
6 13 (5.18%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.98%) Reuters
8 9 (3.59%) CyberArk
8 9 (3.59%) MobileIron
9 8 (3.19%) Google
10 7 (2.79%) Apple
10 7 (2.79%) BeyondTrust
10 7 (2.79%) ION Trading
10 7 (2.79%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.99%) Meraki
11 5 (1.99%) NetApp
11 5 (1.99%) Nexthink
11 5 (1.99%) OpenText
11 5 (1.99%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.99%) SolarWinds
74 Citrix jobs in England