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 27 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
27 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 252 223
Rank change year-on-year -136 -29 -25
Contract jobs citing Citrix 237 287 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 1.04% 1.08%
As % of the Vendors category 1.25% 2.20% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 207 238
10th Percentile £185 £163 £209
25th Percentile £312 £256 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.13% - -
75th Percentile £571 £538 £513
90th Percentile £622 £613 £623
UK median daily rate £453 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +13.13% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 31
10th Percentile £25.45 - £14.16
25th Percentile £71.50 £14.99 £14.32
Median hourly rate £74.00 £16.30 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +353.99% - -1.21%
75th Percentile - £18.31 £21.37
90th Percentile £74.71 £28.60 £27.00
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 18,992 13,016 14,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.17% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,896 8,242 9,108
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £615 £615 £627
90th Percentile £703 £713 £731
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,033 636 685
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.75 £13.35
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.45 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £29.77
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -15.52% -28.27%
75th Percentile £65.58 £48.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £29.29 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +16.44% -10.18% -36.00%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -65 119 £450 +10.43% 7
South East -80 47 £570 +52.00% 11
North of England -71 44 £313 -18.30% 6
North West -29 28 £310 -31.49% 5
Midlands -43 22 £450 +63.64% 2
West Midlands -43 16 £450 +63.64% 2
Yorkshire -72 11 £510 +117.02% 1
East Midlands -11 6 - -
East of England -44 6 £223 +30.41% 5
North East - 5 £200 - 1
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 29 (12.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (8.02%) IIS
2 19 (8.02%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.11%) Appian
3 5 (2.11%) Camunda
3 5 (2.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.11%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (2.11%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.84%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.84%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 65 (27.43%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (24.05%) Azure
3 29 (12.24%) Entra ID
4 25 (10.55%) AWS
5 9 (3.80%) IaaS
6 8 (3.38%) Google Workspace
7 7 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.53%) PaaS
9 4 (1.69%) GCP
9 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.27%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.84%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.42%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.42%) AWS Control Tower
12 1 (0.42%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (22.36%) DNS
2 44 (18.57%) DHCP
2 44 (18.57%) VPN
3 37 (15.61%) Firewall
4 24 (10.13%) NetScaler
5 20 (8.44%) Network Security
6 18 (7.59%) Internet
7 17 (7.17%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.38%) DMZ
8 8 (3.38%) LAN
8 8 (3.38%) WAN
9 7 (2.95%) SMTP
9 7 (2.95%) SSL
9 7 (2.95%) Wireless
10 6 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.53%) IPv4
10 6 (2.53%) IPv6
10 6 (2.53%) VLAN
10 6 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (2.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (17.30%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.55%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.27%) Big Data
6 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.38%) JIRA
2 4 (1.69%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (1.69%) MSI
2 4 (1.69%) REST Assured
3 3 (1.27%) Git
3 3 (1.27%) Selenium
3 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.84%) Appium
4 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.84%) JUnit
4 2 (0.84%) TestNG
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
General
1 56 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.94%) Finance
3 40 (16.88%) Banking
4 13 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.06%) Front Office
6 10 (4.22%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.80%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.95%) Legal
9 5 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.84%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.84%) Publishing
11 2 (0.84%) Retail
12 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.42%) Military
12 1 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 59 (24.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (15.19%) Developer
3 35 (14.77%) Citrix Engineer
4 29 (12.24%) Senior
5 27 (11.39%) C# Developer
6 26 (10.97%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (10.13%) Support Engineer
8 19 (8.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (6.75%) Analyst
10 14 (5.91%) Administrator
11 13 (5.49%) VMware Engineer
12 12 (5.06%) Desktop Support
12 12 (5.06%) Network Engineer
12 12 (5.06%) Senior Citrix Engineer
13 11 (4.64%) Desktop Engineer
14 10 (4.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 10 (4.22%) Architect
14 10 (4.22%) IT Engineer
15 9 (3.80%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.19%) .NET
2 30 (12.66%) .NET Framework
3 15 (6.33%) WPF
4 14 (5.91%) WinForms
5 9 (3.80%) Terraform
6 5 (2.11%) SAML
7 4 (1.69%) RESTful
7 4 (1.69%) Web Services
8 3 (1.27%) 802.1X
8 3 (1.27%) REST
9 2 (0.84%) JSON
9 2 (0.84%) LDAP
9 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.84%) YAML
10 1 (0.42%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.42%) OAuth
10 1 (0.42%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.42%) OpenID
10 1 (0.42%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.55%) Onboarding
2 19 (8.02%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (7.17%) PKI
4 11 (4.64%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.80%) Clustering
5 9 (3.80%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.38%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.11%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.27%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.27%) Fat Client
11 3 (1.27%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.27%) NHS
11 3 (1.27%) Thin Client
12 2 (0.84%) BYOD
12 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.84%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 157 (66.24%) Windows
2 74 (31.22%) Windows Server
3 27 (11.39%) Linux
4 16 (6.75%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.38%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (3.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (2.53%) Debian
7 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.84%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.42%) Android
9 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.42%) Unix
9 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (22.36%) ITIL
3 36 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (11.81%) Data Analysis
5 26 (10.97%) User Experience
6 25 (10.55%) Change Management
7 22 (9.28%) Migration
8 21 (8.86%) Agile
8 21 (8.86%) AI
8 21 (8.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (8.86%) ITSM
9 18 (7.59%) DevOps
10 17 (7.17%) Service Management
11 15 (6.33%) Customer Service
12 14 (5.91%) Data Protection
12 14 (5.91%) OO
12 14 (5.91%) OOP
12 14 (5.91%) Service Delivery
13 13 (5.49%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (5.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (18.57%) PowerShell
2 36 (15.19%) C#
3 35 (14.77%) SQL
4 29 (12.24%) PL/SQL
4 29 (12.24%) T-SQL
5 10 (4.22%) VB
5 10 (4.22%) VBA
6 9 (3.80%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.95%) Python
8 4 (1.69%) Bash
9 1 (0.42%) Bicep
9 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 69 (29.11%) Security Cleared
2 52 (21.94%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.97%) Degree
4 21 (8.86%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.53%) MCSA
8 5 (2.11%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (2.11%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.69%) CCA
9 4 (1.69%) MCSE
10 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.84%) CCNP
12 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.42%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.66%) QA
2 4 (1.69%) SLA
3 3 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.42%) NCSC
System Software
1 77 (32.49%) Active Directory
2 59 (24.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (16.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 30 (12.66%) Hyper-V
5 13 (5.49%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (4.64%) Microsoft App-V
7 10 (4.22%) XenApp
8 9 (3.80%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 9 (3.80%) VMware NSX
8 9 (3.80%) XenDesktop
9 7 (2.95%) BitLocker
10 6 (2.53%) Docker
11 5 (2.11%) Terminal Services
12 4 (1.69%) vSphere
13 3 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 35 (14.77%) SCCM
2 18 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (7.59%) WSUS
3 14 (5.91%) vCenter Server
4 9 (3.80%) vMotion
5 8 (3.38%) Ansible
6 7 (2.95%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.95%) Kubernetes
7 6 (2.53%) FortiGate
7 6 (2.53%) Puppet
7 6 (2.53%) SCOM
7 6 (2.53%) SysTrack
8 4 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.27%) Nagios
9 3 (1.27%) Nessus
10 2 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.84%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.42%) CloudForms
11 1 (0.42%) WMI
Vendors
1 90 (37.97%) VMware
2 78 (32.91%) Microsoft
3 33 (13.92%) Oracle
4 18 (7.59%) Cisco
5 14 (5.91%) Bloomberg
6 13 (5.49%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.80%) CyberArk
7 9 (3.80%) Reuters
8 8 (3.38%) Google
9 7 (2.95%) Apple
9 7 (2.95%) BeyondTrust
9 7 (2.95%) ION Trading
9 7 (2.95%) Meraki
9 7 (2.95%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.95%) Zscaler
10 6 (2.53%) F5
10 6 (2.53%) Nexthink
11 5 (2.11%) NetApp
11 5 (2.11%) OpenText
11 5 (2.11%) SolarWinds
34 Citrix jobs in England