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 21 September 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
21 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 261 229
Rank change year-on-year -152 -32 -38
Contract jobs citing Citrix 233 284 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 1.03% 1.09%
As % of the Vendors category 1.22% 2.17% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 207 233
10th Percentile £185 £171 £206
25th Percentile £310 £256 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% +1.88% -
75th Percentile £570 £538 £500
90th Percentile £618 £613 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £408 £400
% change year-on-year +10.43% +1.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 24
10th Percentile £24.18 - -
25th Percentile £60.63 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £74.00 £16.30 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +353.99% - +4.15%
75th Percentile - £18.31 £21.37
90th Percentile £74.75 £25.40 £27.00
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £16.80 £17.34
% change year-on-year +340.48% -3.10% +10.78%

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 19,127 13,087 14,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.48% 47.45% 44.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,858 8,300 8,864
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £620 £619 £630
90th Percentile £711 £713 £732
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,143 617 586
10th Percentile £14.04 £14.75 £14.26
25th Percentile £16.90 £17.79 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -28.14% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £26.13 £25.15 £30.41
% change year-on-year +3.90% -17.30% -30.63%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -91 108 £445 -1.11% 45
North of England -59 50 £313 -14.38% 27
South East -80 47 £570 +52.00% 23
North West -25 34 £310 -38.00% 19
Midlands -43 20 £450 -1.32% 18
West Midlands -42 14 £450 +63.64% 9
Yorkshire -60 11 £510 +117.02% 8
East Midlands -15 6 - - 9
East of England -47 6 £223 +30.41% 9
North East - 5 £200 -
South West -53 2 £535 +127.66% 10
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 23 (9.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (9.01%) IIS
3 18 (7.73%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.15%) Appian
4 5 (2.15%) Camunda
4 5 (2.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.15%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (2.15%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.86%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.86%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 62 (26.61%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (24.03%) Azure
3 30 (12.88%) Entra ID
4 25 (10.73%) AWS
5 6 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.58%) IaaS
6 5 (2.15%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.15%) OpenShift
7 4 (1.72%) PaaS
8 3 (1.29%) GCP
8 3 (1.29%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.29%) Slack
9 2 (0.86%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.86%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.43%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.43%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.43%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 46 (19.74%) DNS
2 40 (17.17%) DHCP
3 38 (16.31%) VPN
4 29 (12.45%) Firewall
5 26 (11.16%) NetScaler
6 19 (8.15%) Internet
6 19 (8.15%) Network Security
7 14 (6.01%) TCP/IP
8 7 (3.00%) LAN
8 7 (3.00%) WAN
8 7 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (3.00%) Wireless
9 6 (2.58%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (2.58%) DMZ
9 6 (2.58%) IPv4
9 6 (2.58%) IPv6
9 6 (2.58%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (2.58%) SSL
9 6 (2.58%) VLAN
10 5 (2.15%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.17%) SQL Server
2 24 (10.30%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.29%) Big Data
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.58%) JIRA
2 5 (2.15%) MSI
3 4 (1.72%) REST Assured
4 3 (1.29%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.29%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.86%) Git
6 1 (0.43%) GitLab
General
1 58 (24.89%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.46%) Finance
3 38 (16.31%) Banking
4 10 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.29%) Financial Institution
5 9 (3.86%) Front Office
6 8 (3.43%) Investment Banking
7 7 (3.00%) Legal
8 6 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.29%) Military
11 2 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.86%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.86%) Publishing
11 2 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (23.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (15.02%) Developer
3 30 (12.88%) Citrix Engineer
3 30 (12.88%) Senior
4 29 (12.45%) Support Engineer
5 26 (11.16%) C# Developer
6 25 (10.73%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (8.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (6.87%) Desktop Support
9 15 (6.44%) Desktop Engineer
10 13 (5.58%) Administrator
10 13 (5.58%) VMware Engineer
11 12 (5.15%) Analyst
11 12 (5.15%) Network Engineer
11 12 (5.15%) Senior Citrix Engineer
12 10 (4.29%) Architect
12 10 (4.29%) IT Engineer
13 9 (3.86%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.86%) Wintel Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.02%) .NET
2 29 (12.45%) .NET Framework
3 17 (7.30%) WPF
4 16 (6.87%) WinForms
5 8 (3.43%) Terraform
6 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.72%) REST
6 4 (1.72%) RESTful
6 4 (1.72%) SAML
6 4 (1.72%) Web Services
7 3 (1.29%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.86%) JSON
8 2 (0.86%) YAML
9 1 (0.43%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.43%) LDAP
9 1 (0.43%) OAuth
9 1 (0.43%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.43%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.01%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.30%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (6.44%) PKI
4 8 (3.43%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.43%) Virtual Team
5 7 (3.00%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.58%) Clustering
6 6 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.15%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.29%) NHS
10 2 (0.86%) BYOD
10 2 (0.86%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.86%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.86%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.86%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 156 (66.95%) Windows
2 71 (30.47%) Windows Server
3 26 (11.16%) Linux
4 20 (8.58%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (3.00%) Mac OS
6 7 (3.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.58%) Debian
8 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.29%) Android
10 2 (0.86%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.43%) Unix
11 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (27.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (21.46%) ITIL
3 32 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (11.16%) AI
4 26 (11.16%) Data Analysis
5 25 (10.73%) User Experience
6 24 (10.30%) Change Management
6 24 (10.30%) ITSM
7 23 (9.87%) Customer Service
8 22 (9.44%) Migration
9 21 (9.01%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (8.15%) Agile
10 19 (8.15%) DevOps
11 15 (6.44%) Generative AI
11 15 (6.44%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (6.44%) Service Management
12 13 (5.58%) OO
12 13 (5.58%) OOP
13 12 (5.15%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (5.15%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.74%) PowerShell
2 35 (15.02%) C#
3 33 (14.16%) SQL
4 28 (12.02%) PL/SQL
4 28 (12.02%) T-SQL
5 12 (5.15%) VB
5 12 (5.15%) VBA
6 11 (4.72%) JavaScript
7 7 (3.00%) Python
8 4 (1.72%) Bash
9 1 (0.43%) Bicep
9 1 (0.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 72 (30.90%) Security Cleared
2 55 (23.61%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.44%) Degree
4 20 (8.58%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.15%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.15%) ISTQB
5 5 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.72%) CCA
6 4 (1.72%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (1.72%) MCSA
6 4 (1.72%) MCSE
7 3 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.86%) CCNP
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CCNA
9 1 (0.43%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.59%) QA
2 4 (1.72%) SLA
3 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 79 (33.91%) Active Directory
2 61 (26.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (16.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 31 (13.30%) Hyper-V
5 12 (5.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 11 (4.72%) XenApp
7 10 (4.29%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (3.86%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (3.86%) VMware NSX
8 9 (3.86%) XenDesktop
9 6 (2.58%) vSphere
10 4 (1.72%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.72%) Docker
10 4 (1.72%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 38 (16.31%) SCCM
2 19 (8.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.87%) WSUS
4 12 (5.15%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.00%) Ansible
5 7 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (3.00%) SysTrack
6 6 (2.58%) FortiGate
6 6 (2.58%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.58%) SCOM
6 6 (2.58%) vMotion
7 4 (1.72%) Puppet
8 3 (1.29%) Nagios
8 3 (1.29%) Nessus
8 3 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.86%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.43%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 92 (39.48%) VMware
2 79 (33.91%) Microsoft
3 32 (13.73%) Oracle
4 20 (8.58%) Cisco
5 12 (5.15%) ServiceNow
6 10 (4.29%) Bloomberg
7 9 (3.86%) CyberArk
8 8 (3.43%) Palo Alto
9 7 (3.00%) Apple
9 7 (3.00%) BeyondTrust
9 7 (3.00%) Meraki
9 7 (3.00%) Nexthink
10 6 (2.58%) F5
10 6 (2.58%) Google
10 6 (2.58%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.15%) ION Trading
11 5 (2.15%) OpenText
11 5 (2.15%) Reuters
11 5 (2.15%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.15%) Tenable
138 Citrix jobs in England