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 5 June 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
5 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 246 226
Rank change year-on-year -90 -20 -42
Contract jobs citing Citrix 273 258 379
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 1.07% 1.03%
As % of the Vendors category 1.60% 2.26% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 175 239
10th Percentile £340 £150 £199
25th Percentile £406 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +30.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £580 £525 £525
90th Percentile £638 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £483 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +28.67% -6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 53
10th Percentile £21.40 - £14.00
25th Percentile £38.88 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £74.00 £15.44 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +379.27% -5.28% +5.16%
75th Percentile £74.26 £17.65 £21.37
90th Percentile - £18.31 £21.46
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £16.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +353.99% - +5.16%

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 17,087 11,441 15,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.73% 47.51% 41.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,976 7,272 9,819
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £519 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +0.85% -2.83%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £515
% change year-on-year -0.99% -1.94% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 914 495 1,027
10th Percentile £15.82 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.01 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £33.98 £27.38 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +16.49% -38.96%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.13 £58.00
90th Percentile £78.69 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.56
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.24% -46.92%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -15 144 £425 +8.85% 22
South East -80 55 £570 +52.00% 11
North of England -90 28 £435 +84.89% 6
Midlands -42 24 £431 +164.92% 3
North West -28 22 £312 -32.65% 5
South West -22 18 £550 +134.04% 5
West Midlands -54 15 £425 +193.10% 1
East Midlands -16 9 £436 +142.22% 2
East of England -49 5 £368 - 1
Yorkshire -72 5 £500 +159.74%
North East - 1 £475 - 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 30 (10.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.23%) IIS
2 17 (6.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.10%) Appian
3 3 (1.10%) Camunda
3 3 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.10%) OpenText MBPM
2 3 (1.10%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 71 (26.01%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (24.54%) Azure
3 40 (14.65%) Entra ID
4 34 (12.45%) AWS
5 13 (4.76%) IaaS
6 12 (4.40%) GCP
7 11 (4.03%) Google Workspace
7 11 (4.03%) PaaS
8 7 (2.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 7 (2.56%) AWS CloudTrail
9 6 (2.20%) AWS KMS
10 5 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.83%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.47%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.47%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.10%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.73%) AWS Control Tower
13 2 (0.73%) SaaS
13 2 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 52 (19.05%) DNS
2 42 (15.38%) VPN
3 39 (14.29%) DHCP
4 35 (12.82%) Firewall
5 21 (7.69%) NetScaler
6 20 (7.33%) TCP/IP
7 19 (6.96%) Network Security
8 16 (5.86%) Internet
9 11 (4.03%) SMTP
10 8 (2.93%) FTP
10 8 (2.93%) LAN
10 8 (2.93%) Skype
10 8 (2.93%) VLAN
11 7 (2.56%) DMZ
11 7 (2.56%) IPv4
11 7 (2.56%) IPv6
12 6 (2.20%) WAN
13 5 (1.83%) WebEx
14 4 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (18.68%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.42%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.10%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.73%) Big Data
7 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.76%) MSI
2 11 (4.03%) JIRA
3 8 (2.93%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.47%) Selenium
5 3 (1.10%) Appium
5 3 (1.10%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.10%) Git
5 3 (1.10%) JUnit
5 3 (1.10%) TestNG
6 1 (0.37%) GitLab
6 1 (0.37%) GoCD
6 1 (0.37%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 83 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.44%) Finance
3 50 (18.32%) Banking
4 26 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.03%) Investment Banking
6 10 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.66%) Front Office
6 10 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.93%) Legal
7 8 (2.93%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.10%) International Banking
10 3 (1.10%) Publishing
11 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.73%) Retail
11 2 (0.73%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.37%) Back Office
12 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 56 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (15.38%) Citrix Engineer
3 36 (13.19%) Developer
4 29 (10.62%) Architect
5 28 (10.26%) Analyst
5 28 (10.26%) C# Developer
6 27 (9.89%) Senior
7 25 (9.16%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (6.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (5.49%) Senior Citrix Engineer
10 13 (4.76%) Support Engineer
11 12 (4.40%) Administrator
12 10 (3.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 10 (3.66%) Applications Developer
13 9 (3.30%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.30%) Consultant
13 9 (3.30%) IT Analyst
13 9 (3.30%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.30%) VMware Engineer
13 9 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.19%) .NET
2 33 (12.09%) .NET Framework
3 13 (4.76%) WPF
4 12 (4.40%) WinForms
5 5 (1.83%) Software Packaging
6 4 (1.47%) SAML
6 4 (1.47%) XML
7 3 (1.10%) Web Services
7 3 (1.10%) XMPP
8 2 (0.73%) ADO
8 2 (0.73%) ebXML
8 2 (0.73%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.73%) LDAP
8 2 (0.73%) REST
9 1 (0.37%) JSON
9 1 (0.37%) Middleware
9 1 (0.37%) OAuth
9 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.37%) OpenID
9 1 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.42%) Onboarding
2 20 (7.33%) PKI
3 19 (6.96%) Data Centre
4 18 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (5.49%) Blackberry
6 14 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (4.40%) Clustering
8 9 (3.30%) Client/Server
9 8 (2.93%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.93%) Virtual Team
10 7 (2.56%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (2.20%) Hedge funds
12 5 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.83%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.83%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.47%) Fat Client
13 4 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (1.47%) Product Ownership
13 4 (1.47%) Thin Client
14 3 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 187 (68.50%) Windows
2 64 (23.44%) Windows Server
3 41 (15.02%) Windows 10
4 31 (11.36%) Linux
5 16 (5.86%) Mac OS
6 15 (5.49%) Android
6 15 (5.49%) Apple iOS
7 11 (4.03%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (3.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.20%) Debian
10 4 (1.47%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.10%) AIX
11 3 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.37%) CentOS
12 1 (0.37%) VMS
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (14.29%) Migration
4 37 (13.55%) ITIL
5 32 (11.72%) Data Analysis
6 31 (11.36%) Change Management
7 29 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 24 (8.79%) User Experience
10 23 (8.42%) AI
11 22 (8.06%) Data Protection
12 20 (7.33%) Agile
13 19 (6.96%) Incident Management
14 18 (6.59%) Customer Service
15 17 (6.23%) ITSM
16 16 (5.86%) Application Packaging
16 16 (5.86%) Decision-Making
16 16 (5.86%) Unit Testing
17 15 (5.49%) DevOps
17 15 (5.49%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.88%) PowerShell
2 43 (15.75%) SQL
3 36 (13.19%) C#
4 31 (11.36%) PL/SQL
4 31 (11.36%) T-SQL
5 12 (4.40%) VB
6 11 (4.03%) VBA
7 10 (3.66%) Python
8 6 (2.20%) Bash
9 4 (1.47%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.10%) Bicep
11 2 (0.73%) VBScript
12 1 (0.37%) Java
12 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 77 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 63 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 44 (16.12%) Degree
4 19 (6.96%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.13%) Citrix Certification
5 14 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.40%) CCA
7 10 (3.66%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.93%) MCSE
9 7 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (2.56%) MCSA
10 6 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.47%) ISTQB
12 3 (1.10%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.73%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.73%) HNC
13 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.55%) QA
2 5 (1.83%) GDPR
2 5 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.10%) SLA
4 2 (0.73%) NCSC
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 76 (27.84%) Active Directory
2 65 (23.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 23 (8.42%) Hyper-V
4 23 (8.42%) Microsoft App-V
5 13 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (4.03%) XenDesktop
7 10 (3.66%) BitLocker
7 10 (3.66%) XenApp
8 9 (3.30%) Docker
8 9 (3.30%) VMware NSX
9 8 (2.93%) vSphere
10 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.10%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.10%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.37%) NFS
Systems Management
1 50 (18.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (14.65%) SCCM
3 17 (6.23%) WSUS
4 14 (5.13%) vCenter Server
5 12 (4.40%) vMotion
6 11 (4.03%) Ansible
6 11 (4.03%) Kubernetes
7 10 (3.66%) Terraform
8 9 (3.30%) Puppet
9 5 (1.83%) SCOM
10 4 (1.47%) SCVMM
11 3 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.73%) Nagios
12 2 (0.73%) WMI
13 1 (0.37%) CloudForms
13 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
13 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.37%) FreeIPA
13 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 105 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 103 (37.73%) VMware
3 37 (13.55%) Oracle
4 17 (6.23%) Cisco
5 15 (5.49%) Bloomberg
6 14 (5.13%) MobileIron
6 14 (5.13%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.76%) Google
8 12 (4.40%) Reuters
9 11 (4.03%) Remedy
10 9 (3.30%) NetApp
11 8 (2.93%) ION Trading
12 4 (1.47%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.10%) HP
13 3 (1.10%) Juniper
13 3 (1.10%) OpenText
13 3 (1.10%) Symantec
13 3 (1.10%) UiPath
13 3 (1.10%) Zscaler
14 2 (0.73%) Dell
43 Citrix jobs in England