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 23 October 2025, 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
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 217 189
Rank change year-on-year -83 -28 -9
Contract jobs citing Citrix 241 347 550
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 1.10% 1.36%
As % of the Vendors category 1.77% 2.45% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 208 379
10th Percentile £171 £204 £200
25th Percentile £256 £322 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £537 £528 £534
90th Percentile £625 £623 £650
UK median daily rate £424 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 33
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.06
25th Percentile - £15.49 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.42 £15.72
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +36.23% +1.42%
75th Percentile £16.30 £26.94 £25.71
90th Percentile £30.55 £27.55 £41.14
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £21.42 £15.72
% change year-on-year -25.29% +36.23% +1.42%

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 13,599 14,192 18,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.85% 44.84% 44.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,674 8,507 11,917
10th Percentile £275 £300 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £644
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 663 476 619
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.97 £16.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +78.00%
75th Percentile £42.50 £65.00 £63.52
90th Percentile £69.65 £71.25 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £24.62 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -24.25% -25.86% +79.15%

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025. 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 -44 103 £450 +12.50% 15
South East 0 47 £399 +10.94% 27
North of England -41 31 £500 +8.11% 25
East of England -7 26 £171 -57.25% 2
Midlands -26 22 £470 +121.18% 10
Yorkshire -8 20 £525 -8.70% 5
South West +4 12 £235 -50.00% 1
East Midlands -7 11 £492 +9.33% 6
West Midlands -14 11 £275 +70.54% 4
North West -39 11 £500 +5.26% 15
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 21 (8.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.56%) Confluence
3 10 (4.15%) IIS
3 10 (4.15%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.49%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.83%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.83%) WildFly
6 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.41%) Smallworld
Applications
1 23 (9.54%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) OpenText MBPM
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (39.42%) Azure
2 72 (29.88%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (12.45%) Entra ID
4 29 (12.03%) AWS
5 22 (9.13%) GCP
6 11 (4.56%) Nutanix
7 7 (2.90%) IaaS
8 6 (2.49%) PaaS
8 6 (2.49%) SaaS
9 5 (2.07%) Asana
10 4 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.24%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.24%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.83%) Akamai
12 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.83%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.83%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.83%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.18%) DNS
2 36 (14.94%) Firewall
3 33 (13.69%) VPN
4 32 (13.28%) DHCP
5 24 (9.96%) TCP/IP
6 23 (9.54%) LAN
7 22 (9.13%) NetScaler
8 16 (6.64%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (5.39%) WAN
9 13 (5.39%) WebEx
10 12 (4.98%) VLAN
11 11 (4.56%) Internet
11 11 (4.56%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (2.90%) SAN
13 6 (2.49%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (2.49%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (2.49%) SSL
14 5 (2.07%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (2.07%) Junos
15 4 (1.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.54%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.47%) Oracle Database
3 8 (3.32%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.24%) Tableau
4 3 (1.24%) Tableau Desktop
5 2 (0.83%) Power BI
5 2 (0.83%) Tableau Server
6 1 (0.41%) GIS
6 1 (0.41%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 16 (6.64%) JIRA
2 4 (1.66%) MSI
3 3 (1.24%) Hudson
4 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.41%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.41%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) GoCD
5 1 (0.41%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.41%) Postman
5 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 93 (38.59%) Social Skills
2 65 (26.97%) Finance
3 26 (10.79%) Banking
4 18 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.90%) Legal
5 7 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.49%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.07%) Law
7 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.24%) Back Office
9 3 (1.24%) Electronics
9 3 (1.24%) Marketing
9 3 (1.24%) Polish Language
9 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.24%) Retail
10 2 (0.83%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 44 (18.26%) Analyst
2 30 (12.45%) Support Engineer
3 24 (9.96%) Support Analyst
4 23 (9.54%) Architect
5 19 (7.88%) Technical Analyst
6 17 (7.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (7.05%) Technical Support
7 16 (6.64%) Desktop Engineer
8 15 (6.22%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (6.22%) Desktop Support
9 14 (5.81%) IT Support
9 14 (5.81%) Technical Support Analyst
10 13 (5.39%) Citrix Engineer
10 13 (5.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 13 (5.39%) Developer
11 12 (4.98%) Windows Engineer
12 11 (4.56%) Service Analyst
12 11 (4.56%) Service Desk Analyst
13 10 (4.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.56%) .NET
2 10 (4.15%) WPF
3 9 (3.73%) .NET Framework
3 9 (3.73%) Middleware
4 8 (3.32%) WCF
4 8 (3.32%) WinForms
5 7 (2.90%) REST
6 6 (2.49%) JSON
7 4 (1.66%) XML
8 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.41%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.41%) JSF
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.41%) SAML
8 1 (0.41%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.41%) Symfony
8 1 (0.41%) Web Services
8 1 (0.41%) XMPP
8 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.98%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (3.32%) Fat Client
3 8 (3.32%) Thin Client
4 7 (2.90%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.49%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (2.07%) NHS
7 4 (1.66%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.83%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.83%) PKI
9 2 (0.83%) Replication
10 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 146 (60.58%) Windows
2 39 (16.18%) Windows 10
3 36 (14.94%) Windows Server
4 24 (9.96%) Linux
5 16 (6.64%) Windows Server 2003
6 15 (6.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (5.39%) Mac OS
8 11 (4.56%) Windows 7
9 9 (3.73%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (3.32%) AIX
11 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
11 5 (2.07%) Unix
12 4 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (1.24%) Mac OS X
13 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.24%) Windows 8
13 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.83%) Android
14 2 (0.83%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (19.92%) ITIL
2 44 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (13.28%) Agile
4 28 (11.62%) Migration
5 27 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (9.96%) Roadmaps
7 21 (8.71%) Customer Service
8 19 (7.88%) Disaster Recovery
9 18 (7.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (7.47%) Service Delivery
10 17 (7.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (6.64%) ITSM
11 16 (6.64%) Mobile Device Management
11 16 (6.64%) Technical Leadership
11 16 (6.64%) Zero Trust
12 14 (5.81%) Incident Management
12 14 (5.81%) User Experience
13 13 (5.39%) Project Delivery
14 12 (4.98%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (4.98%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 47 (19.50%) PowerShell
2 29 (12.03%) SQL
3 18 (7.47%) Python
4 14 (5.81%) VB
5 12 (4.98%) Bash
6 11 (4.56%) C#
7 9 (3.73%) PL/SQL
7 9 (3.73%) T-SQL
8 8 (3.32%) VBA
9 5 (2.07%) Java
9 5 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.24%) VBScript
11 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.41%) Magik
Qualifications
1 27 (11.20%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.71%) Degree
3 20 (8.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (6.64%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.56%) MCSA
6 10 (4.15%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.73%) A+ Certification
8 8 (3.32%) MCSE
9 7 (2.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (2.90%) MCP
10 6 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.49%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (2.07%) CCNA
11 5 (2.07%) CCNP
11 5 (2.07%) DBS Check
11 5 (2.07%) HNC
11 5 (2.07%) HND
12 4 (1.66%) Citrix Certification
12 4 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.24%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (6.64%) GDPR
3 11 (4.56%) QA
4 8 (3.32%) SLA
5 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) MiFID
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 102 (42.32%) Active Directory
2 47 (19.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (19.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (4.98%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.15%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (4.15%) vSphere
6 8 (3.32%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (3.32%) XenApp
6 8 (3.32%) XenDesktop
7 7 (2.90%) Terminal Services
8 4 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.41%) Docker
10 1 (0.41%) Firmware
10 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 39 (16.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (14.94%) SCCM
3 16 (6.64%) Ansible
4 13 (5.39%) Terraform
5 7 (2.90%) FortiGate
6 6 (2.49%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.07%) Tivoli
8 3 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.24%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.83%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.83%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.83%) SCOM
10 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.41%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.41%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.41%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.41%) vRealize
10 1 (0.41%) WMI
Vendors
1 102 (42.32%) Microsoft
2 71 (29.46%) VMware
3 34 (14.11%) ServiceNow
4 31 (12.86%) Oracle
5 22 (9.13%) Cisco
6 13 (5.39%) Sage
7 11 (4.56%) HP
8 10 (4.15%) F5
8 10 (4.15%) IBM
9 9 (3.73%) Wyse
10 7 (2.90%) Dell
10 7 (2.90%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.90%) Ivanti
10 7 (2.90%) SolarWinds
11 6 (2.49%) Apple
11 6 (2.49%) Juniper
11 6 (2.49%) SAP
11 6 (2.49%) Veeam
11 6 (2.49%) Zscaler
12 5 (2.07%) Bloomberg