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 4 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
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 246 232
Rank change year-on-year -104 -14 -49
Contract jobs citing Citrix 267 258 378
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 1.08% 1.03%
As % of the Vendors category 1.57% 2.26% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 175 238
10th Percentile £350 £150 £198
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 £490 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +30.67% -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 17,035 11,395 15,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.77% 47.50% 41.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,932 7,255 9,788
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -2.83%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £514
% change year-on-year -1.48% -1.22% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 917 495 1,025
10th Percentile £15.70 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.38 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +18.72% +15.02% -39.01%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.13 £58.49
90th Percentile £78.52 £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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -28 138 £425 +8.85% 21
South East -78 53 £570 +52.00% 14
North of England -84 29 £435 +84.89% 7
Midlands -52 24 £431 +164.92% 4
North West -20 23 £312 -32.65% 6
South West -25 18 £550 +134.04% 6
West Midlands -58 15 £425 +193.10% 1
East Midlands -17 9 £436 +142.22% 3
East of England -53 5 £368 - 1
Yorkshire -81 5 £500 +159.74%
North East - 1 £475 - 1
South Coast - 1 £625 -
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 28 (10.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (6.74%) SharePoint
3 17 (6.37%) IIS
4 3 (1.12%) Appian
4 3 (1.12%) Camunda
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.12%) OpenText MBPM
2 3 (1.12%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.09%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (24.72%) Azure
3 40 (14.98%) Entra ID
4 32 (11.99%) AWS
5 11 (4.12%) IaaS
6 10 (3.75%) GCP
7 9 (3.37%) PaaS
8 8 (3.00%) Google Workspace
9 7 (2.62%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 7 (2.62%) AWS CloudTrail
10 6 (2.25%) AWS KMS
10 6 (2.25%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.50%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.50%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.12%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.75%) AWS Control Tower
14 2 (0.75%) SaaS
14 2 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (17.98%) DNS
2 37 (13.86%) VPN
3 36 (13.48%) DHCP
4 31 (11.61%) Firewall
5 20 (7.49%) NetScaler
6 19 (7.12%) Network Security
7 17 (6.37%) TCP/IP
8 15 (5.62%) Internet
9 9 (3.37%) Skype
9 9 (3.37%) SMTP
10 8 (3.00%) FTP
10 8 (3.00%) LAN
10 8 (3.00%) VLAN
11 7 (2.62%) IPv4
11 7 (2.62%) IPv6
12 6 (2.25%) WAN
13 5 (1.87%) DMZ
13 5 (1.87%) WebEx
14 4 (1.50%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (19.10%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.61%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.12%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.87%) MSI
2 11 (4.12%) JIRA
3 8 (3.00%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.50%) Selenium
5 3 (1.12%) Appium
5 3 (1.12%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.12%) Git
5 3 (1.12%) JUnit
5 3 (1.12%) 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 81 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 62 (23.22%) Finance
3 49 (18.35%) Banking
4 25 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.37%) Investment Banking
8 8 (3.00%) Legal
8 8 (3.00%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.62%) Front Office
10 4 (1.50%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.12%) International Banking
11 3 (1.12%) Publishing
12 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.75%) Retail
12 2 (0.75%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.37%) Back Office
13 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (20.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (15.73%) Citrix Engineer
3 36 (13.48%) Developer
4 29 (10.86%) Architect
5 28 (10.49%) C# Developer
6 27 (10.11%) Senior
7 25 (9.36%) Analyst
7 25 (9.36%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (6.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (5.62%) Senior Citrix Engineer
10 10 (3.75%) Administrator
10 10 (3.75%) Applications Developer
10 10 (3.75%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.37%) 1st Line Support
11 9 (3.37%) Consultant
11 9 (3.37%) Lead
11 9 (3.37%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (3.37%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.37%) VMware Engineer
11 9 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.48%) .NET
2 33 (12.36%) .NET Framework
3 13 (4.87%) WPF
4 12 (4.49%) WinForms
5 5 (1.87%) Software Packaging
6 4 (1.50%) SAML
6 4 (1.50%) XML
7 3 (1.12%) REST
7 3 (1.12%) Web Services
7 3 (1.12%) XMPP
8 2 (0.75%) ADO
8 2 (0.75%) ebXML
8 2 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.75%) JSON
8 2 (0.75%) LDAP
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 20 (7.49%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.74%) PKI
2 18 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (6.37%) Data Centre
4 15 (5.62%) Blackberry
5 14 (5.24%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (3.75%) Clustering
7 8 (3.00%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.62%) Enterprise Storage
8 7 (2.62%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.25%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.87%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.87%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.50%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.50%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.50%) Thin Client
12 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 180 (67.42%) Windows
2 61 (22.85%) Windows Server
3 42 (15.73%) Windows 10
4 29 (10.86%) Linux
5 16 (5.99%) Mac OS
6 15 (5.62%) Android
6 15 (5.62%) Apple iOS
7 11 (4.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (3.75%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (3.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (2.25%) Debian
11 4 (1.50%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.12%) AIX
12 3 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.37%) CentOS
13 1 (0.37%) VMS
13 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (14.61%) Migration
4 33 (12.36%) ITIL
5 32 (11.99%) Data Analysis
6 31 (11.61%) Change Management
7 29 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (9.74%) Disaster Recovery
9 22 (8.24%) AI
9 22 (8.24%) Data Protection
9 22 (8.24%) User Experience
10 19 (7.12%) Incident Management
11 18 (6.74%) Agile
11 18 (6.74%) Customer Service
12 16 (5.99%) Application Packaging
12 16 (5.99%) Decision-Making
12 16 (5.99%) ITSM
12 16 (5.99%) Unit Testing
13 15 (5.62%) Generative AI
13 15 (5.62%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.10%) PowerShell
2 43 (16.10%) SQL
3 36 (13.48%) C#
4 31 (11.61%) PL/SQL
4 31 (11.61%) T-SQL
5 12 (4.49%) VB
6 11 (4.12%) VBA
7 10 (3.75%) Python
8 6 (2.25%) Bash
9 4 (1.50%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.12%) Bicep
11 2 (0.75%) VBScript
12 1 (0.37%) Java
12 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 73 (27.34%) Security Cleared
2 61 (22.85%) SC Cleared
3 43 (16.10%) Degree
4 17 (6.37%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.87%) Citrix Certification
5 13 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.12%) CCA
7 10 (3.75%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.62%) MCSE
9 6 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.25%) MCSA
10 4 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.50%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.12%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.75%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.75%) HNC
12 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.86%) QA
2 5 (1.87%) GDPR
2 5 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.12%) SLA
4 2 (0.75%) NCSC
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 72 (26.97%) Active Directory
2 62 (23.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (15.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (7.87%) Hyper-V
4 21 (7.87%) Microsoft App-V
5 11 (4.12%) XenDesktop
6 10 (3.75%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.75%) XenApp
7 9 (3.37%) VMware NSX
8 8 (3.00%) BitLocker
9 7 (2.62%) Docker
9 7 (2.62%) vSphere
10 3 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.12%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.37%) NFS
11 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 49 (18.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (13.11%) SCCM
3 14 (5.24%) WSUS
4 11 (4.12%) vCenter Server
5 10 (3.75%) Terraform
6 9 (3.37%) Ansible
6 9 (3.37%) Kubernetes
6 9 (3.37%) vMotion
7 7 (2.62%) Puppet
8 4 (1.50%) SCOM
8 4 (1.50%) SCVMM
9 3 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.75%) WMI
11 1 (0.37%) CloudForms
11 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
11 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.37%) FreeIPA
11 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 99 (37.08%) Microsoft
1 99 (37.08%) VMware
2 37 (13.86%) Oracle
3 18 (6.74%) Cisco
4 14 (5.24%) MobileIron
5 13 (4.87%) ServiceNow
6 12 (4.49%) Bloomberg
7 11 (4.12%) Remedy
8 9 (3.37%) Google
8 9 (3.37%) NetApp
8 9 (3.37%) Reuters
9 5 (1.87%) ION Trading
10 3 (1.12%) Juniper
10 3 (1.12%) OpenText
10 3 (1.12%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.12%) UiPath
10 3 (1.12%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.75%) Arista
11 2 (0.75%) F5
11 2 (0.75%) Red Hat