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 31 December 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
31 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 248 193
Rank change year-on-year -70 -55 -13
Contract jobs citing Citrix 235 277 447
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.98% 1.23%
As % of the Vendors category 1.57% 2.12% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 155 305
10th Percentile £171 £182 £196
25th Percentile £401 £288 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £385
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.60% -3.75%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £550
90th Percentile £631 £595 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £375 £385
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.60% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 29
10th Percentile - £15.04 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.22 £14.00
Median hourly rate £26.13 £18.13 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year +44.14% +28.04% -8.65%
75th Percentile £74.26 £21.46 £17.25
90th Percentile - - £50.11
UK median hourly rate £22.27 £21.46 £14.16
% change year-on-year +3.75% +51.55% -8.65%

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 14,957 13,044 15,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.25% 46.09% 44.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,743 7,926 10,406
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 702 375 608
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.23
25th Percentile £18.14 £17.08 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £46.12
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -34.95% +69.24%
75th Percentile £47.69 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.69 £76.82
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.43 £46.06
% change year-on-year -13.13% -40.45% +77.13%

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 31 December 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 31 December 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 31 December 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 -22 109 £450 +15.38% 48
North of England -48 41 £525 +16.67% 13
South East -22 37 £450 +28.57% 18
North West -25 26 £550 +18.92% 5
East of England -23 24 £149 -33.52% 5
Midlands -35 17 £483 +238.60% 5
East Midlands -4 13 £491 +188.82% 2
Yorkshire -36 11 £525 - 6
North East -9 6 £513 +173.33% 2
South West -13 6 £250 -46.81% 4
West Midlands -42 4 £350 +161.68% 3
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 24 (10.21%) Microsoft Exchange
1 24 (10.21%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.96%) IIS
3 3 (1.28%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.85%) WildFly
5 1 (0.43%) JBoss
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (29.36%) Azure
2 67 (28.51%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (21.28%) Entra ID
4 31 (13.19%) AWS
5 16 (6.81%) GCP
6 7 (2.98%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 7 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
6 7 (2.98%) AWS CloudTrail
6 7 (2.98%) AWS Control Tower
6 7 (2.98%) AWS KMS
6 7 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.98%) Nutanix
6 7 (2.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 6 (2.55%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.70%) IaaS
8 4 (1.70%) PaaS
9 2 (0.85%) Akamai
9 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (18.30%) Firewall
2 37 (15.74%) DNS
3 30 (12.77%) VPN
4 29 (12.34%) NetScaler
5 25 (10.64%) DHCP
6 20 (8.51%) TCP/IP
7 16 (6.81%) LAN
8 14 (5.96%) WebEx
9 11 (4.68%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (4.26%) Internet
10 10 (4.26%) Remote Desktop
10 10 (4.26%) VLAN
11 8 (3.40%) WAN
12 6 (2.55%) FTP
13 5 (2.13%) Skype
14 4 (1.70%) BGP
14 4 (1.70%) Network Security
14 4 (1.70%) Software-Defined Networking
14 4 (1.70%) VoIP
15 3 (1.28%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (17.45%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.64%) Oracle Database
3 11 (4.68%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.85%) Tableau
4 2 (0.85%) Tableau Desktop
4 2 (0.85%) Tableau Server
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.11%) JIRA
2 7 (2.98%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.28%) MSI
4 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 2 (0.85%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.43%) GoCD
5 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 83 (35.32%) Social Skills
2 73 (31.06%) Finance
3 30 (12.77%) Banking
4 24 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.81%) Legal
6 12 (5.11%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.55%) Front Office
8 6 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.13%) International Banking
10 4 (1.70%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.70%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.70%) Law
11 3 (1.28%) Back Office
11 3 (1.28%) Local Government
11 3 (1.28%) Polish Language
11 3 (1.28%) Publishing
12 2 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 37 (15.74%) Analyst
2 25 (10.64%) Developer
3 22 (9.36%) Architect
4 20 (8.51%) C# Developer
5 19 (8.09%) Technical Analyst
6 18 (7.66%) Senior
6 18 (7.66%) Technical Support
7 17 (7.23%) Citrix Engineer
8 16 (6.81%) Lead
8 16 (6.81%) Support Analyst
8 16 (6.81%) Technical Support Analyst
9 14 (5.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.96%) IT Support
9 14 (5.96%) Support Engineer
10 11 (4.68%) IT Analyst
10 11 (4.68%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (3.83%) Programme Manager
12 8 (3.40%) Consultant
13 7 (2.98%) IT Engineer
13 7 (2.98%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.21%) .NET
2 20 (8.51%) .NET Framework
3 13 (5.53%) WPF
4 12 (5.11%) WinForms
5 9 (3.83%) XMPP
6 7 (2.98%) WCF
7 5 (2.13%) Middleware
7 5 (2.13%) REST
8 3 (1.28%) JSON
9 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
9 1 (0.43%) LDAP
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.43%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.43%) Web Services
9 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.81%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.68%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.40%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.55%) Fat Client
4 6 (2.55%) Hedge funds
4 6 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (2.55%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.55%) PKI
4 6 (2.55%) Thin Client
5 5 (2.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (2.13%) NHS
6 4 (1.70%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.70%) Clustering
7 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.28%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 160 (68.09%) Windows
2 57 (24.26%) Windows Server
3 48 (20.43%) Windows 10
4 24 (10.21%) Linux
5 22 (9.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (6.81%) Windows Server 2003
7 14 (5.96%) Mac OS
8 12 (5.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (4.68%) AIX
9 11 (4.68%) Windows 7
10 7 (2.98%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.85%) Android
13 2 (0.85%) VMS
14 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (18.72%) ITIL
3 27 (11.49%) Roadmaps
4 26 (11.06%) ITSM
5 24 (10.21%) Migration
6 23 (9.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (9.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (8.94%) Agile
7 21 (8.94%) Data Protection
7 21 (8.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (8.09%) Change Management
8 19 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (8.09%) Data Analysis
8 19 (8.09%) Zero Trust
9 18 (7.66%) Identity Access Management
10 17 (7.23%) Project Delivery
10 17 (7.23%) User Experience
11 16 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (6.38%) Application Packaging
12 15 (6.38%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 59 (25.11%) PowerShell
2 39 (16.60%) SQL
3 24 (10.21%) C#
4 23 (9.79%) Bash
5 21 (8.94%) Python
6 20 (8.51%) PL/SQL
6 20 (8.51%) T-SQL
7 12 (5.11%) VB
8 10 (4.26%) VBA
9 9 (3.83%) Perl
10 5 (2.13%) Java
10 5 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (18.30%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.74%) SC Cleared
3 34 (14.47%) Degree
4 15 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (5.96%) CCNP
6 13 (5.53%) CCNA
6 13 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.83%) CCDP
8 8 (3.40%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.40%) MCSE
9 7 (2.98%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (2.98%) Citrix Certification
10 6 (2.55%) CCA
10 6 (2.55%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (2.55%) MCP
11 5 (2.13%) HNC
11 5 (2.13%) HND
11 5 (2.13%) MCSA
12 4 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.06%) QA
2 17 (7.23%) GDPR
3 14 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.98%) NCSC
5 6 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.28%) SLA
7 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) MiFID
8 1 (0.43%) NIST
System Software
1 87 (37.02%) Active Directory
2 56 (23.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (16.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (5.53%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.98%) XenApp
6 6 (2.55%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.70%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.70%) vSphere
7 4 (1.70%) XenDesktop
8 3 (1.28%) Docker
8 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.85%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.85%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.43%) NFS
Systems Management
1 44 (18.72%) SCCM
2 37 (15.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (6.38%) Terraform
4 11 (4.68%) Ansible
5 6 (2.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.70%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.70%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.28%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.28%) PaperCut
8 3 (1.28%) SCVMM
8 3 (1.28%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.85%) Puppet
9 2 (0.85%) vMotion
9 2 (0.85%) WSUS
10 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.43%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.43%) SCOM
10 1 (0.43%) vRealize
Vendors
1 108 (45.96%) Microsoft
2 71 (30.21%) VMware
3 43 (18.30%) Oracle
4 27 (11.49%) Cisco
5 16 (6.81%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.68%) Google
7 10 (4.26%) Red Hat
8 8 (3.40%) Fortinet
8 8 (3.40%) IBM
9 6 (2.55%) Bloomberg
9 6 (2.55%) CloudEndure
9 6 (2.55%) Remedy
9 6 (2.55%) Reuters
10 5 (2.13%) Forcepoint
10 5 (2.13%) HP
10 5 (2.13%) Ivanti
10 5 (2.13%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.70%) Dell
11 4 (1.70%) SAP
11 4 (1.70%) Zscaler
90 Citrix jobs in England