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 November 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
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 228 188
Rank change year-on-year -86 -40 -10
Contract jobs citing Citrix 241 335 519
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.08% 1.32%
As % of the Vendors category 1.66% 2.39% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 199 370
10th Percentile £171 £190 £190
25th Percentile £358 £319 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £525
90th Percentile £625 £618 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £388
% change year-on-year +12.50% +3.23% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 26
10th Percentile - £15.84 £13.15
25th Percentile £16.00 - £14.16
Median hourly rate £31.39 £21.46 £15.08
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% +42.35% -2.74%
75th Percentile £74.26 £26.81 £17.25
90th Percentile - £27.00 £45.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £21.46 £15.08
% change year-on-year +39.79% +42.35% -2.74%

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 14,552 13,990 17,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.65% 45.04% 44.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,363 8,415 11,588
10th Percentile £285 £300 £255
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 734 436 618
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -24.16% +64.81%
75th Percentile £46.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +72.61%

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 November 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 21 November 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 21 November 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 -52 111 £450 +12.50% 65
North of England -50 36 £538 +19.44% 21
South East -19 35 £436 +22.82% 32
East of England -12 27 £127 -68.38% 6
Midlands -22 23 £483 +168.06% 9
North West -25 23 £550 +15.79% 7
East Midlands -7 12 £496 +4.42% 6
West Midlands -22 11 £275 +70.54% 3
Yorkshire -30 10 £525 - 11
South West -11 9 £300 -36.17% 5
North East -13 5 £550 +193.33% 3
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 (9.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (7.88%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.39%) IIS
4 8 (3.32%) Confluence
5 7 (2.90%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.83%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.83%) WildFly
7 1 (0.41%) JBoss
7 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.41%) Smallworld
Applications
1 17 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
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
Cloud Services
1 83 (34.44%) Azure
2 61 (25.31%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (13.69%) Entra ID
4 24 (9.96%) AWS
5 21 (8.71%) GCP
6 11 (4.56%) Nutanix
7 7 (2.90%) IaaS
7 7 (2.90%) SaaS
8 6 (2.49%) PaaS
9 5 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.66%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.24%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.83%) Akamai
12 2 (0.83%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.83%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.83%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 42 (17.43%) Firewall
2 39 (16.18%) DNS
3 32 (13.28%) NetScaler
4 29 (12.03%) DHCP
5 26 (10.79%) VPN
6 22 (9.13%) TCP/IP
7 19 (7.88%) LAN
8 17 (7.05%) WebEx
9 13 (5.39%) VLAN
10 12 (4.98%) Internet
10 12 (4.98%) Remote Desktop
11 10 (4.15%) WAN
11 10 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.90%) SAN
13 4 (1.66%) BGP
13 4 (1.66%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (1.66%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (1.66%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (1.66%) SSL
14 3 (1.24%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (14.11%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.37%) Oracle Database
3 11 (4.56%) 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%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (6.22%) JIRA
2 3 (1.24%) MSI
2 3 (1.24%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.83%) GitLab
3 2 (0.83%) Hudson
3 2 (0.83%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.41%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.41%) GoCD
4 1 (0.41%) Postman
4 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 85 (35.27%) Social Skills
2 69 (28.63%) Finance
3 28 (11.62%) Banking
4 24 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.05%) Legal
6 7 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.07%) Law
9 4 (1.66%) Front Office
9 4 (1.66%) Local Government
9 4 (1.66%) Publishing
10 3 (1.24%) Back Office
10 3 (1.24%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.24%) International Banking
10 3 (1.24%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.24%) Polish Language
10 3 (1.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (15.35%) Analyst
2 23 (9.54%) Architect
3 22 (9.13%) Developer
4 21 (8.71%) Citrix Engineer
5 20 (8.30%) Support Engineer
6 19 (7.88%) Support Analyst
6 19 (7.88%) Technical Analyst
6 19 (7.88%) Technical Support
7 16 (6.64%) Technical Support Analyst
8 15 (6.22%) C# Developer
8 15 (6.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (6.22%) IT Support
9 14 (5.81%) Senior
10 11 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (4.15%) C# WCF Developer
11 10 (4.15%) C# WPF Developer
11 10 (4.15%) IT Analyst
11 10 (4.15%) WCF Developer
11 10 (4.15%) WPF Developer
12 9 (3.73%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.71%) .NET
2 16 (6.64%) .NET Framework
3 15 (6.22%) WPF
4 11 (4.56%) WinForms
5 10 (4.15%) WCF
6 9 (3.73%) XMPP
7 8 (3.32%) Middleware
7 8 (3.32%) REST
8 6 (2.49%) JSON
9 4 (1.66%) XML
10 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.41%) FIX Protocol
10 1 (0.41%) JSF
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.41%) SAML
10 1 (0.41%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.22%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.56%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.32%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (2.90%) Fat Client
5 7 (2.90%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.90%) Thin Client
6 6 (2.49%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.07%) NHS
7 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.66%) PKI
9 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.83%) Clustering
10 2 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.83%) Replication
11 1 (0.41%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 165 (68.46%) Windows
2 51 (21.16%) Windows Server
3 43 (17.84%) Windows 10
4 31 (12.86%) Linux
5 19 (7.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (7.05%) Windows Server 2003
7 13 (5.39%) Mac OS
8 12 (4.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (4.98%) Windows 7
9 11 (4.56%) AIX
10 9 (3.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.66%) Unix
12 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.83%) Android
13 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.83%) VMS
14 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (16.60%) ITIL
3 34 (14.11%) Agile
4 26 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (9.96%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (9.13%) Migration
6 22 (9.13%) Roadmaps
7 21 (8.71%) ITSM
8 19 (7.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (7.47%) Project Delivery
10 17 (7.05%) Data Analysis
11 16 (6.64%) Data Protection
11 16 (6.64%) Identity Access Management
11 16 (6.64%) Zero Trust
12 15 (6.22%) Change Management
12 15 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (6.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (6.22%) Technical Leadership
12 15 (6.22%) User Experience
13 14 (5.81%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 63 (26.14%) PowerShell
2 39 (16.18%) SQL
3 25 (10.37%) Python
4 21 (8.71%) Bash
4 21 (8.71%) C#
5 16 (6.64%) PL/SQL
5 16 (6.64%) T-SQL
6 15 (6.22%) VB
7 11 (4.56%) VBA
8 9 (3.73%) Perl
9 5 (2.07%) Java
9 5 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.83%) VBScript
11 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.41%) Magik
Qualifications
1 34 (14.11%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.20%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.37%) Degree
4 16 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (6.22%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (5.81%) CCNP
7 13 (5.39%) CCNA
8 9 (3.73%) CCDP
8 9 (3.73%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.73%) MCSE
9 6 (2.49%) Citrix Certification
9 6 (2.49%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.49%) MCP
9 6 (2.49%) MCSA
10 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.07%) HNC
10 5 (2.07%) HND
10 5 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.66%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.71%) QA
2 16 (6.64%) GDPR
3 12 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.90%) 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 95 (39.42%) Active Directory
2 52 (21.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (17.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (4.56%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.15%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (2.90%) Terminal Services
6 7 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.90%) XenDesktop
7 6 (2.49%) vSphere
7 6 (2.49%) XenApp
8 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.83%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.83%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.41%) Docker
9 1 (0.41%) NFS
9 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 39 (16.18%) SCCM
2 37 (15.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (5.39%) Ansible
3 13 (5.39%) Terraform
4 6 (2.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.07%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.66%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.24%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.24%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 3 (1.24%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.83%) WSUS
9 1 (0.41%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.41%) FreeIPA
9 1 (0.41%) SCOM
9 1 (0.41%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.41%) vRealize
9 1 (0.41%) WMI
Vendors
1 103 (42.74%) Microsoft
2 76 (31.54%) VMware
3 43 (17.84%) Oracle
4 27 (11.20%) Cisco
5 16 (6.64%) ServiceNow
6 12 (4.98%) IBM
7 10 (4.15%) Red Hat
8 9 (3.73%) HP
9 7 (2.90%) F5
9 7 (2.90%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.90%) Ivanti
10 6 (2.49%) Bloomberg
10 6 (2.49%) Wyse
10 6 (2.49%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.07%) Forcepoint
11 5 (2.07%) Google
11 5 (2.07%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.07%) Reuters
11 5 (2.07%) Sage
11 5 (2.07%) UiPath