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 10 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
10 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 240 219
Rank change year-on-year -110 -21 -36
Contract jobs citing Citrix 266 263 387
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 1.07% 1.03%
As % of the Vendors category 1.55% 2.27% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 178 242
10th Percentile £306 £150 £201
25th Percentile £406 £250 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +30.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £584 £525 £534
90th Percentile £638 £596 £650
UK median daily rate £490 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +30.67% -6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 52
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 £21.45
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 17,126 11,610 15,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.54% 47.45% 41.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,994 7,370 9,982
10th Percentile £313 £276 £267
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -0.61% -1.67%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £515
% change year-on-year -0.20% -2.72% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 510 1,045
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.84 £12.26
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.81 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% +13.97% -39.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year +27.45% +8.51% -45.35%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -29 140 £425 +8.85% 17
South East -81 56 £570 +52.00% 10
Midlands -55 24 £431 +139.17% 6
North of England -90 24 £300 +27.66% 7
North West -32 20 £190 -58.92% 6
South West -17 18 £550 +134.04% 5
West Midlands -52 15 £425 +108.59% 3
East Midlands -19 9 £436 +142.22% 3
East of England -46 5 £368 +287.87% 1
Yorkshire -77 4 £455 +136.36%
Citrix
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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 29 (10.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (6.02%) IIS
2 16 (6.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.13%) Appian
3 3 (1.13%) Camunda
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.13%) OpenText MBPM
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.19%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (24.06%) Azure
3 35 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 31 (11.65%) AWS
5 12 (4.51%) IaaS
6 11 (4.14%) Google Workspace
7 10 (3.76%) GCP
7 10 (3.76%) PaaS
8 6 (2.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 6 (2.26%) AWS CloudTrail
9 5 (1.88%) AWS KMS
9 5 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.88%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.50%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.13%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.13%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.75%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.75%) SaaS
13 1 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (19.17%) DNS
2 40 (15.04%) VPN
3 38 (14.29%) DHCP
4 34 (12.78%) Firewall
5 21 (7.89%) TCP/IP
6 20 (7.52%) NetScaler
7 19 (7.14%) Network Security
8 15 (5.64%) Internet
9 10 (3.76%) SMTP
10 9 (3.38%) LAN
11 8 (3.01%) VLAN
12 7 (2.63%) DMZ
12 7 (2.63%) FTP
12 7 (2.63%) IPv4
12 7 (2.63%) IPv6
12 7 (2.63%) Skype
12 7 (2.63%) WAN
13 5 (1.88%) WebEx
14 4 (1.50%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.80%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.27%) Oracle Database
3 8 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.13%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.75%) Big Data
7 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.89%) MSI
2 11 (4.14%) JIRA
3 8 (3.01%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.50%) Selenium
5 3 (1.13%) Appium
5 3 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.13%) Git
5 3 (1.13%) JUnit
5 3 (1.13%) TestNG
6 1 (0.38%) GitLab
6 1 (0.38%) GoCD
6 1 (0.38%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.38%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (30.45%) Social Skills
2 62 (23.31%) Finance
3 47 (17.67%) Banking
4 26 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.14%) Investment Banking
6 10 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.76%) Front Office
7 9 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.01%) Legal
9 7 (2.63%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.88%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.13%) International Banking
12 3 (1.13%) Publishing
13 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.75%) Retail
13 2 (0.75%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.38%) Back Office
14 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.38%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 56 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (15.79%) Citrix Engineer
3 35 (13.16%) Developer
4 27 (10.15%) Analyst
4 27 (10.15%) C# Developer
4 27 (10.15%) Senior
5 26 (9.77%) Architect
6 25 (9.40%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (6.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (5.64%) Senior Citrix Engineer
9 14 (5.26%) Support Engineer
10 13 (4.89%) Administrator
11 9 (3.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 9 (3.38%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.38%) Applications Developer
11 9 (3.38%) Consultant
11 9 (3.38%) IT Analyst
11 9 (3.38%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (3.38%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.16%) .NET
2 32 (12.03%) .NET Framework
3 12 (4.51%) WPF
4 11 (4.14%) WinForms
5 4 (1.50%) SAML
5 4 (1.50%) Software Packaging
5 4 (1.50%) XML
6 3 (1.13%) Web Services
6 3 (1.13%) XMPP
7 2 (0.75%) ADO
7 2 (0.75%) ebXML
7 2 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.75%) LDAP
7 2 (0.75%) REST
8 1 (0.38%) JSON
8 1 (0.38%) Middleware
8 1 (0.38%) OAuth
8 1 (0.38%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.38%) OpenID
8 1 (0.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.65%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 19 (7.14%) PKI
3 18 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (5.64%) Blackberry
4 15 (5.64%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (4.14%) Clustering
6 9 (3.38%) Client/Server
7 8 (3.01%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (3.01%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (2.26%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.88%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.50%) Fat Client
10 4 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.50%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.50%) Thin Client
11 3 (1.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 182 (68.42%) Windows
2 62 (23.31%) Windows Server
3 37 (13.91%) Windows 10
4 30 (11.28%) Linux
5 15 (5.64%) Android
5 15 (5.64%) Apple iOS
5 15 (5.64%) Mac OS
6 11 (4.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.76%) Windows Server 2003
8 9 (3.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.26%) Debian
10 4 (1.50%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.13%) AIX
11 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.38%) CentOS
12 1 (0.38%) VMS
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (14.29%) Migration
4 36 (13.53%) ITIL
5 31 (11.65%) Change Management
5 31 (11.65%) Data Analysis
6 27 (10.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (9.40%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (8.27%) AI
8 22 (8.27%) User Experience
9 21 (7.89%) Data Protection
10 20 (7.52%) Agile
11 18 (6.77%) Incident Management
12 17 (6.39%) Customer Service
13 16 (6.02%) ITSM
13 16 (6.02%) Unit Testing
14 15 (5.64%) DevOps
14 15 (5.64%) Mobile Device Management
15 14 (5.26%) Application Packaging
15 14 (5.26%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 53 (19.92%) PowerShell
2 42 (15.79%) SQL
3 35 (13.16%) C#
4 30 (11.28%) PL/SQL
4 30 (11.28%) T-SQL
5 11 (4.14%) VB
6 10 (3.76%) Python
6 10 (3.76%) VBA
7 4 (1.50%) Bash
7 4 (1.50%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.13%) Bicep
9 2 (0.75%) VBScript
10 1 (0.38%) Java
10 1 (0.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 75 (28.20%) Security Cleared
2 62 (23.31%) SC Cleared
3 43 (16.17%) Degree
4 18 (6.77%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.26%) Citrix Certification
5 14 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.51%) CCA
7 10 (3.76%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.01%) MCSE
9 7 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (2.63%) MCSA
10 6 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.50%) ISTQB
12 3 (1.13%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.75%) HNC
13 2 (0.75%) HND
13 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.53%) QA
2 3 (1.13%) GDPR
2 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.13%) SLA
3 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 72 (27.07%) Active Directory
2 60 (22.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (15.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (8.27%) Hyper-V
4 22 (8.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 12 (4.51%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (4.14%) XenDesktop
7 10 (3.76%) XenApp
8 9 (3.38%) BitLocker
8 9 (3.38%) VMware NSX
9 8 (3.01%) Docker
9 8 (3.01%) vSphere
10 4 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.13%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.13%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.38%) NFS
Systems Management
1 46 (17.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (14.29%) SCCM
3 17 (6.39%) WSUS
4 13 (4.89%) vCenter Server
5 11 (4.14%) vMotion
6 10 (3.76%) Ansible
6 10 (3.76%) Kubernetes
7 9 (3.38%) Terraform
8 8 (3.01%) Puppet
9 5 (1.88%) SCOM
10 4 (1.50%) SCVMM
11 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.75%) Nagios
12 2 (0.75%) WMI
13 1 (0.38%) CloudForms
13 1 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
13 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.38%) FreeIPA
Vendors
1 100 (37.59%) Microsoft
2 99 (37.22%) VMware
3 36 (13.53%) Oracle
4 16 (6.02%) Cisco
5 15 (5.64%) Bloomberg
6 14 (5.26%) MobileIron
7 13 (4.89%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.51%) Reuters
9 11 (4.14%) Google
10 10 (3.76%) Remedy
11 8 (3.01%) ION Trading
11 8 (3.01%) NetApp
12 4 (1.50%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.13%) HP
13 3 (1.13%) Juniper
13 3 (1.13%) OpenText
13 3 (1.13%) Symantec
13 3 (1.13%) UiPath
13 3 (1.13%) Zscaler
14 2 (0.75%) Dell
41 Citrix jobs in England