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 1 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
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 246 223
Rank change year-on-year -98 -23 -45
Contract jobs citing Citrix 269 262 383
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 1.08% 1.04%
As % of the Vendors category 1.57% 2.27% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 177 241
10th Percentile £350 £150 £200
25th Percentile £406 £250 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +30.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £584 £525 £538
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 54
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 17,086 11,549 15,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.85% 47.64% 41.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,981 7,375 9,836
10th Percentile £313 £279 £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 £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £514
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.78% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 492 1,031
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.75 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.75 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +21.50% +12.39% -39.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £54.06 £58.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.23 £25.50 £22.56
% change year-on-year +26.37% +13.03% -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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -22 141 £424 +8.72% 21
South East -81 52 £570 +52.00% 15
North of England -85 29 £433 +84.26% 6
Midlands -45 24 £431 +196.90% 5
North West -36 23 £300 -35.14% 6
South West -20 18 £550 +134.04% 3
West Midlands -55 15 £425 +193.10% 1
East Midlands -19 9 £436 +142.22% 4
East of England -53 5 £368 - 2
Yorkshire -80 5 £500 +159.74%
North East - 1 £475 -
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 (10.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (7.06%) IIS
3 18 (6.69%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.12%) Appian
4 3 (1.12%) Camunda
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.12%) OpenText MBPM
2 3 (1.12%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 65 (24.16%) Azure
1 65 (24.16%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (15.61%) Entra ID
3 33 (12.27%) AWS
4 11 (4.09%) IaaS
5 10 (3.72%) GCP
6 9 (3.35%) PaaS
7 8 (2.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 8 (2.97%) AWS CloudTrail
7 8 (2.97%) Google Workspace
8 7 (2.60%) AWS KMS
9 6 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.23%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.49%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.49%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.12%) AWS Control Tower
11 3 (1.12%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (17.84%) DNS
2 37 (13.75%) VPN
3 35 (13.01%) DHCP
4 31 (11.52%) Firewall
5 19 (7.06%) Network Security
6 18 (6.69%) NetScaler
6 18 (6.69%) TCP/IP
7 16 (5.95%) Internet
8 9 (3.35%) Skype
8 9 (3.35%) SMTP
9 8 (2.97%) FTP
9 8 (2.97%) LAN
9 8 (2.97%) VLAN
10 7 (2.60%) IPv4
10 7 (2.60%) IPv6
11 6 (2.23%) WAN
11 6 (2.23%) WebEx
12 5 (1.86%) DMZ
12 5 (1.86%) SSL
13 4 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (19.70%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.92%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.12%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.74%) 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 (4.83%) JIRA
1 13 (4.83%) MSI
2 9 (3.35%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.49%) Selenium
4 3 (1.12%) Appium
4 3 (1.12%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.12%) Git
4 3 (1.12%) JUnit
4 3 (1.12%) TestNG
5 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.37%) GitLab
6 1 (0.37%) GoCD
6 1 (0.37%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 79 (29.37%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.79%) Finance
3 50 (18.59%) Banking
4 23 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.35%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.35%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.97%) Legal
9 7 (2.60%) Front Office
10 5 (1.86%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.12%) International Banking
12 3 (1.12%) Publishing
13 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.74%) Retail
13 2 (0.74%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.37%) Back Office
14 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (20.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 43 (15.99%) Citrix Engineer
3 38 (14.13%) Developer
4 30 (11.15%) Architect
4 30 (11.15%) C# Developer
5 27 (10.04%) Senior
6 25 (9.29%) Analyst
6 25 (9.29%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (5.58%) Senior Citrix Engineer
9 10 (3.72%) Applications Developer
10 9 (3.35%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (3.35%) Consultant
10 9 (3.35%) Lead
10 9 (3.35%) Linux Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) VMware Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (14.13%) .NET
2 35 (13.01%) .NET Framework
3 13 (4.83%) WinForms
3 13 (4.83%) WPF
4 5 (1.86%) Software Packaging
5 4 (1.49%) SAML
5 4 (1.49%) XML
6 3 (1.12%) REST
6 3 (1.12%) Web Services
6 3 (1.12%) XMPP
7 2 (0.74%) ADO
7 2 (0.74%) ebXML
7 2 (0.74%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.74%) JSON
7 2 (0.74%) LDAP
8 1 (0.37%) Middleware
8 1 (0.37%) OAuth
8 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.37%) OpenID
8 1 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.43%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.06%) PKI
3 18 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (6.32%) Data Centre
5 15 (5.58%) Blackberry
6 13 (4.83%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (3.72%) Clustering
8 8 (2.97%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.97%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (2.60%) Enterprise Storage
9 7 (2.60%) Hedge funds
9 7 (2.60%) Virtual Team
10 6 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.23%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.86%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.49%) Fat Client
12 4 (1.49%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.49%) Thin Client
13 3 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 181 (67.29%) Windows
2 62 (23.05%) Windows Server
3 42 (15.61%) Windows 10
4 29 (10.78%) Linux
5 16 (5.95%) Mac OS
6 15 (5.58%) Android
6 15 (5.58%) Apple iOS
7 12 (4.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (3.72%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (3.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.23%) Debian
10 4 (1.49%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.12%) AIX
11 3 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.37%) CentOS
12 1 (0.37%) VMS
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (14.50%) Migration
4 35 (13.01%) ITIL
5 33 (12.27%) Change Management
5 33 (12.27%) Data Analysis
6 28 (10.41%) Disaster Recovery
6 28 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (8.18%) AI
8 21 (7.81%) Data Protection
8 21 (7.81%) User Experience
9 20 (7.43%) Agile
10 19 (7.06%) Incident Management
11 17 (6.32%) Customer Service
11 17 (6.32%) Unit Testing
12 16 (5.95%) Application Packaging
12 16 (5.95%) Decision-Making
13 15 (5.58%) Generative AI
13 15 (5.58%) Mobile Device Management
14 14 (5.20%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.22%) PowerShell
2 46 (17.10%) SQL
3 38 (14.13%) C#
4 33 (12.27%) PL/SQL
4 33 (12.27%) T-SQL
5 12 (4.46%) VB
6 11 (4.09%) VBA
7 10 (3.72%) Python
8 6 (2.23%) Bash
9 4 (1.49%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.12%) Bicep
11 2 (0.74%) VBScript
12 1 (0.37%) Java
12 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 72 (26.77%) Security Cleared
2 61 (22.68%) SC Cleared
3 44 (16.36%) Degree
4 17 (6.32%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.09%) Citrix Certification
5 11 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.35%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.35%) CCA
7 7 (2.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.86%) MCSE
10 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.49%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.49%) MCSA
11 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.12%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.74%) HNC
12 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.87%) QA
2 5 (1.86%) GDPR
2 5 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.12%) NCSC
4 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (26.39%) Active Directory
2 59 (21.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (15.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (7.81%) Hyper-V
4 21 (7.81%) Microsoft App-V
5 11 (4.09%) XenDesktop
6 10 (3.72%) XenApp
7 9 (3.35%) VMware NSX
8 8 (2.97%) BitLocker
8 8 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (2.60%) Docker
10 6 (2.23%) vSphere
11 3 (1.12%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
13 1 (0.37%) NFS
13 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 48 (17.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (12.64%) SCCM
3 14 (5.20%) WSUS
4 11 (4.09%) Terraform
5 9 (3.35%) Ansible
5 9 (3.35%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.35%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.97%) vMotion
7 7 (2.60%) Puppet
8 4 (1.49%) SCVMM
8 4 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.74%) SCOM
9 2 (0.74%) WMI
10 1 (0.37%) CloudForms
10 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
10 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.37%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 98 (36.43%) Microsoft
2 97 (36.06%) VMware
3 39 (14.50%) Oracle
4 18 (6.69%) Cisco
5 14 (5.20%) MobileIron
6 12 (4.46%) Bloomberg
7 11 (4.09%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.35%) Google
8 9 (3.35%) NetApp
8 9 (3.35%) Remedy
8 9 (3.35%) Reuters
9 5 (1.86%) ION Trading
10 3 (1.12%) Juniper
10 3 (1.12%) OpenText
10 3 (1.12%) UiPath
10 3 (1.12%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.74%) Arista
11 2 (0.74%) CloudEndure
11 2 (0.74%) F5
11 2 (0.74%) SolarWinds