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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 273 198
Rank change year-on-year -40 -75 -10
Contract jobs citing Citrix 287 212 424
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.87% 1.14%
As % of the Vendors category 1.70% 1.83% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 135 279
10th Percentile £350 £150 £180
25th Percentile £406 £256 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £390 £375
Median % change year-on-year +21.79% +4.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £515
90th Percentile £638 £591 £650
UK median daily rate £456 £390 £375
% change year-on-year +16.99% +4.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 24 52
10th Percentile £21.79 - £14.00
25th Percentile £60.63 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £74.00 £16.30 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +353.99% - +5.16%
75th Percentile £74.26 £19.25 £21.37
90th Percentile - £21.46 £21.46
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £17.30 £16.30
% change year-on-year +327.75% +6.13% +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 16,848 11,589 15,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.74% 47.32% 42.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,985 7,516 10,030
10th Percentile £313 £293 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 436 985
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.18 £14.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.31 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.63 £80.05 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +24.44% -46.40%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +17 146 £415 +6.41% 13
South East -45 44 £528 +32.05% 16
North of England -60 41 £500 +112.77% 8
North West -32 31 £550 +4.76% 4
Midlands -57 25 £436 +200.69% 5
South West -17 18 £550 +17.02% 4
West Midlands -63 16 £425 +193.10% 5
East of England -44 12 £127 - 5
East Midlands -26 9 £468 +160.00%
North East -9 6 £513 +173.33% 1
Yorkshire -64 6 £500 +233.33% 4
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 35 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.06%) SharePoint
3 19 (6.62%) IIS
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (8.01%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (24.74%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (23.00%) Azure
3 57 (19.86%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.41%) AWS
5 12 (4.18%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 12 (4.18%) AWS CloudTrail
5 12 (4.18%) Google Workspace
6 11 (3.83%) AWS KMS
6 11 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.83%) GCP
6 11 (3.83%) IaaS
7 9 (3.14%) PaaS
8 7 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.44%) AWS Control Tower
8 7 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (2.09%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.39%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.39%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.05%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (17.07%) DNS
2 42 (14.63%) Firewall
3 35 (12.20%) VPN
4 34 (11.85%) DHCP
5 32 (11.15%) NetScaler
6 21 (7.32%) TCP/IP
7 17 (5.92%) Internet
8 16 (5.57%) WebEx
9 14 (4.88%) Network Security
10 12 (4.18%) FTP
11 10 (3.48%) Skype
11 10 (3.48%) SMTP
11 10 (3.48%) VLAN
12 8 (2.79%) LAN
13 7 (2.44%) DMZ
14 6 (2.09%) IPv4
14 6 (2.09%) IPv6
14 6 (2.09%) SSL
14 6 (2.09%) WAN
15 5 (1.74%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (19.86%) SQL Server
2 27 (9.41%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.05%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (6.27%) JIRA
2 14 (4.88%) MSI
3 11 (3.83%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.39%) Selenium
5 3 (1.05%) Appium
5 3 (1.05%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.05%) Git
5 3 (1.05%) GitLab
5 3 (1.05%) JUnit
5 3 (1.05%) TestNG
6 2 (0.70%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.35%) GoCD
7 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 89 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 79 (27.53%) Finance
3 51 (17.77%) Banking
4 32 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.27%) Legal
6 16 (5.57%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.14%) Front Office
9 9 (3.14%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.09%) International Banking
11 5 (1.74%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.39%) Publishing
13 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.70%) Local Government
14 2 (0.70%) Retail
14 2 (0.70%) Spanish Language
15 1 (0.35%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 39 (13.59%) Developer
2 38 (13.24%) Architect
3 37 (12.89%) Citrix Engineer
3 37 (12.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (11.50%) C# Developer
5 31 (10.80%) Analyst
6 28 (9.76%) Senior
7 15 (5.23%) Lead
8 14 (4.88%) Senior Citrix Engineer
9 12 (4.18%) QA Engineer
9 12 (4.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (4.18%) Test Engineer
10 11 (3.83%) Administrator
10 11 (3.83%) Applications Developer
10 11 (3.83%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.48%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (3.48%) Wintel Analyst
12 9 (3.14%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
12 9 (3.14%) QA Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (13.59%) .NET
2 35 (12.20%) .NET Framework
3 16 (5.57%) WPF
4 15 (5.23%) WinForms
5 11 (3.83%) XMPP
6 5 (1.74%) REST
6 5 (1.74%) Software Packaging
7 4 (1.39%) SAML
7 4 (1.39%) XML
8 3 (1.05%) LDAP
9 2 (0.70%) ADO
9 2 (0.70%) ebXML
9 2 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.70%) JSON
9 2 (0.70%) WCF
9 2 (0.70%) Web Services
10 1 (0.35%) Middleware
10 1 (0.35%) OAuth
10 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.35%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.32%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.92%) PKI
3 16 (5.57%) Onboarding
4 15 (5.23%) Blackberry
4 15 (5.23%) Product Ownership
4 15 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.18%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (3.83%) Clustering
7 9 (3.14%) Client/Server
7 9 (3.14%) Hedge funds
7 9 (3.14%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.74%) Fat Client
10 5 (1.74%) Thin Client
10 5 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.39%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 206 (71.78%) Windows
2 74 (25.78%) Windows Server
3 49 (17.07%) Windows 10
4 27 (9.41%) Linux
5 15 (5.23%) Android
5 15 (5.23%) Apple iOS
5 15 (5.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (4.88%) Windows Server 2003
7 13 (4.53%) Mac OS
8 12 (4.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (2.79%) Windows 7
11 7 (2.44%) AIX
12 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (1.05%) VMS
14 2 (0.70%) Debian
15 1 (0.35%) CentOS
15 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 44 (15.33%) ITIL
4 40 (13.94%) Migration
5 37 (12.89%) Change Management
6 32 (11.15%) Data Analysis
7 29 (10.10%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (8.71%) User Experience
9 24 (8.36%) Agile
10 23 (8.01%) ITSM
10 23 (8.01%) Service Management
11 22 (7.67%) Data Protection
12 20 (6.97%) Identity Access Management
12 20 (6.97%) Mobile Device Management
13 19 (6.62%) DevOps
13 19 (6.62%) Platform Engineering
13 19 (6.62%) Project Delivery
14 18 (6.27%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (6.27%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.69%) PowerShell
2 52 (18.12%) SQL
3 39 (13.59%) C#
4 34 (11.85%) PL/SQL
4 34 (11.85%) T-SQL
5 20 (6.97%) Python
6 15 (5.23%) Bash
7 14 (4.88%) VB
8 13 (4.53%) VBA
9 10 (3.48%) Perl
10 3 (1.05%) VBScript
11 2 (0.70%) Bicep
11 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 77 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 66 (23.00%) SC Cleared
3 47 (16.38%) Degree
4 15 (5.23%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.88%) Citrix Certification
6 12 (4.18%) CCA
6 12 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.83%) CCNP
8 9 (3.14%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.14%) CCDP
8 9 (3.14%) CCNA
8 9 (3.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.44%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.09%) MCSE
12 5 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.39%) MCSA
14 3 (1.05%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (16.72%) QA
2 7 (2.44%) NCSC
3 6 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.74%) GDPR
4 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 84 (29.27%) Active Directory
2 65 (22.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (16.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (7.67%) Microsoft App-V
5 17 (5.92%) Hyper-V
6 13 (4.53%) XenDesktop
7 12 (4.18%) XenApp
8 10 (3.48%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.79%) BitLocker
10 7 (2.44%) Docker
11 5 (1.74%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.74%) vSphere
12 2 (0.70%) NFS
12 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 60 (20.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (14.29%) SCCM
3 17 (5.92%) Terraform
4 13 (4.53%) WSUS
5 11 (3.83%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.48%) Ansible
7 9 (3.14%) Kubernetes
8 8 (2.79%) vMotion
9 7 (2.44%) Puppet
10 5 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (1.74%) SCVMM
10 5 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.05%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.70%) SCOM
12 2 (0.70%) WMI
13 1 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
13 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.35%) FreeIPA
13 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 122 (42.51%) Microsoft
2 94 (32.75%) VMware
3 45 (15.68%) Oracle
4 28 (9.76%) Cisco
5 14 (4.88%) MobileIron
6 13 (4.53%) ServiceNow
7 12 (4.18%) Google
8 11 (3.83%) Bloomberg
8 11 (3.83%) Red Hat
8 11 (3.83%) Reuters
9 10 (3.48%) NetApp
9 10 (3.48%) Remedy
10 7 (2.44%) ION Trading
11 6 (2.09%) CloudEndure
11 6 (2.09%) IBM
12 4 (1.39%) UiPath
13 3 (1.05%) Autodesk
13 3 (1.05%) F5
13 3 (1.05%) Juniper
13 3 (1.05%) Zscaler