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 4 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
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 288 203
Rank change year-on-year -36 -85 -4
Contract jobs citing Citrix 283 194 426
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.80% 1.13%
As % of the Vendors category 1.69% 1.69% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 115 281
10th Percentile £300 £147 £190
25th Percentile £404 £263 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £390 £385
Median % change year-on-year +16.03% +1.30% -3.75%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £515
90th Percentile £638 £591 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £390 £380
% change year-on-year +15.38% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 48
10th Percentile £17.90 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.79 £15.11 £14.12
Median hourly rate £74.00 £18.13 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% +11.23% +5.16%
75th Percentile £74.26 £21.46 £21.37
90th Percentile - - £24.19
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £18.13 £16.30
% change year-on-year +308.16% +11.23% +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 16,788 11,511 15,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.48% 47.24% 42.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,983 7,477 10,170
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £604 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £514
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.19% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 867 421 954
10th Percentile £15.45 £15.09 £12.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% +23.40% -37.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £55.08
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £28.60 £22.73
% change year-on-year -5.59% +25.85% -44.01%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +12 143 £415 +6.41% 18
South East -43 45 £500 +25.00% 27
North of England -69 40 £500 +19.40% 6
North West -36 31 £550 +2.33% 5
Midlands -67 21 £431 +196.90% 8
South West -10 19 £550 +17.02% 1
East of England -38 15 £127 -
West Midlands -59 13 £410 +182.76% 7
East Midlands -24 8 £500 +177.78% 1
North East -9 6 £513 +173.33%
Yorkshire -63 5 £500 +233.33% 1
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 34 (12.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.19%) SharePoint
3 16 (5.65%) IIS
4 2 (0.71%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.77%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 74 (26.15%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (23.32%) Azure
3 57 (20.14%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.83%) AWS
5 12 (4.24%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 12 (4.24%) AWS CloudTrail
6 11 (3.89%) AWS KMS
6 11 (3.89%) GCP
6 11 (3.89%) IaaS
7 10 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.53%) Google Workspace
8 9 (3.18%) PaaS
9 7 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.47%) AWS Control Tower
9 7 (2.47%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.41%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.41%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.06%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (15.90%) DNS
2 42 (14.84%) Firewall
3 35 (12.37%) VPN
4 33 (11.66%) NetScaler
5 30 (10.60%) DHCP
6 19 (6.71%) TCP/IP
7 17 (6.01%) Internet
8 16 (5.65%) WebEx
9 12 (4.24%) FTP
10 11 (3.89%) Network Security
11 10 (3.53%) Skype
11 10 (3.53%) SMTP
12 8 (2.83%) LAN
12 8 (2.83%) VLAN
13 6 (2.12%) DMZ
13 6 (2.12%) SSL
13 6 (2.12%) WAN
13 6 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (1.77%) BGP
15 4 (1.41%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (18.73%) SQL Server
2 27 (9.54%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.06%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (6.36%) JIRA
2 15 (5.30%) MSI
3 11 (3.89%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.41%) Selenium
5 3 (1.06%) Appium
5 3 (1.06%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.06%) Git
5 3 (1.06%) InstallShield
5 3 (1.06%) JUnit
5 3 (1.06%) TestNG
6 2 (0.71%) GitLab
7 1 (0.35%) GoCD
7 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 89 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 75 (26.50%) Finance
3 49 (17.31%) Banking
4 32 (11.31%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.71%) Legal
6 16 (5.65%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.83%) Front Office
9 8 (2.83%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.12%) International Banking
11 5 (1.77%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.41%) Publishing
13 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.71%) Local Government
14 2 (0.71%) Polish Language
14 2 (0.71%) Spanish Language
15 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (13.43%) Architect
2 37 (13.07%) Developer
3 35 (12.37%) Citrix Engineer
4 34 (12.01%) Analyst
5 33 (11.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (10.95%) C# Developer
7 28 (9.89%) Senior
8 15 (5.30%) Lead
9 14 (4.95%) Senior Citrix Engineer
10 12 (4.24%) QA Engineer
10 12 (4.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (4.24%) Test Engineer
11 11 (3.89%) Applications Developer
11 11 (3.89%) Technical Analyst
12 10 (3.53%) 1st Line Support
12 10 (3.53%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.53%) Wintel Analyst
13 9 (3.18%) IT Analyst
13 9 (3.18%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (3.18%) QA Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (13.07%) .NET
2 33 (11.66%) .NET Framework
3 16 (5.65%) WPF
4 15 (5.30%) WinForms
5 11 (3.89%) XMPP
6 5 (1.77%) Software Packaging
7 4 (1.41%) REST
7 4 (1.41%) XML
8 3 (1.06%) SAML
8 3 (1.06%) WCF
9 2 (0.71%) ADO
9 2 (0.71%) ebXML
9 2 (0.71%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.71%) JSON
9 2 (0.71%) LDAP
9 2 (0.71%) Web Services
10 1 (0.35%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.77%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.30%) Blackberry
2 15 (5.30%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.59%) PKI
4 12 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (3.18%) Clustering
7 9 (3.18%) Hedge funds
8 8 (2.83%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.83%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.47%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.77%) Fat Client
10 5 (1.77%) Thin Client
10 5 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.71%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 200 (70.67%) Windows
2 68 (24.03%) Windows Server
3 51 (18.02%) Windows 10
4 25 (8.83%) Linux
5 16 (5.65%) Windows Server 2003
6 15 (5.30%) Android
6 15 (5.30%) Apple iOS
6 15 (5.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (4.59%) Mac OS
8 12 (4.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (3.53%) Windows 7
10 9 (3.18%) AIX
11 7 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.71%) VMS
12 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.35%) CentOS
13 1 (0.35%) Debian
13 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 44 (15.55%) ITIL
4 39 (13.78%) Migration
5 36 (12.72%) Change Management
6 31 (10.95%) Data Analysis
7 29 (10.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (9.89%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (8.13%) User Experience
10 22 (7.77%) Agile
10 22 (7.77%) ITSM
11 21 (7.42%) Service Management
12 20 (7.07%) Data Protection
12 20 (7.07%) Incident Management
12 20 (7.07%) Mobile Device Management
13 19 (6.71%) Application Packaging
13 19 (6.71%) Customer Service
13 19 (6.71%) Identity Access Management
13 19 (6.71%) Project Delivery
14 18 (6.36%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.38%) PowerShell
2 51 (18.02%) SQL
3 37 (13.07%) C#
4 32 (11.31%) PL/SQL
4 32 (11.31%) T-SQL
5 20 (7.07%) Python
6 15 (5.30%) Bash
6 15 (5.30%) VB
7 13 (4.59%) VBA
8 10 (3.53%) Perl
9 4 (1.41%) VBScript
10 2 (0.71%) Bicep
11 1 (0.35%) Java
11 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 77 (27.21%) Security Cleared
2 65 (22.97%) SC Cleared
3 45 (15.90%) Degree
4 15 (5.30%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.95%) Citrix Certification
6 13 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.24%) CCA
7 12 (4.24%) CCNP
8 10 (3.53%) CCNA
9 9 (3.18%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.18%) CCDP
10 8 (2.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (2.47%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.12%) MCSE
13 5 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.77%) MCSA
14 3 (1.06%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (16.25%) QA
2 7 (2.47%) NCSC
3 6 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.77%) GDPR
4 5 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 87 (30.74%) Active Directory
2 61 (21.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (16.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 23 (8.13%) Microsoft App-V
5 16 (5.65%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.53%) XenDesktop
7 9 (3.18%) XenApp
8 8 (2.83%) BitLocker
9 7 (2.47%) Docker
10 5 (1.77%) vSphere
11 4 (1.41%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.71%) NFS
12 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.71%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 61 (21.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (14.13%) SCCM
3 16 (5.65%) Terraform
4 11 (3.89%) Ansible
5 10 (3.53%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.18%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.83%) vMotion
7 8 (2.83%) WSUS
8 7 (2.47%) Puppet
9 5 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.77%) SCVMM
9 5 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.06%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.71%) SCOM
11 2 (0.71%) WMI
12 1 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
12 1 (0.35%) FreeIPA
12 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 126 (44.52%) Microsoft
2 89 (31.45%) VMware
3 45 (15.90%) Oracle
4 28 (9.89%) Cisco
5 15 (5.30%) ServiceNow
6 14 (4.95%) MobileIron
7 11 (3.89%) Google
7 11 (3.89%) Red Hat
8 10 (3.53%) Bloomberg
8 10 (3.53%) NetApp
8 10 (3.53%) Remedy
8 10 (3.53%) Reuters
9 8 (2.83%) IBM
10 6 (2.12%) CloudEndure
10 6 (2.12%) ION Trading
11 4 (1.41%) UiPath
12 3 (1.06%) Autodesk
12 3 (1.06%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.06%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.06%) Zscaler