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 July 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 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 243 227
Rank change year-on-year -111 -16 -44
Contract jobs citing Citrix 272 279 395
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 1.09% 1.06%
As % of the Vendors category 1.52% 2.30% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 191 253
10th Percentile £301 £153 £195
25th Percentile £406 £256 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.64% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £580 £538 £515
90th Percentile £638 £600 £625
UK median daily rate £490 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +25.64% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 50
10th Percentile £23.80 - £14.16
25th Percentile £71.50 £14.99 £14.48
Median hourly rate £74.00 £15.44 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +379.27% -5.28% +5.16%
75th Percentile £74.26 £17.30 £21.37
90th Percentile - £20.41 £25.43
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 17,847 12,123 15,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.72% 47.29% 42.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,343 7,685 10,009
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £629
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 967 559 1,056
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.44
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.56 £14.67
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.04 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year +34.41% +5.64% -33.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.08 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.19
% change year-on-year +35.15% +3.99% -40.42%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -40 139 £445 +11.25% 28
South East -82 56 £570 +52.00% 14
North of England -87 31 £447 +90.21% 11
Midlands -49 24 £438 +66.67% 7
North West -34 21 £447 -12.78% 5
South West -26 17 £550 +134.04% 7
West Midlands -48 17 £438 +66.67% 5
Yorkshire -68 9 £510 +117.02% 3
East Midlands -7 7 - - 2
East of England -39 6 £500 +426.32% 5
North East - 1 £500 - 4
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 32 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (6.62%) IIS
3 17 (6.25%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.84%) Appian
4 5 (1.84%) Camunda
4 5 (1.84%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.84%) OpenText MBPM
2 5 (1.84%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.37%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.79%) Azure
2 59 (21.69%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (11.76%) Entra ID
4 29 (10.66%) AWS
5 12 (4.41%) IaaS
6 10 (3.68%) PaaS
7 9 (3.31%) Google Workspace
8 7 (2.57%) GCP
9 6 (2.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 6 (2.21%) AWS CloudTrail
10 5 (1.84%) AWS KMS
10 5 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.47%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.47%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.47%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.10%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.10%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.74%) SaaS
14 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (19.49%) DNS
2 45 (16.54%) VPN
3 41 (15.07%) DHCP
3 41 (15.07%) Firewall
4 21 (7.72%) Network Security
5 20 (7.35%) TCP/IP
6 19 (6.99%) NetScaler
7 17 (6.25%) Internet
8 10 (3.68%) LAN
8 10 (3.68%) SMTP
9 9 (3.31%) DMZ
10 8 (2.94%) VLAN
10 8 (2.94%) WAN
11 7 (2.57%) BGP
12 6 (2.21%) FTP
12 6 (2.21%) IPv4
12 6 (2.21%) IPv6
12 6 (2.21%) OSPF
12 6 (2.21%) SSL
12 6 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.56%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.10%) Big Data
5 3 (1.10%) BigQuery
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 (4.78%) MSI
2 11 (4.04%) JIRA
3 6 (2.21%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.47%) Selenium
5 3 (1.10%) Appium
5 3 (1.10%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.10%) Git
5 3 (1.10%) JUnit
5 3 (1.10%) TestNG
6 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.37%) GitLab
7 1 (0.37%) GoCD
7 1 (0.37%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 78 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 58 (21.32%) Finance
3 46 (16.91%) Banking
4 24 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.68%) Front Office
6 9 (3.31%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.94%) Legal
8 7 (2.57%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.57%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.10%) Publishing
11 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.74%) Retail
12 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.37%) International Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.37%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 56 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (14.34%) Citrix Engineer
3 38 (13.97%) Developer
4 29 (10.66%) Architect
5 28 (10.29%) C# Developer
6 26 (9.56%) Analyst
7 25 (9.19%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (8.82%) Senior
9 17 (6.25%) Administrator
9 17 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (5.88%) Support Engineer
11 13 (4.78%) Senior Citrix Engineer
12 11 (4.04%) VMware Engineer
13 9 (3.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 9 (3.31%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.31%) Applications Developer
13 9 (3.31%) IT Analyst
13 9 (3.31%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (3.31%) Network Engineer
13 9 (3.31%) Wintel Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.97%) .NET
2 34 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 13 (4.78%) WPF
4 12 (4.41%) WinForms
5 4 (1.47%) SAML
5 4 (1.47%) Software Packaging
6 3 (1.10%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.10%) Web Services
6 3 (1.10%) XML
6 3 (1.10%) XMPP
7 2 (0.74%) ADO
7 2 (0.74%) ebXML
7 2 (0.74%) LDAP
7 2 (0.74%) REST
7 2 (0.74%) RESTful
8 1 (0.37%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.37%) JSON
8 1 (0.37%) OAuth
8 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.37%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.35%) Onboarding
1 20 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (6.99%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.99%) PKI
3 15 (5.51%) Blackberry
4 12 (4.41%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (4.04%) Clustering
6 9 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.94%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.21%) Client/Server
8 6 (2.21%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.84%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.84%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.84%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.84%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.84%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.47%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 183 (67.28%) Windows
2 68 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 29 (10.66%) Linux
3 29 (10.66%) Windows 10
4 15 (5.51%) Android
4 15 (5.51%) Apple iOS
5 11 (4.04%) Mac OS
6 10 (3.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (3.31%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.21%) Debian
10 5 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.47%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.10%) AIX
13 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.37%) CentOS
14 1 (0.37%) VMS
14 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (24.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (13.97%) ITIL
3 38 (13.97%) Migration
4 33 (12.13%) Change Management
4 33 (12.13%) Data Analysis
5 25 (9.19%) Disaster Recovery
5 25 (9.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (8.82%) Agile
6 24 (8.82%) AI
7 19 (6.99%) User Experience
8 17 (6.25%) DevOps
8 17 (6.25%) Incident Management
9 16 (5.88%) Unit Testing
10 15 (5.51%) Generative AI
10 15 (5.51%) High Availability
10 15 (5.51%) Mobile Device Management
11 14 (5.15%) Customer Service
12 13 (4.78%) Data Protection
12 13 (4.78%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.01%) PowerShell
2 42 (15.44%) SQL
3 38 (13.97%) C#
4 32 (11.76%) PL/SQL
4 32 (11.76%) T-SQL
5 11 (4.04%) VB
6 10 (3.68%) Python
6 10 (3.68%) VBA
7 4 (1.47%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.10%) Bicep
9 2 (0.74%) VBScript
10 1 (0.37%) Bash
10 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 83 (30.51%) Security Cleared
2 65 (23.90%) SC Cleared
3 39 (14.34%) Degree
4 23 (8.46%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.04%) Citrix Certification
7 10 (3.68%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.31%) CCA
9 7 (2.57%) MCSE
10 6 (2.21%) ISTQB
10 6 (2.21%) MCSA
11 5 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.10%) CESG Certified Professional
13 3 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.74%) CCNA
14 2 (0.74%) CCNP
14 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.60%) QA
2 3 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.10%) SLA
3 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 74 (27.21%) Active Directory
2 60 (22.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (15.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (8.09%) Microsoft App-V
5 20 (7.35%) Hyper-V
6 15 (5.51%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (3.31%) BitLocker
7 9 (3.31%) VMware NSX
7 9 (3.31%) XenDesktop
8 8 (2.94%) Docker
8 8 (2.94%) vSphere
8 8 (2.94%) XenApp
9 5 (1.84%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.10%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.37%) NFS
Systems Management
1 45 (16.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (12.87%) SCCM
3 17 (6.25%) WSUS
4 16 (5.88%) vCenter Server
5 11 (4.04%) vMotion
6 10 (3.68%) Ansible
6 10 (3.68%) Kubernetes
7 9 (3.31%) Terraform
8 8 (2.94%) Puppet
9 5 (1.84%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.84%) SCOM
10 3 (1.10%) Nagios
10 3 (1.10%) Nessus
10 3 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.74%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.74%) WMI
12 1 (0.37%) CloudForms
12 1 (0.37%) FreeIPA
Vendors
1 104 (38.24%) VMware
2 94 (34.56%) Microsoft
3 38 (13.97%) Oracle
4 24 (8.82%) Cisco
5 16 (5.88%) Bloomberg
6 14 (5.15%) MobileIron
7 12 (4.41%) Reuters
7 12 (4.41%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.94%) Google
8 8 (2.94%) ION Trading
8 8 (2.94%) Remedy
9 7 (2.57%) NetApp
10 6 (2.21%) Apple
10 6 (2.21%) F5
10 6 (2.21%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.84%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (1.84%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.84%) Meraki
11 5 (1.84%) OpenText
11 5 (1.84%) Palo Alto