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 May 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 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 258 221
Rank change year-on-year -67 -37 -33
Contract jobs citing Citrix 276 242 384
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.99% 1.05%
As % of the Vendors category 1.64% 2.08% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 160 242
10th Percentile £350 £150 £190
25th Percentile £406 £235 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +29.33% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £580 £525 £534
90th Percentile £638 £588 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £375 £393
% change year-on-year +26.67% -4.46% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 57
10th Percentile £21.40 - £14.00
25th Percentile £38.88 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £74.00 £16.19 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +357.07% -0.67% +5.16%
75th Percentile £74.26 £18.13 £21.37
90th Percentile - £18.43 £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 16,858 11,650 15,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.14% 47.61% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,910 7,504 9,729
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -3.36%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £635
90th Percentile £710 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 892 466 1,006
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.84 £12.06
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.46 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.39 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% +17.30% -40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +27.45% +15.91% -48.24%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +5 144 £415 +6.41% 22
South East -70 55 £560 +49.33% 15
North of England -88 29 £433 +84.26% 5
Midlands -53 25 £431 +196.90% 3
North West -33 22 £300 -42.86% 4
South West -14 18 £550 +134.04% 3
West Midlands -55 16 £425 +193.10% 1
East Midlands -19 9 £436 +142.22% 2
Yorkshire -78 6 £500 +233.33% 1
East of England -49 5 £368 - 1
South Coast - 1 £625 -
North East - 1 £475 -
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 29 (10.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (6.88%) IIS
2 19 (6.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) JBoss
4 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 69 (25.00%) Azure
2 67 (24.28%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (18.48%) Entra ID
4 36 (13.04%) AWS
5 13 (4.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 13 (4.71%) AWS CloudTrail
6 12 (4.35%) AWS KMS
7 11 (3.99%) GCP
7 11 (3.99%) IaaS
8 9 (3.26%) PaaS
9 8 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (2.90%) AWS Control Tower
9 8 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.90%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (2.17%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.45%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.45%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.09%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (18.48%) DNS
2 38 (13.77%) VPN
3 37 (13.41%) DHCP
4 34 (12.32%) Firewall
5 21 (7.61%) NetScaler
6 19 (6.88%) TCP/IP
7 17 (6.16%) Internet
7 17 (6.16%) Network Security
8 11 (3.99%) FTP
9 10 (3.62%) Skype
9 10 (3.62%) SMTP
10 8 (2.90%) LAN
10 8 (2.90%) VLAN
10 8 (2.90%) WebEx
11 7 (2.54%) IPv4
11 7 (2.54%) IPv6
12 6 (2.17%) SSL
12 6 (2.17%) WAN
13 5 (1.81%) DMZ
14 4 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (19.20%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.33%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.09%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (6.52%) JIRA
2 14 (5.07%) MSI
3 10 (3.62%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.45%) Selenium
5 3 (1.09%) Appium
5 3 (1.09%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.09%) Git
5 3 (1.09%) JUnit
5 3 (1.09%) TestNG
6 2 (0.72%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.36%) GitLab
7 1 (0.36%) GoCD
7 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (27.90%) Social Skills
2 72 (26.09%) Finance
3 46 (16.67%) Banking
4 24 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.90%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.90%) Legal
9 7 (2.54%) Front Office
10 6 (2.17%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.45%) Publishing
12 3 (1.09%) International Banking
13 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.72%) Retail
13 2 (0.72%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.36%) Back Office
14 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 50 (18.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 44 (15.94%) Citrix Engineer
3 37 (13.41%) Architect
3 37 (13.41%) Developer
4 32 (11.59%) C# Developer
5 26 (9.42%) Analyst
6 25 (9.06%) Senior
7 21 (7.61%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (5.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.07%) Senior Citrix Engineer
10 13 (4.71%) Lead
11 12 (4.35%) QA Engineer
11 12 (4.35%) Test Engineer
12 11 (3.99%) Applications Developer
13 10 (3.62%) 1st Line Support
14 9 (3.26%) Consultant
14 9 (3.26%) IT Engineer
14 9 (3.26%) QA Test Engineer
14 9 (3.26%) Wintel Analyst
15 8 (2.90%) C# Application Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (13.41%) .NET
2 34 (12.32%) .NET Framework
3 15 (5.43%) WinForms
4 14 (5.07%) WPF
5 5 (1.81%) Software Packaging
6 4 (1.45%) SAML
6 4 (1.45%) XML
7 3 (1.09%) LDAP
7 3 (1.09%) REST
7 3 (1.09%) XMPP
8 2 (0.72%) ADO
8 2 (0.72%) ebXML
8 2 (0.72%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.72%) JSON
8 2 (0.72%) Web Services
9 1 (0.36%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.36%) Middleware
9 1 (0.36%) OAuth
9 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.36%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.88%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.52%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.52%) PKI
3 16 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (5.43%) Blackberry
5 11 (3.99%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (3.62%) Clustering
7 9 (3.26%) Hedge funds
8 8 (2.90%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (2.54%) Enterprise Storage
9 7 (2.54%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.54%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.81%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.45%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.45%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.45%) Thin Client
12 3 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 187 (67.75%) Windows
2 68 (24.64%) Windows Server
3 44 (15.94%) Windows 10
4 25 (9.06%) Linux
5 15 (5.43%) Android
5 15 (5.43%) Apple iOS
5 15 (5.43%) Mac OS
6 12 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.62%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (3.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.81%) Debian
9 4 (1.45%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.09%) AIX
10 3 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.36%) CentOS
11 1 (0.36%) VMS
11 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (15.22%) Migration
4 40 (14.49%) ITIL
5 31 (11.23%) Change Management
5 31 (11.23%) Data Analysis
6 30 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (10.51%) Disaster Recovery
8 23 (8.33%) User Experience
9 21 (7.61%) Agile
10 20 (7.25%) Data Protection
11 18 (6.52%) Incident Management
12 17 (6.16%) AI
12 17 (6.16%) Application Packaging
12 17 (6.16%) Customer Service
12 17 (6.16%) Roadmaps
12 17 (6.16%) Unit Testing
13 16 (5.80%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (5.80%) Decision-Making
13 16 (5.80%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (18.48%) PowerShell
2 47 (17.03%) SQL
3 37 (13.41%) C#
4 33 (11.96%) PL/SQL
4 33 (11.96%) T-SQL
5 14 (5.07%) VB
6 13 (4.71%) VBA
7 10 (3.62%) Python
8 6 (2.17%) Bash
9 4 (1.45%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.09%) Bicep
10 3 (1.09%) VBScript
11 1 (0.36%) Java
11 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 73 (26.45%) Security Cleared
2 62 (22.46%) SC Cleared
3 41 (14.86%) Degree
4 16 (5.80%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.35%) Citrix Certification
6 11 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.62%) CCA
8 9 (3.26%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.90%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.81%) MCSE
13 4 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.45%) MCSA
14 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (1.09%) CCNP
14 3 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
15 2 (0.72%) CCSM
15 2 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (17.03%) QA
2 8 (2.90%) NCSC
3 6 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.81%) GDPR
4 5 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (27.54%) Active Directory
2 64 (23.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (15.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (7.97%) Hyper-V
4 22 (7.97%) Microsoft App-V
5 12 (4.35%) XenDesktop
6 11 (3.99%) XenApp
7 9 (3.26%) VMware NSX
8 8 (2.90%) BitLocker
8 8 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (2.54%) Docker
10 6 (2.17%) vSphere
11 3 (1.09%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.72%) NFS
12 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
13 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 53 (19.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (13.04%) SCCM
3 16 (5.80%) Terraform
4 14 (5.07%) WSUS
5 9 (3.26%) Ansible
5 9 (3.26%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.26%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.90%) vMotion
7 7 (2.54%) Puppet
8 5 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.45%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.72%) SCOM
10 2 (0.72%) WMI
11 1 (0.36%) CloudForms
11 1 (0.36%) EMC VPLEX
11 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.36%) FreeIPA
11 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 103 (37.32%) Microsoft
2 98 (35.51%) VMware
3 39 (14.13%) Oracle
4 21 (7.61%) Cisco
5 14 (5.07%) MobileIron
6 12 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.99%) Bloomberg
8 10 (3.62%) Google
8 10 (3.62%) NetApp
8 10 (3.62%) Remedy
9 9 (3.26%) Reuters
10 6 (2.17%) CloudEndure
11 5 (1.81%) ION Trading
12 3 (1.09%) F5
12 3 (1.09%) Juniper
12 3 (1.09%) UiPath
12 3 (1.09%) Zscaler
13 2 (0.72%) Arista
13 2 (0.72%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.72%) Tanium