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 21 January 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
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 266 203
Rank change year-on-year -66 -63 -21
Contract jobs citing Citrix 223 232 439
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.87% 1.19%
As % of the Vendors category 1.49% 1.89% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 119 301
10th Percentile £185 £182 £193
25th Percentile £404 £260 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £360 £365
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -1.37% -8.75%
75th Percentile £550 £480 £538
90th Percentile £638 £565 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £360 £365
% change year-on-year +25.00% -1.37% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 27
10th Percentile - £15.04 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.22 -
Median hourly rate £22.88 £18.13 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% +29.50% -9.68%
75th Percentile £74.26 £21.46 £16.36
90th Percentile - - £53.83
UK median hourly rate £22.88 £21.46 £14.00
% change year-on-year +6.63% +53.29% -9.68%

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 14,940 12,252 16,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.27% 45.97% 43.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,832 7,390 10,412
10th Percentile £300 £288 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 701 353 745
10th Percentile £15.38 £15.62 £13.15
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -15.49% +9.23%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.10 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.75 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.36% -21.43% +12.63%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -9 109 £415 +10.67% 22
South East -24 36 £450 +28.57% 16
North of England -55 35 £500 +11.11% 9
North West -38 27 £550 +15.79% 2
East of England -29 20 £127 -43.46% 4
Midlands -44 16 £475 +192.31% 1
East Midlands -19 12 £490 +172.22%
North East -14 6 £513 +173.33% 1
South West -20 6 £394 -17.11% 3
West Midlands -46 4 £425 +193.10% 1
Yorkshire -48 4 £500 - 6
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 22 (9.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (9.42%) SharePoint
3 15 (6.73%) IIS
4 3 (1.35%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.90%) Confluence
5 2 (0.90%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.90%) WildFly
6 1 (0.45%) JBoss
6 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (8.07%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 65 (29.15%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (28.70%) Azure
3 52 (23.32%) Entra ID
4 30 (13.45%) AWS
5 16 (7.17%) GCP
6 10 (4.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 10 (4.48%) AWS CloudTrail
7 9 (4.04%) AWS KMS
8 8 (3.59%) Nutanix
9 7 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (3.14%) AWS Control Tower
9 7 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.14%) Google Workspace
9 7 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.35%) IaaS
10 3 (1.35%) PaaS
11 2 (0.90%) Akamai
11 2 (0.90%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.90%) SaaS
12 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.59%) Firewall
2 34 (15.25%) DNS
3 32 (14.35%) NetScaler
4 27 (12.11%) VPN
5 26 (11.66%) DHCP
6 15 (6.73%) TCP/IP
7 12 (5.38%) LAN
7 12 (5.38%) WebEx
8 11 (4.93%) Internet
9 10 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (4.04%) FTP
10 9 (4.04%) VLAN
11 7 (3.14%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (3.14%) WAN
12 6 (2.69%) Skype
13 5 (2.24%) SMTP
14 4 (1.79%) DMZ
14 4 (1.79%) Software-Defined Networking
14 4 (1.79%) VoIP
15 3 (1.35%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (19.28%) SQL Server
2 24 (10.76%) Oracle Database
3 9 (4.04%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.38%) JIRA
2 10 (4.48%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.79%) MSI
4 3 (1.35%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) GitLab
5 2 (0.90%) GoCD
5 2 (0.90%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (36.32%) Social Skills
2 70 (31.39%) Finance
3 36 (16.14%) Banking
4 18 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.28%) Legal
5 14 (6.28%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.14%) Front Office
8 6 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.69%) International Banking
9 5 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.24%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.79%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.35%) Back Office
11 3 (1.35%) Polish Language
11 3 (1.35%) Publishing
12 2 (0.90%) Local Government
13 1 (0.45%) Marketing
13 1 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (14.80%) Analyst
2 28 (12.56%) Developer
3 24 (10.76%) C# Developer
4 22 (9.87%) Architect
5 19 (8.52%) Citrix Engineer
6 18 (8.07%) Senior
7 16 (7.17%) Lead
8 15 (6.73%) Technical Analyst
9 13 (5.83%) Technical Support
10 12 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (5.38%) Support Engineer
11 11 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (4.93%) Support Analyst
11 11 (4.93%) Technical Support Analyst
12 9 (4.04%) Programme Manager
12 9 (4.04%) Wintel Analyst
13 8 (3.59%) Citrix Support
13 8 (3.59%) IT Analyst
13 8 (3.59%) IT Support
14 7 (3.14%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.56%) .NET
2 24 (10.76%) .NET Framework
3 14 (6.28%) WPF
4 13 (5.83%) WinForms
5 8 (3.59%) XMPP
6 6 (2.69%) REST
6 6 (2.69%) WCF
7 5 (2.24%) Middleware
8 4 (1.79%) JSON
9 2 (0.90%) Software Packaging
10 1 (0.45%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
10 1 (0.45%) LDAP
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.45%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.45%) Web Services
10 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.52%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.93%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.14%) Hedge funds
4 7 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.14%) PKI
5 6 (2.69%) Client/Server
5 6 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.24%) Clustering
7 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.35%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.35%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.90%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.90%) NHS
10 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 153 (68.61%) Windows
2 58 (26.01%) Windows Server
3 48 (21.52%) Windows 10
4 21 (9.42%) Linux
5 17 (7.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (7.17%) Windows Server 2003
7 14 (6.28%) Mac OS
8 13 (5.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (4.48%) AIX
9 10 (4.48%) Windows 7
10 7 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.90%) VMS
12 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.45%) Android
13 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.45%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (17.49%) ITIL
3 28 (12.56%) Migration
4 25 (11.21%) Change Management
4 25 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
5 24 (10.76%) Roadmaps
6 23 (10.31%) ITSM
7 22 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (9.42%) Data Analysis
8 21 (9.42%) Data Protection
9 20 (8.97%) Agile
10 19 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (8.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 19 (8.52%) Project Delivery
11 18 (8.07%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (8.07%) Zero Trust
12 16 (7.17%) User Experience
13 15 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (6.73%) DevOps
13 15 (6.73%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (27.35%) PowerShell
2 41 (18.39%) SQL
3 28 (12.56%) C#
4 24 (10.76%) PL/SQL
4 24 (10.76%) T-SQL
5 22 (9.87%) Bash
6 20 (8.97%) Python
7 12 (5.38%) VB
8 11 (4.93%) VBA
9 9 (4.04%) Perl
10 5 (2.24%) Java
11 2 (0.90%) VBScript
12 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 50 (22.42%) Security Cleared
2 42 (18.83%) SC Cleared
3 35 (15.70%) Degree
4 14 (6.28%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (5.83%) CCNP
6 12 (5.38%) CCNA
7 11 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.04%) CCDP
8 9 (4.04%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.59%) CCA
9 8 (3.59%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (3.14%) AWS Certification
10 7 (3.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.14%) MCSE
11 5 (2.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (2.24%) MCSA
12 4 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.79%) MCP
13 3 (1.35%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.35%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (13.45%) QA
2 13 (5.83%) GDPR
2 13 (5.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.14%) NCSC
4 6 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.35%) SLA
6 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.45%) MiFID
7 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 82 (36.77%) Active Directory
2 56 (25.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (15.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (4.93%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.14%) XenApp
6 6 (2.69%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (2.24%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (2.24%) XenDesktop
8 4 (1.79%) Docker
8 4 (1.79%) vSphere
9 3 (1.35%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.35%) Terminal Services
9 3 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.90%) NFS
10 2 (0.90%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 44 (19.73%) SCCM
2 40 (17.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (6.28%) Terraform
4 12 (5.38%) Ansible
5 5 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.24%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.24%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.79%) SCVMM
6 4 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.35%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.35%) Puppet
7 3 (1.35%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 3 (1.35%) vMotion
7 3 (1.35%) WSUS
8 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.90%) FreeIPA
8 2 (0.90%) SCOM
9 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.45%) vRealize
Vendors
1 97 (43.50%) Microsoft
2 69 (30.94%) VMware
3 44 (19.73%) Oracle
4 23 (10.31%) Cisco
5 14 (6.28%) ServiceNow
6 10 (4.48%) Red Hat
7 9 (4.04%) Google
7 9 (4.04%) IBM
8 7 (3.14%) Bloomberg
8 7 (3.14%) Remedy
8 7 (3.14%) Reuters
9 6 (2.69%) CloudEndure
10 5 (2.24%) Ivanti
11 4 (1.79%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.79%) ION Trading
11 4 (1.79%) NetApp
11 4 (1.79%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.79%) UiPath
11 4 (1.79%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.35%) Meraki