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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 266 197
Rank change year-on-year -63 -69 -21
Contract jobs citing Citrix 224 236 444
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.88% 1.23%
As % of the Vendors category 1.52% 1.92% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 122 306
10th Percentile £182 £182 £193
25th Percentile £404 £263 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £368 £365
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% +0.68% -8.75%
75th Percentile £550 £480 £538
90th Percentile £638 £562 £663
UK median daily rate £449 £360 £366
% change year-on-year +24.58% -1.71% -8.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 27
10th Percentile - £15.04 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.22 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £18.13 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% +29.50% -9.68%
75th Percentile £74.26 £21.46 £15.98
90th Percentile - - £53.83
UK median hourly rate £22.27 £21.46 £14.00
% change year-on-year +3.75% +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 14,725 12,316 15,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.53% 45.98% 43.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,658 7,441 10,258
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £709 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 680 349 632
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.13 £18.00
Median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -31.58% +39.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.75
% change year-on-year -12.17% -38.00% +58.43%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -19 109 £450 +20.00% 17
North of England -58 37 £519 +15.28% 12
South East -20 35 £447 +27.71% 9
North West -32 27 £550 +15.79% 3
East of England -24 20 £127 -43.46% 5
Midlands -37 17 £470 +198.41% 1
East Midlands -13 12 £490 +188.24%
North East -12 6 £513 +173.33% 1
Yorkshire -41 6 £519 - 8
South West -28 5 £300 -36.84% 3
West Midlands -41 5 £425 +193.10% 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 23 (10.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (9.82%) SharePoint
3 15 (6.70%) IIS
4 3 (1.34%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.89%) Confluence
5 2 (0.89%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.89%) WildFly
6 1 (0.45%) JBoss
6 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (8.48%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (29.46%) Azure
1 66 (29.46%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (22.32%) Entra ID
3 29 (12.95%) AWS
4 16 (7.14%) GCP
5 7 (3.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 7 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (3.13%) AWS CloudTrail
5 7 (3.13%) AWS Control Tower
5 7 (3.13%) AWS KMS
5 7 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.13%) Nutanix
5 7 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (2.68%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.34%) IaaS
7 3 (1.34%) PaaS
8 2 (0.89%) Akamai
8 2 (0.89%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (17.41%) Firewall
2 35 (15.63%) DNS
3 32 (14.29%) NetScaler
4 27 (12.05%) VPN
5 25 (11.16%) DHCP
6 15 (6.70%) TCP/IP
7 13 (5.80%) WebEx
8 12 (5.36%) LAN
9 11 (4.91%) Internet
10 10 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (4.02%) VLAN
12 8 (3.57%) FTP
12 8 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (3.13%) WAN
14 6 (2.68%) Skype
15 4 (1.79%) Network Security
15 4 (1.79%) SMTP
15 4 (1.79%) Software-Defined Networking
15 4 (1.79%) VoIP
16 3 (1.34%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (19.20%) SQL Server
2 25 (11.16%) Oracle Database
3 10 (4.46%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau Desktop
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.36%) JIRA
2 9 (4.02%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.34%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.34%) MSI
4 2 (0.89%) GitLab
4 2 (0.89%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.45%) GoCD
5 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 80 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 74 (33.04%) Finance
3 34 (15.18%) Banking
4 22 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.25%) Legal
6 12 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.68%) Front Office
7 6 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.68%) International Banking
8 5 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.79%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.79%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.34%) Back Office
10 3 (1.34%) Polish Language
10 3 (1.34%) Publishing
11 2 (0.89%) Law
11 2 (0.89%) Local Government
12 1 (0.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (15.18%) Analyst
2 28 (12.50%) Developer
3 23 (10.27%) C# Developer
4 22 (9.82%) Architect
5 19 (8.48%) Citrix Engineer
6 17 (7.59%) Senior
7 16 (7.14%) Lead
7 16 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
8 15 (6.70%) Technical Support
9 13 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.80%) Support Analyst
9 13 (5.80%) Support Engineer
9 13 (5.80%) Technical Support Analyst
10 11 (4.91%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (4.02%) IT Analyst
11 9 (4.02%) IT Support
11 9 (4.02%) Programme Manager
12 8 (3.57%) Citrix Support
12 8 (3.57%) Wintel Analyst
13 7 (3.13%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.05%) .NET
2 23 (10.27%) .NET Framework
3 14 (6.25%) WPF
4 13 (5.80%) WinForms
5 8 (3.57%) XMPP
6 7 (3.13%) WCF
7 5 (2.23%) Middleware
7 5 (2.23%) REST
8 3 (1.34%) JSON
9 1 (0.45%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
9 1 (0.45%) LDAP
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.45%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.45%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.45%) Web Services
9 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.13%) Hedge funds
3 7 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.13%) PKI
4 6 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.23%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.23%) Clustering
6 4 (1.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.34%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.34%) NHS
7 3 (1.34%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.34%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.89%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 156 (69.64%) Windows
2 56 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 49 (21.88%) Windows 10
4 20 (8.93%) Linux
5 19 (8.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (7.14%) Windows Server 2003
7 13 (5.80%) Mac OS
8 12 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (4.46%) AIX
9 10 (4.46%) Windows 7
10 7 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.89%) VMS
12 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.45%) Android
13 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (17.86%) ITIL
3 26 (11.61%) ITSM
4 25 (11.16%) Roadmaps
5 24 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 24 (10.71%) Migration
6 23 (10.27%) Change Management
7 22 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (9.38%) Data Analysis
8 21 (9.38%) Data Protection
9 20 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (8.93%) Project Delivery
10 19 (8.48%) Agile
10 19 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (8.04%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (8.04%) Zero Trust
12 16 (7.14%) User Experience
13 15 (6.70%) DevOps
14 14 (6.25%) Change Control
14 14 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 59 (26.34%) PowerShell
2 41 (18.30%) SQL
3 27 (12.05%) C#
4 23 (10.27%) PL/SQL
4 23 (10.27%) T-SQL
5 22 (9.82%) Bash
6 20 (8.93%) Python
7 12 (5.36%) VB
8 11 (4.91%) VBA
9 9 (4.02%) Perl
10 5 (2.23%) Java
11 4 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (20.98%) Security Cleared
2 40 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 34 (15.18%) Degree
4 14 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (5.80%) CCNP
6 12 (5.36%) CCNA
7 11 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.02%) CCDP
9 8 (3.57%) CCA
9 8 (3.57%) Citrix Certification
9 8 (3.57%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.13%) AWS Certification
10 7 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.13%) MCSE
11 5 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (2.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (2.23%) MCSA
12 4 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.79%) MCP
13 3 (1.34%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.95%) QA
2 14 (6.25%) GDPR
3 13 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.13%) NCSC
5 6 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.34%) SLA
7 2 (0.89%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.45%) MiFID
8 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 84 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 54 (24.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (16.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (5.36%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.13%) XenApp
6 5 (2.23%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.23%) XenDesktop
7 4 (1.79%) Docker
7 4 (1.79%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.79%) vSphere
8 3 (1.34%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.89%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.89%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.45%) NFS
Systems Management
1 43 (19.20%) SCCM
2 38 (16.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (6.25%) Terraform
4 11 (4.91%) Ansible
5 5 (2.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (2.23%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.23%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.79%) SCVMM
6 4 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.34%) PaperCut
7 3 (1.34%) Puppet
7 3 (1.34%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 3 (1.34%) vMotion
8 2 (0.89%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.89%) WSUS
9 1 (0.45%) FreeIPA
9 1 (0.45%) SCOM
9 1 (0.45%) vRealize
Vendors
1 102 (45.54%) Microsoft
2 68 (30.36%) VMware
3 44 (19.64%) Oracle
4 25 (11.16%) Cisco
5 15 (6.70%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.91%) Google
7 10 (4.46%) Red Hat
8 9 (4.02%) IBM
9 7 (3.13%) Fortinet
9 7 (3.13%) Remedy
10 6 (2.68%) Bloomberg
10 6 (2.68%) CloudEndure
10 6 (2.68%) Reuters
11 5 (2.23%) Ivanti
12 4 (1.79%) Dell
12 4 (1.79%) Forcepoint
12 4 (1.79%) NetApp
12 4 (1.79%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.79%) UiPath
12 4 (1.79%) Zscaler