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 13 February 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
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 261 195
Rank change year-on-year -70 -66 -17
Contract jobs citing Citrix 238 237 455
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.91% 1.20%
As % of the Vendors category 1.54% 1.96% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 116 305
10th Percentile £262 £182 £190
25th Percentile £404 £262 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £375 £368
Median % change year-on-year +20.33% +2.04% -8.13%
75th Percentile £575 £514 £550
90th Percentile £638 £575 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £375 £368
% change year-on-year +20.00% +2.04% -8.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 33
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.08 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.21 £15.22 £14.00
Median hourly rate £48.88 £18.13 £14.80
Median % change year-on-year +169.61% +22.50% -4.52%
75th Percentile £74.26 £21.46 £21.37
90th Percentile - - £42.17
UK median hourly rate £48.88 £21.46 £14.80
% change year-on-year +127.77% +45.00% -4.52%

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 15,424 12,083 16,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.19% 46.36% 43.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,086 7,365 10,555
10th Percentile £300 £278 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £706 £720 £737
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -3.94% -0.86% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 778 345 846
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £12.93
25th Percentile £17.97 £20.00 £15.35
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +9.73% -14.62%
75th Percentile £56.69 £65.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £72.88 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.91 £29.00 £27.17
% change year-on-year -17.54% +6.76% -14.87%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -1 119 £415 +10.67% 30
North of England -65 39 £500 +11.11% 9
South East -39 37 £465 +32.86% 17
North West -39 32 £550 +15.79% 4
Midlands -54 17 £475 +192.31% 3
East of England -33 15 £127 - 3
East Midlands -20 12 £490 +172.22%
South West -15 10 £550 +2.80% 8
North East -14 6 £513 +173.33% 2
West Midlands -57 5 £425 +193.10% 3
Yorkshire -61 3 £500 - 3
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 25 (10.50%) SharePoint
2 24 (10.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (6.72%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) Confluence
4 1 (0.42%) JBoss
4 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.10%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (29.83%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (26.89%) Azure
3 56 (23.53%) Entra ID
4 29 (12.18%) AWS
5 13 (5.46%) GCP
6 12 (5.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 12 (5.04%) AWS CloudTrail
7 11 (4.62%) AWS KMS
8 7 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.94%) AWS Control Tower
8 7 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.94%) Google Workspace
8 7 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (2.52%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.10%) IaaS
10 5 (2.10%) PaaS
11 4 (1.68%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.84%) Akamai
12 2 (0.84%) SaaS
13 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.13%) DNS
2 35 (14.71%) Firewall
3 32 (13.45%) NetScaler
4 29 (12.18%) VPN
5 27 (11.34%) DHCP
6 14 (5.88%) WebEx
7 13 (5.46%) Internet
8 12 (5.04%) TCP/IP
9 10 (4.20%) FTP
9 10 (4.20%) LAN
9 10 (4.20%) VLAN
10 9 (3.78%) Skype
10 9 (3.78%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (2.94%) WAN
12 6 (2.52%) Network Security
12 6 (2.52%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (2.52%) SMTP
13 5 (2.10%) BGP
14 4 (1.68%) DMZ
14 4 (1.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (18.07%) SQL Server
2 23 (9.66%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (4.62%) JIRA
1 11 (4.62%) Visual Studio
2 10 (4.20%) MSI
3 3 (1.26%) InstallShield
3 3 (1.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.84%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) GoCD
5 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 87 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 73 (30.67%) Finance
3 40 (16.81%) Banking
4 20 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.72%) Legal
6 15 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (6.30%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.52%) International Banking
9 5 (2.10%) Front Office
9 5 (2.10%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.68%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.26%) Polish Language
11 3 (1.26%) Publishing
12 2 (0.84%) Local Government
13 1 (0.42%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (13.87%) Analyst
2 31 (13.03%) Developer
3 27 (11.34%) Architect
4 26 (10.92%) C# Developer
5 19 (7.98%) Citrix Engineer
6 18 (7.56%) Senior
7 14 (5.88%) Lead
8 13 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (5.04%) Support Engineer
10 11 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (4.62%) Technical Analyst
11 10 (4.20%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (4.20%) Wintel Analyst
12 9 (3.78%) Citrix Support
12 9 (3.78%) Programme Manager
12 9 (3.78%) Technical Support
13 8 (3.36%) Applications Developer
14 7 (2.94%) Consultant
14 7 (2.94%) Lead Architect
14 7 (2.94%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.03%) .NET
2 27 (11.34%) .NET Framework
3 15 (6.30%) WPF
4 14 (5.88%) WinForms
5 9 (3.78%) XMPP
6 6 (2.52%) WCF
7 5 (2.10%) Software Packaging
8 4 (1.68%) REST
9 2 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.84%) JSON
9 2 (0.84%) Middleware
9 2 (0.84%) Web Services
9 2 (0.84%) XML
10 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.42%) LDAP
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.66%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.46%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.36%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.36%) PKI
4 7 (2.94%) Client/Server
4 7 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.52%) Clustering
5 6 (2.52%) Hedge funds
5 6 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.10%) Blackberry
6 5 (2.10%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.26%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.26%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.84%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.84%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 165 (69.33%) Windows
2 55 (23.11%) Windows Server
3 48 (20.17%) Windows 10
4 21 (8.82%) Linux
5 15 (6.30%) Mac OS
5 15 (6.30%) Windows Server 2003
6 14 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (5.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (3.36%) AIX
8 8 (3.36%) Windows 7
9 7 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.68%) Android
10 4 (1.68%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.84%) VMS
13 1 (0.42%) CentOS
13 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (15.97%) ITIL
3 36 (15.13%) Migration
4 33 (13.87%) Change Management
5 27 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (10.92%) Disaster Recovery
7 24 (10.08%) Data Analysis
8 23 (9.66%) ITSM
8 23 (9.66%) Roadmaps
9 22 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 21 (8.82%) Data Protection
11 19 (7.98%) Agile
11 19 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (7.56%) Project Delivery
12 18 (7.56%) User Experience
13 17 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
13 17 (7.14%) Platform Engineering
13 17 (7.14%) Service Management
13 17 (7.14%) Zero Trust
14 15 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 60 (25.21%) PowerShell
2 44 (18.49%) SQL
3 31 (13.03%) C#
4 26 (10.92%) PL/SQL
4 26 (10.92%) T-SQL
5 21 (8.82%) Bash
5 21 (8.82%) Python
6 14 (5.88%) VB
7 12 (5.04%) VBA
8 10 (4.20%) Perl
9 3 (1.26%) Java
9 3 (1.26%) VBScript
10 2 (0.84%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 57 (23.95%) Security Cleared
2 49 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 38 (15.97%) Degree
4 15 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (5.88%) CCNP
6 13 (5.46%) CCNA
7 10 (4.20%) CCDP
8 9 (3.78%) CCA
8 9 (3.78%) Citrix Certification
8 9 (3.78%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.94%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (2.10%) MCSA
10 5 (2.10%) MCSE
11 3 (1.26%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.87%) QA
2 10 (4.20%) GDPR
2 10 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.94%) NCSC
4 6 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.26%) SLA
6 1 (0.42%) MiFID
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 85 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 62 (26.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (17.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (5.46%) Microsoft App-V
5 11 (4.62%) Hyper-V
6 8 (3.36%) XenApp
7 7 (2.94%) XenDesktop
8 6 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (2.10%) Docker
10 4 (1.68%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.68%) vSphere
11 2 (0.84%) NFS
11 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.84%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 53 (22.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (18.91%) SCCM
3 16 (6.72%) Terraform
4 12 (5.04%) Ansible
5 6 (2.52%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.52%) vCenter Server
6 5 (2.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (2.10%) SCVMM
7 4 (1.68%) Puppet
7 4 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.68%) vMotion
8 3 (1.26%) PaperCut
8 3 (1.26%) WSUS
9 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.84%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
10 1 (0.42%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.42%) SCOM
Vendors
1 108 (45.38%) Microsoft
2 77 (32.35%) VMware
3 39 (16.39%) Oracle
4 28 (11.76%) Cisco
5 15 (6.30%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.62%) Red Hat
7 10 (4.20%) Remedy
8 9 (3.78%) Google
8 9 (3.78%) IBM
9 6 (2.52%) Bloomberg
9 6 (2.52%) CloudEndure
9 6 (2.52%) Reuters
10 5 (2.10%) NetApp
11 4 (1.68%) Dell
11 4 (1.68%) ION Trading
11 4 (1.68%) Ivanti
11 4 (1.68%) MobileIron
11 4 (1.68%) UiPath
11 4 (1.68%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.26%) Palo Alto