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 26 June 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
26 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 236 224
Rank change year-on-year -127 -12 -41
Contract jobs citing Citrix 265 272 393
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 1.08% 1.05%
As % of the Vendors category 1.50% 2.28% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 185 250
10th Percentile £296 £150 £194
25th Percentile £406 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +30.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £580 £525 £519
90th Percentile £638 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £490 £383 £400
% change year-on-year +28.10% -4.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 20 51
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 £16.80 £21.37
90th Percentile - £19.46 £25.28
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 17,681 11,936 15,853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.74% 47.35% 42.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,288 7,580 10,046
10th Percentile £313 £278 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £519
% change year-on-year - -3.57% -1.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 949 543 1,059
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.40
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.50 £14.54
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.45 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.33% +7.96% -34.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.08 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.18
% change year-on-year +35.15% +4.01% -42.40%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -28 142 £445 +11.25% 15
South East -74 56 £570 +52.00% 10
North of England -81 24 £410 +74.47% 13
Midlands -56 22 £425 +92.09% 8
South West -29 17 £550 +134.04% 7
North West -39 17 £190 -58.92% 6
West Midlands -57 15 £425 +61.90% 6
East Midlands -3 7 - - 2
Yorkshire -67 6 £460 +138.96% 3
East of England -49 5 £368 +287.87% 4
North East - 1 £500 - 5
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 30 (11.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (6.79%) IIS
3 14 (5.28%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.89%) Appian
4 5 (1.89%) Camunda
4 5 (1.89%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.89%) OpenText MBPM
2 5 (1.89%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.38%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.38%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 59 (22.26%) Azure
2 58 (21.89%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (11.32%) Entra ID
4 28 (10.57%) AWS
5 12 (4.53%) IaaS
6 10 (3.77%) Google Workspace
6 10 (3.77%) PaaS
7 7 (2.64%) GCP
8 6 (2.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 6 (2.26%) AWS CloudTrail
9 5 (1.89%) AWS KMS
9 5 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.51%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.51%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.13%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.13%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.13%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.75%) SaaS
13 1 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (20.00%) DNS
2 42 (15.85%) VPN
3 41 (15.47%) DHCP
4 38 (14.34%) Firewall
5 21 (7.92%) Network Security
5 21 (7.92%) TCP/IP
6 17 (6.42%) Internet
7 14 (5.28%) NetScaler
8 10 (3.77%) DMZ
8 10 (3.77%) LAN
8 10 (3.77%) SMTP
9 8 (3.02%) VLAN
9 8 (3.02%) WAN
10 6 (2.26%) FTP
10 6 (2.26%) IPv4
10 6 (2.26%) IPv6
10 6 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.89%) Skype
11 5 (1.89%) WebEx
12 4 (1.51%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (19.62%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.81%) Oracle Database
3 8 (3.02%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.13%) Big Data
5 3 (1.13%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.91%) MSI
2 11 (4.15%) JIRA
3 7 (2.64%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.51%) Selenium
5 3 (1.13%) Appium
5 3 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.13%) Git
5 3 (1.13%) JUnit
5 3 (1.13%) TestNG
6 2 (0.75%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.38%) GitLab
7 1 (0.38%) GoCD
7 1 (0.38%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 78 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.64%) Finance
3 47 (17.74%) Banking
4 24 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.15%) Front Office
6 10 (3.77%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.02%) Legal
9 7 (2.64%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.64%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.13%) Publishing
12 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.75%) Retail
12 2 (0.75%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.38%) International Banking
13 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.38%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 57 (21.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (14.72%) Citrix Engineer
2 39 (14.72%) Developer
3 29 (10.94%) C# Developer
4 27 (10.19%) Analyst
5 25 (9.43%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (9.06%) Architect
6 24 (9.06%) Senior
7 17 (6.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (6.04%) Support Engineer
9 15 (5.66%) Administrator
10 13 (4.91%) Senior Citrix Engineer
11 11 (4.15%) VMware Engineer
12 10 (3.77%) IT Analyst
13 9 (3.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) Help Desk Analyst
13 9 (3.40%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (14.72%) .NET
2 35 (13.21%) .NET Framework
3 13 (4.91%) WPF
4 12 (4.53%) WinForms
5 4 (1.51%) SAML
5 4 (1.51%) Software Packaging
6 3 (1.13%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.13%) Web Services
6 3 (1.13%) XML
6 3 (1.13%) XMPP
7 2 (0.75%) ADO
7 2 (0.75%) ebXML
7 2 (0.75%) LDAP
7 2 (0.75%) REST
7 2 (0.75%) RESTful
8 1 (0.38%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.38%) JSON
8 1 (0.38%) OAuth
8 1 (0.38%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.38%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.92%) Onboarding
2 20 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (7.17%) Data Centre
3 19 (7.17%) PKI
4 15 (5.66%) Blackberry
5 12 (4.53%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (4.15%) Clustering
7 9 (3.40%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (3.02%) Client/Server
8 8 (3.02%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.26%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.89%) Fat Client
10 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.89%) Thin Client
11 4 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.51%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 182 (68.68%) Windows
2 66 (24.91%) Windows Server
3 30 (11.32%) Windows 10
4 29 (10.94%) Linux
5 15 (5.66%) Android
5 15 (5.66%) Apple iOS
6 11 (4.15%) Mac OS
7 10 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (3.40%) Windows Server 2003
9 8 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (2.26%) Debian
11 5 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.51%) Windows 7
13 3 (1.13%) AIX
14 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.38%) CentOS
15 1 (0.38%) VMS
15 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (25.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (14.34%) Migration
4 35 (13.21%) ITIL
5 34 (12.83%) Data Analysis
6 31 (11.70%) Change Management
7 26 (9.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (9.06%) AI
10 22 (8.30%) Agile
11 19 (7.17%) User Experience
12 17 (6.42%) DevOps
12 17 (6.42%) Incident Management
12 17 (6.42%) Unit Testing
13 15 (5.66%) Generative AI
13 15 (5.66%) Mobile Device Management
14 14 (5.28%) Customer Service
14 14 (5.28%) Service Delivery
15 13 (4.91%) Data Protection
15 13 (4.91%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.87%) PowerShell
2 44 (16.60%) SQL
3 39 (14.72%) C#
4 33 (12.45%) PL/SQL
4 33 (12.45%) T-SQL
5 11 (4.15%) VB
6 10 (3.77%) Python
6 10 (3.77%) VBA
7 4 (1.51%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.13%) Bicep
9 2 (0.75%) VBScript
10 1 (0.38%) Bash
10 1 (0.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 76 (28.68%) Security Cleared
2 61 (23.02%) SC Cleared
3 42 (15.85%) Degree
4 20 (7.55%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (4.53%) Citrix Certification
7 10 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.77%) CCA
8 7 (2.64%) MCSA
8 7 (2.64%) MCSE
9 6 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.26%) ISTQB
9 6 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.13%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.75%) CCNA
12 2 (0.75%) CCNP
12 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (14.34%) QA
2 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.13%) SLA
3 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 71 (26.79%) Active Directory
2 60 (22.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (14.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (8.30%) Microsoft App-V
5 21 (7.92%) Hyper-V
6 15 (5.66%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (3.77%) XenDesktop
8 9 (3.40%) BitLocker
8 9 (3.40%) VMware NSX
8 9 (3.40%) XenApp
9 8 (3.02%) Docker
9 8 (3.02%) vSphere
10 4 (1.51%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.13%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.38%) NFS
Systems Management
1 42 (15.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (14.34%) SCCM
3 17 (6.42%) WSUS
4 16 (6.04%) vCenter Server
5 11 (4.15%) vMotion
6 10 (3.77%) Ansible
6 10 (3.77%) Kubernetes
7 9 (3.40%) Terraform
8 8 (3.02%) Puppet
9 5 (1.89%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.89%) SCOM
10 3 (1.13%) Nagios
10 3 (1.13%) Nessus
10 3 (1.13%) SCVMM
10 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.75%) WMI
12 1 (0.38%) CloudForms
12 1 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 103 (38.87%) VMware
2 92 (34.72%) Microsoft
3 39 (14.72%) Oracle
4 20 (7.55%) Cisco
5 17 (6.42%) Bloomberg
6 14 (5.28%) MobileIron
7 13 (4.91%) Reuters
8 12 (4.53%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.40%) ION Trading
10 8 (3.02%) Google
10 8 (3.02%) Remedy
11 7 (2.64%) NetApp
12 6 (2.26%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.89%) OpenText
14 4 (1.51%) HP
14 4 (1.51%) Juniper
14 4 (1.51%) Symantec
15 3 (1.13%) Apple
15 3 (1.13%) SolarWinds
15 3 (1.13%) UiPath
50 Citrix jobs in England