Citrix Contract Job Trends in London

Citrix
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 September 2025, 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 217 201
Rank change year-on-year -31 -16 +13
Contract jobs citing Citrix 114 178 268
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.85% 1.09% 1.23%
As % of the Vendors category 1.84% 2.52% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 122 194
10th Percentile £250 £250 £219
25th Percentile £359 £350 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.19% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £528 £488 £600
90th Percentile £653 £625 £650
England median daily rate £408 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +1.88% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - £24.23
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.02% +4.94%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.72
% change year-on-year - +3.69% +1.42%

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,207 7,055 8,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.16% 43.31% 40.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,023 4,573 6,246
10th Percentile £325 £313 £315
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -3.08%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 78 111
10th Percentile £16.50 £18.13 £16.85
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £30.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% -17.88% +50.00%
75th Percentile £38.75 £64.69 £58.13
90th Percentile £63.88 £79.13 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -24.93% -23.58% +83.33%

Citrix
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Citrix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Citrix in London

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Citrix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Citrix

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Citrix in London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Citrix in London

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Citrix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Citrix

Citrix
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the London region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Central London -16 30 £450 +28.57% 4
East London +10 2 £497 +10.44% 1
South London -5 2 £260 -42.22%
West London - 1 £525 - 1
Citrix
England

Citrix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (11.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (8.77%) IIS
3 6 (5.26%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.51%) Confluence
5 3 (2.63%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.75%) Skype for Business
6 2 (1.75%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.75%) WildFly
7 1 (0.88%) Smallworld
Applications
1 11 (9.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) OpenText MBPM
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (36.84%) Azure
2 28 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.02%) GCP
5 7 (6.14%) AWS
6 4 (3.51%) Nutanix
7 3 (2.63%) IaaS
7 3 (2.63%) PaaS
7 3 (2.63%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.75%) Asana
8 2 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.75%) Cloud9 IDE
8 2 (1.75%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.75%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.75%) SaaS
9 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (16.67%) DNS
2 18 (15.79%) DHCP
3 17 (14.91%) Firewall
4 13 (11.40%) Internet
5 12 (10.53%) VPN
6 9 (7.89%) NetScaler
7 7 (6.14%) LAN
8 6 (5.26%) WAN
9 5 (4.39%) TCP/IP
9 5 (4.39%) WebEx
9 5 (4.39%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.75%) IP Telephony
11 2 (1.75%) SMTP
12 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.88%) Intranet
12 1 (0.88%) Network Security
12 1 (0.88%) SSL
12 1 (0.88%) VLAN
12 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.77%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.63%) Tableau
3 3 (2.63%) Tableau Desktop
4 2 (1.75%) Tableau Server
5 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.88%) Big Data
5 1 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.88%) GIS
5 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (6.14%) JIRA
2 2 (1.75%) MSI
3 1 (0.88%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.88%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.88%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) Mercurial
3 1 (0.88%) Postman
General
1 42 (36.84%) Finance
2 31 (27.19%) Social Skills
3 21 (18.42%) Banking
4 7 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.39%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.63%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.75%) Back Office
8 2 (1.75%) Electronics
8 2 (1.75%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.75%) Front Office
8 2 (1.75%) Marketing
8 2 (1.75%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (1.75%) Publishing
8 2 (1.75%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.88%) French Language
Job Titles
1 21 (18.42%) Support Engineer
2 13 (11.40%) Developer
3 12 (10.53%) Analyst
4 9 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (7.89%) C# Developer
4 9 (7.89%) C# WCF Developer
4 9 (7.89%) C# WPF Developer
4 9 (7.89%) Desktop Engineer
4 9 (7.89%) Desktop Support
4 9 (7.89%) WCF Developer
4 9 (7.89%) WPF Developer
5 8 (7.02%) Citrix Engineer
5 8 (7.02%) Project Manager
5 8 (7.02%) Support Analyst
6 7 (6.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) Programme Manager
8 4 (3.51%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.53%) .NET
2 11 (9.65%) WPF
3 10 (8.77%) .NET Framework
4 9 (7.89%) WCF
4 9 (7.89%) WinForms
5 3 (2.63%) Middleware
6 2 (1.75%) JSON
6 2 (1.75%) REST
6 2 (1.75%) Symfony
6 2 (1.75%) XML
7 1 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.88%) JSF
7 1 (0.88%) SAML
7 1 (0.88%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (3.51%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.51%) Fat Client
2 4 (3.51%) Hedge funds
2 4 (3.51%) Thin Client
3 3 (2.63%) Equities
3 3 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.63%) PKI
3 3 (2.63%) Private Cloud
3 3 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.75%) Clustering
4 2 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.88%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.88%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 79 (69.30%) Windows
2 14 (12.28%) Linux
3 13 (11.40%) Windows 10
4 12 (10.53%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.51%) Mac OS X
5 4 (3.51%) Ubuntu
5 4 (3.51%) Windows 7
6 3 (2.63%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.75%) Android
7 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.75%) Windows 8
7 2 (1.75%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.75%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.88%) Unix
8 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (13.16%) Agile
3 14 (12.28%) ITIL
3 14 (12.28%) Migration
4 12 (10.53%) Data Analysis
4 12 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (7.89%) ITSM
6 8 (7.02%) Customer Service
6 8 (7.02%) Resource Allocation
6 8 (7.02%) Use Case
7 7 (6.14%) Load Balancing
7 7 (6.14%) Mobile Device Management
7 7 (6.14%) Service Delivery
8 6 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (5.26%) Project Management
8 6 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (4.39%) Blue Team
9 5 (4.39%) Purple Team
9 5 (4.39%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.30%) SQL
2 17 (14.91%) PowerShell
3 12 (10.53%) C#
4 10 (8.77%) PL/SQL
4 10 (8.77%) T-SQL
5 9 (7.89%) VB
5 9 (7.89%) VBA
6 5 (4.39%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (4.39%) Python
7 4 (3.51%) Java
8 2 (1.75%) VBScript
9 1 (0.88%) Bash
9 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.88%) Magik
Qualifications
1 9 (7.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.02%) Degree
3 6 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.39%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.63%) MCSA
6 3 (2.63%) MCSE
7 2 (1.75%) CCNA
7 2 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.75%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.75%) MOS
8 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.88%) CCNP
8 1 (0.88%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.88%) PMP
8 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) GDPR
2 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 22 (19.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (14.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (9.65%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (6.14%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (4.39%) XenApp
7 4 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (2.63%) BitLocker
8 3 (2.63%) Hyper-V
8 3 (2.63%) vSphere
9 2 (1.75%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.75%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.88%) Docker
10 1 (0.88%) Firmware
10 1 (0.88%) Xen
10 1 (0.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (15.79%) SCCM
2 12 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.26%) vCenter Server
4 3 (2.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (1.75%) Ansible
5 2 (1.75%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.75%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (1.75%) vMotion
6 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.88%) Nagios
6 1 (0.88%) Podman
6 1 (0.88%) Puppet
6 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.88%) Terraform
6 1 (0.88%) WMI
Vendors
1 34 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 27 (23.68%) VMware
3 14 (12.28%) Oracle
4 11 (9.65%) ServiceNow
5 7 (6.14%) Cisco
6 6 (5.26%) Bloomberg
6 6 (5.26%) Symantec
6 6 (5.26%) Wyse
7 5 (4.39%) Forcepoint
7 5 (4.39%) Fortinet
7 5 (4.39%) Reuters
8 4 (3.51%) HP
8 4 (3.51%) SAP
9 3 (2.63%) Altiris
9 3 (2.63%) Apple
9 3 (2.63%) Google
9 3 (2.63%) Ivanti
9 3 (2.63%) Refinitiv
9 3 (2.63%) Sage
10 2 (1.75%) UiPath