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 1 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 249 190
Rank change year-on-year -21 -59 +27
Contract jobs citing Citrix 111 119 224
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 0.81% 1.23%
As % of the Vendors category 1.64% 1.84% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 74 172
10th Percentile £400 £219 £216
25th Percentile £404 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £584 £547 £538
90th Percentile £685 £621 £673
England median daily rate £450 £375 £385
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.60% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £21.74 - -
25th Percentile £23.12 - -
Median hourly rate £26.13 - -
75th Percentile £28.43 - -
90th Percentile £29.37 - -
England median hourly rate £26.13 £18.13 £14.16
% change year-on-year +44.14% +28.04% -8.65%

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 6,784 6,455 7,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.05% 44.16% 40.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,432 4,023 5,044
10th Percentile £350 £313 £298
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £649 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 70 110
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.80 £16.56
25th Percentile £21.60 £23.80 £22.19
Median hourly rate £25.74 £33.00 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -22.02% -11.22% +45.17%
75th Percentile £41.89 £63.19 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.94 £81.93 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -20.58% -34.78% +70.37%

Citrix
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Citrix relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Citrix job vacancy trend 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 1 January 2026.

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 1 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
Central London -17 14 £563 +60.71% 11
East London - 3 £185 -
Citrix
England

Citrix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 12 (10.81%) IIS
2 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.60%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.70%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.80%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.80%) WildFly
6 1 (0.90%) Confluence
6 1 (0.90%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (24.32%) Azure
1 27 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.81%) Entra ID
3 6 (5.41%) AWS
4 5 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 3 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (2.70%) AWS CloudTrail
5 3 (2.70%) AWS Control Tower
5 3 (2.70%) AWS KMS
5 3 (2.70%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.70%) IaaS
5 3 (2.70%) PaaS
5 3 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.80%) Akamai
6 2 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.80%) GCP
6 2 (1.80%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.80%) SaaS
6 2 (1.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (19.82%) NetScaler
2 19 (17.12%) Firewall
3 14 (12.61%) DNS
3 14 (12.61%) VPN
4 11 (9.91%) DHCP
5 9 (8.11%) Internet
6 8 (7.21%) LAN
7 6 (5.41%) WAN
8 5 (4.50%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (3.60%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (3.60%) WebEx
10 3 (2.70%) DMZ
10 3 (2.70%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.70%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.70%) VLAN
11 2 (1.80%) SAN
11 2 (1.80%) SMTP
12 1 (0.90%) BGP
12 1 (0.90%) MPLS
12 1 (0.90%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (25.23%) SQL Server
2 14 (12.61%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.80%) Tableau
3 2 (1.80%) Tableau Desktop
3 2 (1.80%) Tableau Server
4 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (9.01%) JIRA
2 7 (6.31%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (43.24%) Finance
2 29 (26.13%) Social Skills
3 24 (21.62%) Banking
4 8 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.41%) International Banking
6 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.60%) Front Office
7 4 (3.60%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.70%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.70%) Publishing
9 2 (1.80%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.90%) Back Office
10 1 (0.90%) Legal
10 1 (0.90%) Local Government
10 1 (0.90%) Retail
10 1 (0.90%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (22.52%) Developer
2 20 (18.02%) C# Developer
3 18 (16.22%) Citrix Engineer
4 11 (9.91%) Senior
4 11 (9.91%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.11%) Architect
6 7 (6.31%) C# WCF Developer
6 7 (6.31%) C# WPF Developer
6 7 (6.31%) WCF Developer
6 7 (6.31%) WPF Developer
7 6 (5.41%) Analyst
7 6 (5.41%) Citrix Support
7 6 (5.41%) Consultant
7 6 (5.41%) Programme Manager
7 6 (5.41%) QA Engineer
7 6 (5.41%) Senior Citrix Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) Applications Developer
8 5 (4.50%) Technical Manager
8 5 (4.50%) Technical Programme Manager
8 5 (4.50%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (21.62%) .NET
2 20 (18.02%) .NET Framework
3 13 (11.71%) WPF
4 12 (10.81%) WinForms
5 7 (6.31%) WCF
6 2 (1.80%) Middleware
7 1 (0.90%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.90%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.90%) Web Services
7 1 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.41%) Data Centre
1 6 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (5.41%) Hedge funds
2 5 (4.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (4.50%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.60%) Client/Server
3 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.70%) Clustering
4 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.70%) PKI
5 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.80%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.80%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.80%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.90%) CMDB
6 1 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.90%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (67.57%) Windows
2 18 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 17 (15.32%) Windows 10
4 6 (5.41%) Linux
5 4 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.80%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.90%) Android
7 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (18.92%) ITIL
2 19 (17.12%) Data Analysis
2 19 (17.12%) Disaster Recovery
2 19 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (13.51%) Change Management
3 15 (13.51%) Migration
4 13 (11.71%) Agile
4 13 (11.71%) Project Delivery
5 12 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (9.91%) ITSM
7 10 (9.01%) DevOps
8 9 (8.11%) CI/CD
8 9 (8.11%) Data Protection
9 8 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (7.21%) Unit Testing
10 7 (6.31%) Mentoring
10 7 (6.31%) Runbook
10 7 (6.31%) Use Case
11 6 (5.41%) Project Governance
11 6 (5.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 34 (30.63%) SQL
2 24 (21.62%) C#
3 20 (18.02%) PL/SQL
3 20 (18.02%) T-SQL
4 19 (17.12%) PowerShell
5 10 (9.01%) VBA
6 9 (8.11%) VB
7 8 (7.21%) Python
8 5 (4.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.70%) Java
10 1 (0.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (17.12%) Degree
2 10 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.41%) CCA
4 6 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (5.41%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (4.50%) CCNA
5 5 (4.50%) CCNP
5 5 (4.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (4.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.60%) MCSE
7 3 (2.70%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.70%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.80%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.80%) HP ASE
8 2 (1.80%) MCSA
8 2 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.90%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (23.42%) QA
2 3 (2.70%) NCSC
3 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.90%) MiFID
4 1 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (23.42%) Virtual Desktop
2 21 (18.92%) Active Directory
3 14 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.41%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.41%) XenApp
5 3 (2.70%) Docker
5 3 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.70%) XenDesktop
6 2 (1.80%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.80%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.80%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.90%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (10.81%) SCCM
2 8 (7.21%) Ansible
2 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (6.31%) Terraform
4 3 (2.70%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.70%) SCVMM
4 3 (2.70%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (1.80%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.80%) Puppet
5 2 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.80%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.80%) vMotion
5 2 (1.80%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (28.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (22.52%) Oracle
3 20 (18.02%) VMware
4 7 (6.31%) Fortinet
5 6 (5.41%) Bloomberg
5 6 (5.41%) Reuters
5 6 (5.41%) ServiceNow
6 5 (4.50%) Cisco
6 5 (4.50%) Forcepoint
7 4 (3.60%) Ivanti
7 4 (3.60%) UiPath
7 4 (3.60%) Zscaler
8 3 (2.70%) Altiris
8 3 (2.70%) Infoblox
8 3 (2.70%) ION Trading
8 3 (2.70%) Meraki
8 3 (2.70%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.70%) Symantec
9 2 (1.80%) NetApp
9 2 (1.80%) Nokia