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 12 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
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 256 185
Rank change year-on-year -6 -71 +46
Contract jobs citing Citrix 106 98 230
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.75% 0.70% 1.27%
As % of the Vendors category 1.63% 1.61% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 59 179
10th Percentile £400 £198 £213
25th Percentile £404 £269 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £385
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.60% -3.75%
75th Percentile £588 £484 £524
90th Percentile £685 £580 £650
England median daily rate £450 £375 £365
% change year-on-year +20.00% +2.74% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.27 £18.13 £14.00
% change year-on-year +22.81% +29.50% -9.68%

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 6,520 6,102 7,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.43% 43.83% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,261 3,777 5,007
10th Percentile £350 £313 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £639 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 66 116
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.60 £14.99
25th Percentile £21.23 £23.80 £20.94
Median hourly rate £26.00 £31.17 £33.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.59% -6.25% +33.00%
75th Percentile £41.85 £61.31 £53.31
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £86.38
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -20.58% -31.60% +51.24%

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 12 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 12 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 -14 13 £563 +60.71% 5
East London - 3 £185 - 1
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 (11.32%) IIS
2 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.83%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.89%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.89%) WildFly
5 1 (0.94%) Confluence
5 1 (0.94%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (24.53%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (22.64%) Azure
3 11 (10.38%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.72%) AWS
4 5 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 3 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (2.83%) AWS CloudTrail
5 3 (2.83%) AWS Control Tower
5 3 (2.83%) AWS KMS
5 3 (2.83%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.83%) IaaS
5 3 (2.83%) PaaS
5 3 (2.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.89%) Akamai
6 2 (1.89%) GCP
6 2 (1.89%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.89%) SaaS
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (21.70%) NetScaler
2 18 (16.98%) Firewall
3 13 (12.26%) DNS
3 13 (12.26%) VPN
4 10 (9.43%) DHCP
5 9 (8.49%) Internet
6 7 (6.60%) LAN
7 5 (4.72%) WAN
8 4 (3.77%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (3.77%) WebEx
8 4 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.83%) DMZ
9 3 (2.83%) SMTP
9 3 (2.83%) TCP/IP
9 3 (2.83%) VLAN
10 2 (1.89%) SAN
10 2 (1.89%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.94%) IPv4
11 1 (0.94%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.94%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (28.30%) SQL Server
2 14 (13.21%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.94%) Tableau
4 1 (0.94%) Tableau Desktop
4 1 (0.94%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.43%) JIRA
2 8 (7.55%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.83%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (43.40%) Finance
2 26 (24.53%) Social Skills
3 24 (22.64%) Banking
4 8 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.66%) International Banking
6 5 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Front Office
7 4 (3.77%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.83%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.83%) Publishing
9 2 (1.89%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.94%) Back Office
10 1 (0.94%) Legal
10 1 (0.94%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.94%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.94%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 26 (24.53%) Developer
2 21 (19.81%) C# Developer
3 18 (16.98%) Citrix Engineer
4 11 (10.38%) Senior
5 10 (9.43%) Support Engineer
6 9 (8.49%) Architect
7 7 (6.60%) C# WCF Developer
7 7 (6.60%) C# WPF Developer
7 7 (6.60%) Citrix Support
7 7 (6.60%) WCF Developer
7 7 (6.60%) WPF Developer
8 6 (5.66%) Programme Manager
8 6 (5.66%) QA Engineer
8 6 (5.66%) Senior Citrix Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (4.72%) Applications Developer
9 5 (4.72%) Consultant
9 5 (4.72%) Technical Manager
9 5 (4.72%) Technical Programme Manager
9 5 (4.72%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (23.58%) .NET
2 21 (19.81%) .NET Framework
3 13 (12.26%) WPF
4 12 (11.32%) WinForms
5 7 (6.60%) WCF
6 2 (1.89%) Middleware
7 1 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.94%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.94%) Web Services
7 1 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.66%) Data Centre
1 6 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (5.66%) Hedge funds
2 5 (4.72%) Client/Server
2 5 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.77%) Clustering
3 4 (3.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.77%) PKI
4 3 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.83%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.89%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.94%) CMDB
6 1 (0.94%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.94%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 73 (68.87%) Windows
2 19 (17.92%) Windows Server
3 18 (16.98%) Windows 10
4 6 (5.66%) Linux
5 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.83%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.94%) Android
7 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.94%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.92%) Data Analysis
1 19 (17.92%) Disaster Recovery
1 19 (17.92%) ITIL
2 18 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (16.04%) Change Management
4 14 (13.21%) Migration
5 13 (12.26%) Project Delivery
6 12 (11.32%) Agile
6 12 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.43%) DevOps
7 10 (9.43%) ITSM
8 9 (8.49%) CI/CD
8 9 (8.49%) Data Protection
8 9 (8.49%) Unit Testing
9 7 (6.60%) Mentoring
9 7 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (5.66%) Manual Testing
10 6 (5.66%) Project Governance
10 6 (5.66%) Runbook
10 6 (5.66%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 35 (33.02%) SQL
2 25 (23.58%) C#
3 21 (19.81%) PL/SQL
3 21 (19.81%) T-SQL
4 19 (17.92%) PowerShell
5 10 (9.43%) VBA
6 9 (8.49%) VB
7 8 (7.55%) Python
8 4 (3.77%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.83%) Java
10 1 (0.94%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (17.92%) Degree
2 12 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.55%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.60%) CCA
4 7 (6.60%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.77%) CCNA
6 4 (3.77%) CCNP
6 4 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.77%) MCSE
7 3 (2.83%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.89%) HP ASE
8 2 (1.89%) MCSA
8 2 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.94%) CCDP
9 1 (0.94%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (25.47%) QA
2 3 (2.83%) NCSC
3 2 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.94%) MiFID
4 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (23.58%) Virtual Desktop
2 20 (18.87%) Active Directory
3 14 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (7.55%) Hyper-V
5 6 (5.66%) XenApp
6 4 (3.77%) Docker
6 4 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (3.77%) XenDesktop
7 3 (2.83%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.83%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (1.89%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (11.32%) SCCM
2 9 (8.49%) Ansible
3 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (6.60%) Terraform
4 4 (3.77%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.77%) SCVMM
5 3 (2.83%) Puppet
5 3 (2.83%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 3 (2.83%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.83%) vMotion
6 2 (1.89%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (27.36%) Microsoft
2 26 (24.53%) Oracle
3 19 (17.92%) VMware
4 6 (5.66%) Bloomberg
4 6 (5.66%) Fortinet
4 6 (5.66%) Reuters
5 4 (3.77%) Cisco
5 4 (3.77%) Forcepoint
5 4 (3.77%) Ivanti
5 4 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.77%) UiPath
5 4 (3.77%) Zscaler
6 3 (2.83%) Altiris
6 3 (2.83%) Infoblox
6 3 (2.83%) ION Trading
6 3 (2.83%) NetApp
6 3 (2.83%) Symantec
7 2 (1.89%) 3PAR
7 2 (1.89%) Nokia
7 2 (1.89%) ProCurve