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 19 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
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 256 176
Rank change year-on-year -18 -80 +54
Contract jobs citing Citrix 128 95 245
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 0.70% 1.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.83% 1.59% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 54 193
10th Percentile £395 £199 £210
25th Percentile £404 £266 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £467 £525
90th Percentile £638 £566 £675
England median daily rate £453 £375 £368
% change year-on-year +20.67% +2.04% -8.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.44
25th Percentile £20.82 - £19.44
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £21.58
75th Percentile £23.71 - £23.67
90th Percentile - - £24.64
England median hourly rate £23.50 £18.13 £14.80
% change year-on-year +29.62% +22.50% -4.52%

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 7,012 5,975 7,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.98% 44.12% 39.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,611 3,722 4,953
10th Percentile £350 £313 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.31%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £674
90th Percentile £738 £755 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.71% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 75 144
10th Percentile £18.02 £21.50 £13.55
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.99 £17.59
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £44.75 £62.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £26.78
% change year-on-year -23.15% +15.76% -21.33%

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 19 February 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 19 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
Central London -23 14 £450 +28.57% 8
East London - 3 £185 - 2
South London - 1 £500 -
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 14 (10.94%) IIS
2 9 (7.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.91%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.78%) Confluence
4 1 (0.78%) JBoss
4 1 (0.78%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (10.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.91%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (28.13%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (21.09%) Azure
3 16 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.25%) AWS
5 7 (5.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 7 (5.47%) AWS CloudTrail
6 6 (4.69%) AWS KMS
6 6 (4.69%) IaaS
6 6 (4.69%) PaaS
7 5 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.13%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.34%) AWS Control Tower
9 3 (2.34%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.56%) Akamai
10 2 (1.56%) GCP
10 2 (1.56%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.56%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (17.97%) NetScaler
2 21 (16.41%) Firewall
3 17 (13.28%) DNS
4 15 (11.72%) VPN
5 12 (9.38%) DHCP
5 12 (9.38%) Internet
6 7 (5.47%) LAN
7 5 (3.91%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.91%) WAN
7 5 (3.91%) WebEx
7 5 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (3.13%) DMZ
8 4 (3.13%) Network Security
8 4 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (3.13%) SMTP
8 4 (3.13%) VLAN
9 2 (1.56%) Junos
9 2 (1.56%) SAN
9 2 (1.56%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.78%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (28.13%) SQL Server
2 16 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.78%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (8.59%) Visual Studio
2 10 (7.81%) JIRA
3 9 (7.03%) MSI
4 3 (2.34%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (38.28%) Finance
2 30 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 29 (22.66%) Banking
4 9 (7.03%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.69%) International Banking
5 6 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.91%) Investment Banking
6 5 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.13%) Front Office
7 4 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.34%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.34%) Legal
8 3 (2.34%) Publishing
9 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.78%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (24.22%) Developer
2 26 (20.31%) C# Developer
3 20 (15.63%) Citrix Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) Senior
5 11 (8.59%) Support Engineer
6 9 (7.03%) Analyst
6 9 (7.03%) Applications Developer
6 9 (7.03%) Architect
6 9 (7.03%) Citrix Support
7 7 (5.47%) Senior Citrix Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (4.69%) C# Application Developer
8 6 (4.69%) Programme Manager
8 6 (4.69%) QA Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) Consultant
9 5 (3.91%) IT Support
9 5 (3.91%) Lead
9 5 (3.91%) Technical Manager
9 5 (3.91%) Test Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (24.22%) .NET
2 27 (21.09%) .NET Framework
3 15 (11.72%) WPF
4 14 (10.94%) WinForms
5 5 (3.91%) WCF
6 3 (2.34%) XML
7 2 (1.56%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.56%) Web Services
8 1 (0.78%) ADO
8 1 (0.78%) ebXML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.16%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.47%) Client/Server
4 6 (4.69%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.91%) Clustering
5 5 (3.91%) Hedge funds
5 5 (3.91%) PKI
6 4 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.34%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.56%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.78%) CMDB
9 1 (0.78%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 91 (71.09%) Windows
2 22 (17.19%) Windows Server
3 20 (15.63%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.47%) Linux
5 5 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (3.13%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.78%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.09%) Change Management
2 25 (19.53%) Migration
3 24 (18.75%) Data Analysis
3 24 (18.75%) ITIL
4 23 (17.97%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (11.72%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (10.16%) Agile
7 13 (10.16%) Unit Testing
8 12 (9.38%) DevOps
8 12 (9.38%) Project Delivery
9 11 (8.59%) Data Protection
10 10 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 9 (7.03%) CI/CD
11 9 (7.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (6.25%) Incident Management
13 7 (5.47%) Manual Testing
13 7 (5.47%) Mentoring
13 7 (5.47%) Runbook
13 7 (5.47%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (30.47%) SQL
2 31 (24.22%) C#
3 26 (20.31%) PL/SQL
3 26 (20.31%) T-SQL
4 21 (16.41%) PowerShell
5 12 (9.38%) VBA
6 11 (8.59%) VB
7 9 (7.03%) Python
8 2 (1.56%) Java
9 1 (0.78%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (18.75%) Degree
2 15 (11.72%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.03%) Citrix Certification
5 8 (6.25%) CCA
6 6 (4.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.91%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.13%) CCNA
8 4 (3.13%) CCNP
8 4 (3.13%) MCSE
9 3 (2.34%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.34%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.56%) HP ASE
10 2 (1.56%) MCSA
10 2 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (25.78%) QA
2 3 (2.34%) NCSC
3 2 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.78%) MiFID
4 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (22.66%) Virtual Desktop
2 25 (19.53%) Active Directory
3 14 (10.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (10.16%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (7.03%) Hyper-V
6 7 (5.47%) XenApp
7 6 (4.69%) XenDesktop
8 5 (3.91%) Docker
8 5 (3.91%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (3.13%) BitLocker
10 2 (1.56%) vSphere
11 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (10.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (9.38%) SCCM
3 10 (7.81%) Ansible
4 8 (6.25%) Terraform
5 6 (4.69%) Kubernetes
6 5 (3.91%) SCVMM
7 4 (3.13%) Puppet
7 4 (3.13%) vCenter Server
7 4 (3.13%) vMotion
8 3 (2.34%) FortiGate
8 3 (2.34%) WSUS
9 2 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.56%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 39 (30.47%) Microsoft
2 29 (22.66%) Oracle
3 19 (14.84%) VMware
4 6 (4.69%) Bloomberg
4 6 (4.69%) Cisco
4 6 (4.69%) Reuters
5 4 (3.13%) ION Trading
5 4 (3.13%) NetApp
5 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.13%) UiPath
5 4 (3.13%) Zscaler
6 3 (2.34%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.34%) Ivanti
6 3 (2.34%) Juniper
7 2 (1.56%) 3PAR
7 2 (1.56%) Charles River
7 2 (1.56%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.56%) Nokia
7 2 (1.56%) ProCurve
7 2 (1.56%) Symantec