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 8 March 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
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 270 193
Rank change year-on-year +6 -77 +39
Contract jobs citing Citrix 137 83 226
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 0.63% 1.24%
As % of the Vendors category 1.92% 1.42% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 51 183
10th Percentile £374 £190 £210
25th Percentile £404 £261 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £390 £368
Median % change year-on-year +6.41% +6.12% -8.13%
75th Percentile £575 £442 £501
90th Percentile £638 £550 £675
England median daily rate £475 £390 £368
% change year-on-year +21.79% +6.12% -10.91%
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 £74.26 £17.16 £15.65
% change year-on-year +332.75% +9.65% +0.97%

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 7,148 5,849 7,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.34% 44.38% 40.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,714 3,725 4,987
10th Percentile £350 £325 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £665
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.81% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 81 147
10th Percentile £17.99 £20.86 £13.68
25th Percentile £20.91 £23.80 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% +26.00% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.75 £57.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £63.49 £80.75 £69.70
England median hourly rate £24.55 £30.45 £25.00
% change year-on-year -19.38% +21.80% -26.56%

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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -16 11 £488 +39.29% 5
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 (10.22%) IIS
1 14 (10.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.73%) JBoss
4 1 (0.73%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.20%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (20.44%) Azure
3 17 (12.41%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.57%) IaaS
5 7 (5.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 7 (5.11%) AWS
5 7 (5.11%) AWS CloudTrail
5 7 (5.11%) PaaS
6 6 (4.38%) AWS KMS
6 6 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.92%) GCP
7 4 (2.92%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.92%) Mimecast
7 4 (2.92%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.19%) AWS Control Tower
8 3 (2.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.46%) Akamai
9 2 (1.46%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.46%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.52%) Firewall
1 24 (17.52%) NetScaler
2 21 (15.33%) DNS
3 16 (11.68%) VPN
4 13 (9.49%) DHCP
5 12 (8.76%) Internet
6 6 (4.38%) LAN
6 6 (4.38%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.65%) SMTP
8 4 (2.92%) DMZ
8 4 (2.92%) Network Security
8 4 (2.92%) VLAN
8 4 (2.92%) WAN
8 4 (2.92%) WebEx
8 4 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.19%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (1.46%) Junos
10 2 (1.46%) MPLS
10 2 (1.46%) SAN
10 2 (1.46%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (29.93%) SQL Server
2 20 (14.60%) Oracle Database
3 5 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.19%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.73%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (10.22%) JIRA
2 11 (8.03%) Visual Studio
3 10 (7.30%) MSI
4 3 (2.19%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.46%) Appium
5 2 (1.46%) Git
5 2 (1.46%) JUnit
5 2 (1.46%) Selenium
5 2 (1.46%) TestNG
General
1 52 (37.96%) Finance
2 32 (23.36%) Banking
3 30 (21.90%) Social Skills
4 9 (6.57%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.38%) International Banking
5 6 (4.38%) Investment Banking
5 6 (4.38%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.92%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.92%) Front Office
6 4 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Legal
7 3 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Publishing
8 1 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.73%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (25.55%) Developer
2 30 (21.90%) C# Developer
3 23 (16.79%) Citrix Engineer
4 15 (10.95%) Senior
5 10 (7.30%) Analyst
5 10 (7.30%) Applications Developer
5 10 (7.30%) Support Engineer
6 9 (6.57%) Architect
6 9 (6.57%) Citrix Support
6 9 (6.57%) QA Engineer
7 8 (5.84%) QA Test Engineer
7 8 (5.84%) Test Engineer
8 7 (5.11%) C# Application Developer
8 7 (5.11%) Lead
8 7 (5.11%) Senior Citrix Engineer
9 6 (4.38%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (3.65%) .NET Developer
10 5 (3.65%) Consultant
10 5 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (25.55%) .NET
2 31 (22.63%) .NET Framework
3 15 (10.95%) WPF
4 14 (10.22%) WinForms
5 4 (2.92%) WCF
5 4 (2.92%) XML
6 2 (1.46%) ADO
6 2 (1.46%) ebXML
6 2 (1.46%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.46%) Web Services
7 1 (0.73%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.95%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.84%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.11%) Client/Server
3 7 (5.11%) Hedge funds
4 6 (4.38%) Clustering
4 6 (4.38%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.38%) PKI
5 5 (3.65%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.46%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.73%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.73%) CMDB
8 1 (0.73%) iPad
8 1 (0.73%) iPhone
8 1 (0.73%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 98 (71.53%) Windows
2 29 (21.17%) Windows Server
3 20 (14.60%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.84%) Linux
5 6 (4.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.65%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (3.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.73%) Android
7 1 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.73%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (20.44%) Change Management
1 28 (20.44%) Data Analysis
2 27 (19.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 24 (17.52%) ITIL
3 24 (17.52%) Migration
4 17 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (12.41%) Unit Testing
5 15 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (10.22%) Agile
7 13 (9.49%) DevOps
7 13 (9.49%) Project Delivery
8 12 (8.76%) CI/CD
9 11 (8.03%) Data Protection
9 11 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (8.03%) Manual Testing
10 10 (7.30%) Incident Management
11 9 (6.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (5.11%) Mentoring
12 7 (5.11%) Problem Management
12 7 (5.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 44 (32.12%) SQL
2 35 (25.55%) C#
3 30 (21.90%) PL/SQL
3 30 (21.90%) T-SQL
4 26 (18.98%) PowerShell
5 12 (8.76%) VBA
6 11 (8.03%) VB
7 9 (6.57%) Python
8 1 (0.73%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (16.79%) Degree
2 16 (11.68%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.30%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.57%) Citrix Certification
5 8 (5.84%) CCA
6 6 (4.38%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.92%) CCNP
8 4 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.19%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.19%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.19%) CCNA
9 3 (2.19%) MCSE
10 2 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.46%) HP ASE
10 2 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.73%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (29.20%) QA
2 3 (2.19%) NCSC
3 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.46%) SLA
4 1 (0.73%) MiFID
System Software
1 30 (21.90%) Virtual Desktop
2 27 (19.71%) Active Directory
3 16 (11.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (10.95%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (7.30%) Hyper-V
6 7 (5.11%) XenDesktop
7 6 (4.38%) Docker
7 6 (4.38%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (4.38%) XenApp
8 5 (3.65%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.46%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (1.46%) vSphere
10 1 (0.73%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (10.22%) SCCM
3 11 (8.03%) Ansible
4 8 (5.84%) Kubernetes
4 8 (5.84%) Terraform
5 5 (3.65%) Puppet
5 5 (3.65%) SCVMM
5 5 (3.65%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.65%) vMotion
6 3 (2.19%) FortiGate
6 3 (2.19%) WSUS
7 2 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.46%) WMI
Vendors
1 42 (30.66%) Microsoft
2 33 (24.09%) Oracle
3 21 (15.33%) VMware
4 8 (5.84%) Bloomberg
4 8 (5.84%) Reuters
5 6 (4.38%) Cisco
6 5 (3.65%) NetApp
6 5 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.92%) ION Trading
7 4 (2.92%) UiPath
7 4 (2.92%) Zscaler
8 3 (2.19%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.19%) Juniper
9 2 (1.46%) Arista
9 2 (1.46%) Charles River
9 2 (1.46%) CloudEndure
9 2 (1.46%) Infoblox
9 2 (1.46%) Nokia
9 2 (1.46%) Okta
9 2 (1.46%) ProCurve