Citrix Engineer Contract Job Trends in Preston

Citrix Engineer
Lancashire > Preston

The median Citrix Engineer daily rate in Preston is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Citrix Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.66% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £310 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Preston with a recognized job title 129 72 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.43% 92.31% 68.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 46 28
10th Percentile £375 £300 £200
25th Percentile £489 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £463 £575
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -19.57% +33.54%
75th Percentile £680 £621 £646
90th Percentile £950 £671 £835
Lancashire median daily rate £600 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +26.32% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 5
10th Percentile £26.26 - £24.31
25th Percentile £37.25 £26.88 £25.30
Median hourly rate £69.00 £41.06 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.05% +46.64% -36.64%
75th Percentile £71.50 £70.16 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.66 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.56 £40.59 £40.33
% change year-on-year +12.23% +0.66% -12.11%

Citrix Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Citrix Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Citrix Engineer job vacancy trend in Preston

Citrix Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Citrix Engineer job vacancies in Preston.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Citrix Engineer job vacancies in Preston

Citrix Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 18 August 2026, Citrix Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Preston region featuring Citrix Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) Nexthink
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SysTrack
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Citrix Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Nexthink
1 1 (100.00%) VMware