Citrix Contract Job Trends in Preston

Citrix
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 30 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
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 15 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Citrix 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 5.88% 3.57% -
As % of the Vendors category 12.50% 4.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 -
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 - -

All Vendors
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 40 41 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 47.06% 73.21% 35.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 6
10th Percentile £258 £463 £394
25th Percentile £384 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +19.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £679 £567 £488
90th Percentile £688 £662 £506
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 10
10th Percentile - £19.96 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £26.67 £37.63
Median hourly rate £30.49 £33.70 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -9.53% -27.02% +19.17%
75th Percentile £36.32 £44.79 -
90th Percentile £59.08 £58.82 £49.36
Lancashire median hourly rate £52.78 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +14.28% - +11.95%

Citrix
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Citrix job vacancy trend in Preston

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Citrix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Citrix

Citrix
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Citrix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Citrix

Citrix
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) WebEx
2 2 (40.00%) BGP
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (40.00%) VLAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Legal
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Change Control
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
1 4 (80.00%) Knowledge Management
1 4 (80.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (60.00%) Product Requirements
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Bash
1 5 (100.00%) Perl
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCDP
1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) CCNP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft