Citrix Contract Job Trends in the South East

Citrix
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 29 September 2025, 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
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 120 100
Rank change year-on-year +18 -20 -7
Contract jobs citing Citrix 62 65 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.77% 1.47% 2.19%
As % of the Vendors category 3.45% 2.96% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 49 90
10th Percentile £153 £260 £244
25th Percentile £256 £325 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £365
Median % change year-on-year - +2.74% -14.12%
75th Percentile £537 £475 £468
90th Percentile £588 £538 £650
England median daily rate £408 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +1.88% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £32.77 £24.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.76% -38.75% +56.86%
75th Percentile - £26.75 £45.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.72
% change year-on-year - +3.69% +1.42%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,799 2,197 2,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.41% 49.56% 52.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,208 1,331 1,921
10th Percentile £204 £255 £205
25th Percentile £350 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £626 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.38% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 93 139
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.00 £15.45
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £20.75 £57.35 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -63.82% +11.53% +140.90%
75th Percentile £34.83 £62.56 £65.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £76.19
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.24% +83.52%

Citrix
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Citrix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Citrix in the South East

Citrix
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Citrix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Citrix

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Citrix in the South East over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Citrix in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Citrix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Citrix

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 September 2025. 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
Hampshire +16 21 £537 +41.32% 2
Kent +15 20 £263 -7.89% 2
Thames Valley -8 12 £375 -1.32% 5
Berkshire -11 6 £465 +27.40% 2
Buckinghamshire +7 5 £375 -16.67% 3
Surrey +6 5 £255 -1.92% 5
West Sussex -4 3 £550 +22.22%
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Citrix
England

Citrix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (11.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.68%) Confluence
2 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 26 (41.94%) Azure
2 21 (33.87%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (24.19%) AWS
4 9 (14.52%) Entra ID
5 8 (12.90%) GCP
6 5 (8.06%) IaaS
7 4 (6.45%) OpenShift
7 4 (6.45%) PaaS
8 3 (4.84%) Asana
8 3 (4.84%) Nutanix
9 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.61%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (30.65%) DNS
2 16 (25.81%) Firewall
3 15 (24.19%) VPN
4 13 (20.97%) DHCP
4 13 (20.97%) TCP/IP
4 13 (20.97%) WebEx
5 8 (12.90%) LAN
6 6 (9.68%) VLAN
7 5 (8.06%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (8.06%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (8.06%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (8.06%) Junos
7 5 (8.06%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (8.06%) SSL
8 4 (6.45%) SMTP
9 3 (4.84%) WAN
9 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (3.23%) MPLS
10 2 (3.23%) NetScaler
11 1 (1.61%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (6.45%) Big Data
1 4 (6.45%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.84%) MS Access
3 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) JIRA
General
1 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 17 (27.42%) Finance
3 5 (8.06%) Law
3 5 (8.06%) Legal
3 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Back Office
5 1 (1.61%) Front Office
5 1 (1.61%) Local Government
5 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (35.48%) Analyst
2 14 (22.58%) Support Analyst
3 12 (19.35%) 2nd Line Support
3 12 (19.35%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 12 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Architect
4 7 (11.29%) IT Support
4 7 (11.29%) Support Engineer
5 6 (9.68%) Support Officer
5 6 (9.68%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (9.68%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Help Desk Officer
6 5 (8.06%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (8.06%) Network Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Service Desk Officer
6 5 (8.06%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) Middleware
2 3 (4.84%) Web Services
3 2 (3.23%) JSON
3 2 (3.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.45%) Clustering
2 4 (6.45%) PKI
3 2 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (53.23%) Windows
2 13 (20.97%) Windows Server
3 11 (17.74%) Windows 10
4 6 (9.68%) Linux
4 6 (9.68%) Mac OS
4 6 (9.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (8.06%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (8.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.84%) Unix
7 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.61%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.61%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.42%) ITIL
2 15 (24.19%) Mobile Device Management
2 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (19.35%) Agile
3 12 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (12.90%) Preventative Maintenance
4 8 (12.90%) Roadmaps
5 7 (11.29%) DevOps
6 6 (9.68%) Migration
6 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (9.68%) User Experience
7 5 (8.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.06%) CRM
7 5 (8.06%) Decision-Making
7 5 (8.06%) IT Strategy
7 5 (8.06%) Load Balancing
7 5 (8.06%) PRINCE2
7 5 (8.06%) Project Management
7 5 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (8.06%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.74%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.06%) Python
2 5 (8.06%) VB
3 4 (6.45%) Bash
3 4 (6.45%) SQL
4 1 (1.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.52%) DV Cleared
3 8 (12.90%) Degree
4 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.06%) A+ Certification
5 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.84%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.84%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.84%) MCSA
7 2 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.23%) MCP
8 1 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) GDPR
2 5 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (6.45%) SLA
4 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (62.90%) Active Directory
2 21 (33.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (24.19%) Hyper-V
4 9 (14.52%) Terminal Services
4 9 (14.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (11.29%) vSphere
6 4 (6.45%) BitLocker
6 4 (6.45%) Docker
6 4 (6.45%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (4.84%) XenApp
8 2 (3.23%) XenDesktop
9 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (16.13%) SCCM
2 9 (14.52%) Ansible
3 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (9.68%) Terraform
4 5 (8.06%) FortiGate
4 5 (8.06%) Tivoli
5 4 (6.45%) Kubernetes
5 4 (6.45%) Nagios
5 4 (6.45%) Puppet
5 4 (6.45%) vCenter Server
5 4 (6.45%) vMotion
Vendors
1 41 (66.13%) Microsoft
2 28 (45.16%) VMware
3 16 (25.81%) ServiceNow
4 13 (20.97%) Sage
5 9 (14.52%) Cisco
6 6 (9.68%) F5
7 5 (8.06%) HP
7 5 (8.06%) Juniper
7 5 (8.06%) SolarWinds
7 5 (8.06%) Veeam
8 4 (6.45%) Google
8 4 (6.45%) Symantec
9 2 (3.23%) Dell
9 2 (3.23%) Wyse
10 1 (1.61%) Oracle
10 1 (1.61%) Splunk