NetScaler Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Citrix NetScaler
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring NetScaler skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 96 133
Rank change year-on-year -43 +37 +7
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 4 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.13% 0.47% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.03% 2.97% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile £301 £505 £429
25th Percentile £303 £513 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £525 £555
Median % change year-on-year -40.48% -5.41% -20.71%
75th Percentile £409 £538 £582
90th Percentile £464 £539 £584
South East median daily rate £313 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -37.50% -9.09% -21.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

NetScaler falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 389 236 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.78% 15.89% 19.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 133 234
10th Percentile £303 £254 £208
25th Percentile £400 £363 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -8.42% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £606
90th Percentile £640 £598 £646
South East median daily rate £520 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +7.49% -3.25% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 9 45
10th Percentile £16.17 - £16.73
25th Percentile £19.34 - £22.58
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.20 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.87% -78.15% -6.36%
75th Percentile £42.38 £22.95 £85.65
90th Percentile £57.60 £38.23 £87.50
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £41.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +3.05% -28.51% -4.42%

NetScaler
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NetScaler relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

NetScaler job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NetScaler.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NetScaler

NetScaler
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NetScaler in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NetScaler in the Thames Valley

NetScaler
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NetScaler.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NetScaler

NetScaler
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetScaler within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Berkshire -24 4 £313 -40.48% 1
NetScaler
South East

NetScaler
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) IOS XR
2 1 (25.00%) IPsec
2 1 (25.00%) IPv6
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) SIGTRAN
2 1 (25.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (25.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Wintel Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Core Network Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Core Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Security Hardening
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CCA
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MCSA
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (75.00%) vSphere
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
1 3 (75.00%) SCOM
1 3 (75.00%) vCenter Server
2 2 (50.00%) vMotion
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Remedy
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (75.00%) SolarWinds
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) NetScout
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto