Citrix Contracts in the UK excluding London

Citrix
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 31 May 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 194 134
Rank change year-on-year +19 -60 +13
Contract jobs citing Citrix 179 221 430
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.37% 1.07% 1.89%
As % of the Vendors category 2.78% 2.53% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 114 306
10th Percentile £148 £172 £195
25th Percentile £235 £300 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £420 £388
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +8.39% +10.71%
75th Percentile £538 £518 £538
90th Percentile £599 £634 £675
UK median daily rate £375 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -6.25% -0.06% +0.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 52 41
10th Percentile - £14.00 £12.67
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.29
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £17.30 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £18.31 - £19.25
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% -

All Vendors
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,435 8,722 10,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.37% 42.09% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,017 5,275 6,942
10th Percentile £220 £208 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 983 443
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £21.46 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -42.77% +95.64%
75th Percentile £51.90 £58.70 £60.59
90th Percentile £69.93 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +15.12% -47.88% +97.67%

Citrix
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Citrix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Citrix in the UK excluding London

Citrix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Citrix in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Citrix in the UK excluding London

Citrix
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Citrix in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Citrix in the UK excluding London

Citrix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Citrix in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Citrix in the UK excluding London

Citrix
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
South East +74 73 £375 -16.67% 27
North of England +9 41 £235 -53.37% 19
Yorkshire +21 26 £193 -48.67% 7
East of England 0 26 - - 10
Midlands -1 16 £145 -69.47% 9
West Midlands +4 15 £145 -67.78% 8
North West -3 15 £463 -8.23% 6
South West +38 11 £235 +46.88% 17
Scotland -10 10 £148 -56.47% 5
East Midlands +4 1 £180 -62.11% 1
Wales +3 1 £438 - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 30 (16.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.35%) Confluence
3 6 (3.35%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (17.32%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (12.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (12.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (39.66%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (29.05%) Azure
3 25 (13.97%) AWS
4 12 (6.70%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.03%) GCP
6 8 (4.47%) IaaS
6 8 (4.47%) OpenShift
6 8 (4.47%) PaaS
7 5 (2.79%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.23%) Cloudflare
8 4 (2.23%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.68%) Asana
9 3 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.56%) Akamai
10 1 (0.56%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.56%) GitHub
10 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 47 (26.26%) VPN
2 26 (14.53%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (12.29%) DNS
4 16 (8.94%) NetScaler
5 15 (8.38%) DHCP
5 15 (8.38%) WebEx
6 14 (7.82%) SMTP
7 11 (6.15%) Firewall
7 11 (6.15%) LAN
8 8 (4.47%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (4.47%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (4.47%) Cisco ISE
8 8 (4.47%) Junos
8 8 (4.47%) Remote Desktop
8 8 (4.47%) TCP/IP
9 7 (3.91%) WAN
10 6 (3.35%) MPLS
10 6 (3.35%) SSL
11 5 (2.79%) SAN
11 5 (2.79%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.47%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (4.47%) Big Data
1 8 (4.47%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.68%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 9 (5.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) Hudson
General
1 53 (29.61%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (11.73%) Finance
4 19 (10.61%) Banking
5 16 (8.94%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.35%) Legal
6 6 (3.35%) Retail
7 5 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.68%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.12%) Electronics
10 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.12%) Marketing
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (27.37%) Analyst
2 33 (18.44%) Support Engineer
3 29 (16.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (15.08%) Service Analyst
4 27 (15.08%) Service Desk Analyst
5 24 (13.41%) 2nd Line Support
5 24 (13.41%) Desktop Support
6 19 (10.61%) Desktop Engineer
7 18 (10.06%) Technical Analyst
7 18 (10.06%) Technical Services Analyst
8 17 (9.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 17 (9.50%) Support Analyst
9 14 (7.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 14 (7.82%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 13 (7.26%) Network Engineer
11 12 (6.70%) Windows Engineer
12 11 (6.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 9 (5.03%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (5.03%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 9 (5.03%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.68%) Middleware
1 3 (1.68%) Web Services
2 1 (0.56%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.56%) HTML
2 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.82%) Clustering
1 14 (7.82%) Data Centre
1 14 (7.82%) PKI
2 12 (6.70%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.79%) NHS
5 5 (2.79%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.68%) Fat Client
6 3 (1.68%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.56%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.56%) FMCG
8 1 (0.56%) iPhone
8 1 (0.56%) IVR
8 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (41.90%) Windows
2 30 (16.76%) Windows Server
3 22 (12.29%) Windows 10
4 16 (8.94%) Linux
5 14 (7.82%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (6.70%) Apple iOS
7 10 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (3.91%) Unix
9 6 (3.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.56%) Android
11 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.56%) VMS
11 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (30.17%) Customer Service
2 43 (24.02%) ITIL
3 40 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (21.79%) Service Delivery
5 31 (17.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (15.64%) Incident Management
7 21 (11.73%) Mathematics
8 20 (11.17%) Mobile Device Management
9 16 (8.94%) Agile
9 16 (8.94%) ITSM
10 15 (8.38%) Migration
11 13 (7.26%) Case Management
11 13 (7.26%) Coaching
11 13 (7.26%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (6.15%) DevOps
12 11 (6.15%) Roadmaps
13 10 (5.59%) Artificial Intelligence
13 10 (5.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 9 (5.03%) Load Balancing
15 8 (4.47%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.29%) PowerShell
2 13 (7.26%) Python
3 8 (4.47%) VB
4 6 (3.35%) Shell Script
4 6 (3.35%) SQL
5 1 (0.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 42 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 35 (19.55%) Degree
3 31 (17.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (15.64%) A+ Certification
5 26 (14.53%) MCSA
6 25 (13.97%) SC Cleared
7 16 (8.94%) DV Cleared
8 13 (7.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.23%) CCIE
10 4 (2.23%) MCSE
10 4 (2.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.68%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.12%) MCP
12 2 (1.12%) VCAP
13 1 (0.56%) CCDP
13 1 (0.56%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.47%) SLA
3 6 (3.35%) QA
4 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 95 (53.07%) Active Directory
2 31 (17.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (9.50%) BitLocker
3 17 (9.50%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (8.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (7.82%) Hyper-V
6 12 (6.70%) vSphere
7 11 (6.15%) XenDesktop
8 10 (5.59%) XenApp
9 9 (5.03%) Docker
9 9 (5.03%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (5.03%) Terminal Services
10 4 (2.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 4 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (17.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (12.85%) Ansible
3 15 (8.38%) vCenter Server
4 14 (7.82%) Terraform
5 12 (6.70%) SCCM
6 10 (5.59%) WSUS
7 9 (5.03%) Kubernetes
7 9 (5.03%) Puppet
8 8 (4.47%) FortiGate
8 8 (4.47%) Nagios
8 8 (4.47%) vMotion
9 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (2.79%) Tivoli
11 4 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 97 (54.19%) Microsoft
2 61 (34.08%) ServiceNow
3 43 (24.02%) VMware
4 29 (16.20%) Cisco
5 15 (8.38%) HP
5 15 (8.38%) Sage
6 14 (7.82%) F5
7 13 (7.26%) Dell
8 12 (6.70%) Apple
8 12 (6.70%) Google
9 10 (5.59%) Zscaler
10 8 (4.47%) CheckPoint
10 8 (4.47%) Nexthink
10 8 (4.47%) Symantec
11 6 (3.35%) Juniper
11 6 (3.35%) Veeam
12 5 (2.79%) SolarWinds
13 4 (2.23%) CyberArk
13 4 (2.23%) Fortinet
14 3 (1.68%) Remedy