CCA Contract Job Trends

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 525 577
Rank change year-on-year -98 +52 +81
Contract jobs citing CCA 23 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.045% 0.023% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.074% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 8
10th Percentile £337 £70 £491
25th Percentile £406 £171 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £486 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% -22.24% +104.08%
75th Percentile £533 £565 £700
90th Percentile £603 £586 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £466 £70 -
% change year-on-year +565.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.49 - -
Median hourly rate £35.82 - -
75th Percentile £37.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.82 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,943 9,435 12,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.26% 30.88% 29.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,653 5,854 8,007
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -0.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £713 £702 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.40% -4.76% -0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,163 625 1,119
10th Percentile £17.64 £17.83 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.22 £20.24 £20.00
Median hourly rate £51.00 £28.55 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +78.63% -30.26% -26.47%
75th Percentile £72.54 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £27.39 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.57% -36.31% -21.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

CCA job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCA

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCA over the 6 months to 28 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCA in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CCA

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Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCA within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England -111 20 £427 -21.36% 16
UK excluding London -97 14 £466 +565.18% 15
Work from Home -40 12 £450 -23.21% 9
London -68 8 £419 -28.54% 6
South East - 6 £560 - 5
Midlands - 3 £430 - 1
North West - 3 - - 3
West Midlands - 3 £430 - 1
North of England - 3 - - 6
Scotland -7 1 £450 +542.86% 1
Wales - 1 £550 -

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (13.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (21.74%) MS Visio
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) SAP CO
2 3 (13.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (13.04%) SAP ERP
2 3 (13.04%) SAP FI
2 3 (13.04%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (13.04%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) NetScaler
2 2 (8.70%) DHCP
2 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 1 (4.35%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (13.04%) SAP BW
1 3 (13.04%) SAP Data Services
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) CANoe
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Finance
3 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (17.39%) General Ledger
5 3 (13.04%) Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
6 2 (8.70%) Legal
7 1 (4.35%) Automotive
7 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.35%) International Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Consultant
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
3 4 (17.39%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (13.04%) Administrator
4 3 (13.04%) Citrix Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Citrix Support
4 3 (13.04%) SAP BW Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Citrix Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Wintel Administrator
5 2 (8.70%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Citrix Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) SAP CO Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) SAP FI Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) CSS
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.35%) Life Science
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows 10
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) User Experience
2 4 (17.39%) Accounts Payable
2 4 (17.39%) Accounts Receivable
3 3 (13.04%) Analytics
3 3 (13.04%) Change Management
3 3 (13.04%) Cost Centre Accounting
3 3 (13.04%) CRM
3 3 (13.04%) ERP
3 3 (13.04%) High Availability
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (13.04%) ITSM
3 3 (13.04%) Master Data Management
3 3 (13.04%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Revenue Management
3 3 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (8.70%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Product Governance
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) ABAP
2 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Citrix Certification
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 5 (21.74%) Degree
4 4 (17.39%) MCSE
4 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (13.04%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (13.04%) MCSA
5 3 (13.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
2 3 (13.04%) PMO
3 2 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 2 (8.70%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (8.70%) QA
3 2 (8.70%) WCAG
4 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (21.74%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
3 3 (13.04%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.04%) vSphere
3 3 (13.04%) XenApp
3 3 (13.04%) XenDesktop
4 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) SCCM
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.04%) SCOM
2 3 (13.04%) SCVMM
2 3 (13.04%) vCenter Server
3 2 (8.70%) vMotion
4 1 (4.35%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Citrix
2 7 (30.43%) SAP
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 4 (17.39%) ServiceNow
4 3 (13.04%) Remedy
4 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
4 3 (13.04%) VMware
5 1 (4.35%) Ariba