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 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 512 591
Rank change year-on-year -91 +79 +129
Contract jobs citing CCA 23 12 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.041% 0.013%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.13% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 5
10th Percentile £378 £489 £515
25th Percentile £406 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -28.57% +44.33%
75th Percentile £570 - -
90th Percentile £668 £516 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £580 £500 -
% change year-on-year +16.00% - -

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 14,597 8,965 13,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.82% 30.38% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,602 5,632 8,384
10th Percentile £333 £285 £293
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £650
90th Percentile £721 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,085 468 1,023
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £24.42 £18.16
Median hourly rate £29.00 £45.00 £38.95
Median % change year-on-year -35.56% +15.53% -22.10%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £61.62
90th Percentile £84.00 £82.15 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.77 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +25.00% -18.36%

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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 14 March 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 8 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 14 March 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 -81 22 £438 -12.50% 11
London -48 13 £419 -13.84% 1
UK excluding London -77 9 £580 +16.00% 12
Work from Home -20 8 £585 +17.00% 5
North of England -64 5 £520 - 5
North West -32 4 £520 - 4
South East - 4 £600 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -

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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 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (30.43%) MS Visio
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) SAP CO
2 4 (17.39%) SAP FI
2 4 (17.39%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (4.35%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) NetScaler
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco ICM
2 1 (4.35%) DNS
2 1 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (4.35%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) SSL
2 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Banking
3 7 (30.43%) Finance
4 5 (21.74%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.04%) International Banking
6 2 (8.70%) Financial Institution
6 2 (8.70%) Legal
7 1 (4.35%) Billing
7 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Marketing
7 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) 3rd Line Support
1 5 (21.74%) Citrix Engineer
1 5 (21.74%) Citrix Support
1 5 (21.74%) Senior
1 5 (21.74%) Senior Citrix Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Lead
3 2 (8.70%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix Expert
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (4.35%) Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Lead Architect
4 1 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) CSS
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
1 1 (4.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.35%) IVR
3 1 (4.35%) Life Science
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Windows
1 8 (34.78%) Windows 10
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Change Management
1 5 (21.74%) User Experience
2 4 (17.39%) High Availability
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.04%) Application Packaging
3 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Virtualisation
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (13.04%) Migration
3 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (8.70%) Project Management
4 2 (8.70%) Service Catalogue
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (8.70%) Use Case
5 1 (4.35%) CRM
5 1 (4.35%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (39.13%) Degree
3 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
4 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (13.04%) MCSE
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) PMO
1 3 (13.04%) QA
1 3 (13.04%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Virtual Desktop
1 6 (26.09%) XenApp
1 6 (26.09%) XenDesktop
2 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
3 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) SCCM
1 5 (21.74%) SCVMM
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Citrix
2 6 (26.09%) SAP
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) Avaya
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) Genesys
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.35%) VMware