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 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 531 585
Rank change year-on-year -76 +54 +70
Contract jobs citing CCA 26 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.023% 0.021%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.076% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 6 7
10th Percentile £346 £70 £480
25th Percentile £406 £171 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £486 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% -11.64% +13.40%
75th Percentile £553 £565 £700
90th Percentile £622 £586 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £70 -
% change year-on-year +592.86% - -
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 15,823 9,233 13,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.96% 29.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,544 5,740 8,094
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £614 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.40% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,167 599 1,124
10th Percentile £17.22 £17.76 £13.99
25th Percentile £22.72 £20.00 £19.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -25.00% -27.65%
75th Percentile £72.52 £63.13 £63.88
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £75.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.84 £28.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +74.43% -32.53% -20.95%

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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 19 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 19 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 -93 23 £427 -21.36% 13
UK excluding London -96 15 £485 +592.86% 10
Work from Home -28 12 £450 -23.21% 5
London -62 10 £419 -28.54% 6
South East - 6 £560 - 4
North West - 5 £520 - 2
North of England - 5 £520 - 4
Midlands - 2 £430 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £430 - 2
Scotland -10 1 £450 +542.86%
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 (11.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (23.08%) MS Visio
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (19.23%) SAP CO
2 4 (15.38%) SAP FI
2 4 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (11.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (7.69%) SAP ERP
4 2 (7.69%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) NetScaler
2 2 (7.69%) DHCP
2 2 (7.69%) DNS
3 1 (3.85%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (7.69%) SAP BW
2 2 (7.69%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) CANoe
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Finance
3 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (19.23%) Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (11.54%) General Ledger
6 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
7 2 (7.69%) International Banking
7 2 (7.69%) Legal
7 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
8 1 (3.85%) Automotive
8 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking
8 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Senior
2 5 (19.23%) Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (15.38%) Citrix Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Citrix Support
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Citrix Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Administrator
4 3 (11.54%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Wintel Administrator
5 2 (7.69%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Lead
5 2 (7.69%) SAP BW Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) SAP FI Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) CSS
1 3 (11.54%) HTML
2 2 (7.69%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Client/Server
2 3 (11.54%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.85%) Life Science
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows 10
3 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) User Experience
2 4 (15.38%) Change Management
2 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (11.54%) Accounts Payable
3 3 (11.54%) Accounts Receivable
3 3 (11.54%) High Availability
3 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (11.54%) ITSM
3 3 (11.54%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (11.54%) UX Design
4 2 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (7.69%) Analytics
4 2 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (7.69%) Cost Centre Accounting
4 2 (7.69%) Desktop Virtualisation
4 2 (7.69%) Master Data Management
4 2 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (7.69%) Product Governance
4 2 (7.69%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
2 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.69%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Citrix Certification
2 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
3 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
4 7 (26.92%) Degree
5 5 (19.23%) MCSE
5 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (11.54%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (11.54%) MCSA
6 3 (11.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
8 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) SLA
2 3 (11.54%) Accessibility
2 3 (11.54%) PMO
2 3 (11.54%) QA
2 3 (11.54%) WCAG
3 2 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 6 (23.08%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 4 (15.38%) XenApp
2 4 (15.38%) XenDesktop
3 3 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (11.54%) vSphere
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) SCCM
2 4 (15.38%) SCVMM
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (11.54%) SCOM
3 3 (11.54%) vCenter Server
4 2 (7.69%) vMotion
5 1 (3.85%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Citrix
2 7 (26.92%) SAP
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 3 (11.54%) Remedy
4 3 (11.54%) SolarWinds
4 3 (11.54%) VMware
5 1 (3.85%) Ariba