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 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 541 565
Rank change year-on-year -111 +24 +63
Contract jobs citing CCA 18 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.030% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.098% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 4
10th Percentile £316 £70 £454
25th Percentile £413 £450 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £512 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.01% -6.95% +32.53%
75th Percentile £570 £515 £588
90th Percentile £609 £586 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £293 -
% change year-on-year +64.53% - -
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 16,594 10,238 11,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.40% 31.11% 29.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,104 6,323 7,429
10th Percentile £350 £282 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,239 786 855
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.21%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.00 £74.38 £77.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.24 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +99.77% -44.11% -16.15%

CCA
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 4 August 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 12 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 4 August 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
UK excluding London -87 16 £481 +64.53% 15
England -99 15 £456 -11.53% 12
Work from Home -45 12 £481 -6.55% 5
South East -61 7 £580 +12.62% 8
Midlands -50 3 £430 -16.50%
West Midlands -55 3 £430 -16.50%
North West - 2 - - 2
South West - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - - 3
Scotland -14 1 £450 +542.86% 3
London -63 1 £413 -22.02% 5
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (16.67%) SAP ERP
1 3 (16.67%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (11.11%) SAP CO
2 2 (11.11%) SAP FI
2 2 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) NetScaler
2 2 (11.11%) DHCP
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
3 1 (5.56%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (16.67%) SAP BW
1 3 (16.67%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) CANoe
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) General Ledger
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.56%) Automotive
5 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Administrator
3 3 (16.67%) SAP BW Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Wintel Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Safety Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Citrix Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Safety Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix Support
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) SAP FI Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) CSS
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
1 2 (11.11%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.56%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) User Experience
2 4 (22.22%) Accounts Payable
2 4 (22.22%) Accounts Receivable
2 4 (22.22%) High Availability
2 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (16.67%) Analytics
3 3 (16.67%) Cost Centre Accounting
3 3 (16.67%) CRM
3 3 (16.67%) ERP
3 3 (16.67%) ITSM
3 3 (16.67%) Master Data Management
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) Revenue Management
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (11.11%) CAE
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.11%) Hazard Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) ABAP
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 10 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 8 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (22.22%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (16.67%) Degree
5 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 3 (16.67%) MCSA
5 3 (16.67%) MCSE
5 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (11.11%) Def Stans
1 2 (11.11%) WCAG
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (16.67%) vSphere
4 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.56%) XenApp
5 1 (5.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) SCCM
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (16.67%) SCOM
2 3 (16.67%) vCenter Server
3 2 (11.11%) vMotion
4 1 (5.56%) Functional Safety
4 1 (5.56%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Citrix
2 5 (27.78%) SAP
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) Remedy
3 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 3 (16.67%) SolarWinds
3 3 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (5.56%) Ariba