NetScaler Contracts

Citrix NetScaler
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring NetScaler skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NetScaler over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 515 659
Rank change year-on-year +45 +144 +55
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 50 67 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.15% 0.099%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.34% 1.19% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 34 34
10th Percentile £348 £415 £274
25th Percentile £400 £466 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -6.35% +37.50%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £638
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% +41.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NetScaler falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,722 5,629 7,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.92% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,285 3,368 4,786
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £481 £475
% change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%

NetScaler
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NetScaler as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NetScaler in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NetScaler.

Daily rate trend for NetScaler in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NetScaler over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NetScaler in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NetScaler.

Hourly rate trend for NetScaler in the UK

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Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetScaler within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +45 44 £525 +1.94% 7
UK excluding London +54 37 £525 +1.94% 4
North of England +25 22 £575 +11.92% 2
North West +24 22 £575 +11.65% 1
Work from Home +25 13 £519 +0.76% 4
South East +46 11 £500 -9.09% 1
London +26 5 £475 -17.39% 2
Midlands +16 3 £535 -
West Midlands +9 3 £535 -
East of England +30 1 - -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (12.00%) IIS
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (32.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.00%) AWS
3 4 (8.00%) Cloudflare
4 1 (2.00%) Akamai
4 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.00%) GCP
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (54.00%) WAN
2 25 (50.00%) Firewall
3 20 (40.00%) Cisco ISE
4 18 (36.00%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (22.00%) VPN
6 7 (14.00%) DNS
6 7 (14.00%) LAN
6 7 (14.00%) MPLS
7 6 (12.00%) BGP
7 6 (12.00%) IPsec
7 6 (12.00%) OSPF
7 6 (12.00%) SMTP
8 5 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (10.00%) HSRP
8 5 (10.00%) Network Security
9 4 (8.00%) Broadband
9 4 (8.00%) Converged Networks
10 3 (6.00%) SSL
10 3 (6.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (6.00%) Legal
2 3 (6.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.00%) Finance
3 1 (2.00%) Retail
3 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (62.00%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (8.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 4 (8.00%) Consultant
4 2 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (4.00%) Administrator
4 2 (4.00%) Citrix Expert
4 2 (4.00%) Citrix Subject Matter Expert
4 2 (4.00%) Senior
4 2 (4.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (4.00%) Subject Matter Expert
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (2.00%) Backend Developer
5 1 (2.00%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (2.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 1 (2.00%) Cloud Specialist
5 1 (2.00%) IT Analyst
5 1 (2.00%) Juniper Engineer
5 1 (2.00%) Lead
5 1 (2.00%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (40.00%) 802.1X
2 2 (4.00%) Middleware
3 1 (2.00%) AWS CDK
3 1 (2.00%) HTML
3 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.00%) Clustering
2 6 (12.00%) PKI
3 4 (8.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.00%) FMCG
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.00%) Windows
2 10 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.00%) Linux
4 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 21 (42.00%) Network Management
3 19 (38.00%) Network Design
4 16 (32.00%) Network Architecture
5 10 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (8.00%) Zero Trust
7 3 (6.00%) Migration
7 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.00%) Roadmaps
8 2 (4.00%) Cloud Security
8 2 (4.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (4.00%) High Availability
8 2 (4.00%) ITIL
8 2 (4.00%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (4.00%) Network Load Balancing
8 2 (4.00%) Process Improvement
8 2 (4.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (4.00%) Release Management
8 2 (4.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (4.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (14.00%) Python
3 6 (12.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (4.00%) Perl
5 1 (2.00%) Java
5 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 30 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (10.00%) CCNA
4 4 (8.00%) CCIE
5 2 (4.00%) Degree
6 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.00%) CCDP
6 1 (2.00%) CCNP
6 1 (2.00%) CCSA
6 1 (2.00%) MCP
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (22.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (16.00%) XenApp
3 7 (14.00%) vSphere
3 7 (14.00%) XenDesktop
4 2 (4.00%) Firmware
5 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 6 (12.00%) WSUS
3 4 (8.00%) Ansible
4 3 (6.00%) Terraform
5 2 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.00%) Perfmon
6 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (64.00%) Cisco
2 25 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 23 (46.00%) Citrix
4 19 (38.00%) Meraki
5 11 (22.00%) Microsoft
6 8 (16.00%) Dell
6 8 (16.00%) HP
7 7 (14.00%) F5
7 7 (14.00%) VMware
8 5 (10.00%) CheckPoint
8 5 (10.00%) Zscaler
9 4 (8.00%) Fortinet
10 2 (4.00%) Arista
10 2 (4.00%) IBM
10 2 (4.00%) Juniper
10 2 (4.00%) SolarWinds
11 1 (2.00%) Forcepoint
11 1 (2.00%) ForeScout
11 1 (2.00%) Infoblox
11 1 (2.00%) Riverbed