NetScaler Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Citrix NetScaler
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 291 316 450
Rank change year-on-year +25 +134 +131
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 13 29 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.19% 0.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 1.80% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 15
10th Percentile £400 £368 £425
25th Percentile £466 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% -6.35% +29.41%
75th Percentile £565 £579 £609
90th Percentile £653 £604 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -6.35% +37.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

NetScaler
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NetScaler as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NetScaler trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

NetScaler
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing NetScaler.

NetScaler daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

NetScaler
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

NetScaler daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (15.38%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Cloudflare
4 1 (7.69%) Akamai
4 1 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) WAN
2 5 (38.46%) MPLS
2 5 (38.46%) VPN
3 4 (30.77%) Firewall
4 3 (23.08%) DNS
5 2 (15.38%) Internet
5 2 (15.38%) LAN
5 2 (15.38%) SMTP
5 2 (15.38%) Wireless
6 1 (7.69%) BGP
6 1 (7.69%) DHCP
6 1 (7.69%) DWDM
6 1 (7.69%) HTTP
6 1 (7.69%) IGRP
6 1 (7.69%) IPsec
6 1 (7.69%) Network Security
6 1 (7.69%) OSPF
6 1 (7.69%) SNMP
6 1 (7.69%) VLAN
6 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
1 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Citrix Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) 802.1X
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
1 3 (23.08%) Public Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Clustering
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (7.69%) Linux
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Network Architecture
2 3 (23.08%) Zero Trust
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
3 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Network Management
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Coaching
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) High Availability
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Network Design
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Debt
4 1 (7.69%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) PowerShell
2 4 (30.77%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) CCIE
3 1 (7.69%) CCDP
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) CCNP
3 1 (7.69%) CCSA
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) XenApp
1 3 (23.08%) XenDesktop
2 2 (15.38%) Firmware
2 2 (15.38%) vSphere
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Ansible
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (15.38%) WSUS
3 1 (7.69%) Perfmon
3 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Citrix
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco
3 5 (38.46%) F5
4 4 (30.77%) CheckPoint
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) Zscaler
5 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
6 2 (15.38%) Arista
6 2 (15.38%) Dell
6 2 (15.38%) HP
6 2 (15.38%) Juniper
6 2 (15.38%) Meraki
6 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
6 2 (15.38%) VMware
7 1 (7.69%) Forcepoint
7 1 (7.69%) ForeScout
7 1 (7.69%) Infoblox
7 1 (7.69%) Ivanti
7 1 (7.69%) Riverbed
7 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds