Citrix Job Trends

Citrix
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Citrix products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Citrix over the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Citrix Systems.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 297 198
Rank change year-on-year -198 -99 +136
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 160 571 881
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.92% 1.75%
As % of the Vendors category 0.80% 2.60% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 123 361 716
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,375 £75,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £92,500 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £45,692 £41,000
% change year-on-year -21.21% +11.44% -3.53%

All Vendors
UK

Citrix falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,014 21,997 21,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.49% 35.41% 41.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,276 11,556 16,437
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,851 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,250
% change year-on-year -15.00% +1.52% -1.50%

Citrix
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Citrix relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Citrix job vacancy trend in the UK

Citrix
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Citrix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Citrix

Citrix
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Citrix over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Citrix in the UK

Citrix
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the UK over the 6 months to 12 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -183 145 £52,500 - 83
UK excluding London -79 89 £36,000 -21.21% 71
London -107 65 £57,500 -17.86% 22
Work from Home -20 46 £35,442 -47.69% 32
Midlands -4 27 £41,875 -18.69% 4
North of England -35 25 £32,750 -28.80% 28
South East +13 22 £40,000 -17.53% 24
East Midlands +19 19 £32,500 -18.75%
Yorkshire -2 16 £31,500 -31.52% 16
West Midlands -10 8 £58,250 +12.02% 4
North West -21 8 £35,442 -21.24% 8
Scotland +2 6 £31,000 -21.97% 1
Wales +7 4 £35,000 +11.11% 3
South West +1 3 £62,500 +78.57% 4
East of England +1 2 £27,000 -30.32% 6
North East +6 1 - - 5

Citrix
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 51 (31.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (18.13%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.63%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.63%) IIS
4 1 (0.63%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.63%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.63%) WildFly
Applications
1 11 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.63%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.63%) Eikon
2 1 (0.63%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.63%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.63%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 88 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (47.50%) Azure
3 42 (26.25%) Entra ID
4 20 (12.50%) AWS
5 13 (8.13%) GCP
6 12 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (6.88%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.13%) IaaS
8 5 (3.13%) OpenShift
9 4 (2.50%) Nutanix
9 4 (2.50%) PaaS
9 4 (2.50%) Serverless
10 3 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.88%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.88%) SaaS
11 2 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.63%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 44 (27.50%) Firewall
2 27 (16.88%) LAN
3 23 (14.38%) DNS
4 21 (13.13%) WAN
5 19 (11.88%) VPN
6 18 (11.25%) DHCP
7 17 (10.63%) TCP/IP
8 14 (8.75%) NetScaler
9 12 (7.50%) VoIP
9 12 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (6.25%) Skype
11 9 (5.63%) MPLS
12 8 (5.00%) Network Security
12 8 (5.00%) SD-WAN
13 6 (3.75%) SAN
14 5 (3.13%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (3.13%) Junos
15 4 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
15 4 (2.50%) OSPF
15 4 (2.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.13%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.63%) DTS
3 1 (0.63%) DB2
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.25%) CircleCI
1 2 (1.25%) GitLab
1 2 (1.25%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 74 (46.25%) Social Skills
2 43 (26.88%) Finance
3 16 (10.00%) Legal
4 15 (9.38%) Retail
5 12 (7.50%) Law
6 10 (6.25%) Banking
6 10 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.13%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.50%) Back Office
10 4 (2.50%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.88%) Advertising
11 3 (1.88%) Marketing
12 2 (1.25%) Electronics
12 2 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.63%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 29 (18.13%) Analyst
2 27 (16.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (15.63%) Support Engineer
4 22 (13.75%) Senior
5 19 (11.88%) Support Analyst
6 18 (11.25%) IT Support
7 16 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
8 14 (8.75%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (7.50%) Desktop Support
9 12 (7.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (6.88%) IT Engineer
10 11 (6.88%) Network Engineer
11 10 (6.25%) Service Analyst
11 10 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
12 9 (5.63%) IT Manager
13 8 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
14 7 (4.38%) Lead
14 7 (4.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 6 (3.75%) Citrix Engineer
16 5 (3.13%) Desktop Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.25%) Middleware
1 2 (1.25%) SAML
1 2 (1.25%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.63%) .NET
2 1 (0.63%) LDAP
2 1 (0.63%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 13 (8.13%) Driving Licence
3 11 (6.88%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (5.63%) CMDB
4 9 (5.63%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.38%) iPhone
6 5 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.13%) PKI
7 4 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.88%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.25%) CCTV
9 2 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.25%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.25%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.25%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.63%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 105 (65.63%) Windows
2 52 (32.50%) Windows Server
3 17 (10.63%) Windows 10
4 11 (6.88%) Linux
5 9 (5.63%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (5.00%) Apple iOS
7 7 (4.38%) Unix
8 6 (3.75%) Android
8 6 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (3.13%) Mac OS
10 4 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.25%) AIX
13 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.63%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (30.00%) ITIL
2 39 (24.38%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (23.75%) Customer Service
4 31 (19.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (13.75%) Server Management
6 16 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 14 (8.75%) Asset Management
7 14 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (8.13%) Mentoring
8 13 (8.13%) Problem Management
8 13 (8.13%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (8.13%) Service Delivery
9 11 (6.88%) Application Packaging
10 10 (6.25%) Infrastructure Management
10 10 (6.25%) Patch Management
10 10 (6.25%) Roadmaps
10 10 (6.25%) User Experience
11 9 (5.63%) Change Control
11 9 (5.63%) IT Asset Management
11 9 (5.63%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 45 (28.13%) PowerShell
2 13 (8.13%) SQL
3 8 (5.00%) Python
4 5 (3.13%) VBA
5 4 (2.50%) Bash
6 3 (1.88%) VB
7 2 (1.25%) RPG
8 1 (0.63%) C#
8 1 (0.63%) Perl
8 1 (0.63%) RPG IV
8 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (17.50%) Degree
2 22 (13.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (9.38%) CCNA
3 15 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (8.13%) Citrix Certification
5 12 (7.50%) MCSE
6 11 (6.88%) CCA
7 9 (5.63%) MCP
7 9 (5.63%) MCSA
8 8 (5.00%) Security Cleared
9 5 (3.13%) CCNP
9 5 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (2.50%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.88%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.25%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.25%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.13%) SLA
2 9 (5.63%) GDPR
3 2 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.25%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) COBIT
4 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.63%) NIST
4 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 100 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 34 (21.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (20.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (11.25%) Hyper-V
5 15 (9.38%) XenApp
6 10 (6.25%) XenDesktop
7 5 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (2.50%) vSphere
9 2 (1.25%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (1.25%) Docker
9 2 (1.25%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.25%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.63%) Firmware
10 1 (0.63%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 38 (23.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (16.25%) SCCM
3 9 (5.63%) Ansible
3 9 (5.63%) Nagios
3 9 (5.63%) ZABBIX
4 7 (4.38%) Terraform
5 6 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.13%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.88%) AirWatch
7 3 (1.88%) WSUS
8 2 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.25%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.25%) SCOM
8 2 (1.25%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.25%) VxRail
9 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.63%) CASB
9 1 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.63%) Puppet
9 1 (0.63%) QRadar
Vendors
1 107 (66.88%) Microsoft
2 56 (35.00%) VMware
3 38 (23.75%) Cisco
4 17 (10.63%) Veeam
5 16 (10.00%) ServiceNow
6 15 (9.38%) SolarWinds
7 13 (8.13%) Meraki
8 12 (7.50%) Red Hat
9 11 (6.88%) CheckPoint
10 10 (6.25%) Google
11 9 (5.63%) BMC
11 9 (5.63%) Darktrace
11 9 (5.63%) IBM
11 9 (5.63%) Proofpoint
11 9 (5.63%) Tanium
11 9 (5.63%) Trend Micro
12 7 (4.38%) Bloomberg
12 7 (4.38%) Palo Alto
13 6 (3.75%) Apple
13 6 (3.75%) Juniper