NetScaler Contracts

Citrix NetScaler
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for NetScaler skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NetScaler over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 622 725
Rank change year-on-year +111 +103 -133
Contract jobs citing NetScaler 60 65 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.11% 0.92% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 39 83
10th Percentile £400 £372 £213
25th Percentile £456 £450 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +37.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £576 £681 £450
90th Percentile £625 £700 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £535 £400
% change year-on-year -3.74% +33.75% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NetScaler is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,394 7,081 9,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.67% 12.44% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,577 6,274
10th Percentile £205 £235 £231
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 458 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.21 £50.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.65 £65.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%

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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 18 May 2024.

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 14 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 18 May 2024. 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 +109 56 £515 -8.85% 15
UK excluding London +61 40 £515 -3.74% 8
Work from Home +114 30 £515 -9.65% 8
London +97 17 £575 +1.32% 7
North of England +37 16 £514 +10.84% 5
North West +24 15 £515 +11.11% 5
South East +32 10 £550 -18.52% 3
Midlands +27 10 - -
West Midlands +25 8 - -
Scotland +39 2 £780 +52.20%
East Midlands - 2 - -
South West +5 1 - -
East of England +3 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £375 -

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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 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 23 (38.33%) Azure
2 9 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (13.33%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (8.33%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.67%) AWS
6 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 21 (35.00%) Firewall
2 17 (28.33%) Cisco ISE
2 17 (28.33%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 14 (23.33%) BGP
4 14 (23.33%) IPsec
4 14 (23.33%) OSPF
5 13 (21.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 13 (21.67%) DNS
5 13 (21.67%) EIGRP
5 13 (21.67%) HSRP
6 12 (20.00%) SNMP
6 12 (20.00%) Spanning Tree
7 7 (11.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 7 (11.67%) VPN
7 7 (11.67%) WAN
8 4 (6.67%) DHCP
8 4 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (5.00%) LAN
10 2 (3.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Git
1 1 (1.67%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (21.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (5.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (3.33%) Finance
4 1 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.67%) Back Office
4 1 (1.67%) Banking
4 1 (1.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 19 (31.67%) Architect
3 15 (25.00%) Senior
4 9 (15.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Citrix Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Citrix Architect
6 3 (5.00%) Citrix Consultant
6 3 (5.00%) Consultant
6 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Network Architect
6 3 (5.00%) SCCM Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Senior Citrix Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Senior Desktop Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 2 (3.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 2 (3.33%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (20.00%) Jinja
2 11 (18.33%) SAML
3 4 (6.67%) 802.1X
3 4 (6.67%) JSON
4 1 (1.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.00%) Fat Client
3 3 (5.00%) Thin Client
4 2 (3.33%) Clustering
5 1 (1.67%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.67%) LIMS
5 1 (1.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (28.33%) Windows
2 12 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 12 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.33%) Windows 7
3 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.67%) Linux
4 1 (1.67%) Unix
4 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.67%) Change Management
2 17 (28.33%) Network Management
3 14 (23.33%) ITIL
4 12 (20.00%) DevOps
4 12 (20.00%) ITSM
4 12 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 11 (18.33%) Build Automation
6 10 (16.67%) Migration
7 9 (15.00%) Patch Management
8 8 (13.33%) Application Packaging
8 8 (13.33%) Load Balancing
9 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (6.67%) Network Design
10 3 (5.00%) Application Virtualisation
11 2 (3.33%) Fintech
11 2 (3.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 2 (3.33%) Technical Leadership
11 2 (3.33%) Two-Factor Authentication
11 2 (3.33%) User Experience
11 2 (3.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.00%) Python
2 13 (21.67%) Perl
2 13 (21.67%) PowerShell
3 12 (20.00%) Tcl
4 4 (6.67%) ActionScript
5 2 (3.33%) SQL
6 1 (1.67%) Bash
6 1 (1.67%) Java
6 1 (1.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 19 (31.67%) SC Cleared
3 12 (20.00%) CCNA
3 12 (20.00%) CCNP
3 12 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.33%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (3.33%) Degree
4 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 15 (25.00%) XenApp
2 13 (21.67%) Firmware
3 12 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (20.00%) XenDesktop
4 8 (13.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 6 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (6.67%) vSphere
8 2 (3.33%) VMware NSX
9 1 (1.67%) DFS Replication
9 1 (1.67%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (20.00%) Ansible
2 6 (10.00%) SCCM
3 1 (1.67%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.67%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (81.67%) Citrix
2 21 (35.00%) Cisco
3 19 (31.67%) Palo Alto
4 18 (30.00%) SolarWinds
5 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 11 (18.33%) F5
7 9 (15.00%) NetApp
8 7 (11.67%) VMware
9 6 (10.00%) Meraki
10 2 (3.33%) Ivanti
10 2 (3.33%) Juniper
10 2 (3.33%) Nexthink
10 2 (3.33%) Splunk
11 1 (1.67%) Aruba
11 1 (1.67%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.67%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.67%) HP
11 1 (1.67%) Oracle
11 1 (1.67%) Sophos
11 1 (1.67%) Symantec