Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 905 1165
Rank change year-on-year +24 +260 -244
Permanent jobs citing CCA 26 42 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.044% 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.093% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 20 27 66
10th Percentile - £38,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -21.57% +70.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,625 £66,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £72,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% -6.98% +123.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,927 31,974 45,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 33.78% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,434 19,201
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,503 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

CCA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCA in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCA.

Salary trend for CCA in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCA over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CCA in the UK

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Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCA within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +20 24 £47,500 -5.00% 19
UK excluding London -21 21 £45,000 -10.00% 18
Work from Home +46 16 £30,000 -20.00% 4
Midlands -7 10 £50,000 +33.33% 3
East Midlands -14 8 £50,000 +33.33%
South West -21 6 £30,000 -40.00% 1
North West - 3 £45,000 - 5
North of England - 3 £45,000 - 5
London +95 2 £72,500 +61.11% 3
South East -8 2 £47,500 -24.00% 7
West Midlands - 2 £45,000 - 3

CCA
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 14 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (15.38%) IIS
2 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) SAP CO
1 4 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.69%) SAP FI
2 2 (7.69%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.85%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) IaaS
4 1 (3.85%) PaaS
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) Firewall
2 11 (42.31%) SAN
3 5 (19.23%) DHCP
3 5 (19.23%) DNS
3 5 (19.23%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (7.69%) NetScaler
4 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.85%) ISDN
5 1 (3.85%) NAS
5 1 (3.85%) VLAN
5 1 (3.85%) VoIP
5 1 (3.85%) VPN
5 1 (3.85%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) SAP HANA
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Law
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (3.85%) Danish Language
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Analyst
1 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Architect
3 3 (11.54%) IT Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Service Desk Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) SAP Architect
4 2 (7.69%) SAP CO Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
4 2 (7.69%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Service Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Technical Services Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Driving Licence
1 5 (19.23%) Replication
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) FMCG
3 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 8 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 5 (19.23%) Android
3 5 (19.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) ITIL
2 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
3 5 (19.23%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 5 (19.23%) Ticket Management
4 4 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 4 (15.38%) Problem Management
4 4 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.69%) Analytics
6 2 (7.69%) Application Packaging
6 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security
6 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 2 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (7.69%) Fintech
6 2 (7.69%) Incident Response
6 2 (7.69%) Personalization
6 2 (7.69%) Task Automation
6 2 (7.69%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
3 1 (3.85%) ABAP
3 1 (3.85%) Java
3 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) Citrix Certification
2 10 (38.46%) Degree
3 9 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (26.92%) CCNA
4 7 (26.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (23.08%) CCDA
6 5 (19.23%) MCP
7 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (7.69%) CISSP
8 2 (7.69%) MCSA
9 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
9 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
9 1 (3.85%) CCSP
9 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (3.85%) HP AIS
9 1 (3.85%) JNCIA
9 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
9 1 (3.85%) MCSE
9 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.54%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) PCI DSS
2 2 (7.69%) SOC 2
3 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) IFRS
3 1 (3.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (53.85%) Active Directory
1 14 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (38.46%) Hyper-V
3 6 (23.08%) vSphere
3 6 (23.08%) XenApp
4 5 (19.23%) XenDesktop
5 4 (15.38%) Terminal Services
6 2 (7.69%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Backup Exec
1 5 (19.23%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
2 2 (7.69%) SysTrack
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (57.69%) VMware
3 12 (46.15%) Citrix
4 9 (34.62%) Dell
5 6 (23.08%) Veeam
6 5 (19.23%) Fortinet
6 5 (19.23%) N-able
6 5 (19.23%) Symantec
6 5 (19.23%) Veritas
7 4 (15.38%) HP
7 4 (15.38%) NetApp
7 4 (15.38%) SAP
8 2 (7.69%) Ivanti
8 2 (7.69%) Splunk
9 1 (3.85%) Cisco
9 1 (3.85%) Meraki