The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenApp over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenApp
Rank 21 15 34
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +19
Contract jobs citing XenApp 10 17 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.263% 6.250% 2.759%
As % of the System Software category 29.41% 45.95% 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 3
Average daily rate £450 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £355 £166
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £403 £402
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -18.18%
All System Software
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
34 37 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 17.89% 13.60% 7.931%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 11
Average daily rate £350 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £325 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Average hourly rate - £12.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
XenApp
East of England

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing XenApp across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Bedfordshire XenApp Jobs Demand Trend

XenApp
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing XenApp across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenApp across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire XenApp Daily Rate Histogram

XenApp
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenApp within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dunstable 0 4 £475 +46.15%
XenApp
East of England

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing XenApp also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited XenApp.

1 12 (92.31%) Citrix
2 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 11 (84.62%) VMware
3 8 (61.54%) Windows 7
4 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
4 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (53.85%) XenDesktop
5 6 (46.15%) IIS
6 5 (38.46%) MS Visio
6 5 (38.46%) VMware Server
6 5 (38.46%) Finance
6 5 (38.46%) IVR
6 5 (38.46%) Retail
6 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
7 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (30.77%) Nortel Meridian
7 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
7 4 (30.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (30.77%) Cisco
7 4 (30.77%) Oracle
7 4 (30.77%) Nortel
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (23.08%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (15.38%) AppSense
9 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (15.38%) Lync
9 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (15.38%) Mercator
9 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing XenApp also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited XenApp. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) IIS
2 2 (15.38%) Lync
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (7.692%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (7.692%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MS Visio
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Nortel Meridian
2 1 (7.692%) NAS
2 1 (7.692%) DHCP
2 1 (7.692%) DNS
2 1 (7.692%) Network Security
2 1 (7.692%) iSCSI
2 1 (7.692%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MSI
1 1 (7.692%) AdminStudio
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
1 5 (38.46%) Retail
2 1 (7.692%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Applications Packager
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Systems Support
5 1 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Wintel Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Wintel Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Systems Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Server Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Wintel Support
5 1 (7.692%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) IVR
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) Windows 7
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (7.692%) DNA
3 1 (7.692%) Network Load Balancing
3 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) MCSE
1 1 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.692%) MCITP
1 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (53.85%) XenDesktop
2 5 (38.46%) VMware Server
3 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
5 1 (7.692%) XenServer
5 1 (7.692%) NFS
5 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (7.692%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (7.692%) AppDNA
2 1 (7.692%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (7.692%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Citrix
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 11 (84.62%) VMware
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco
3 4 (30.77%) Oracle
3 4 (30.77%) Nortel
4 2 (15.38%) AppSense
4 2 (15.38%) Mercator
4 2 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) LANDesk
5 1 (7.692%) Dell
5 1 (7.692%) Symantec
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