The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 24 23 34
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +11
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 6 13 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.243% 4.610% 2.041%
As % of the System Software category 18.75% 38.24% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 2
Average daily rate £450 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £351
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +27.69%
All System Software
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
32 34 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 17.30% 12.06% 7.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 11
Average daily rate £335 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £325 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 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 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenDesktop
East of England

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire XenDesktop Jobs Demand Trend

XenDesktop
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire XenDesktop Daily Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire XenDesktop Daily Rate Histogram

XenDesktop
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 3 £450 +38.46%
XenDesktop
East of England

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop.

1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Citrix
1 7 (100.00%) XenApp
2 6 (85.71%) Windows 7
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
3 5 (71.43%) IIS
3 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (57.14%) Retail
4 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
4 4 (57.14%) Nortel Meridian
4 4 (57.14%) VMware Server
4 4 (57.14%) IVR
4 4 (57.14%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 4 (57.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (57.14%) Cisco
4 4 (57.14%) Oracle
4 4 (57.14%) Nortel
4 4 (57.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (28.57%) Mercator
6 1 (14.29%) Firewall
6 1 (14.29%) MSI
6 1 (14.29%) AdminStudio
6 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (14.29%) AppSense
6 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (14.29%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (14.29%) Lync
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Nortel Meridian
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) iSCSI
2 1 (14.29%) NAS
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MSI
1 1 (14.29%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Support
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Packager
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Wintel Support
4 1 (14.29%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Wintel Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Wintel Systems Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows 7
2 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
2 1 (14.29%) Network Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) DNA
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) XenApp
2 5 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (57.14%) VMware Server
4 1 (14.29%) XenServer
4 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (14.29%) NFS
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (14.29%) WSUS
2 1 (14.29%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco
3 4 (57.14%) Nortel
4 2 (28.57%) Mercator
5 1 (14.29%) AppSense
5 1 (14.29%) LANDesk
5 1 (14.29%) HP