The first table below looks at the demand for Xen skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Xen over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Berkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XenSource Xen
Rank 97 - 126
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Xen 24 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.025% - 0.133%
As % of the System Software category 7.742% - 1.674%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
Average daily rate £365 - £255
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 - £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £456 - £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- -36.36%
All System Software
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
310 240 239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 13.24% 7.571% 7.924%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 92 80
Average daily rate £325 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £222 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 40 28
Average hourly rate £27.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £15.13 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Xen
South East

Xen
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Xen Jobs Demand Trend

Xen
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Xen Daily Rate Trend

Xen
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Xen across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Xen Daily Rate Histogram

Xen
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Xen within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading - 1 £335 - 1
Xen
South East

Xen
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Xen 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 Xen.

1 26 (96.30%) Microsoft
1 26 (96.30%) SAN
2 25 (92.59%) SCOM
2 25 (92.59%) SC Cleared
2 25 (92.59%) Security Cleared
3 17 (62.96%) Configuration Management
4 14 (51.85%) Release Management
5 11 (40.74%) Oracle
6 10 (37.04%) Windows
7 9 (33.33%) SQL
7 9 (33.33%) Windows XP
7 9 (33.33%) Active Directory
7 9 (33.33%) Citrix
7 9 (33.33%) MIMEsweeper
7 9 (33.33%) Blackberry
8 8 (29.63%) SCCM
8 8 (29.63%) PowerShell
8 8 (29.63%) Change Control
8 8 (29.63%) VB
9 6 (22.22%) CA
10 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (18.52%) Opalis
10 5 (18.52%) UNIX
10 5 (18.52%) VMware
11 4 (14.81%) VMware ESX
11 4 (14.81%) Linux
12 2 (7.407%) MCSE
12 2 (7.407%) CCNA
12 2 (7.407%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification

Xen
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Xen 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 Xen. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (96.30%) SAN
General
1 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) Environment Manager
2 3 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Team Leader
4 1 (3.704%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Server Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Technical Team Leader
4 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Technical Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Support Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (3.704%) Service Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Systems Manager
4 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Windows
2 9 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 5 (18.52%) UNIX
4 4 (14.81%) Linux
5 1 (3.704%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Configuration Management
2 14 (51.85%) Release Management
3 8 (29.63%) Change Control
4 1 (3.704%) Service Management
4 1 (3.704%) Migration
4 1 (3.704%) ITIL
4 1 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) SQL
2 8 (29.63%) PowerShell
2 8 (29.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (92.59%) SC Cleared
1 25 (92.59%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.407%) MCSE
2 2 (7.407%) CCNA
2 2 (7.407%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (14.81%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 25 (92.59%) SCOM
2 9 (33.33%) MIMEsweeper
3 8 (29.63%) SCCM
4 5 (18.52%) Opalis
Vendors
1 26 (96.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (40.74%) Oracle
3 9 (33.33%) Citrix
4 6 (22.22%) CA
5 5 (18.52%) VMware
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