The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer 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 XenServer 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 120 138 124
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -14
Contract jobs citing XenServer 3 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.124% 0.033% 0.034%
As % of the System Software category 1.124% 0.427% 0.380%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £363 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £270 £330
% change year-on-year
+31.94% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -27.27%
All System Software
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
267 234 263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 11.03% 7.675% 8.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 84 102
Average daily rate £325 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £235 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 35 21
Average hourly rate £19.75 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £15.13 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £40.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenServer
South East

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire XenServer Jobs Demand Trend

XenServer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire XenServer Daily Rate Trend

XenServer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing XenServer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire XenServer Hourly Rate Trend

XenServer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenServer within the Berkshire 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
Reading +12 2 - -
Slough - 1 £363 -
XenServer
South East

XenServer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) XenApp
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) EMC
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) vSphere
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) Demand Management
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (25.00%) Brocade
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Demand Management
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Brocade
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) EMC
Reading, Thames Valley
You will be responsible for providing both on-site and remote administration of Microsoft Windows Servers, Citrix Provisioning, Citrix XenApp, XenServer, and a multitude of proprietary applications... Required...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Strong experience with Microsoft Server 2003. *Ideally have knowledge with Microsoft Server 2008R2 *Troubleshooting, publishing, and supporting applications in a Citrix XenApp environment... *Experience with Active Directory. *Experience...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013