The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 23 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 Bristol 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank - 57 -
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 0 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol - 0.957% -
As % of the System Software category - 17.78% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £353 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.20%
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
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
37 45 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 7.241% 5.383% 6.728%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 15
Average daily rate £349 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.25% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £135 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £405 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 11
Average hourly rate £17.00 £21.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.04% +44.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £17.85 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £94.50 £21.35 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenDesktop
South West

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol XenDesktop Daily Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESX
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Genesys
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESX
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Genesys