The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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 52 69 74
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +5
Contract jobs citing XenApp 16 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.975% 0.615% 0.375%
As % of the System Software category 16.00% 6.383% 5.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 4
Average daily rate £400 - £215
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 - £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 - £218
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
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
100 94 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.35% 9.631% 6.835%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 27 21
Average daily rate £368 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.50% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £103 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £325 £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 25
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -19.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.02 £10.48 £10.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £15.00 £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
XenApp
South East

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire XenApp Daily Rate Histogram

XenApp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire XenApp Hourly Rate Trend

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 Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes +16 15 £400 -
XenApp
South East

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 23 (100.00%) Citrix
2 20 (86.96%) Windows
3 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
4 14 (60.87%) XenDesktop
5 13 (56.52%) Windows Server 2008
6 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
7 11 (47.83%) VMware
7 11 (47.83%) MS Exchange
8 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
9 9 (39.13%) Windows 7
9 9 (39.13%) Hyper-V
9 9 (39.13%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (34.78%) SQL Server
10 8 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
11 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2010
11 7 (30.43%) Clustering
11 7 (30.43%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (30.43%) MSI
12 6 (26.09%) AdminStudio
12 6 (26.09%) SAN
12 6 (26.09%) Firewall
13 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
13 5 (21.74%) AppSense
13 5 (21.74%) SQL Server 2008
14 4 (17.39%) SCCM
14 4 (17.39%) Lync
14 4 (17.39%) VMware ESX
14 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2003
14 4 (17.39%) Citrix Certification
14 4 (17.39%) DNA

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Development
1 3 (13.04%) JMS
1 3 (13.04%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 11 (47.83%) MS Exchange
2 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (17.39%) Lync
3 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (8.696%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
5 1 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (4.348%) IIS
5 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) SAN
1 6 (26.09%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) Internet
2 3 (13.04%) Wireless
2 3 (13.04%) LAN
2 3 (13.04%) WLAN
2 3 (13.04%) WAN
2 3 (13.04%) SMTP
2 3 (13.04%) NAS
2 3 (13.04%) Network Security
2 3 (13.04%) iSCSI
3 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.696%) VoIP
4 1 (4.348%) DNS
4 1 (4.348%) DHCP
4 1 (4.348%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) SQL Server
2 5 (21.74%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) MSI
2 6 (26.09%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
1 1 (4.348%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Applications Packager
2 4 (17.39%) Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) Wintel Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.348%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (4.348%) Programmer
5 1 (4.348%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.348%) Network Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.348%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Clustering
2 3 (13.04%) Cryptography
3 2 (8.696%) Fat Client
3 2 (8.696%) iPhone
3 2 (8.696%) Thin Client
3 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 13 (56.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (39.13%) Windows 7
3 9 (39.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (17.39%) Windows XP
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) DNA
2 3 (13.04%) Information Security
2 3 (13.04%) Network Management
2 3 (13.04%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (13.04%) TOGAF
2 3 (13.04%) Compatibility Testing
3 2 (8.696%) ITIL
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) Service Management
4 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.348%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.348%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.348%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.348%) SIEM
4 1 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (4.348%) Time Management
4 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (13.04%) MCP
4 3 (13.04%) MCSE
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (13.04%) CCSP
4 3 (13.04%) CCNA
4 3 (13.04%) MCTS
4 3 (13.04%) ISEB
5 1 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.348%) MCITP
5 1 (4.348%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (60.87%) XenDesktop
2 9 (39.13%) Hyper-V
3 8 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (30.43%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
6 4 (17.39%) VMware ESX
7 3 (13.04%) vSphere
8 2 (8.696%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (4.348%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (4.348%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) SCCM
1 4 (17.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 4 (17.39%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 4 (17.39%) AppDNA
2 3 (13.04%) OpenView
2 3 (13.04%) SCOM
3 2 (8.696%) SCVMM
4 1 (4.348%) MOM
4 1 (4.348%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (4.348%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Citrix
2 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
3 11 (47.83%) VMware
4 5 (21.74%) AppSense
5 4 (17.39%) HP
6 3 (13.04%) NetApp
6 3 (13.04%) StorageTek
6 3 (13.04%) Oracle
6 3 (13.04%) Sun
7 2 (8.696%) Remedy
8 1 (4.348%) Symantec
8 1 (4.348%) Websense
8 1 (4.348%) EMC
8 1 (4.348%) Cisco