The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridge 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.298% - -
As % of the System Software category 2.000% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £328 £351
% change year-on-year
+22.13% -6.56%
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
50 40 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 14.88% 9.639% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 12
Average daily rate £286 £295 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.96% -9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £193 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £365 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 10
Average hourly rate £18.50 £37.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.66% +200.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £10.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £47.50 £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenDesktop
Cambridgeshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge XenDesktop Daily Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) AppSense
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL V3
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) AppSense