The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 18 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 Cambridgeshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 55 - 52
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 1 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.172% - 1.135%
As % of the System Software category 1.299% - 8.861%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +12.30%
All System Software
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
77 86 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 13.21% 12.01% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 30 30
Average daily rate £263 £300 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £165 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £324 £310
% change year-on-year
+0.30% +4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 28
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.42 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.59% +7.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.25 £45.50 £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
XenDesktop
East of England

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire XenDesktop Daily Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
Cambridge - 1 £425 -
Peterborough - - - - 1
XenDesktop
East of England

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) AppSense
2 7 (77.78%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Hyper-V
2 7 (77.78%) XenApp
2 7 (77.78%) vSphere
3 6 (66.67%) XenServer
3 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (66.67%) Wyse
3 6 (66.67%) SCOM
3 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
4 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
4 5 (55.56%) Change Control
4 5 (55.56%) Build Automation
5 4 (44.44%) IAG
6 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (33.33%) Thin Client
6 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
6 3 (33.33%) Release Management
6 3 (33.33%) Fat Client
7 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (22.22%) SLA
7 2 (22.22%) MCSE
7 2 (22.22%) CCEE
8 1 (11.11%) ITIL V3

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (11.11%) Architect
1 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
1 1 (11.11%) Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Thin Client
1 3 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (11.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Change Control
1 5 (55.56%) Build Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 3 (33.33%) Release Management
2 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL V3
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) VBScript
2 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Hyper-V
1 7 (77.78%) XenApp
1 7 (77.78%) vSphere
2 6 (66.67%) XenServer
2 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) IAG
4 1 (11.11%) Terminal Services
4 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) AppSense
2 7 (77.78%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) Wyse
4 1 (11.11%) HP