The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer 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 XenServer 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank - 60 46
Contract jobs citing XenServer 0 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire - 0.440% 0.980%
As % of the System Software category - 4.286% 8.475%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £270 £330
% change year-on-year
+29.62% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -27.27%
All System Software
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
77 70 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 14.13% 10.26% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 25
Average daily rate £310 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £209 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £388 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 22
Average hourly rate £17.50 £29.75 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.17% +128.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £47.50 £19.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenServer
East of England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire XenServer Hourly Rate Trend

XenServer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) Wyse
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) AppSense
1 6 (100.00%) SCOM
1 6 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (100.00%) XenApp
1 6 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 6 (100.00%) vSphere
2 5 (83.33%) Change Control
2 5 (83.33%) Build Automation
3 4 (66.67%) IAG
3 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) Windows
3 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
4 3 (50.00%) Thin Client
4 3 (50.00%) Load Balancing
4 3 (50.00%) Release Management
4 3 (50.00%) Fat Client
4 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (33.33%) SLA
6 1 (16.67%) MCSE
6 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (16.67%) CCEE

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (50.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Change Control
1 5 (83.33%) Build Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 3 (50.00%) Release Management
2 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (100.00%) XenApp
1 6 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 6 (100.00%) vSphere
2 4 (66.67%) IAG
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) Wyse
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) AppSense