XenApp Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 35 53 69
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +16
Contract jobs citing XenApp 28 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.867% 1.252% 0.310%
As % of the System Software category 32.18% 13.51% 3.371%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 0
Average daily rate £290 £344 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £44.90 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -18.18%
All System Software
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 87 74 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 12.02% 9.262% 9.185%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 34 46
Average daily rate £306 £325 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.84% +22.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £129 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% +35.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
XenApp
North West

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Knutsford 0 9 £226 -31.77%
Chester - 5 £358 -
Warrington - 1 £475 -
XenApp
North West

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 37 (94.87%) Citrix
2 31 (79.49%) Windows
3 22 (56.41%) Migration
4 20 (51.28%) Microsoft App-V
5 17 (43.59%) AppSense
5 17 (43.59%) SCCM
6 15 (38.46%) Windows 7
6 15 (38.46%) Finance
7 13 (33.33%) Windows XP
8 12 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
9 11 (28.21%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 11 (28.21%) VMware
10 10 (25.64%) VMware Infrastructure
11 9 (23.08%) ITIL
12 8 (20.51%) MSI
12 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
13 7 (17.95%) Windows Server 2003
13 7 (17.95%) Symantec
13 7 (17.95%) PRINCE2
13 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
13 7 (17.95%) Banking
13 7 (17.95%) Data Analysis
13 7 (17.95%) Local Government
14 6 (15.38%) Application Packaging
14 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
15 4 (10.26%) InstallShield
15 4 (10.26%) ZENworks
15 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
15 4 (10.26%) Novell
15 4 (10.26%) MS Exchange

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 6 (15.38%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.564%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
1 4 (10.26%) MS Exchange
1 4 (10.26%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (5.128%) iPlanet
2 2 (5.128%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 4 (10.26%) MS Office
3 3 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.564%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.564%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.128%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.564%) Firewall
1 1 (2.564%) LAN
1 1 (2.564%) WAN
1 1 (2.564%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.564%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.128%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (20.51%) MSI
2 4 (10.26%) InstallShield
2 4 (10.26%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (2.564%) PVCS
3 1 (2.564%) Ant
3 1 (2.564%) TestDirector
3 1 (2.564%) AdminStudio
General
1 15 (38.46%) Finance
2 7 (17.95%) Banking
2 7 (17.95%) Local Government
3 1 (2.564%) Law
3 1 (2.564%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Analyst
2 5 (12.82%) Business Analyst
2 5 (12.82%) Support Specialist
2 5 (12.82%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (10.26%) Applications Packager
3 4 (10.26%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
4 3 (7.692%) Citrix Support
4 3 (7.692%) Citrix Specialist
4 3 (7.692%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 3 (7.692%) Citrix Support Specialist
4 3 (7.692%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Architect
5 2 (5.128%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.128%) Systems Support
5 2 (5.128%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) IT Support
5 2 (5.128%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Systems Support Analyst
5 2 (5.128%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Thin Client
1 2 (5.128%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 31 (79.49%) Windows
2 15 (38.46%) Windows 7
3 13 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 12 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (17.95%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.564%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.564%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Migration
2 9 (23.08%) ITIL
3 7 (17.95%) PRINCE2
3 7 (17.95%) Data Analysis
4 4 (10.26%) Software Deployment
4 4 (10.26%) Service Management
5 2 (5.128%) CRM
5 2 (5.128%) Business Analysis
5 2 (5.128%) Change Management
5 2 (5.128%) Validation
6 1 (2.564%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.564%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.564%) Critical Path Analysis
6 1 (2.564%) TOGAF
6 1 (2.564%) Information Management
6 1 (2.564%) Project Planning
6 1 (2.564%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.564%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.564%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) VBScript
1 4 (10.26%) VB
1 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.692%) SQL
3 1 (2.564%) Perl
3 1 (2.564%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (2.564%) ISTQB
1 1 (2.564%) ISEB
1 1 (2.564%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (2.564%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (2.564%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (2.564%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (2.564%) CCNA
System Software
1 20 (51.28%) Microsoft App-V
2 11 (28.21%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 10 (25.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
5 4 (10.26%) XenDesktop
6 2 (5.128%) Hyper-V
7 1 (2.564%) VMware ESX
7 1 (2.564%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (2.564%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (43.59%) SCCM
2 4 (10.26%) ZENworks
3 2 (5.128%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 37 (94.87%) Citrix
2 17 (43.59%) AppSense
3 11 (28.21%) VMware
4 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
5 7 (17.95%) Symantec
6 4 (10.26%) Novell
7 2 (5.128%) BEA
7 2 (5.128%) webMethods
7 2 (5.128%) McAfee
7 2 (5.128%) HP
7 2 (5.128%) Dell
8 1 (2.564%) EMC
8 1 (2.564%) Cisco
8 1 (2.564%) SAP
8 1 (2.564%) Oracle
8 1 (2.564%) Hitachi
8 1 (2.564%) NetApp
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