XenApp Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenApp over the 3 months to 20 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 City of London 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenApp
Rank 143 159 195
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +36
Contract jobs citing XenApp 58 61 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.918% 0.781% 0.424%
As % of the System Software category 11.24% 10.18% 7.854%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 50 23
Average daily rate £394 £350 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £462 £474
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
Average hourly rate £19.50 £29.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.75% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.10 £26.20 £36.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.90 £30.05 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £23.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.78% -13.63%
All System Software
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 516 599 522
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 8.166% 7.671% 5.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 358 309
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £248 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £483 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 61 73
Average hourly rate £23.38 £21.50 £20.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.72% +4.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.45 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
XenApp
London

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London XenApp Hourly Rate Trend

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 111 (88.80%) Citrix
2 104 (83.20%) Windows
3 66 (52.80%) XenDesktop
4 65 (52.00%) Active Directory
5 55 (44.00%) Microsoft
6 54 (43.20%) Windows Server 2008
7 48 (38.40%) VMware
8 39 (31.20%) Windows 7
9 38 (30.40%) AppSense
9 38 (30.40%) Windows Server 2003
10 32 (25.60%) Finance
11 29 (23.20%) Windows XP
12 28 (22.40%) VMware Infrastructure
13 24 (19.20%) SCCM
13 24 (19.20%) Microsoft App-V
14 22 (17.60%) ITIL
15 21 (16.80%) MS Office
15 21 (16.80%) VMware ESX
15 21 (16.80%) Banking
16 20 (16.00%) MS Exchange
17 18 (14.40%) PowerShell
18 17 (13.60%) vSphere
19 16 (12.80%) HP
19 16 (12.80%) SAN
20 15 (12.00%) SQL
21 14 (11.20%) IIS
22 13 (10.40%) LANDesk
22 13 (10.40%) Citrix Presentation Server
23 12 (9.600%) Sysprep
23 12 (9.600%) Exchange Server 2010

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 10 (8.000%) Application Packaging
2 6 (4.800%) .NET
3 3 (2.400%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.400%) Web Services
3 3 (2.400%) ADSI
4 1 (0.800%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.800%) COM
4 1 (0.800%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 20 (16.00%) MS Exchange
2 14 (11.20%) IIS
3 12 (9.600%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (8.800%) Lotus Notes
5 7 (5.600%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (2.400%) Apache
7 3 (2.400%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (1.600%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.600%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.800%) Lync
9 1 (0.800%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 21 (16.80%) MS Office
2 8 (6.400%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.800%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.80%) SAN
2 12 (9.600%) TCP/IP
2 12 (9.600%) NetScaler
3 10 (8.000%) Firewall
4 6 (4.800%) NAS
5 4 (3.200%) VLAN
5 4 (3.200%) DNS
5 4 (3.200%) Internet
5 4 (3.200%) WAN
6 3 (2.400%) VPN
6 3 (2.400%) FTP
7 2 (1.600%) DHCP
7 2 (1.600%) LAN
8 1 (0.800%) VoIP
8 1 (0.800%) HTTP
8 1 (0.800%) Extranet
8 1 (0.800%) MPLS
8 1 (0.800%) ADSL
8 1 (0.800%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.800%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.200%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.200%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (2.400%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.600%) MySQL
4 2 (1.600%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.800%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 9 (7.200%) MSI
2 8 (6.400%) InstallShield
3 4 (3.200%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.800%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 32 (25.60%) Finance
2 21 (16.80%) Banking
3 12 (9.600%) Law
4 10 (8.000%) Investment Banking
5 9 (7.200%) Legal
6 7 (5.600%) Publishing
7 6 (4.800%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.400%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.800%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (20.80%) Analyst
2 20 (16.00%) Support Analyst
3 19 (15.20%) Architect
4 10 (8.000%) Support Engineer
5 9 (7.200%) Desktop Support
5 9 (7.200%) Administrator
5 9 (7.200%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.400%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (6.400%) 3rd Line Support
6 8 (6.400%) Citrix Engineer
7 6 (4.800%) Citrix Administrator
7 6 (4.800%) Wintel Engineer
7 6 (4.800%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (4.800%) Applications Support
7 6 (4.800%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 6 (4.800%) Desktop Analyst
8 5 (4.000%) Applications Specialist
9 4 (3.200%) Consultant
9 4 (3.200%) Technical Support
9 4 (3.200%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.800%) Thin Client
1 6 (4.800%) Blackberry
1 6 (4.800%) Clustering
1 6 (4.800%) Fat Client
2 3 (2.400%) iSeries
2 3 (2.400%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.800%) Client/Server
3 1 (0.800%) Open Source
3 1 (0.800%) Derivative
3 1 (0.800%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.800%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 104 (83.20%) Windows
2 54 (43.20%) Windows Server 2008
3 39 (31.20%) Windows 7
4 38 (30.40%) Windows Server 2003
5 29 (23.20%) Windows XP
6 9 (7.200%) Linux
7 7 (5.600%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (3.200%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (2.400%) Windows 2000
9 3 (2.400%) Windows NT
9 3 (2.400%) AIX
10 1 (0.800%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.800%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.800%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.800%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (17.60%) ITIL
2 9 (7.200%) Migration
3 5 (4.000%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (3.200%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (3.200%) Change Management
4 4 (3.200%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (2.400%) Project Management
5 3 (2.400%) Software Deployment
6 2 (1.600%) Problem Management
6 2 (1.600%) ITIL V3
6 2 (1.600%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (1.600%) HOOD
6 2 (1.600%) Service Delivery
6 2 (1.600%) Business Continuity
7 1 (0.800%) Load Balancing
7 1 (0.800%) Network Load Balancing
7 1 (0.800%) System Testing
7 1 (0.800%) Investment Management
7 1 (0.800%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (0.800%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.40%) PowerShell
2 15 (12.00%) SQL
3 9 (7.200%) VBScript
4 3 (2.400%) VB
5 1 (0.800%) C
5 1 (0.800%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (8.800%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (7.200%) MCSE
3 8 (6.400%) Citrix Certification
4 5 (4.000%) CCEA
4 5 (4.000%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.000%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.000%) CCA
5 3 (2.400%) CCIA
5 3 (2.400%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.400%) CCNA
6 2 (1.600%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.600%) MCITP
7 1 (0.800%) Degree
7 1 (0.800%) VCP5
7 1 (0.800%) NCDA
7 1 (0.800%) NCIE
7 1 (0.800%) CCEE
7 1 (0.800%) CCAA
7 1 (0.800%) MCTS
7 1 (0.800%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.400%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.600%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.800%) QA
3 1 (0.800%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (52.80%) XenDesktop
2 65 (52.00%) Active Directory
3 28 (22.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (19.20%) Microsoft App-V
5 21 (16.80%) VMware ESX
6 17 (13.60%) vSphere
7 13 (10.40%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 9 (7.200%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (5.600%) XenServer
10 4 (3.200%) Hyper-V
11 2 (1.600%) UAG
11 2 (1.600%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.800%) NFS
12 1 (0.800%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.800%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 24 (19.20%) SCCM
2 12 (9.600%) Sysprep
3 7 (5.600%) Backup Exec
4 4 (3.200%) Legato
4 4 (3.200%) NetBackup
5 3 (2.400%) SCOM
6 1 (0.800%) WMI
6 1 (0.800%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.800%) AppDNA
6 1 (0.800%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 111 (88.80%) Citrix
2 55 (44.00%) Microsoft
3 48 (38.40%) VMware
4 38 (30.40%) AppSense
5 16 (12.80%) HP
6 13 (10.40%) LANDesk
7 11 (8.800%) Lotus
8 10 (8.000%) NetApp
9 8 (6.400%) Dell
9 8 (6.400%) Cisco
10 7 (5.600%) IBM
10 7 (5.600%) Red Hat
10 7 (5.600%) BMC
10 7 (5.600%) Wyse
11 6 (4.800%) EMC
12 5 (4.000%) Oracle
12 5 (4.000%) Reuters
12 5 (4.000%) Bloomberg
12 5 (4.000%) McAfee
13 4 (3.200%) Altiris
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer - Citrix / Windows / Legal
City, London
You will have an extensive knowledge of Citrix Xenapp 6.5 along with Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010 and Active Directory. Managing, configuring and supporting a variety...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £340 - £380 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Citrix/XenApp/AppSense/Windows/Wintel Engineer
City of London
You will be responsible for support, troubleshooting, maintenance and administration of Citrix XenApp, AppSense, Windows 2008/AD and Exchange environments... You will be an experienced Citrix/Windows Technical...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Desktop Engineer / Application Delivery Specialist
City, London
App-V packaging. - Windows 7 migrations. Including AppSense and App-v - Desktop build engineering and updates on a regular basis and enforcing desktop standard policies. - Application packaging and...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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