The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 20 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 England 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 422 426 527
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +101
Contract jobs citing XenServer 108 135 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.246% 0.259% 0.101%
As % of the System Software category 2.515% 3.113% 1.392%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 90 42
Average daily rate £350 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £275 £330
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -30.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £20.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year
-37.50% -30.43%
All System Software
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4294 4337 4166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 9.762% 8.314% 7.277%
Number of daily rates quoted 2098 2091 1869
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £190 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £483
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 595 632 636
Average hourly rate £18.50 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.00 £34.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
- +3.03%
XenServer
UK

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England XenServer Daily Rate Trend

XenServer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenServer across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England XenServer Daily Rate Histogram

XenServer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing XenServer across the England region.

England XenServer Hourly Rate Trend

XenServer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenServer within the England region over the 3 months to 20 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
London -15 50 £330 -5.71% 11
South East +31 20 £363 +29.46% 6
East of England +27 17 £388 - 4
West Midlands +14 7 £375 +39.53% 2
North East - 7 £350 - 1
Yorkshire -3 3 - - 1
South West +24 1 £465 +47.61% 1
North West +1 1 £350 +12.00% 5
East Midlands -11 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - -
XenServer
UK

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 193 (95.07%) Citrix
2 123 (60.59%) Windows
3 111 (54.68%) XenApp
4 108 (53.20%) VMware
5 68 (33.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 66 (32.51%) XenDesktop
7 63 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
8 61 (30.05%) Active Directory
9 59 (29.06%) Microsoft
9 59 (29.06%) Hyper-V
10 49 (24.14%) HP
11 47 (23.15%) Windows Server 2003
12 45 (22.17%) Cisco
13 44 (21.67%) AppSense
14 41 (20.20%) SCCM
15 37 (18.23%) Citrix Certification
16 36 (17.73%) MS Exchange
17 35 (17.24%) Linux
18 33 (16.26%) SQL Server
18 33 (16.26%) CCA
18 33 (16.26%) Microsoft App-V
19 28 (13.79%) SAN
19 28 (13.79%) DNS
20 27 (13.30%) ITIL
20 27 (13.30%) Change Management
21 26 (12.81%) Firewall
21 26 (12.81%) PowerShell
22 25 (12.32%) Exchange Server 2007
22 25 (12.32%) Microsoft Certification
23 24 (11.82%) DHCP

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 5 (2.463%) Regular Expression
2 4 (1.970%) Application Packaging
3 3 (1.478%) Web Services
4 2 (0.985%) .NET
4 2 (0.985%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.493%) ASP
5 1 (0.493%) COM
Application Platforms
1 36 (17.73%) MS Exchange
2 25 (12.32%) Exchange Server 2007
3 21 (10.34%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (7.389%) SharePoint
5 13 (6.404%) IIS
6 10 (4.926%) CloudStack
7 9 (4.433%) Apache
8 4 (1.970%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (1.970%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.985%) Windows Azure
9 2 (0.985%) Amazon AWS
10 1 (0.493%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.493%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.493%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.493%) Lync
10 1 (0.493%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (5.419%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.941%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.985%) MS Office
4 1 (0.493%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.79%) SAN
1 28 (13.79%) DNS
2 26 (12.81%) Firewall
3 24 (11.82%) DHCP
3 24 (11.82%) NetScaler
4 21 (10.34%) VPN
5 17 (8.374%) LDAP
6 14 (6.897%) Internet
7 12 (5.911%) TCP/IP
8 10 (4.926%) Ethernet
8 10 (4.926%) BGP
8 10 (4.926%) VLAN
9 8 (3.941%) NAS
10 7 (3.448%) HTTP
10 7 (3.448%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (2.463%) NetScreen
11 5 (2.463%) WAN
11 5 (2.463%) LAN
12 4 (1.970%) SMTP
12 4 (1.970%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (16.26%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.956%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (2.956%) MySQL
2 6 (2.956%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (0.985%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (0.493%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (2.463%) Subversion
2 3 (1.478%) MSI
3 2 (0.985%) WinRunner
3 2 (0.985%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (0.985%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.985%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.985%) Bugzilla
3 2 (0.985%) Selenium
4 1 (0.493%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.493%) Hudson
4 1 (0.493%) WiX
4 1 (0.493%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.493%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.493%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.493%) MSBuild
General
1 20 (9.852%) Finance
2 13 (6.404%) Banking
3 12 (5.911%) Publishing
4 5 (2.463%) Law
5 4 (1.970%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.478%) Retail
7 2 (0.985%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.493%) Local Government
8 1 (0.493%) Legal
8 1 (0.493%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.493%) Advertising
8 1 (0.493%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (14.78%) Architect
2 29 (14.29%) Consultant
3 23 (11.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (10.84%) Administrator
5 21 (10.34%) Technical Architect
6 19 (9.360%) Citrix Consultant
7 18 (8.867%) Analyst
8 16 (7.882%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (7.389%) Citrix Engineer
9 15 (7.389%) Citrix Architect
10 14 (6.897%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 14 (6.897%) Citrix Specialist
10 14 (6.897%) Linux Administrator
11 13 (6.404%) Citrix Support
12 9 (4.433%) Support Analyst
12 9 (4.433%) Wintel Analyst
13 7 (3.448%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
13 7 (3.448%) Senior Linux Administrator
13 7 (3.448%) Senior Systems Administrator
13 7 (3.448%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.867%) Fat Client
1 18 (8.867%) Thin Client
2 12 (5.911%) Clustering
3 6 (2.956%) Mobile Computing
3 6 (2.956%) Open Source
4 5 (2.463%) Firmware
5 3 (1.478%) NHS
5 3 (1.478%) SaaS
6 2 (0.985%) EqualLogic
7 1 (0.493%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.493%) Replication
7 1 (0.493%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.493%) E-Learning
7 1 (0.493%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.493%) HP StorageWorks
7 1 (0.493%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.493%) PaaS
7 1 (0.493%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 123 (60.59%) Windows
2 68 (33.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 47 (23.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 35 (17.24%) Linux
5 17 (8.374%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (6.897%) Windows 7
7 7 (3.448%) CentOS
8 5 (2.463%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.970%) Windows XP
9 4 (1.970%) VMS
10 3 (1.478%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.985%) UNIX
11 2 (0.985%) Windows NT
11 2 (0.985%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.985%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.493%) Debian
12 1 (0.493%) Solaris
12 1 (0.493%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (13.30%) ITIL
1 27 (13.30%) Change Management
2 17 (8.374%) Load Balancing
3 15 (7.389%) Project Management
3 15 (7.389%) Disaster Recovery
4 14 (6.897%) Change Control
5 12 (5.911%) Migration
6 11 (5.419%) Software Distribution
7 10 (4.926%) Validation
7 10 (4.926%) Incident Management
8 9 (4.433%) Configuration Management
8 9 (4.433%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (3.941%) E-Commerce
10 7 (3.448%) Release Management
11 6 (2.956%) Build Automation
11 6 (2.956%) Identity Management
12 5 (2.463%) Business Development
12 5 (2.463%) TOGAF
12 5 (2.463%) Service Delivery
13 3 (1.478%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.81%) PowerShell
2 18 (8.867%) VBScript
3 7 (3.448%) SQL
4 5 (2.463%) R
5 2 (0.985%) Java
6 1 (0.493%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.493%) Perl
6 1 (0.493%) PHP
6 1 (0.493%) VB
6 1 (0.493%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 37 (18.23%) Citrix Certification
2 33 (16.26%) CCA
3 25 (12.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (9.852%) MCSE
5 16 (7.882%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (6.404%) CCEE
6 13 (6.404%) CCIA
7 12 (5.911%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (4.433%) MCITP
9 8 (3.941%) CCNA
9 8 (3.941%) CCEA
9 8 (3.941%) Security Cleared
10 7 (3.448%) SC Cleared
11 6 (2.956%) VCP4
11 6 (2.956%) CCSP
12 5 (2.463%) Degree
12 5 (2.463%) CCNP
13 2 (0.985%) CCAA
13 2 (0.985%) MCP
13 2 (0.985%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.970%) SLA
2 1 (0.493%) QA
2 1 (0.493%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.493%) TickIT
2 1 (0.493%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 111 (54.68%) XenApp
2 66 (32.51%) XenDesktop
3 63 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (30.05%) Active Directory
5 59 (29.06%) Hyper-V
6 33 (16.26%) Microsoft App-V
7 24 (11.82%) vSphere
8 21 (10.34%) VMware ESX
9 9 (4.433%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 9 (4.433%) SRDF
10 7 (3.448%) Xen
11 4 (1.970%) IAG
12 3 (1.478%) vCloud
13 1 (0.493%) Samba
13 1 (0.493%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.493%) MetaFrame
13 1 (0.493%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (20.20%) SCCM
2 21 (10.34%) SCOM
3 18 (8.867%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (4.926%) Backup Exec
5 9 (4.433%) Nagios
6 5 (2.463%) Cacti
7 3 (1.478%) NetBackup
7 3 (1.478%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.985%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.985%) MOM
9 1 (0.493%) Opalis
9 1 (0.493%) WSUS
9 1 (0.493%) HP Data Protector
9 1 (0.493%) PureDisk
9 1 (0.493%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.493%) Plesk
9 1 (0.493%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.493%) Cobbler
Vendors
1 193 (95.07%) Citrix
2 108 (53.20%) VMware
3 59 (29.06%) Microsoft
4 49 (24.14%) HP
5 45 (22.17%) Cisco
6 44 (21.67%) AppSense
7 20 (9.852%) Altiris
7 20 (9.852%) IBM
8 17 (8.374%) Red Hat
9 14 (6.897%) Veritas
10 13 (6.404%) Wyse
10 13 (6.404%) Dell
11 12 (5.911%) Oracle
11 12 (5.911%) NetApp
12 9 (4.433%) Symantec
13 8 (3.941%) 3PAR
13 8 (3.941%) CheckPoint
14 7 (3.448%) Lumension
15 6 (2.956%) Websense
16 4 (1.970%) SolarWinds
Reading, Thames Valley
You will be responsible for providing both on-site and remote administration of Microsoft Windows Servers, Citrix Provisioning, Citrix XenApp, XenServer, and a multitude of proprietary applications... Required...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Citrix XenApp 5 and 6. Citrix NetScaler Access Gateway. VMware vSphere 4 or 5... Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller. Citrix Branch Repeater. Citrix XenServer. Citrix XenMobile. Microsoft Hyper-...
i4 Recruitment
Rate: £200 - 400 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
We are currently looking for a Senior Citrix Engineer with experince working on Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop and XenServer.This is a contract that will last between 4-6...
Agilisys
Rate: £400 - £600 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
City, London
VMware, VCloud, CoudSpace, OpenStack, CloudStack, Storage, Cloudportal, Cisco, Juniper, f5, Citrix, XenServer, CCIA, CCA, CCAA, CCEE, Linux, Unix, Java, Database, Buckinghamshire, Beaconsfield, Uxbridge, London, Chalfon saint peter, Watford,...
ninesharp
Posted: 14 June 2013
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