The first table below looks at the demand for Xen skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Xen 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 Essex 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
XenSource Xen
Rank 47 - 43
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Xen 6 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.392% - 1.072%
As % of the System Software category 7.059% - 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- -36.36%
All System Software
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
85 119 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 19.72% 27.11% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 63 28
Average daily rate £350 £280 £105
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +166.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £156 £105 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 20
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.50 £17.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% +15.49%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
- +3.03%
Xen
East of England

Xen
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Xen Jobs Demand Trend

Xen
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Xen across the Essex region.

Essex Xen Daily Rate Trend

Xen
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Xen Hourly Rate Trend

Xen
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Xen within the Essex 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
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Xen
East of England

Xen
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Xen 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 Xen.

1 6 (100.00%) DNS
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) DHCP
2 4 (66.67%) XenServer
3 3 (50.00%) XenApp
3 3 (50.00%) Time Management
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) AppSense
4 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (33.33%) XenDesktop
5 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (16.67%) HP SIM
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) HP
5 1 (16.67%) MetaFrame
5 1 (16.67%) SAN
5 1 (16.67%) SLA
5 1 (16.67%) LDAP
5 1 (16.67%) VBScript
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Banking
5 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing

Xen
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Xen 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 Xen. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) DNS
2 4 (66.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) SAN
3 1 (16.67%) LDAP
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix Support
3 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Citrix Support
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) XenServer
2 3 (50.00%) XenApp
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) XenDesktop
4 1 (16.67%) MetaFrame
4 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) AppSense
3 1 (16.67%) HP