The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer 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 XenServer over the 3 months to 18 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing XenServer 14 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 3.310% - -
As % of the System Software category 17.07% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £278 £330
% change year-on-year
+26.12% -15.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year
- -30.43%
All System Software
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
82 113 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 19.39% 25.28% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 57 28
Average daily rate £350 £278 £105
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.12% +164.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £105 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £324 £310
% change year-on-year
+0.30% +4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 25 20
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £17.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +12.67%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
XenServer
East of England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex XenServer Daily 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 18 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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Job
Vacancies
Brentwood - 2 £350 -
XenServer
East of England

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 19 (100.00%) Citrix
2 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 16 (84.21%) XenApp
3 15 (78.95%) AppSense
4 11 (57.89%) DHCP
4 11 (57.89%) DNS
4 11 (57.89%) Finance
5 8 (42.11%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (42.11%) VMware
5 8 (42.11%) VMware ESX
5 8 (42.11%) LDAP
5 8 (42.11%) VBScript
5 8 (42.11%) CCA
5 8 (42.11%) Citrix Certification
5 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
5 8 (42.11%) PowerShell
5 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (36.84%) ITIL
6 7 (36.84%) Wyse
6 7 (36.84%) Change Management
7 6 (31.58%) Publishing
7 6 (31.58%) XenDesktop
8 4 (21.05%) Xen
9 2 (10.53%) SAN
9 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (10.53%) Banking
9 2 (10.53%) Load Balancing
9 2 (10.53%) Investment Management

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 11 (57.89%) DHCP
1 11 (57.89%) DNS
2 8 (42.11%) LDAP
3 2 (10.53%) SAN
4 1 (5.263%) NAS
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Publishing
3 2 (10.53%) Banking
4 1 (5.263%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Architect
1 6 (31.58%) Technical Architect
1 6 (31.58%) Citrix Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Citrix Support
2 4 (21.05%) Citrix Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Citrix Support
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Project Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.263%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) ITIL
1 7 (36.84%) Change Management
1 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (10.53%) Load Balancing
2 2 (10.53%) Investment Management
3 1 (5.263%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) VBScript
1 8 (42.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) CCA
1 8 (42.11%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.263%) CCEE
2 1 (5.263%) CCAA
2 1 (5.263%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (84.21%) XenApp
2 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 8 (42.11%) VMware ESX
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (31.58%) XenDesktop
4 4 (21.05%) Xen
5 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (5.263%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Citrix
2 15 (78.95%) AppSense
3 8 (42.11%) VMware
4 7 (36.84%) Wyse
5 2 (10.53%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.263%) HP
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