The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenApp over the 3 months to 17 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 Glasgow 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenApp
Rank 78 - 62
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing XenApp 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.212% - 0.143%
As % of the System Software category 4.255% - 2.273%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £23.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.78% -13.63%
All System Software
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
47 65 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 4.989% 8.420% 6.286%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 31 18
Average daily rate £360 £275 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.81% +1.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £234 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £414 £420 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £175.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -85.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenApp
Scotland

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Dell
3 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) SAN
4 1 (20.00%) NetApp
4 1 (20.00%) Novell
4 1 (20.00%) ZENworks
4 1 (20.00%) Sophos
4 1 (20.00%) MSI
4 1 (20.00%) InstallShield
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) VBScript
4 1 (20.00%) VB
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (20.00%) SCCM
4 1 (20.00%) vSphere
4 1 (20.00%) Wise Package Studio

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
1 1 (20.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (20.00%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
1 1 (20.00%) VB
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) ZENworks
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) NetApp
4 1 (20.00%) Novell
4 1 (20.00%) Sophos
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Any knowledge or experience of SAN technologies, HP / Compaq server hardware, Citrix Presentation Server 4, XenApp and SQL Server will be advantageous and you will ideally have some...
Head Resourcing
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013