The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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 36 66 43
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -23
Contract jobs citing XenApp 3 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.095% 0.144% 1.399%
As % of the System Software category 9.375% 2.941% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
Average daily rate £387 - £183
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
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
32 34 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 11.68% 4.899% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 16
Average daily rate £500 £400 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +77.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £195 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 9
Average hourly rate £10.25 £31.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-67.46% +65.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.65 £22.70 £17.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.85 £31.50 £21.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenApp
South West

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenApp within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Cheltenham - 3 £387 -
XenApp
South West

XenApp
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 20 (95.24%) Security Cleared
2 17 (80.95%) DV Cleared
3 16 (76.19%) Citrix
4 15 (71.43%) HNC
4 15 (71.43%) Windows
4 15 (71.43%) Degree
5 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (61.90%) VMware
6 12 (57.14%) VMware ESX
6 12 (57.14%) Active Directory
6 12 (57.14%) Client/Server
7 9 (42.86%) ITIL
7 9 (42.86%) Service Management
8 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
8 8 (38.10%) Telecoms
8 8 (38.10%) Finance
9 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
10 1 (4.762%) Windows 7
10 1 (4.762%) C
10 1 (4.762%) Windows XP

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

General
1 8 (38.10%) Telecoms
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (19.05%) Systems Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Citrix Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Citrix Support
2 4 (19.05%) Citrix Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Windows Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 3 (14.29%) Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Citrix Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Technical Manager
4 2 (9.524%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Client/Server
2 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Windows XP
2 1 (4.762%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) ITIL
1 9 (42.86%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (95.24%) Security Cleared
2 17 (80.95%) DV Cleared
3 15 (71.43%) HNC
3 15 (71.43%) Degree
4 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 12 (57.14%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Citrix
2 13 (61.90%) VMware