The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 24 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 Hertfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 60 69 60
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -9
Contract jobs citing XenServer 3 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.471% 0.102% 0.457%
As % of the System Software category 4.615% 1.754% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £388 - £283
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £265 £330
% change year-on-year
+45.28% -19.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -27.27%
All System Software
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
65 57 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 10.20% 5.834% 9.132%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 30
Average daily rate £325 £320 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +1.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £168 £151
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £388 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -50.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.19 £11.86
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £34.25 £35.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
XenServer
East of England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire XenServer Daily Rate Trend

XenServer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire XenServer Hourly Rate Trend

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (57.14%) XenDesktop
4 4 (57.14%) CCEE
4 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (42.86%) CCEA
5 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (42.86%) CCA
5 3 (42.86%) CCSP
5 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
5 3 (42.86%) CCIA
6 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
6 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
6 2 (28.57%) Retail
6 2 (28.57%) VMware
7 1 (14.29%) Programme Office Management
7 1 (14.29%) AppSense
7 1 (14.29%) Internet
7 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 1 (14.29%) Firewall
7 1 (14.29%) Wyse
7 1 (14.29%) Samba
7 1 (14.29%) HP
7 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (14.29%) RHCE
7 1 (14.29%) Red Hat

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (14.29%) Subversion
1 1 (14.29%) TeamCity
1 1 (14.29%) Hudson
1 1 (14.29%) WiX
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (14.29%) MSBuild
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Release Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Build Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Thin Client
1 1 (14.29%) Fat Client
1 1 (14.29%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Programme Office Management
1 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
1 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
1 1 (14.29%) Release Management
1 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (14.29%) Change Control
1 1 (14.29%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCEE
1 4 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCEA
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCA
2 3 (42.86%) CCSP
2 3 (42.86%) CCIA
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) RHCE
3 1 (14.29%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) XenDesktop
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (14.29%) Samba
4 1 (14.29%) Xen
4 1 (14.29%) vSphere
4 1 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
1 1 (14.29%) SCVMM
1 1 (14.29%) Cobbler
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) AppSense
3 1 (14.29%) Wyse
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco