The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 200 222 282
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +60
Contract jobs citing XenApp 200 199 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.926% 0.743% 0.509%
As % of the System Software category 12.09% 9.609% 8.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 141 72
Average daily rate £378 £350 £391
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.85% -10.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £275 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 6
Average hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.70 £14.80 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £33.90 £40.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £23.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.78% -13.63%
All System Software
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1654 2071 1882
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.660% 7.733% 6.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 1193 992
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 178 199
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £35.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenApp
England

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenApp across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London XenApp Daily Rate Histogram

XenApp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London XenApp Hourly Rate Trend

XenApp
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenApp across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London XenApp Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London 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
City of London +11 60 £388 +10.71%
Docklands, London - 4 £369 -
Croydon - 2 - -
Uxbridge - 2 £375 -
Kingston Upon Thames -2 1 £303 -13.57%
Romford - 1 £288 -
West Drayton - 1 - -
XenApp
England

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 382 (94.32%) Citrix
2 315 (77.78%) Windows
3 186 (45.93%) Active Directory
4 176 (43.46%) XenDesktop
5 168 (41.48%) Microsoft
6 167 (41.23%) Windows Server 2008
7 159 (39.26%) VMware
8 125 (30.86%) Windows Server 2003
9 101 (24.94%) Finance
10 100 (24.69%) AppSense
10 100 (24.69%) VMware Infrastructure
11 92 (22.72%) Windows XP
11 92 (22.72%) MS Exchange
12 78 (19.26%) Windows 7
13 77 (19.01%) SCCM
14 72 (17.78%) SAN
15 70 (17.28%) SQL
16 69 (17.04%) Banking
17 68 (16.79%) ITIL
18 66 (16.30%) Microsoft App-V
19 63 (15.56%) vSphere
20 59 (14.57%) Exchange Server 2010
21 57 (14.07%) DNS
22 55 (13.58%) HP
22 55 (13.58%) Law
23 54 (13.33%) VMware ESX
24 52 (12.84%) Legal
24 52 (12.84%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
25 50 (12.35%) NetScaler
26 49 (12.10%) Blackberry

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 Development
1 26 (6.420%) Application Packaging
2 23 (5.679%) .NET
3 17 (4.198%) ADSI
4 16 (3.951%) ASP.NET
4 16 (3.951%) Web Services
5 5 (1.235%) COM
6 3 (0.741%) LAMP
7 2 (0.494%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.247%) Java SE
8 1 (0.247%) Middleware
8 1 (0.247%) ASP
8 1 (0.247%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 92 (22.72%) MS Exchange
2 59 (14.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 52 (12.84%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 45 (11.11%) IIS
5 28 (6.914%) Exchange Server 2007
6 18 (4.444%) Apache
7 17 (4.198%) Exchange Server 2003
8 11 (2.716%) SharePoint
8 11 (2.716%) Lotus Notes
8 11 (2.716%) WorkSite
9 7 (1.728%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.494%) Exchange Server 2000
10 2 (0.494%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.494%) Lync
11 1 (0.247%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.247%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.247%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 47 (11.60%) MS Office
2 43 (10.62%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.494%) MS Project
4 1 (0.247%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.247%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.247%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 72 (17.78%) SAN
2 57 (14.07%) DNS
3 50 (12.35%) NetScaler
4 40 (9.877%) DHCP
5 35 (8.642%) TCP/IP
6 33 (8.148%) Firewall
7 26 (6.420%) WAN
8 25 (6.173%) Internet
8 25 (6.173%) NAS
9 23 (5.679%) LAN
10 15 (3.704%) VPN
10 15 (3.704%) FTP
11 12 (2.963%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (2.469%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (2.469%) Cisco PIX
13 9 (2.222%) VLAN
14 7 (1.728%) BIG-IP
15 6 (1.481%) IP Telephony
16 5 (1.235%) MPLS
17 4 (0.988%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.148%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.691%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (3.457%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (1.728%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (1.481%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (0.741%) MySQL
6 3 (0.741%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.494%) DTS
8 1 (0.247%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.247%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (3.951%) MSI
2 15 (3.704%) InstallShield
3 6 (1.481%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.494%) Bugzilla
4 2 (0.494%) Selenium
4 2 (0.494%) Wise Package Studio
4 2 (0.494%) WinRunner
4 2 (0.494%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (0.494%) LoadRunner
General
1 101 (24.94%) Finance
2 69 (17.04%) Banking
3 55 (13.58%) Law
4 52 (12.84%) Legal
5 23 (5.679%) Investment Banking
6 12 (2.963%) Publishing
7 8 (1.975%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.235%) French Language
9 3 (0.741%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.494%) Marketing
10 2 (0.494%) Retail
10 2 (0.494%) Front Office
10 2 (0.494%) Back Office
10 2 (0.494%) Advertising
11 1 (0.247%) Games
Job Titles
1 86 (21.23%) Analyst
2 48 (11.85%) Consultant
3 37 (9.136%) Support Analyst
4 35 (8.642%) Citrix Engineer
5 34 (8.395%) Architect
6 33 (8.148%) Support Engineer
7 31 (7.654%) 3rd Line Support
7 31 (7.654%) Wintel Engineer
8 29 (7.160%) Citrix Consultant
9 26 (6.420%) Service Desk Analyst
9 26 (6.420%) Service Analyst
10 25 (6.173%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (6.173%) Administrator
11 19 (4.691%) Citrix Support
12 18 (4.444%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 16 (3.951%) Citrix Administrator
14 14 (3.457%) IT Support
14 14 (3.457%) Desktop Support
14 14 (3.457%) Systems Engineer
15 13 (3.210%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.10%) Blackberry
2 26 (6.420%) Clustering
3 24 (5.926%) Smartphone
3 24 (5.926%) Handset
4 12 (2.963%) Thin Client
4 12 (2.963%) Fat Client
5 7 (1.728%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.728%) Computer Science
6 5 (1.235%) NHS
7 4 (0.988%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.988%) CLARiiON
8 3 (0.741%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.741%) PKI
8 3 (0.741%) iSeries
9 2 (0.494%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.247%) PDA
10 1 (0.247%) Derivative
10 1 (0.247%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.247%) Replication
10 1 (0.247%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 315 (77.78%) Windows
2 167 (41.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 125 (30.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 92 (22.72%) Windows XP
5 78 (19.26%) Windows 7
6 36 (8.889%) Linux
7 25 (6.173%) Windows 2000
8 18 (4.444%) Windows NT
8 18 (4.444%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (3.457%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.235%) AIX
11 4 (0.988%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.988%) Windows 2000 Server
12 3 (0.741%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.741%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.494%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.494%) UNIX
14 1 (0.247%) Android
14 1 (0.247%) CentOS
14 1 (0.247%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (16.79%) ITIL
2 39 (9.630%) Migration
3 30 (7.407%) Document Management
4 22 (5.432%) Change Management
5 17 (4.198%) Disaster Recovery
6 12 (2.963%) Capacity Planning
7 10 (2.469%) Service Delivery
7 10 (2.469%) Business Continuity
8 9 (2.222%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (2.222%) Project Management
8 9 (2.222%) Service Management
9 8 (1.975%) CRM
10 7 (1.728%) Information Security
11 6 (1.481%) Practice Management
11 6 (1.481%) Problem Management
11 6 (1.481%) Software Deployment
12 5 (1.235%) Software Distribution
12 5 (1.235%) ITIL V3
12 5 (1.235%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (1.235%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 70 (17.28%) SQL
2 38 (9.383%) PowerShell
3 28 (6.914%) VB
4 27 (6.667%) VBScript
5 4 (0.988%) T-SQL
5 4 (0.988%) C
6 2 (0.494%) Java
6 2 (0.494%) Perl
7 1 (0.247%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.247%) C#
7 1 (0.247%) VBA
7 1 (0.247%) Korn
7 1 (0.247%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 48 (11.85%) Citrix Certification
2 45 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (9.136%) MCSE
4 34 (8.395%) CCA
5 25 (6.173%) ITIL Certification
6 23 (5.679%) CCEA
7 18 (4.444%) MCITP
8 13 (3.210%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (2.963%) CCNA
10 10 (2.469%) CCNP
10 10 (2.469%) CCEE
11 9 (2.222%) Security Cleared
11 9 (2.222%) Degree
11 9 (2.222%) CCIA
11 9 (2.222%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (1.481%) SC Cleared
13 5 (1.235%) CCAA
13 5 (1.235%) MCP
13 5 (1.235%) MCSA
14 4 (0.988%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.222%) SLA
1 9 (2.222%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (1.975%) ISO 9001
3 6 (1.481%) QA
4 1 (0.247%) GxP
System Software
1 186 (45.93%) Active Directory
2 176 (43.46%) XenDesktop
3 100 (24.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 66 (16.30%) Microsoft App-V
5 63 (15.56%) vSphere
6 54 (13.33%) VMware ESX
7 44 (10.86%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 33 (8.148%) XenServer
9 14 (3.457%) VMware ESXi
10 13 (3.210%) Terminal Services
11 12 (2.963%) Hyper-V
12 7 (1.728%) ProxySG
13 4 (0.988%) NFS
13 4 (0.988%) MetaFrame
13 4 (0.988%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.741%) vCloud
15 2 (0.494%) UAG
15 2 (0.494%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.494%) ISA Server
15 2 (0.494%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 77 (19.01%) SCCM
2 30 (7.407%) Backup Exec
3 25 (6.173%) SCOM
4 24 (5.926%) NetBackup
5 17 (4.198%) Legato
6 13 (3.210%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 12 (2.963%) Sysprep
8 5 (1.235%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.988%) MAILsweeper
9 4 (0.988%) RepliStor
10 3 (0.741%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.741%) AppDNA
11 2 (0.494%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.494%) MOM
11 2 (0.494%) DameWare
11 2 (0.494%) ZENworks
11 2 (0.494%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.247%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.247%) HP Data Protector
12 1 (0.247%) Plesk
Vendors
1 382 (94.32%) Citrix
2 168 (41.48%) Microsoft
3 159 (39.26%) VMware
4 100 (24.69%) AppSense
5 55 (13.58%) HP
6 36 (8.889%) Cisco
7 29 (7.160%) Symantec
8 25 (6.173%) IBM
8 25 (6.173%) Dell
9 22 (5.432%) BMC
9 22 (5.432%) Veritas
10 21 (5.185%) McAfee
10 21 (5.185%) EMC
11 20 (4.938%) NetApp
12 19 (4.691%) Red Hat
12 19 (4.691%) Oracle
13 17 (4.198%) Sophos
13 17 (4.198%) LANDesk
14 16 (3.951%) Wyse
15 15 (3.704%) PlateSpin
City, London
You will have an extensive knowledge of Citrix Xenapp 6.5 along with Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010 and Active Directory. Managing, configuring and supporting a variety...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £340 - £380 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Windows 7 Upgrade Deliver standardised Windows 7 operating environment for Worldwide staff Get all staff off of Windows XP within 3 months of XP going out of support (...
Coal IT Services
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Central London / West End
Technical Support Analyst VMware; Citrix XenApp; Active Directory (group policies); Server 2008... Our client are currently migration from Novel to Microsoft and require an experience Technical Support Analyst...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
You will be responsible for support, troubleshooting, maintenance and administration of Citrix XenApp, AppSense, Windows 2008/AD and Exchange environments... You will be an experienced Citrix/Windows Technical...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
For our client, a huge global consultancy company, we are looking for a Citrix Senior Engineer to work on a 3 month (possibly rolling) paying up to £425...
Computer Futures
Rate: £400 - £425 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
My client, a Global leader within the Accountancy Domain is looking for a talented Senior Citrix Engineer. The ideal person will have worked with Citrix technologies (XenApp and...
De Facto IT
Rate: £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Application delivery to Citrix. Citrix farm management... Vmware/Xenserver. Printing from Citrix Thin client support. Experience of Citrix XenApp v4.5 and later. Experience of Citrix Xenserver and/...
Experis IT
Rate: £280 - £325 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Citrix Support EngineerI am looking for a Citrix Support Engineer to get on board with a global investment bank in London on a contract basis. This Citrix Engineer...
Rate: £325 - £385 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
West London
The Citrix Consultant will have advanced knowledge of XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer and would ideally also be very familiar with other Citrix products like AppV, Access Gateway, Netscaler etc...
Orderwork
Rate: Competitive dayrates
Posted: 6 May 2013
London
We require a Senior Windows System Administrator to help manage the Production Infrastructure Stack that underpins the new UCL Desktop service, utilising Citrix, Microsoft, and AppSense technologies. Requirements...
University College London
Rate: From £40,216 to £47,441 per annum inclusive of London Allowance
Posted: 29 April 2013
City, London
App-V packaging. - Windows 7 migrations. Including AppSense and App-v - Desktop build engineering and updates on a regular basis and enforcing desktop standard policies. - Application packaging and...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013