The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenApp over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenApp
Rank 68 73 72
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs citing XenApp 5 16 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.530% 1.231% 0.198%
As % of the System Software category 6.494% 13.79% 3.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
Average daily rate £400 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £20.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -18.18%
All System Software
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
77 116 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 8.157% 8.923% 5.748%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 37 15
Average daily rate £263 £313 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +42.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £173 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £409 £389 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 19
Average hourly rate £16.50 £17.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% +54.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.23 £9.00 £9.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.10 £20.80 £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenApp
North West

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester XenApp Hourly Rate Trend

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 9 (81.82%) Citrix
2 7 (63.64%) XenDesktop
3 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
4 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
4 3 (27.27%) SSL
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (27.27%) Thin Client
4 3 (27.27%) Wyse
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (27.27%) Fat Client
5 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
5 2 (18.18%) CCEE
5 2 (18.18%) CCIA
5 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (18.18%) AppSense
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (18.18%) CCEA
6 1 (9.091%) TestDirector
6 1 (9.091%) NetApp
6 1 (9.091%) Dell
6 1 (9.091%) ISEB
6 1 (9.091%) Cisco
6 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
6 1 (9.091%) Linux
6 1 (9.091%) SQL
6 1 (9.091%) MS Office
6 1 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
2 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) SSL
2 1 (9.091%) Wireless
2 1 (9.091%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) Citrix Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Citrix Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix Technical Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Applications Packager
5 1 (9.091%) Support Specialist
5 1 (9.091%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Technician
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix Support Specialist
5 1 (9.091%) Defect Manager
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix Support
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (9.091%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Thin Client
1 3 (27.27%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
3 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
3 1 (9.091%) Linux
3 1 (9.091%) SUSE
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
2 1 (9.091%) Migration
2 1 (9.091%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CCEE
1 2 (18.18%) CCIA
1 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (18.18%) CCEA
2 1 (9.091%) ISEB
2 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) XenDesktop
2 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (9.091%) vSphere
3 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Citrix
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Wyse
3 2 (18.18%) AppSense
4 1 (9.091%) NetApp
4 1 (9.091%) Dell
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco