XenDesktop Contracts in the Midlands

Citrix XenDesktop
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for XenDesktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XenDesktop over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 - 195
Rank change year-on-year - - -41
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 9 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.33% - 0.079%
As % of the System Software category 3.63% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £197
25th Percentile - - £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +122.22%
75th Percentile - - £534
90th Percentile - - £540
England median daily rate £288 £426 £425
% change year-on-year -32.51% +0.24% +3.03%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

XenDesktop is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 248 488 695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.04% 14.11% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 343 488
10th Percentile £150 £158 £137
25th Percentile £205 £255 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +13.04%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £500
90th Percentile £638 £690 £588
England median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 27 40
10th Percentile £14.59 £12.62 £10.73
25th Percentile £15.65 £15.25 £13.47
Median hourly rate £19.95 £18.50 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +10.45% +11.67%
75th Percentile £23.75 £45.50 £20.51
90th Percentile £40.64 £65.00 £23.75
England median hourly rate £22.00 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -56.00% +163.16% -1.30%

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing XenDesktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for XenDesktop in the Midlands

XenDesktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XenDesktop in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for XenDesktop in the Midlands

XenDesktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XenDesktop in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for XenDesktop in the Midlands

XenDesktop
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 8 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
XenDesktop
England

XenDesktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
1 8 (88.89%) Azure Monitor
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (55.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) NetScaler
2 8 (88.89%) DNS
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Citrix Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Deployment Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Citrix Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Desktop Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Fat Client
1 3 (33.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 8 (88.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Application Packaging
1 8 (88.89%) Change Management
1 8 (88.89%) Patch Management
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (100.00%) XenApp
2 8 (88.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 8 (88.89%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) NetApp