The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 39 56 51
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -5
Contract jobs citing XenApp 16 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 3.053% 0.836% 0.672%
As % of the System Software category 21.33% 7.792% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 4
Average daily rate £375 - £215
90% offered a daily rate of more than £346 - £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 - £218
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 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -18.18%
All System Software
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
75 77 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 14.31% 10.72% 8.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 20 16
Average daily rate £375 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £181 £109
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £223
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 16
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £16.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -17.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.88 £12.20 £10.14
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenApp
Buckinghamshire

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes XenApp Hourly Rate Trend

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 19 (100.00%) Citrix
2 18 (94.74%) Windows
3 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
4 12 (63.16%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (63.16%) XenDesktop
5 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
6 10 (52.63%) MS Exchange
7 9 (47.37%) VMware
7 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
7 9 (47.37%) Hyper-V
8 8 (42.11%) Windows 7
8 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
8 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
9 7 (36.84%) Clustering
10 6 (31.58%) Firewall
10 6 (31.58%) SAN
10 6 (31.58%) MSI
10 6 (31.58%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (31.58%) Exchange Server 2010
11 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
11 5 (26.32%) AdminStudio
12 4 (21.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (21.05%) Windows XP
12 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
12 4 (21.05%) HP
12 4 (21.05%) Lync
12 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (21.05%) AppSense
12 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2003

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (15.79%) JMS
1 3 (15.79%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 10 (52.63%) MS Exchange
2 6 (31.58%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (21.05%) Lync
3 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
4 2 (10.53%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (5.263%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
1 2 (10.53%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Firewall
1 6 (31.58%) SAN
2 3 (15.79%) Network Security
2 3 (15.79%) iSCSI
2 3 (15.79%) NAS
2 3 (15.79%) LAN
2 3 (15.79%) WLAN
2 3 (15.79%) WAN
2 3 (15.79%) SMTP
2 3 (15.79%) Internet
2 3 (15.79%) Wireless
3 2 (10.53%) VoIP
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.263%) NetScaler
4 1 (5.263%) DNS
4 1 (5.263%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) MSI
2 5 (26.32%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Applications Packager
2 4 (21.05%) Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Wintel Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Server Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Security Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Wintel Server Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Information Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Network Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Clustering
2 3 (15.79%) Cryptography
3 2 (10.53%) Thin Client
3 2 (10.53%) Blackberry
3 2 (10.53%) iPhone
3 2 (10.53%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (94.74%) Windows
2 12 (63.16%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (42.11%) Windows 7
3 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (21.05%) Windows XP
4 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (10.53%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) TOGAF
1 3 (15.79%) Compatibility Testing
1 3 (15.79%) Information Security
1 3 (15.79%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (15.79%) Network Management
1 3 (15.79%) DNA
2 2 (10.53%) ITIL
3 1 (5.263%) Time Management
3 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
3 1 (5.263%) Load Balancing
3 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.263%) SIEM
3 1 (5.263%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (5.263%) Project Management
3 1 (5.263%) Service Management
3 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) MCTS
3 3 (15.79%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (15.79%) CCSP
3 3 (15.79%) CCNA
3 3 (15.79%) MCSE
3 3 (15.79%) MCP
3 3 (15.79%) ISEB
4 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) MCITP
4 1 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (63.16%) XenDesktop
2 9 (47.37%) Hyper-V
3 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (31.58%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
6 3 (15.79%) VMware ESX
7 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (5.263%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (5.263%) vSphere
8 1 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 4 (21.05%) SCCM
2 3 (15.79%) SCOM
2 3 (15.79%) AppDNA
2 3 (15.79%) OpenView
2 3 (15.79%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (10.53%) SCVMM
4 1 (5.263%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (5.263%) MOM
4 1 (5.263%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Citrix
2 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
3 9 (47.37%) VMware
4 4 (21.05%) HP
4 4 (21.05%) AppSense
5 3 (15.79%) Sun
5 3 (15.79%) Oracle
5 3 (15.79%) StorageTek
6 2 (10.53%) NetApp
6 2 (10.53%) Remedy
7 1 (5.263%) Cisco
7 1 (5.263%) EMC