The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenApp over the 3 months to 22 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 North East 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenApp
Rank - 35 43
Contract jobs citing XenApp 0 15 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 3.018% 0.235%
As % of the System Software category - 21.43% 2.703%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
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 £21.50 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-4.44% -18.18%
All System Software
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
22 70 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 8.240% 14.08% 8.706%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 33 14
Average daily rate £300 £350 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +9.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £250 £112
10% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £478 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 7
Average hourly rate £14.63 £12.00 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.87% -9.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £10.00 £10.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £25.50 £27.50
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (33.33%) MSI
3 1 (33.33%) SMS
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SMS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MSI
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft