The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenDesktop 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 Nottingham 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 XenDesktop
Rank 35 28 28
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.699% 0.885% 0.435%
As % of the System Software category 4.545% 11.11% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £445 £338 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.85% +60.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £351
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +27.69%
All System Software
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
44 18 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 15.38% 7.965% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 3
Average daily rate £415 £325 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.69% +54.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 8
Average hourly rate £22.25 £20.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.53% -18.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £10.30 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £27.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenDesktop
Nottinghamshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham XenDesktop Jobs Demand Trend

XenDesktop
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing XenDesktop across the Nottingham region.

Nottingham XenDesktop Daily Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nottingham XenDesktop Hourly Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region citing XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop.

1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) IAG
2 1 (50.00%) UAG
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham region citing XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Virtualisation Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) IAG
2 1 (50.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec