The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 69 80 84
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +4
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 1 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.120% 0.359% 0.096%
As % of the System Software category 0.980% 3.333% 0.592%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +12.30%
All System Software
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
102 120 169
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 12.22% 10.76% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 51 72
Average daily rate £328 £340 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.67% -9.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £231 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 9
Average hourly rate £20.75 £16.13 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.68% +53.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
XenDesktop
Berkshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading XenDesktop Daily Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 3 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
3 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (33.33%) LANDesk
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) Publishing
3 1 (33.33%) MetaFrame

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (33.33%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) LANDesk