XenServer Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 17 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 South 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 204 237 244
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +7
Contract jobs citing XenServer 19 10 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.243% 0.098% 0.077%
As % of the System Software category 1.963% 1.171% 0.852%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 6
Average daily rate £340 £300 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -8.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £255 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £375 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £270 £330
% change year-on-year
+31.94% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -27.27%
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 968 854 939
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 12.39% 8.407% 8.986%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 348 349
Average daily rate £340 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 144 139
Average hourly rate £18.25 £16.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.60% -10.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenServer
England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East XenServer Jobs Demand Trend

XenServer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East XenServer Daily Rate Trend

XenServer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenServer across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East XenServer Daily Rate Histogram

XenServer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East XenServer Hourly Rate Trend

XenServer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenServer within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire -2 6 £263 -30.00%
East Sussex - 6 £525 -
Surrey +24 4 £308 +9.82%
Berkshire +18 3 £363 +11.53%
XenServer
England

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing XenServer 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 XenServer.

1 42 (100.00%) Citrix
2 39 (92.86%) XenApp
3 32 (76.19%) Windows
4 22 (52.38%) XenDesktop
5 21 (50.00%) Hyper-V
6 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
7 16 (38.10%) VMware
8 14 (33.33%) AppSense
9 13 (30.95%) Microsoft App-V
9 13 (30.95%) Windows Server 2003
10 11 (26.19%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (23.81%) MS Exchange
11 10 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2007
12 9 (21.43%) Fat Client
12 9 (21.43%) Thin Client
12 9 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
12 9 (21.43%) Windows 7
13 8 (19.05%) CloudStack
14 7 (16.67%) Backup Exec
14 7 (16.67%) SAN
14 7 (16.67%) NetApp
14 7 (16.67%) Cisco
14 7 (16.67%) IBM
14 7 (16.67%) HP
14 7 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
14 7 (16.67%) Lumension
14 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
15 6 (14.29%) vSphere
15 6 (14.29%) NAS

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing XenServer 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 XenServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 10 (23.81%) MS Exchange
1 10 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2007
2 8 (19.05%) CloudStack
3 7 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.67%) SAN
2 6 (14.29%) NAS
3 4 (9.524%) NetScaler
4 1 (2.381%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (2.381%) Telecoms
1 1 (2.381%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Architect
1 8 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (16.67%) Citrix Specialist
3 6 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
3 6 (14.29%) Server Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Technical Architect
5 4 (9.524%) Consultant
6 3 (7.143%) Test Manager
6 3 (7.143%) Citrix Consultant
6 3 (7.143%) Citrix Support
7 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.762%) Citrix Architect
8 1 (2.381%) Citrix Support Analyst
8 1 (2.381%) Citrix Support Specialist
8 1 (2.381%) Citrix Technical Specialist
8 1 (2.381%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 1 (2.381%) Senior Technical Support
8 1 (2.381%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 1 (2.381%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Thin Client
1 9 (21.43%) Fat Client
2 6 (14.29%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (2.381%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 32 (76.19%) Windows
2 13 (30.95%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (26.19%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (21.43%) Windows 7
6 5 (11.90%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.381%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (14.29%) Project Management
1 6 (14.29%) Software Distribution
2 5 (11.90%) TOGAF
2 5 (11.90%) Load Balancing
3 3 (7.143%) Test Strategy
3 3 (7.143%) Migration
3 3 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (7.143%) Test Scripting
4 2 (4.762%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.381%) ERP
5 1 (2.381%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.381%) Change Control
5 1 (2.381%) Demand Management
5 1 (2.381%) Capacity Management
5 1 (2.381%) Build Automation
5 1 (2.381%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.381%) SQL
1 1 (2.381%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.762%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (4.762%) MCSE
4 1 (2.381%) CCNA
4 1 (2.381%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (2.381%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.381%) MCITP
4 1 (2.381%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (92.86%) XenApp
2 22 (52.38%) XenDesktop
3 21 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 13 (30.95%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
6 6 (14.29%) vSphere
7 1 (2.381%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) Backup Exec
2 6 (14.29%) SCCM
3 3 (7.143%) SCOM
4 1 (2.381%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) Citrix
2 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
3 16 (38.10%) VMware
4 14 (33.33%) AppSense
5 7 (16.67%) Lumension
5 7 (16.67%) HP
5 7 (16.67%) Cisco
5 7 (16.67%) IBM
5 7 (16.67%) NetApp
6 6 (14.29%) Websense
7 3 (7.143%) Wyse
8 1 (2.381%) Brocade
8 1 (2.381%) DataCore
8 1 (2.381%) StorageTek
8 1 (2.381%) Symantec
8 1 (2.381%) EMC
Senior Windows/Citrix Specialist
Reading, Thames Valley
You will be responsible for providing both on-site and remote administration of Microsoft Windows Servers, Citrix Provisioning, Citrix XenApp, XenServer, and a multitude of proprietary applications... Required...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Senior Windows/Citrix Specialist
Reading, Berkshire
Strong experience with Microsoft Server 2003. *Ideally have knowledge with Microsoft Server 2008R2 *Troubleshooting, publishing, and supporting applications in a Citrix XenApp environment... *Experience with Active Directory. *Experience...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Citrix Consultant
Surrey
The successful Citrix Consultant will provide Citrix support (Xenapp v4.5-46.5), Citrix implementation Application delivery, Citrix farm management, Vdisk management, VMware/Xenserver as well as thin...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £340 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
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