The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenApp 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 South Yorkshire 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 XenApp
Rank 31 33 36
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Contract jobs citing XenApp 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.380% 0.766% 0.336%
As % of the System Software category 4.167% 3.279% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £395 £226 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+74.58% -17.72%
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 £37.50 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -18.18%
All System Software
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
24 61 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 9.125% 23.37% 8.725%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 26 7
Average daily rate £375 £228 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+64.83% -17.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £185 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £500 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 9
Average hourly rate £12.00 £19.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.84% +22.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £11.03 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £32.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
XenApp
Yorkshire

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenApp within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Doncaster - 1 £395 -
XenApp
Yorkshire

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) MS Excel
1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
3 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
3 4 (57.14%) MS Office
3 4 (57.14%) Terminal Services
3 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
3 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (42.86%) SCCM
4 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
4 3 (42.86%) VBScript
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) CRM
5 2 (28.57%) SAN
5 2 (28.57%) NetApp
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
1 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MS Excel
2 4 (57.14%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Server Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Storage Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Storage Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Server Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Technical Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) VBScript
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) Terminal Services
3 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) NetApp
4 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat
4 1 (14.29%) IronPort
4 1 (14.29%) Websense