The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 67 85 86
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +1
Contract jobs citing XenApp 13 10 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.127% 0.621% 0.925%
As % of the System Software category 9.924% 8.197% 9.884%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 4
Average daily rate £336 £160 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+110.15% -46.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £140 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £420 £325
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
131 122 172
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 11.36% 7.573% 9.363%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 62 69
Average daily rate £309 £350 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.78% +10.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £129 £140 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £505 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 17
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £15.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £10.71 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £17.60 £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
XenApp
South East

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey XenApp Hourly 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 Surrey 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
Staines - 4 - -
Reigate +8 2 - -
Dorking - 2 - -
Horley - 2 - -
Redhill - 2 - -
Guildford -10 1 £335 -
XenApp
South East

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 35 (100.00%) Citrix
2 25 (71.43%) Windows
3 18 (51.43%) AppSense
3 18 (51.43%) XenServer
4 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
5 16 (45.71%) XenDesktop
5 16 (45.71%) Microsoft App-V
6 15 (42.86%) Hyper-V
7 14 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 12 (34.29%) VMware
9 9 (25.71%) Windows 7
10 8 (22.86%) CloudStack
10 8 (22.86%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (20.00%) Thin Client
11 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
11 7 (20.00%) Fat Client
11 7 (20.00%) Lumension
11 7 (20.00%) vSphere
12 6 (17.14%) Exchange Server 2010
12 6 (17.14%) TCP/IP
12 6 (17.14%) Cisco
12 6 (17.14%) MS Exchange
13 5 (14.29%) DNS
13 5 (14.29%) DHCP
13 5 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
13 5 (14.29%) Windows 8
14 4 (11.43%) SCOM
14 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
14 4 (11.43%) WAN
14 4 (11.43%) VPN

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 Development
1 2 (5.714%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (22.86%) CloudStack
2 6 (17.14%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (17.14%) MS Exchange
3 5 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (8.571%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.571%) MS Office
2 2 (5.714%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) TCP/IP
2 5 (14.29%) DNS
2 5 (14.29%) DHCP
3 4 (11.43%) WAN
3 4 (11.43%) VPN
3 4 (11.43%) Firewall
4 3 (8.571%) NetScaler
5 2 (5.714%) WLAN
5 2 (5.714%) LAN
5 2 (5.714%) SAN
5 2 (5.714%) IPsec
6 1 (2.857%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.571%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (5.714%) Finance
2 1 (2.857%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Citrix Support
1 8 (22.86%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Citrix Support Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Technical Specialist
2 6 (17.14%) Support Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Citrix Specialist
4 3 (8.571%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (8.571%) Test Manager
4 3 (8.571%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
5 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Support Manager
5 2 (5.714%) Wintel Analyst
5 2 (5.714%) Citrix Architect
5 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (5.714%) Technical Manager
5 2 (5.714%) Support Manager
5 2 (5.714%) Support Team Leader
5 2 (5.714%) Team Leader
5 2 (5.714%) Citrix Consultant
5 2 (5.714%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Thin Client
1 7 (20.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.857%) Clustering
2 1 (2.857%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.857%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 25 (71.43%) Windows
2 14 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (25.71%) Windows 7
4 8 (22.86%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (14.29%) Windows 8
6 3 (8.571%) Windows XP
7 2 (5.714%) AIX
7 2 (5.714%) Linux
7 2 (5.714%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.43%) ITIL
1 4 (11.43%) Service Management
2 3 (8.571%) Service Delivery
2 3 (8.571%) Project Management
2 3 (8.571%) Migration
2 3 (8.571%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (8.571%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (8.571%) Test Scripting
2 3 (8.571%) Test Strategy
3 2 (5.714%) WAN Optimisation
3 2 (5.714%) Load Balancing
3 2 (5.714%) Configuration Management
4 1 (2.857%) Release Management
4 1 (2.857%) Change Control
4 1 (2.857%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (2.857%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.714%) SQL
2 1 (2.857%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.714%) CCEE
2 2 (5.714%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.714%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.857%) CCEA
3 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.857%) MCSE
3 1 (2.857%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.714%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (51.43%) XenServer
2 16 (45.71%) XenDesktop
2 16 (45.71%) Microsoft App-V
3 15 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 7 (20.00%) vSphere
5 1 (2.857%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.857%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (2.857%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.857%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) SCOM
2 3 (8.571%) SCCM
3 1 (2.857%) MOM
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Citrix
2 18 (51.43%) AppSense
3 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
4 12 (34.29%) VMware
5 7 (20.00%) Lumension
6 6 (17.14%) Cisco
7 4 (11.43%) HP
8 3 (8.571%) Wyse
9 2 (5.714%) Riverbed
9 2 (5.714%) Oracle
9 2 (5.714%) Juniper
9 2 (5.714%) Symantec
9 2 (5.714%) McAfee
9 2 (5.714%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.857%) IBM
10 1 (2.857%) NetApp
10 1 (2.857%) DataCore
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: 22 May 2013