The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer 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 XenServer 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 XenServer
Rank 77 92 101
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +9
Contract jobs citing XenServer 3 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.260% 0.186% 0.109%
As % of the System Software category 2.290% 2.459% 1.163%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £308 £280 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.82% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £265 £330
% change year-on-year
+45.28% -19.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -27.27%
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%
XenServer
South East

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey XenServer Daily Rate Trend

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 19 (100.00%) Citrix
2 18 (94.74%) XenApp
3 14 (73.68%) Hyper-V
3 14 (73.68%) AppSense
4 12 (63.16%) XenDesktop
5 11 (57.89%) Microsoft App-V
5 11 (57.89%) Windows
5 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
6 8 (42.11%) CloudStack
6 8 (42.11%) Windows 7
7 7 (36.84%) Lumension
8 5 (26.32%) VMware
8 5 (26.32%) Windows 8
8 5 (26.32%) vSphere
9 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (15.79%) Fat Client
9 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
9 3 (15.79%) SCOM
9 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
9 3 (15.79%) Wyse
9 3 (15.79%) Migration
9 3 (15.79%) Thin Client
9 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
9 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
10 2 (10.53%) Load Balancing
10 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
10 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
10 2 (10.53%) Configuration Management
11 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 8 (42.11%) CloudStack
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.263%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Technical Specialist
2 4 (21.05%) Citrix Specialist
3 3 (15.79%) Citrix Support
3 3 (15.79%) Test Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Technical Support
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Technical Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Support
5 1 (5.263%) Support Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Citrix Support Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Citrix Support Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Citrix Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Fat Client
1 3 (15.79%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows 7
3 5 (26.32%) Windows 8
4 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
1 3 (15.79%) Migration
1 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
2 2 (10.53%) Load Balancing
2 2 (10.53%) Configuration Management
3 1 (5.263%) Release Management
3 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.263%) Change Control
3 1 (5.263%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) MCSE
2 1 (5.263%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.263%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (94.74%) XenApp
2 14 (73.68%) Hyper-V
3 12 (63.16%) XenDesktop
4 11 (57.89%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (26.32%) vSphere
6 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
7 1 (5.263%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Citrix
2 14 (73.68%) AppSense
3 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
4 7 (36.84%) Lumension
5 5 (26.32%) VMware
6 3 (15.79%) Wyse
7 1 (5.263%) IBM
7 1 (5.263%) 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