The first part of the table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenApp over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category.

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.

Citrix XenApp
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank233294403
Rank change year-on-year
Up+61Up+109
Matching contract IT job ads435333137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.744 %0.554 %0.248 %
As % of the System Software category9.643 %7.682 %4.602 %
Number of daily rates quoted27215241
Average daily rate£350£330£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06 %+1.53 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£248£220£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£438£475£415
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£263
% change year-on-year
-+23.80 %
Number of hourly rates quoted181713
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09 %+57.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£22.50£9.60
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.47£37.00£27.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£27.50£17.50
% change year-on-year
-18.18 %+57.14 %
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategoryAll System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
451143352977
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.717 %7.206 %5.394 %
Number of daily rates quoted215119001147
Average daily rate£340£350£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85 %+7.69 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£195£200£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£460£475£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£308£275
% change year-on-year
+5.69 %+11.81 %
Number of hourly rates quoted623643530
Average hourly rate£17.50£18.00£18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77 %-4.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.50£35.00£35.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£17.50£17.50
% change year-on-year
-5.71 %-

XenApp
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing XenApp within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

XenApp Demand Trend

XenApp
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing XenApp within the UK.

XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenApp within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

XenApp Daily Rate Histogram

XenApp
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing XenApp within the UK.

XenApp Hourly Rate Trend

XenApp
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenApp within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

XenApp Hourly Rate Histogram

XenApp
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+72416£350+1.44 %
LondonUp+53201£350-13.84 %
South EastUp+3372£325-
City of LondonUp+4363£350+4.47 %
North WestUp+2034£300-14.28 %
East of EnglandDown-826£375+8.69 %
BerkshireUp+1123£325+62.50 %
South WestDown-1323£355+26.78 %
West MidlandsDown-1618£325+10.16 %
BedfordshireUp+1816£375+2.04 %
ManchesterDown-116£300-14.28 %
YorkshireDown-1015£285-26.45 %
HampshireUp+1614£275-16.98 %
North EastUp+1214£350-
ReadingUp+813£325-3.70 %
Tyne and WearUp+812£350-
East MidlandsUp+312£325+54.76 %
CheshireUp+1811£344-
BristolDown-711£355+1.42 %
SurreyNo change010£160-46.66 %
BirminghamDown-310£350-17.64 %
DerbyNew entry-10£325-
DerbyshireNew entry-10£325-
West YorkshireDown-208£343-11.61 %
ScotlandNo change07£300+9.09 %
BuckinghamshireUp+46--
DunstableUp+16£325-23.52 %
West SussexDown-16£375+7.14 %
Milton KeynesDown-56--
LeedsDown-86£343-11.61 %

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1822 (95.47 %)Citrix
2596 (69.22 %)Windows
3428 (49.71 %)VMware
4355 (41.23 %)Windows Server 2008
5324 (37.63 %)Active Directory
6286 (33.22 %)Microsoft
7275 (31.94 %)XenDesktop
8247 (28.69 %)VMware Infrastructure
9229 (26.60 %)Windows Server 2003
10185 (21.49 %)MS Exchange
11162 (18.82 %)Finance
12160 (18.58 %)HP
13158 (18.35 %)vSphere
14151 (17.54 %)SAN
15146 (16.96 %)SCCM
16143 (16.61 %)Windows 7
17123 (14.29 %)Citrix Certification
18119 (13.82 %)Exchange Server 2010
19116 (13.47 %)XenServer
20110 (12.78 %)AppSense
21105 (12.20 %)Citrix Presentation Server
22101 (11.73 %)VMware ESX
2398 (11.38 %)Cisco
2496 (11.15 %)SQL Server
2595 (11.03 %)CCA
2595 (11.03 %)Migration
2693 (10.80 %)MS Excel
2792 (10.69 %)Windows XP
2890 (10.45 %)Microsoft Certification
2987 (10.10 %)NetScaler

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
161 (7.085 %)Application Packaging
212 (1.394 %)Web Services
212 (1.394 %).NET
310 (1.161 %)ADSI
310 (1.161 %)X-Windows
49 (1.045 %)HTML
49 (1.045 %)ASP.NET
56 (0.697 %)Software Packaging
65 (0.581 %)Middleware
65 (0.581 %)WSH
74 (0.465 %)Forefront TMG
74 (0.465 %)COM
83 (0.348 %)WebSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1185 (21.49 %)MS Exchange
2119 (13.82 %)Exchange Server 2010
376 (8.827 %)Exchange Server 2007
464 (7.433 %)Exchange Server 2003
561 (7.085 %)IIS
650 (5.807 %)SharePoint
733 (3.833 %)Lync
824 (2.787 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
919 (2.207 %)Apache
1017 (1.974 %)SharePoint 2010
1115 (1.742 %)Lotus Notes
1212 (1.394 %)Office Communications Server
139 (1.045 %)Oracle Application Server
147 (0.813 %)BizTalk Server
155 (0.581 %)CMS
155 (0.581 %)WebLogic
155 (0.581 %)Tomcat
164 (0.465 %)CloudStack
173 (0.348 %)Lotus Domino
182 (0.232 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
193 (10.80 %)MS Excel
271 (8.246 %)MS Office
312 (1.394 %)MS Project
49 (1.045 %)MS PowerPoint
49 (1.045 %)MS Visio
54 (0.465 %)Office 365
63 (0.348 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (1.510 %)HFM
210 (1.161 %)SoftGrid
35 (0.581 %)Oracle EBS
43 (0.348 %)Dynamics CRM
52 (0.232 %)FLEXCUBE
61 (0.116 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1151 (17.54 %)SAN
287 (10.10 %)NetScaler
386 (9.988 %)Firewall
482 (9.524 %)DNS
564 (7.433 %)DHCP
647 (5.459 %)LAN
745 (5.226 %)TCP/IP
837 (4.297 %)NAS
929 (3.368 %)Cisco ASA
1028 (3.252 %)VPN
1028 (3.252 %)WAN
1126 (3.020 %)VoIP
1222 (2.555 %)VLAN
1314 (1.626 %)iSCSI
1413 (1.510 %)Wireless
1413 (1.510 %)Internet
1512 (1.394 %)SSL
169 (1.045 %)FTP
176 (0.697 %)WLAN
185 (0.581 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
196 (11.15 %)SQL Server
228 (3.252 %)SQL Server 2008
322 (2.555 %)SQL Server 2005
412 (1.394 %)Essbase
57 (0.813 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (0.348 %)QlikView
63 (0.348 %)Informix
72 (0.232 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (0.232 %)Oracle 11g
81 (0.116 %)GIS
81 (0.116 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.116 %)DataStage
81 (0.116 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.116 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
138 (4.413 %)MSI
227 (3.136 %)Wise Package Studio
324 (2.787 %)InstallShield
46 (0.697 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (0.232 %)K2 blackpoint
52 (0.232 %)AdminStudio
61 (0.116 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.116 %)Eclipse
61 (0.116 %)IntelliJ
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1162 (18.82 %)Finance
269 (8.014 %)Banking
334 (3.949 %)Law
428 (3.252 %)Investment Banking
520 (2.323 %)Financial Institution
618 (2.091 %)Telecoms
717 (1.974 %)Publishing
816 (1.858 %)Legal
911 (1.278 %)Local Government
911 (1.278 %)Manufacturing
109 (1.045 %)Back Office
117 (0.813 %)Retail
124 (0.465 %)Pharmaceutical
124 (0.465 %)Games
132 (0.232 %)Retail Banking
132 (0.232 %)German Language
132 (0.232 %)Online Betting
141 (0.116 %)Italian Language
141 (0.116 %)Spanish Language
141 (0.116 %)Dutch Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1134 (15.56 %)Analyst
2114 (13.24 %)Consultant
393 (10.80 %)Citrix Engineer
475 (8.711 %)Citrix Consultant
571 (8.246 %)Infrastructure Engineer
670 (8.130 %)Architect
765 (7.549 %)Citrix Specialist
848 (5.575 %)Support Analyst
946 (5.343 %)Applications Packager
1039 (4.530 %)Administrator
1136 (4.181 %)3rd Line Support
1235 (4.065 %)Support Engineer
1331 (3.600 %)Team Leader
1427 (3.136 %)Systems Administrator
1525 (2.904 %)Citrix Support
1525 (2.904 %)Citrix Architect
1624 (2.787 %)Server Support
1723 (2.671 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1822 (2.555 %)Server Engineer
1822 (2.555 %)Wintel Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
177 (8.943 %)Clustering
249 (5.691 %)Thin Client
249 (5.691 %)Fat Client
329 (3.368 %)Blackberry
412 (1.394 %)IVR
510 (1.161 %)PKI
68 (0.929 %)PDA
77 (0.813 %)Celerra
77 (0.813 %)Replication
77 (0.813 %)CLARiiON
77 (0.813 %)Hedge funds
86 (0.697 %)Kindle
95 (0.581 %)Video Conferencing
95 (0.581 %)Computer Science
95 (0.581 %)EqualLogic
104 (0.465 %)CMDB
104 (0.465 %)FMCG
113 (0.348 %)Cloud Computing
113 (0.348 %)Smartphone
113 (0.348 %)Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1596 (69.22 %)Windows
2355 (41.23 %)Windows Server 2008
3229 (26.60 %)Windows Server 2003
4143 (16.61 %)Windows 7
592 (10.69 %)Windows XP
631 (3.600 %)Linux
727 (3.136 %)Windows Vista
822 (2.555 %)Windows 2000
916 (1.858 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1015 (1.742 %)UNIX
1111 (1.278 %)Windows 2000 Server
1111 (1.278 %)Windows NT
124 (0.465 %)Apple iOS
124 (0.465 %)Solaris
132 (0.232 %)VMS
141 (0.116 %)Android
141 (0.116 %)Windows CE
141 (0.116 %)AIX
141 (0.116 %)HPUX
141 (0.116 %)Oracle Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
195 (11.03 %)Migration
274 (8.595 %)ITIL
344 (5.110 %)Change Management
443 (4.994 %)Project Management
540 (4.646 %)Disaster Recovery
631 (3.600 %)Incident Management
725 (2.904 %)Stakeholder Management
818 (2.091 %)Change Control
818 (2.091 %)Service Management
915 (1.742 %)Time Management
915 (1.742 %)ITSM
1014 (1.626 %)Workflow
1113 (1.510 %)Network Load Balancing
1113 (1.510 %)User Acceptance Testing
1113 (1.510 %)PRINCE2
1212 (1.394 %)Business Continuity
1311 (1.278 %)Load Balancing
1311 (1.278 %)TOGAF
1410 (1.161 %)Validation
1410 (1.161 %)Release Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
181 (9.408 %)SQL
279 (9.175 %)VBScript
363 (7.317 %)PowerShell
442 (4.878 %)VB
55 (0.581 %)C
64 (0.465 %)Perl
71 (0.116 %)C++
71 (0.116 %)Java
71 (0.116 %)Ada
71 (0.116 %)Winbatch
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1123 (14.29 %)Citrix Certification
295 (11.03 %)CCA
390 (10.45 %)Microsoft Certification
467 (7.782 %)MCSE
561 (7.085 %)MCITP
641 (4.762 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
738 (4.413 %)CCEA
835 (4.065 %)Cisco Certification
933 (3.833 %)Security Cleared
1026 (3.020 %)CCEE
1026 (3.020 %)SC Cleared
1125 (2.904 %)MCP
1125 (2.904 %)CCNA
1219 (2.207 %)CCIA
1317 (1.974 %)MCSA
1414 (1.626 %)CCAA
1512 (1.394 %)MCTS
1610 (1.161 %)Degree
179 (1.045 %)VCP4
187 (0.813 %)CCIE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (1.161 %)SLA
110 (1.161 %)ISO 9001
25 (0.581 %)QA
31 (0.116 %)ISO/IEC 20000
31 (0.116 %)COBIT
31 (0.116 %)ISO/IEC 27001
31 (0.116 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1324 (37.63 %)Active Directory
2275 (31.94 %)XenDesktop
3247 (28.69 %)VMware Infrastructure
4158 (18.35 %)vSphere
5116 (13.47 %)XenServer
6105 (12.20 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7101 (11.73 %)VMware ESX
849 (5.691 %)Hyper-V
931 (3.600 %)Terminal Services
1030 (3.484 %)VMware ESXi
1119 (2.207 %)MetaFrame
1119 (2.207 %)NFS
1211 (1.278 %)VMware Server
1310 (1.161 %)DFS Replication
149 (1.045 %)Xen
158 (0.929 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
166 (0.697 %)Terminal Server
175 (0.581 %)UAG
184 (0.465 %)ISA Server
193 (0.348 %)NLBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1146 (16.96 %)SCCM
251 (5.923 %)SCOM
325 (2.904 %)NetBackup
424 (2.787 %)HP SIM
521 (2.439 %)Backup Exec
618 (2.091 %)vCenter
717 (1.974 %)AppDNA
814 (1.626 %)WSUS
912 (1.394 %)Legato
108 (0.929 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
108 (0.929 %)WMI
117 (0.813 %)SCVMM
117 (0.813 %)Norton AntiVirus
126 (0.697 %)Tivoli
126 (0.697 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
134 (0.465 %)Puppet
143 (0.348 %)HP Data Protector
143 (0.348 %)EMC NetWorker
143 (0.348 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
143 (0.348 %)McAfee ePO
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1822 (95.47 %)Citrix
2428 (49.71 %)VMware
3286 (33.22 %)Microsoft
4160 (18.58 %)HP
5110 (12.78 %)AppSense
698 (11.38 %)Cisco
748 (5.575 %)Dell
748 (5.575 %)EMC
842 (4.878 %)Altiris
933 (3.833 %)IBM
933 (3.833 %)Oracle
1030 (3.484 %)Symantec
1128 (3.252 %)Wyse
1227 (3.136 %)NetApp
1323 (2.671 %)McAfee
1422 (2.555 %)CA
1519 (2.207 %)BMC
1519 (2.207 %)Veritas
1615 (1.742 %)PlateSpin
1615 (1.742 %)Lotus