XenServer Contracts
 
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 across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 427 473 515
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +42
Contract jobs citing XenServer 107 113 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.227% 0.191% 0.118%
As % of the System Software category 2.420% 2.413% 1.625%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 80 46
Average daily rate £363 £334 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.61% -1.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £247 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £270 £330
% change year-on-year
+34.25% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 8
Average hourly rate £21.34 £22.50 £27.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.17% -17.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -27.27%
All System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 4421 4683 4368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 9.381% 7.900% 7.257%
Number of daily rates quoted 2133 2251 1924
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 609 632 645
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.18 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

XenServer Daily Rate Trend

XenServer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenServer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

XenServer Hourly Rate Trend

XenServer
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 XenServer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +46 95 £370 +8.82%
London +6 43 £361 +3.21%
South East +26 19 £351 +17.08%
East of England +21 13 £398 +17.77%
Essex - 10 £400 -
City of London -9 9 £381 +8.92%
Colchester - 7 £400 -
Hampshire +2 6 £263 -30.00%
Newcastle upon Tyne - 6 £300 -
East Sussex - 6 £525 -
North East - 6 £300 -
Tyne and Wear - 6 £300 -
West Midlands +12 5 £375 +39.53%
Yorkshire -1 5 £406 +119.59%
West Yorkshire - 5 £406 -
Berkshire +17 4 £374 +15.00%
Leeds - 4 £406 -
Surrey +18 3 £308 +9.82%
Hertfordshire +12 3 £388 +14.81%
Reading +12 3 £385 +18.46%
Birmingham +11 3 £400 +52.38%
Southampton - 3 £275 -
Eastleigh - 3 £250 -
Basildon - 2 - -
Docklands, London - 2 £313 -
South West +28 1 £465 -
North West +4 1 £350 +12.00%
Kingston Upon Thames 0 1 £303 -13.57%
East Midlands -2 1 - -
Nottinghamshire -3 1 - -

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 193 (93.69%) Citrix
2 120 (58.25%) Windows
3 104 (50.49%) XenApp
4 99 (48.06%) VMware
5 73 (35.44%) XenDesktop
6 69 (33.50%) Hyper-V
7 66 (32.04%) Windows Server 2008
7 66 (32.04%) Microsoft
8 63 (30.58%) VMware Infrastructure
9 58 (28.16%) Active Directory
10 51 (24.76%) HP
11 48 (23.30%) Cisco
12 46 (22.33%) Windows Server 2003
12 46 (22.33%) SCCM
13 42 (20.39%) AppSense
14 37 (17.96%) Linux
15 36 (17.48%) Citrix Certification
16 35 (16.99%) MS Exchange
16 35 (16.99%) Firewall
17 34 (16.50%) SQL Server
18 32 (15.53%) NetScaler
19 29 (14.08%) vSphere
19 29 (14.08%) SCOM
20 28 (13.59%) PowerShell
21 27 (13.11%) IBM
22 26 (12.62%) Change Management
22 26 (12.62%) Internet
23 25 (12.14%) CCA
23 25 (12.14%) Load Balancing
23 25 (12.14%) Microsoft App-V

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 Development
1 11 (5.340%) Regular Expression
2 5 (2.427%) Web Services
3 4 (1.942%) Application Packaging
4 2 (0.971%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.971%) .NET
5 1 (0.485%) ASP
5 1 (0.485%) COM
Application Platforms
1 35 (16.99%) MS Exchange
2 22 (10.68%) Exchange Server 2007
3 18 (8.738%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (6.796%) SharePoint
5 13 (6.311%) IIS
6 9 (4.369%) CloudStack
7 7 (3.398%) Apache
8 5 (2.427%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (2.427%) Windows Azure
8 5 (2.427%) Amazon AWS
9 3 (1.456%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (1.456%) Lync
10 2 (0.971%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.485%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.485%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (3.883%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.427%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.942%) MS Office
4 1 (0.485%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.485%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (16.99%) Firewall
2 32 (15.53%) NetScaler
3 26 (12.62%) Internet
4 24 (11.65%) SAN
4 24 (11.65%) VPN
5 21 (10.19%) DNS
6 19 (9.223%) Ethernet
7 18 (8.738%) BGP
8 16 (7.767%) VLAN
9 15 (7.282%) Cisco Nexus
9 15 (7.282%) DHCP
9 15 (7.282%) TCP/IP
10 14 (6.796%) HTTP
11 8 (3.883%) NAS
12 7 (3.398%) LDAP
13 6 (2.913%) SSL
14 5 (2.427%) NetScreen
14 5 (2.427%) LAN
14 5 (2.427%) WAN
15 4 (1.942%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.50%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.883%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (3.883%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (1.942%) MySQL
4 2 (0.971%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.485%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.485%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (2.427%) Subversion
2 4 (1.942%) MSI
3 3 (1.456%) WinRunner
3 3 (1.456%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (1.456%) LoadRunner
3 3 (1.456%) InstallShield
3 3 (1.456%) Selenium
3 3 (1.456%) Bugzilla
4 1 (0.485%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.485%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.485%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.485%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.485%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.485%) WiX
4 1 (0.485%) Hudson
General
1 11 (5.340%) Finance
1 11 (5.340%) Banking
2 6 (2.913%) Telecoms
3 5 (2.427%) Law
3 5 (2.427%) Retail
4 3 (1.456%) Publishing
5 2 (0.971%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.971%) Advertising
6 1 (0.485%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.485%) Local Government
6 1 (0.485%) Legal
6 1 (0.485%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (16.02%) Consultant
2 23 (11.17%) Architect
3 18 (8.738%) Analyst
4 17 (8.252%) Citrix Consultant
4 17 (8.252%) Administrator
5 16 (7.767%) Network Engineer
5 16 (7.767%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (6.311%) Citrix Specialist
7 11 (5.340%) Technical Architect
7 11 (5.340%) Citrix Engineer
8 10 (4.854%) Citrix Support
8 10 (4.854%) Systems Administrator
9 9 (4.369%) Wintel Analyst
10 8 (3.883%) Citrix Architect
10 8 (3.883%) Linux Administrator
10 8 (3.883%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 8 (3.883%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 7 (3.398%) Support Analyst
11 7 (3.398%) Server Engineer
11 7 (3.398%) Storage Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.738%) Thin Client
1 18 (8.738%) Fat Client
2 14 (6.796%) Clustering
3 13 (6.311%) Open Source
4 8 (3.883%) Firmware
5 7 (3.398%) SaaS
5 7 (3.398%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (3.398%) HP StorageWorks
6 6 (2.913%) Mobile Computing
7 3 (1.456%) NHS
8 2 (0.971%) EqualLogic
9 1 (0.485%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.485%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.485%) Grid Computing
9 1 (0.485%) Replication
9 1 (0.485%) E-Learning
9 1 (0.485%) IaaS
9 1 (0.485%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 120 (58.25%) Windows
2 66 (32.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 46 (22.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 37 (17.96%) Linux
5 18 (8.738%) Windows 7
6 17 (8.252%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.427%) CentOS
7 5 (2.427%) Windows 8
8 4 (1.942%) VMS
8 4 (1.942%) Windows XP
9 3 (1.456%) Windows 2000
9 3 (1.456%) Windows NT
9 3 (1.456%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.456%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.485%) UNIX
10 1 (0.485%) Solaris
10 1 (0.485%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (12.62%) Change Management
2 25 (12.14%) Load Balancing
3 20 (9.709%) ITIL
4 16 (7.767%) E-Commerce
4 16 (7.767%) Migration
4 16 (7.767%) Change Control
5 15 (7.282%) Project Management
6 12 (5.825%) Software Distribution
7 11 (5.340%) Incident Management
8 10 (4.854%) Configuration Management
9 9 (4.369%) Release Management
10 8 (3.883%) Build Automation
10 8 (3.883%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (3.398%) Data Management
12 6 (2.913%) Network Architecture
12 6 (2.913%) Service Delivery
13 5 (2.427%) SOA
13 5 (2.427%) TOGAF
13 5 (2.427%) Capacity Planning
13 5 (2.427%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.59%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.767%) VBScript
3 9 (4.369%) SQL
4 5 (2.427%) R
5 2 (0.971%) Perl
6 1 (0.485%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.485%) PHP
6 1 (0.485%) Java
6 1 (0.485%) VB
6 1 (0.485%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 36 (17.48%) Citrix Certification
2 25 (12.14%) CCA
3 20 (9.709%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (7.767%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (7.282%) MCSE
6 14 (6.796%) CCIA
7 13 (6.311%) CCEE
8 11 (5.340%) CCEA
9 10 (4.854%) Security Cleared
9 10 (4.854%) CCNA
10 7 (3.398%) CCNP
10 7 (3.398%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (3.398%) HP ASE
10 7 (3.398%) HP MASE
10 7 (3.398%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.398%) NCDA
10 7 (3.398%) NCIE
11 6 (2.913%) CCSP
12 5 (2.427%) Degree
12 5 (2.427%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.427%) SLA
2 1 (0.485%) TickIT
2 1 (0.485%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.485%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.485%) QA
System Software
1 104 (50.49%) XenApp
2 73 (35.44%) XenDesktop
3 69 (33.50%) Hyper-V
4 63 (30.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 58 (28.16%) Active Directory
6 29 (14.08%) vSphere
7 25 (12.14%) Microsoft App-V
8 15 (7.282%) VMware ESX
9 10 (4.854%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 9 (4.369%) SRDF
11 5 (2.427%) Xen
11 5 (2.427%) IAG
12 3 (1.456%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.971%) vCloud
14 1 (0.485%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.485%) NFS
14 1 (0.485%) Samba
Systems Management
1 46 (22.33%) SCCM
2 29 (14.08%) SCOM
3 16 (7.767%) Backup Exec
4 15 (7.282%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 15 (7.282%) Nagios
5 11 (5.340%) Cacti
6 7 (3.398%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 4 (1.942%) Tivoli
8 3 (1.456%) MOM
8 3 (1.456%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (1.456%) SCVMM
8 3 (1.456%) WSUS
9 2 (0.971%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.485%) Opalis
10 1 (0.485%) HP Data Protector
10 1 (0.485%) ServiceCenter
10 1 (0.485%) Cobbler
10 1 (0.485%) Plesk
10 1 (0.485%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 193 (93.69%) Citrix
2 99 (48.06%) VMware
3 66 (32.04%) Microsoft
4 51 (24.76%) HP
5 48 (23.30%) Cisco
6 42 (20.39%) AppSense
7 27 (13.11%) IBM
8 20 (9.709%) NetApp
9 17 (8.252%) Wyse
10 15 (7.282%) 3PAR
10 15 (7.282%) Altiris
10 15 (7.282%) Symantec
11 14 (6.796%) CheckPoint
11 14 (6.796%) Veritas
11 14 (6.796%) Dell
12 11 (5.340%) Red Hat
13 7 (3.398%) Hitachi
13 7 (3.398%) Oracle
13 7 (3.398%) Lumension
14 6 (2.913%) Websense
Virtualisation Engineer
London
Any candidates with VMWare to Hyper-V migration experience would be ideal. In addition candidates should have strong skills around Windows Server 2012/2008 R2, 3Par, HP Blade...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £320 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Citrix/XenApp/AppSense/Windows/Wintel Engineer
City of London
You will be responsible for support, troubleshooting, maintenance and administration of Citrix XenApp, AppSense, Windows 2008/AD and Exchange environments... You will be an experienced Citrix/Windows Technical...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
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 Consultants - London - Ad-hoc / interim
West London
The Citrix Consultant will have advanced knowledge of XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer and would ideally also be very familiar with other Citrix products like AppV, Access Gateway, Netscaler etc...
Orderwork
Rate: Competitive dayrates
Posted: 6 May 2013
Desktop Support
Aberdeen, Scotland
Thorough knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point, Active Directory, LANDesk, Exchange, IIS Web services and related web environment. Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £90.00 - £120.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
3rd Line Support Analyst - Wintel - SCCM - Storage
London
Windows Server Engineer required for our education-sector client... Candidates will primarily focus on the administration of a Windows Server 2012 and 2008 R2 environment, ensure project teams...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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