The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - - -
As % of the System Software category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +27.69%
All System Software
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
55 53 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 12.88% 9.266% 11.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 25 46
Average daily rate £305 £225 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.55% -30.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £105 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £319 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 12
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.47 £9.00 £9.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £20.00 £28.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenDesktop
UK

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales XenDesktop Jobs Demand Trend

XenDesktop
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing XenDesktop across the Wales region.

Wales XenDesktop Daily Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Virtualisation Architect
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware