The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenApp over the 3 months to 17 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 West Sussex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenApp
Rank 25 52 48
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -4
Contract jobs citing XenApp 16 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 4.145% 0.948% 0.899%
As % of the System Software category 28.57% 8.824% 4.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 3
Average daily rate £438 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +7.14%
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 £20.00 £23.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.78% -13.63%
All System Software
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
56 68 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 14.51% 10.74% 20.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 29 30
Average daily rate £425 £388 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 8
Average hourly rate £16.50 £12.31 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.01% -38.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £10.86 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.10 £13.76 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
XenApp
South East

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex XenApp Daily Rate Trend

XenApp
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing XenApp across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Sussex XenApp Daily Rate Histogram

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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Crawley +14 7 £425 +13.33%
Gatwick +14 5 £585 -
XenApp
South East

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 22 (91.67%) Windows
2 21 (87.50%) VMware
3 19 (79.17%) Citrix
4 18 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 15 (62.50%) Active Directory
6 14 (58.33%) Cisco
7 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
8 11 (45.83%) Linux
8 11 (45.83%) SQL Server
8 11 (45.83%) vSphere
9 10 (41.67%) VPN
10 9 (37.50%) LAN
10 9 (37.50%) WAN
10 9 (37.50%) MySQL
10 9 (37.50%) ITIL
10 9 (37.50%) Windows 7
10 9 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
10 9 (37.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 9 (37.50%) VMware ESX
11 8 (33.33%) Apache
11 8 (33.33%) DHCP
11 8 (33.33%) DNS
11 8 (33.33%) HP
11 8 (33.33%) NetApp
11 8 (33.33%) SAN
12 7 (29.17%) Firewall
12 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
13 6 (25.00%) Clustering
13 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
13 6 (25.00%) Juniper

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (8.333%) .NET
1 2 (8.333%) Web Services
2 1 (4.167%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) Apache
2 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (16.67%) OpenEdge
3 4 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (16.67%) IIS
4 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (8.333%) Zimbra
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Office
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) VPN
2 9 (37.50%) LAN
2 9 (37.50%) WAN
3 8 (33.33%) DHCP
3 8 (33.33%) DNS
3 8 (33.33%) SAN
4 7 (29.17%) Firewall
5 6 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 5 (20.83%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (16.67%) SSL
8 3 (12.50%) SNMP
8 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (12.50%) NetScaler
9 2 (8.333%) ADSL
9 2 (8.333%) Broadband
9 2 (8.333%) IPsec
9 2 (8.333%) IP Telephony
9 2 (8.333%) Internet
9 2 (8.333%) VLAN
10 1 (4.167%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (45.83%) SQL Server
2 9 (37.50%) MySQL
2 9 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (20.83%) Back Office
1 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.50%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Analyst
2 10 (41.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (8.333%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Consultant
5 2 (8.333%) Team Leader
5 2 (8.333%) Support Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Support Team Leader
5 2 (8.333%) Technical Leader
5 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
5 2 (8.333%) Wintel Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Support Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Windows Administrator
6 1 (4.167%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Clustering
2 2 (8.333%) iSeries
2 2 (8.333%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 22 (91.67%) Windows
2 18 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (45.83%) Linux
4 9 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 5 (20.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (16.67%) UNIX
7 2 (8.333%) Windows Vista
7 2 (8.333%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) ITIL
2 6 (25.00%) Project Management
3 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
4 4 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (8.333%) Project Planning
5 2 (8.333%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.333%) Problem Management
5 2 (8.333%) Multithreading
5 2 (8.333%) Performance Management
5 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.333%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (8.333%) Service Management
5 2 (8.333%) Change Management
6 1 (4.167%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PHP
1 4 (16.67%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.167%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (45.83%) vSphere
3 9 (37.50%) VMware ESX
3 9 (37.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (20.83%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (16.67%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) SCCM
2 3 (12.50%) SCOM
2 3 (12.50%) NetBackup
3 2 (8.333%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 21 (87.50%) VMware
2 19 (79.17%) Citrix
3 14 (58.33%) Cisco
4 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
5 8 (33.33%) HP
5 8 (33.33%) NetApp
6 6 (25.00%) Juniper
7 5 (20.83%) Red Hat
8 4 (16.67%) Dell
8 4 (16.67%) Sophos
9 3 (12.50%) LANDesk
9 3 (12.50%) SolarWinds
9 3 (12.50%) IBM
9 3 (12.50%) Symantec
10 2 (8.333%) Oracle
10 2 (8.333%) PlateSpin
10 2 (8.333%) CheckPoint
10 2 (8.333%) CommVault
10 2 (8.333%) Avaya
10 2 (8.333%) EMC
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