The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XenDesktop 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 West Yorkshire 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 XenDesktop
Rank 85 88 75
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -13
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 3 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.239% 0.192% 0.356%
As % of the System Software category 2.609% 2.679% 5.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £406 £365 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.30% -5.80%
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 - £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +12.30%
All System Software
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
115 112 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 9.163% 7.157% 7.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 36 25
Average daily rate £250 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -16.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 26 17
Average hourly rate £16.50 £12.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.41% -39.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £10.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
XenDesktop
Yorkshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire XenDesktop Daily Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing XenDesktop across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire XenDesktop Hourly Rate Trend

XenDesktop
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds -8 2 £406 +11.30%
XenDesktop
Yorkshire

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 5 (83.33%) XenApp
3 4 (66.67%) Windows
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) VMware
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (50.00%) XenServer
4 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (33.33%) vSphere
5 2 (33.33%) Thin Client
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) AppSense
5 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (33.33%) Fat Client
6 1 (16.67%) Celerra
6 1 (16.67%) SCCM
6 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (16.67%) MCITP
6 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (16.67%) Dell
6 1 (16.67%) EMC
6 1 (16.67%) CLARiiON
6 1 (16.67%) Clustering
6 1 (16.67%) E-Learning
6 1 (16.67%) IIS
6 1 (16.67%) UNIX

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
1 1 (16.67%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Server Technician
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Thin Client
1 2 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (16.67%) Celerra
2 1 (16.67%) CLARiiON
2 1 (16.67%) Clustering
2 1 (16.67%) E-Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
1 1 (16.67%) VB
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (16.67%) MCITP
1 1 (16.67%) CCA
1 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) XenApp
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) XenServer
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) AppSense
4 1 (16.67%) Dell
4 1 (16.67%) EMC