The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Bedford region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Citrix Systems.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 47 37 32
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 1 3 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 0.402% 1.579% 4.459%
As % of the Vendors category 0.621% 2.804% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 6
Average salary £35,500 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.11% -5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Vendors
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
161 107 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 64.66% 56.32% 42.68%
Number of salaries quoted 160 99 61
Average salary £43,500 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,450 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
Bedfordshire

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Citrix across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Bedford Citrix Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Citrix across the Bedford region.

Bedford Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Citrix 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Citrix.

1 11 (84.62%) VMware
2 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
3 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco
3 7 (53.85%) Windows
3 7 (53.85%) WAN
3 7 (53.85%) DHCP
4 6 (46.15%) LAN
4 6 (46.15%) Change Management
4 6 (46.15%) Firewall
5 5 (38.46%) Ethical Hacking
5 5 (38.46%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (38.46%) VLAN
5 5 (38.46%) MS Exchange
5 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
5 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 5 (38.46%) CCNP
5 5 (38.46%) CCDP
5 5 (38.46%) VPN
5 5 (38.46%) DNS
5 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (38.46%) SAN
5 5 (38.46%) Network Security
6 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (30.77%) Network Management
6 4 (30.77%) F5
6 4 (30.77%) VoIP
6 4 (30.77%) RIP
6 4 (30.77%) CEH
6 4 (30.77%) CISSP

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Citrix also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Citrix. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) MS Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.692%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
1 7 (53.85%) WAN
1 7 (53.85%) DHCP
2 6 (46.15%) LAN
2 6 (46.15%) Firewall
3 5 (38.46%) VLAN
3 5 (38.46%) VPN
3 5 (38.46%) DNS
3 5 (38.46%) SAN
3 5 (38.46%) Network Security
4 4 (30.77%) VoIP
4 4 (30.77%) RIP
4 4 (30.77%) MPLS
5 2 (15.38%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (15.38%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Network Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Security Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) IT Support
4 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Support
4 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Security Officer
5 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Change Management
2 5 (38.46%) Ethical Hacking
2 5 (38.46%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Network Management
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 1 (7.692%) Business Continuity
5 1 (7.692%) Network Design
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
5 1 (7.692%) ITIL
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.692%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
1 1 (7.692%) VBScript
1 1 (7.692%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CCNP
1 5 (38.46%) CCDP
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) CEH
2 4 (30.77%) CISSP
2 4 (30.77%) CISA
2 4 (30.77%) CISM
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 1 (7.692%) MCTS
4 1 (7.692%) MCITP
4 1 (7.692%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (7.692%) A+ Certification
4 1 (7.692%) MCP
4 1 (7.692%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (15.38%) VMware ESX
3 1 (7.692%) Terminal Server
3 1 (7.692%) XenApp
3 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.692%) vSphere
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) VMware
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) F5
5 3 (23.08%) Oracle
6 1 (7.692%) HP
6 1 (7.692%) CommVault
6 1 (7.692%) FalconStor