The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 20 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 57 81 70
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -11
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 39 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.601% 0.305% 0.718%
As % of the System Software category 25.00% 2.804% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 37 3 3
Average salary £55,000 £37,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.66% -40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
156 107 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 14.40% 10.87% 3.589%
Number of salaries quoted 143 88 25
Average salary £39,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.22% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £32,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £52,600
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenDesktop
East of England

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire XenDesktop Jobs Demand Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bedfordshire XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dunstable - 30 £52,500 -
Luton +6 7 £55,000 +46.66%
XenDesktop
East of England

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited XenDesktop.

1 62 (100.00%) Citrix
2 61 (98.39%) VMware
2 61 (98.39%) XenApp
3 60 (96.77%) Microsoft
4 41 (66.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 30 (48.39%) MS Excel
6 22 (35.48%) Active Directory
6 22 (35.48%) SQL Server
6 22 (35.48%) Windows
6 22 (35.48%) MS Exchange
6 22 (35.48%) TOGAF
6 22 (35.48%) SQL Server 2005
6 22 (35.48%) Windows Server 2008
6 22 (35.48%) SQL Server 2008
6 22 (35.48%) Windows 7
7 21 (33.87%) HP
8 20 (32.26%) VMware Server
8 20 (32.26%) XenServer
8 20 (32.26%) Hyper-V
9 19 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (29.03%) Exchange Server 2007
10 18 (29.03%) Exchange Server 2010
11 17 (27.42%) NAS
12 16 (25.81%) Office Communications Server
12 16 (25.81%) Lync
12 16 (25.81%) LANDesk
12 16 (25.81%) Network Security
12 16 (25.81%) iSCSI
12 16 (25.81%) WSUS
12 16 (25.81%) Network Load Balancing

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited XenDesktop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 22 (35.48%) MS Exchange
2 18 (29.03%) Exchange Server 2007
2 18 (29.03%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (25.81%) Office Communications Server
3 16 (25.81%) Lync
4 4 (6.452%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 30 (48.39%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.613%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 17 (27.42%) NAS
2 16 (25.81%) Network Security
2 16 (25.81%) iSCSI
2 16 (25.81%) DHCP
2 16 (25.81%) DNS
2 16 (25.81%) Firewall
3 15 (24.19%) SAN
4 1 (1.613%) Wireless
4 1 (1.613%) VPN
4 1 (1.613%) LAN
4 1 (1.613%) VoIP
4 1 (1.613%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (35.48%) SQL Server
1 22 (35.48%) SQL Server 2005
1 22 (35.48%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 15 (24.19%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (43.55%) Architect
2 25 (40.32%) Technical Architect
3 19 (30.65%) Infrastructure Architect
3 19 (30.65%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
4 16 (25.81%) Wintel Engineer
5 13 (20.97%) Consultant
6 8 (12.90%) Technical Consultant
7 4 (6.452%) Server Engineer
8 3 (4.839%) Wintel Server Engineer
9 2 (3.226%) Design Engineer
9 2 (3.226%) Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.613%) Support Analyst
10 1 (1.613%) Technical Support
10 1 (1.613%) Support Engineer
10 1 (1.613%) Technical Support Analyst
10 1 (1.613%) Technical Analyst
10 1 (1.613%) Analyst
10 1 (1.613%) Wintel Support
10 1 (1.613%) Windows Server Engineer
10 1 (1.613%) Wintel Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 22 (35.48%) Windows
1 22 (35.48%) Windows Server 2008
1 22 (35.48%) Windows 7
2 6 (9.677%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.613%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (35.48%) TOGAF
2 19 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (25.81%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (1.613%) Configuration Management
4 1 (1.613%) Change Management
4 1 (1.613%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 15 (24.19%) MCSE
1 15 (24.19%) MCSA
1 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (22.58%) MCITP
3 11 (17.74%) MCP
3 11 (17.74%) MCTS
4 10 (16.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (14.52%) CCA
5 9 (14.52%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.613%) QA
System Software
1 61 (98.39%) XenApp
2 41 (66.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (35.48%) Active Directory
4 20 (32.26%) Hyper-V
4 20 (32.26%) VMware Server
4 20 (32.26%) XenServer
5 16 (25.81%) NFS
6 15 (24.19%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (3.226%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.613%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 16 (25.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) Citrix
2 61 (98.39%) VMware
3 60 (96.77%) Microsoft
4 21 (33.87%) HP
5 16 (25.81%) LANDesk
6 15 (24.19%) Mercator
7 14 (22.58%) Cisco
7 14 (22.58%) EMC
7 14 (22.58%) CommVault
8 1 (1.613%) Mitel
8 1 (1.613%) VocaLink
Luton, Bedfordshire
We are looking for a highly motivated Technical Architect / Infrastructure Architect with the below capabilities: * Strong experience within technical design * First-rate knowledge of VMware / Citrix - ideally both *...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum + incl - 30%bon, car, health, pens
Posted: 19 May 2013