The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Belfast region.

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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 32 17 27
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +10
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 10 21 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 3.953% 10.05% 4.444%
As % of the Vendors category 8.547% 19.63% 7.018%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 3
Average salary £47,500 £32,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.15% -27.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £27,800 £32,600
10% offered a salary of more than £48,250 £40,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Vendors
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
117 107 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 46.25% 51.20% 63.33%
Number of salaries quoted 69 49 42
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £17,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £50,000 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
County Antrim

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Citrix across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Belfast Citrix Salary Histogram

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) VMware
3 10 (76.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (61.54%) MS Office
5 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
6 5 (38.46%) SQL
6 5 (38.46%) SAN
6 5 (38.46%) Thin Client
6 5 (38.46%) HP
6 5 (38.46%) EMC
6 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (38.46%) Fat Client
6 5 (38.46%) XenDesktop
6 5 (38.46%) vSphere
7 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
7 4 (30.77%) XenServer
7 4 (30.77%) Network Security
7 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
7 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
7 4 (30.77%) Validation
7 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (30.77%) Degree
7 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
7 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (30.77%) ITIL
7 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
7 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
7 4 (30.77%) EqualLogic
7 4 (30.77%) 3PAR

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 Development
1 2 (15.38%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
1 4 (30.77%) Lync
2 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) MS Office
2 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
3 4 (30.77%) Office 365
4 2 (15.38%) MS Project
4 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) SAN
2 4 (30.77%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (7.692%) LDAP
4 1 (7.692%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MSI
1 2 (15.38%) InstallShield
2 1 (7.692%) AdminStudio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Design Authority
2 2 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.692%) Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Thin Client
1 5 (38.46%) Fat Client
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) EqualLogic
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
4 2 (15.38%) Windows NT
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Validation
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
2 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
2 2 (15.38%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) MCP
2 2 (15.38%) MCSE
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (38.46%) XenDesktop
2 5 (38.46%) vSphere
3 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
3 4 (30.77%) XenServer
3 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 3 (23.08%) Terminal Services
5 1 (7.692%) XenApp
5 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
1 2 (15.38%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (84.62%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) HP
3 5 (38.46%) EMC
4 4 (30.77%) 3PAR
5 2 (15.38%) Symantec
5 2 (15.38%) McAfee
6 1 (7.692%) AppSense
6 1 (7.692%) Altiris
6 1 (7.692%) Cisco
6 1 (7.692%) Wyse