The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 168 168 179
Rank change year-on-year
0 +11
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 51 54 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.979% 0.876% 0.596%
As % of the System Software category 7.692% 11.64% 7.243%
Number of salaries quoted 38 45 23
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £38,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £63,500 £62,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
663 464 428
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 12.73% 7.531% 8.229%
Number of salaries quoted 519 376 312
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,650 £27,850 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
South East

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -3 30 £45,000 -14.28%
Newbury - 4 £45,000 -
Thatcham - 3 £32,500 -
Ascot - 2 £37,500 -
Slough - 2 £46,250 -
XenDesktop
South East

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 102 (99.03%) Citrix
2 89 (86.41%) VMware
3 83 (80.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 81 (78.64%) XenApp
5 69 (66.99%) XenServer
6 58 (56.31%) Windows
7 54 (52.43%) vSphere
8 51 (49.51%) Microsoft
9 47 (45.63%) Citrix Certification
10 44 (42.72%) Active Directory
11 43 (41.75%) Hyper-V
12 42 (40.78%) Windows Server 2008
13 41 (39.81%) Firewall
14 34 (33.01%) CCIA
15 32 (31.07%) HP
15 32 (31.07%) SAN
16 30 (29.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 27 (26.21%) DHCP
17 27 (26.21%) DNS
17 27 (26.21%) NetScaler
17 27 (26.21%) CCEE
18 26 (25.24%) SharePoint
18 26 (25.24%) MS Exchange
18 26 (25.24%) MCITP
19 25 (24.27%) SQL
19 25 (24.27%) CCEA
19 25 (24.27%) CCA
20 23 (22.33%) CCAA
21 21 (20.39%) AppSense
22 20 (19.42%) Windows Server 2003

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development
1 7 (6.796%) Application Packaging
2 5 (4.854%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 26 (25.24%) SharePoint
1 26 (25.24%) MS Exchange
2 17 (16.50%) Lync
2 17 (16.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (2.913%) Exchange Server 2000
4 2 (1.942%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.971%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (16.50%) MS Excel
2 15 (14.56%) MS Office
2 15 (14.56%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (39.81%) Firewall
2 32 (31.07%) SAN
3 27 (26.21%) DHCP
3 27 (26.21%) DNS
3 27 (26.21%) NetScaler
4 19 (18.45%) NAS
5 12 (11.65%) SSL
5 12 (11.65%) TCP/IP
6 11 (10.68%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (10.68%) VPN
6 11 (10.68%) VoIP
6 11 (10.68%) WLAN
6 11 (10.68%) WAN
6 11 (10.68%) MPLS
6 11 (10.68%) VPLS
7 7 (6.796%) Unified Communications
8 6 (5.825%) LAN
9 4 (3.883%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (3.883%) iSCSI
10 3 (2.913%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.796%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (14.56%) Back Office
2 1 (0.971%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 47 (45.63%) Consultant
2 20 (19.42%) Citrix Consultant
3 17 (16.50%) Architect
4 14 (13.59%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 14 (13.59%) Technical Consultant
5 12 (11.65%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (10.68%) Technical Architect
6 11 (10.68%) Technical Solutions Architect
7 9 (8.738%) Senior Consultant
7 9 (8.738%) Support Engineer
7 9 (8.738%) VMware Consultant
8 8 (7.767%) Citrix Engineer
8 8 (7.767%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (6.796%) Citrix Support
9 7 (6.796%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (5.825%) Citrix Support Engineer
11 5 (4.854%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.854%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 5 (4.854%) Citrix Technical Consultant
12 4 (3.883%) Senior Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.883%) EqualLogic
1 4 (3.883%) Celerra
1 4 (3.883%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.942%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (1.942%) CLARiiON
2 2 (1.942%) Clustering
3 1 (0.971%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 58 (56.31%) Windows
2 42 (40.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (19.42%) Windows Server 2003
3 20 (19.42%) Linux
4 15 (14.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (8.738%) UNIX
6 5 (4.854%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.971%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.971%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.56%) ITIL
2 11 (10.68%) Mobile Device Management
2 11 (10.68%) Content Management
3 9 (8.738%) Project Planning
4 6 (5.825%) Service Delivery
5 5 (4.854%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (4.854%) Business Continuity
5 5 (4.854%) Network Design
6 4 (3.883%) Business Development
7 3 (2.913%) Migration
7 3 (2.913%) Load Balancing
7 3 (2.913%) Data Management
7 3 (2.913%) Budget Control
8 2 (1.942%) High Availability
8 2 (1.942%) Integration Testing
8 2 (1.942%) Technical Architecture
9 1 (0.971%) Validation
9 1 (0.971%) Programme Management
9 1 (0.971%) Operations Management
9 1 (0.971%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (24.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (45.63%) Citrix Certification
2 34 (33.01%) CCIA
3 30 (29.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 27 (26.21%) CCEE
5 26 (25.24%) MCITP
6 25 (24.27%) CCEA
6 25 (24.27%) CCA
7 23 (22.33%) CCAA
8 18 (17.48%) MCTS
9 12 (11.65%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (11.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (9.709%) CCNP
11 7 (6.796%) MCSE
11 7 (6.796%) NCDA
11 7 (6.796%) NCIE
12 6 (5.825%) VCAP
12 6 (5.825%) VCDX
13 3 (2.913%) HP AIS
13 3 (2.913%) HP ASE
13 3 (2.913%) HP MASE
System Software
1 83 (80.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 81 (78.64%) XenApp
3 69 (66.99%) XenServer
4 54 (52.43%) vSphere
5 44 (42.72%) Active Directory
6 43 (41.75%) Hyper-V
7 19 (18.45%) Microsoft App-V
8 15 (14.56%) UAG
9 11 (10.68%) VMware ESX
10 3 (2.913%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.942%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.971%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 15 (14.56%) SCCM
2 9 (8.738%) SCOM
3 5 (4.854%) SCVMM
4 3 (2.913%) NetBackup
4 3 (2.913%) Backup Exec
4 3 (2.913%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (0.971%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 102 (99.03%) Citrix
2 89 (86.41%) VMware
3 51 (49.51%) Microsoft
4 32 (31.07%) HP
5 21 (20.39%) AppSense
6 19 (18.45%) Cisco
7 12 (11.65%) IBM
7 12 (11.65%) Veeam
8 11 (10.68%) Juniper
8 11 (10.68%) NetApp
9 9 (8.738%) Dell
10 6 (5.825%) EMC
11 5 (4.854%) Oracle
12 3 (2.913%) CommVault
12 3 (2.913%) Symantec
12 3 (2.913%) Wyse
12 3 (2.913%) LANDesk
12 3 (2.913%) Altiris
12 3 (2.913%) Kaseya
13 1 (0.971%) Novell
Reading, Thames Valley
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Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Korus are currently working with one of the UK's Citrix Platinum partners who have been established in the market place for over 20 years.Our client are...
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My clients work with a number of major vendors and hold high status with several key vendors including Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, Symantec, Cisco and Check Point... My client...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £60000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013