The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 179 187 164
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -23
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 38 34 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.728% 0.543% 0.487%
As % of the System Software category 5.784% 7.128% 5.910%
Number of salaries quoted 27 27 22
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,950 £41,500 £35,150
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £59,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- -4.25%
All System Software
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
657 477 423
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 12.58% 7.621% 8.238%
Number of salaries quoted 510 389 305
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenServer
South East

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire XenServer Jobs Demand Trend

XenServer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire XenServer Salary Histogram

XenServer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenServer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 -4 25 £45,000 -10.00%
Thatcham - 3 £32,500 -
Newbury - 2 £45,000 -
Slough - 2 £46,250 -
XenServer
South East

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing XenServer 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 XenServer.

1 78 (100.00%) Citrix
2 72 (92.31%) VMware
2 72 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (88.46%) XenDesktop
4 54 (69.23%) XenApp
5 52 (66.67%) vSphere
6 48 (61.54%) Windows
7 47 (60.26%) Hyper-V
8 39 (50.00%) Microsoft
9 37 (47.44%) Citrix Certification
9 37 (47.44%) Active Directory
10 35 (44.87%) MS Exchange
10 35 (44.87%) MCITP
11 33 (42.31%) Windows Server 2008
11 33 (42.31%) CCIA
12 32 (41.03%) SAN
13 30 (38.46%) Firewall
14 29 (37.18%) HP
15 28 (35.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 27 (34.62%) CCEE
17 26 (33.33%) SharePoint
18 25 (32.05%) DHCP
18 25 (32.05%) DNS
18 25 (32.05%) MCTS
19 23 (29.49%) SQL
19 23 (29.49%) CCEA
19 23 (29.49%) CCAA
20 22 (28.21%) NetScaler
20 22 (28.21%) CCA
21 19 (24.36%) NAS

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing XenServer 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 XenServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (6.410%) .NET
2 4 (5.128%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 35 (44.87%) MS Exchange
2 26 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 17 (21.79%) Lync
3 17 (21.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (14.10%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 15 (19.23%) MS Office
1 15 (19.23%) Office 365
2 14 (17.95%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 32 (41.03%) SAN
2 30 (38.46%) Firewall
3 25 (32.05%) DHCP
3 25 (32.05%) DNS
4 22 (28.21%) NetScaler
5 19 (24.36%) NAS
6 10 (12.82%) LDAP
6 10 (12.82%) SMTP
6 10 (12.82%) TCP/IP
7 9 (11.54%) VPN
7 9 (11.54%) LAN
7 9 (11.54%) VoIP
7 9 (11.54%) WAN
7 9 (11.54%) 802.11
7 9 (11.54%) Wireless
8 7 (8.974%) Unified Communications
9 4 (5.128%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (5.128%) iSCSI
10 3 (3.846%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (1.282%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.51%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 15 (19.23%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 39 (50.00%) Consultant
2 20 (25.64%) Citrix Consultant
3 16 (20.51%) Architect
4 13 (16.67%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 12 (15.38%) Technical Consultant
6 11 (14.10%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (14.10%) Technical Architect
6 11 (14.10%) Technical Solutions Architect
7 9 (11.54%) Senior Consultant
8 8 (10.26%) VMware Consultant
8 8 (10.26%) Technical Leader
9 5 (6.410%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 5 (6.410%) Citrix Technical Consultant
10 4 (5.128%) Pre Sales Consultant
10 4 (5.128%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 4 (5.128%) Sales Consultant
11 3 (3.846%) Project Manager
11 3 (3.846%) Senior Manager
11 3 (3.846%) Support Analyst
11 3 (3.846%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.67%) EqualLogic
2 4 (5.128%) Celerra
2 4 (5.128%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.564%) CLARiiON
3 2 (2.564%) Clustering
4 1 (1.282%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 48 (61.54%) Windows
2 33 (42.31%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (19.23%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (12.82%) Linux
5 9 (11.54%) UNIX
6 6 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.282%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (1.282%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.282%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 11 (14.10%) ITIL
3 9 (11.54%) Time Management
3 9 (11.54%) Project Planning
4 5 (6.410%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (6.410%) Network Design
4 5 (6.410%) Business Continuity
5 4 (5.128%) Business Development
6 3 (3.846%) Load Balancing
6 3 (3.846%) Data Management
6 3 (3.846%) Budget Control
7 2 (2.564%) High Availability
8 1 (1.282%) Validation
8 1 (1.282%) Migration
8 1 (1.282%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (1.282%) Operations Management
8 1 (1.282%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (1.282%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.282%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (47.44%) Citrix Certification
2 35 (44.87%) MCITP
3 33 (42.31%) CCIA
4 28 (35.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 27 (34.62%) CCEE
6 25 (32.05%) MCTS
7 23 (29.49%) CCEA
7 23 (29.49%) CCAA
8 22 (28.21%) CCA
9 10 (12.82%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (11.54%) CCNA
11 7 (8.974%) NCDA
11 7 (8.974%) NCIE
12 5 (6.410%) VCAP
12 5 (6.410%) VCDX
13 4 (5.128%) MCSE
13 4 (5.128%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (3.846%) HP AIS
14 3 (3.846%) HP ASE
14 3 (3.846%) HP MASE
System Software
1 72 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 69 (88.46%) XenDesktop
3 54 (69.23%) XenApp
4 52 (66.67%) vSphere
5 47 (60.26%) Hyper-V
6 37 (47.44%) Active Directory
7 15 (19.23%) UAG
8 13 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
9 11 (14.10%) VMware ESX
10 2 (2.564%) Terminal Services
10 2 (2.564%) MetaFrame
11 1 (1.282%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 4 (5.128%) SCCM
2 3 (3.846%) SCOM
2 3 (3.846%) NetBackup
2 3 (3.846%) Backup Exec
2 3 (3.846%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (2.564%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.282%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) Citrix
2 72 (92.31%) VMware
3 39 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 29 (37.18%) HP
5 16 (20.51%) Cisco
6 13 (16.67%) AppSense
7 12 (15.38%) Veeam
7 12 (15.38%) IBM
8 9 (11.54%) Dell
8 9 (11.54%) NetApp
8 9 (11.54%) ProCurve
8 9 (11.54%) DataCore
9 5 (6.410%) Oracle
9 5 (6.410%) EMC
10 3 (3.846%) CommVault
10 3 (3.846%) Symantec
10 3 (3.846%) Kaseya
11 1 (1.282%) Novell
11 1 (1.282%) Wyse
11 1 (1.282%) LANDesk
Reading, Thames Valley
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Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013