The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham region.

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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 30 31 25
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 110 79 97
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 6.563% 5.437% 7.293%
As % of the Vendors category 11.24% 11.42% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 90 76 89
Average salary £42,500 £35,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.88% -10.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £56,250 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Vendors
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
979 692 715
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 58.41% 47.63% 53.76%
Number of salaries quoted 806 589 600
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,750 £25,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
West Midlands

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Citrix across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Citrix Salary Histogram

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 121 (63.68%) VMware
2 117 (61.58%) Windows
3 96 (50.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 92 (48.42%) Microsoft
5 74 (38.95%) Active Directory
5 74 (38.95%) XenApp
6 71 (37.37%) Windows Server 2008
7 64 (33.68%) XenDesktop
8 57 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 56 (29.47%) MS Excel
10 54 (28.42%) HP
10 54 (28.42%) XenServer
10 54 (28.42%) vSphere
11 46 (24.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 45 (23.68%) Hyper-V
13 40 (21.05%) Cisco
14 39 (20.53%) NetApp
15 34 (17.89%) MS Exchange
15 34 (17.89%) SQL Server
16 32 (16.84%) Citrix Certification
17 31 (16.32%) SCOM
18 30 (15.79%) SCCM
19 27 (14.21%) CCEE
20 26 (13.68%) Microsoft Certification
21 23 (12.11%) SAN
22 22 (11.58%) Finance
22 22 (11.58%) 3PAR
23 20 (10.53%) ITIL
23 20 (10.53%) VMware ESX
23 20 (10.53%) MCITP

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 12 (6.316%) ASP
1 12 (6.316%) XML
2 3 (1.579%) Web Services
2 3 (1.579%) HTML
3 2 (1.053%) .NET
3 2 (1.053%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.526%) COM
Application Platforms
1 34 (17.89%) MS Exchange
2 10 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 9 (4.737%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (3.158%) Lync
5 5 (2.632%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (2.105%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (2.105%) IIS
7 3 (1.579%) Apache
7 3 (1.579%) Tomcat
8 2 (1.053%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (1.053%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.526%) WorkSite
Applications
1 56 (29.47%) MS Excel
2 17 (8.947%) MS Office
3 2 (1.053%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.526%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.526%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.526%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.11%) SAN
2 18 (9.474%) Firewall
3 16 (8.421%) Internet
4 15 (7.895%) NetScaler
5 13 (6.842%) VPN
5 13 (6.842%) WAN
6 11 (5.789%) LAN
7 9 (4.737%) MPLS
7 9 (4.737%) Unified Communications
7 9 (4.737%) TCP/IP
8 7 (3.684%) DNS
9 6 (3.158%) DSL
10 5 (2.632%) SSL
10 5 (2.632%) DHCP
10 5 (2.632%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (2.105%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (2.105%) iSCSI
11 4 (2.105%) IPsec
12 3 (1.579%) VoIP
12 3 (1.579%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (17.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.158%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (1.579%) Informix
4 2 (1.053%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.526%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.526%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.526%) UniData
5 1 (0.526%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.526%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (1.579%) PVCS
2 2 (1.053%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.526%) TestDirector
General
1 22 (11.58%) Finance
2 8 (4.211%) Advertising
2 8 (4.211%) Retail
3 5 (2.632%) French Language
3 5 (2.632%) German Language
4 4 (2.105%) Marketing
5 3 (1.579%) Banking
5 3 (1.579%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.053%) Law
6 2 (1.053%) Legal
6 2 (1.053%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.053%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (1.053%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.526%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 43 (22.63%) Consultant
2 34 (17.89%) Architect
3 22 (11.58%) Analyst
3 22 (11.58%) Technical Architect
4 21 (11.05%) Technical Consultant
5 18 (9.474%) Support Analyst
6 14 (7.368%) Virtualisation Consultant
7 12 (6.316%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 11 (5.789%) VMware Consultant
8 11 (5.789%) Citrix Consultant
9 9 (4.737%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.737%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (4.211%) Administrator
11 6 (3.158%) Server Support
11 6 (3.158%) Developer
11 6 (3.158%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.158%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 5 (2.632%) Systems Administrator
12 5 (2.632%) Network Engineer
12 5 (2.632%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.316%) Blackberry
2 11 (5.789%) Clustering
3 3 (1.579%) EqualLogic
3 3 (1.579%) Replication
3 3 (1.579%) Celerra
4 2 (1.053%) CLARiiON
4 2 (1.053%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.053%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.053%) Firmware
5 1 (0.526%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.526%) SWIFT
5 1 (0.526%) IaaS
5 1 (0.526%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.526%) CMDB
5 1 (0.526%) Open Source
5 1 (0.526%) SaaS
5 1 (0.526%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 117 (61.58%) Windows
2 71 (37.37%) Windows Server 2008
3 57 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (9.474%) Windows 7
5 7 (3.684%) Windows 2000
5 7 (3.684%) Windows XP
6 6 (3.158%) Linux
7 5 (2.632%) UNIX
7 5 (2.632%) Windows Vista
8 4 (2.105%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (1.053%) Android
9 2 (1.053%) AIX
9 2 (1.053%) Windows XP Embedded
10 1 (0.526%) Solaris
10 1 (0.526%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.526%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (10.53%) ITIL
2 17 (8.947%) Technical Architecture
3 11 (5.789%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (5.263%) Business Development
4 10 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (4.211%) Problem Management
5 8 (4.211%) Service Delivery
6 7 (3.684%) Project Management
7 6 (3.158%) Data Management
8 5 (2.632%) Configuration Management
8 5 (2.632%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (2.632%) Performance Management
8 5 (2.632%) Data Protection
9 4 (2.105%) Migration
9 4 (2.105%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (2.105%) Load Balancing
10 3 (1.579%) Service Management
10 3 (1.579%) Data Migration
10 3 (1.579%) High Availability
10 3 (1.579%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.842%) PowerShell
2 12 (6.316%) SQL
3 3 (1.579%) C
3 3 (1.579%) Progress 4GL
4 2 (1.053%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.053%) Bash shell
4 2 (1.053%) C#
4 2 (1.053%) VB
5 1 (0.526%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.526%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 46 (24.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 32 (16.84%) Citrix Certification
3 27 (14.21%) CCEE
4 26 (13.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (10.53%) MCITP
6 19 (10.00%) CCIA
7 18 (9.474%) CCAA
8 13 (6.842%) CCEA
9 12 (6.316%) MCSE
9 12 (6.316%) CCA
10 11 (5.789%) VCP5
10 11 (5.789%) MCTS
11 10 (5.263%) VCDX
11 10 (5.263%) VCAP
12 8 (4.211%) NCIE
13 7 (3.684%) NCDA
14 4 (2.105%) Degree
15 3 (1.579%) HP ASE
15 3 (1.579%) Cisco Certification
16 2 (1.053%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.684%) SLA
1 7 (3.684%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 96 (50.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 74 (38.95%) Active Directory
2 74 (38.95%) XenApp
3 64 (33.68%) XenDesktop
4 54 (28.42%) vSphere
4 54 (28.42%) XenServer
5 45 (23.68%) Hyper-V
6 20 (10.53%) VMware ESX
7 17 (8.947%) Terminal Server
8 8 (4.211%) Terminal Services
9 6 (3.158%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 5 (2.632%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (2.632%) Xen
11 3 (1.579%) ISA Server
12 2 (1.053%) Forefront TMG
12 2 (1.053%) IAG
13 1 (0.526%) UAG
13 1 (0.526%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 31 (16.32%) SCOM
2 30 (15.79%) SCCM
3 11 (5.789%) WSUS
4 8 (4.211%) SCVMM
4 8 (4.211%) NetBackup
5 6 (3.158%) Backup Exec
5 6 (3.158%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 2 (1.053%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.526%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.526%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.526%) Nagios
7 1 (0.526%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 121 (63.68%) VMware
2 92 (48.42%) Microsoft
3 54 (28.42%) HP
4 40 (21.05%) Cisco
5 39 (20.53%) NetApp
6 22 (11.58%) 3PAR
7 14 (7.368%) IBM
8 12 (6.316%) Veeam
9 10 (5.263%) Symantec
10 8 (4.211%) Dell
10 8 (4.211%) EMC
11 7 (3.684%) AppSense
12 6 (3.158%) CommVault
13 4 (2.105%) Novell
13 4 (2.105%) Avaya
13 4 (2.105%) Juniper
13 4 (2.105%) PlateSpin
14 3 (1.579%) LANDesk
14 3 (1.579%) Oracle
14 3 (1.579%) Progress
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
This role will be broken down as follows: Technical Architecture - 40% (e.g... maintenance of documentation and processes) Knowledge & Experience: You must have good experience of providing Virtualisation...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Full Driving License Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix certifications would be desirable.
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Microsoft NT/Windows 2000 & XP. - Microsoft Office suite 2003, 2007 & 2010... - Document Management Systems (Interwoven)... - Remote device support including Blackberry, Mobile Phones, 3G, Citrix... MS Access, MS Project,...
Cogence Search
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Microsoft NT/Windows 2000 & XP. - Microsoft Office suite 2003, 2007 & 2010... - Document Management Systems (Interwoven)... - Remote device support including Blackberry, Mobile Phones, 3G, Citrix... MS Access, MS Project,...
Venturi
Salary: £20000 - £22500 per annum + Car, pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate will have strong skills around Security including: Firewalls, SSL VPN and Web Proxy... In addition, knowledge and experience of Microsoft Lync would be highly advantageous.
TEKsystems
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013