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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 71 81 67
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -14
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 41 19 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.426% 1.272% 1.756%
As % of the System Software category 17.83% 11.31% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 27 18 18
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £36,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £55,000 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
230 168 202
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 13.61% 11.24% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 196 154 182
Average salary £42,500 £40,500 £41,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.93% -2.99%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £59,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
West Midlands

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 79 (91.86%) VMware
2 77 (89.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (74.42%) Citrix
4 59 (68.60%) XenApp
5 46 (53.49%) XenServer
5 46 (53.49%) Windows
6 45 (52.33%) Active Directory
7 43 (50.00%) NetApp
7 43 (50.00%) Hyper-V
8 42 (48.84%) vSphere
9 40 (46.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 36 (41.86%) HP
11 35 (40.70%) Microsoft
11 35 (40.70%) Windows Server 2008
12 34 (39.53%) SCCM
13 31 (36.05%) SCOM
14 24 (27.91%) Citrix Certification
15 23 (26.74%) Windows Server 2003
16 22 (25.58%) CCEE
17 21 (24.42%) MS Excel
18 19 (22.09%) SAN
19 18 (20.93%) VMware ESX
19 18 (20.93%) CCAA
19 18 (20.93%) CCIA
20 17 (19.77%) MCITP
20 17 (19.77%) Cisco
21 15 (17.44%) MS Exchange
22 12 (13.95%) CCEA
22 12 (13.95%) NetScaler
23 11 (12.79%) VCP5

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 2 (2.326%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 15 (17.44%) MS Exchange
2 5 (5.814%) Exchange Server 2000
3 4 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (4.651%) IIS
3 4 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (3.488%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.326%) Apache
5 2 (2.326%) Tomcat
5 2 (2.326%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.163%) Lync
Applications
1 21 (24.42%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.163%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 19 (22.09%) SAN
2 12 (13.95%) NetScaler
3 8 (9.302%) Firewall
3 8 (9.302%) Unified Communications
4 5 (5.814%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (4.651%) iSCSI
5 4 (4.651%) IPsec
5 4 (4.651%) VPN
5 4 (4.651%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (2.326%) IP Telephony
6 2 (2.326%) DNS
6 2 (2.326%) LAN
6 2 (2.326%) WAN
6 2 (2.326%) DHCP
6 2 (2.326%) Ethernet
6 2 (2.326%) FTP
6 2 (2.326%) HTTP
6 2 (2.326%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.326%) Internet
7 1 (1.163%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.79%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (2.326%) Finance
1 2 (2.326%) Advertising
2 1 (1.163%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (41.86%) Consultant
2 23 (26.74%) Architect
3 22 (25.58%) Technical Architect
4 21 (24.42%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
4 21 (24.42%) Virtualisation Architect
5 16 (18.60%) Technical Consultant
6 14 (16.28%) Virtualisation Consultant
7 12 (13.95%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 11 (12.79%) VMware Consultant
9 10 (11.63%) Citrix Consultant
10 9 (10.47%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (6.977%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 4 (4.651%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (4.651%) Microsoft Consultant
12 4 (4.651%) Technical Engineer
12 4 (4.651%) VMware Engineer
13 3 (3.488%) Pre Sales Engineer
13 3 (3.488%) VMware Technical Consultant
13 3 (3.488%) Sales Consultant
13 3 (3.488%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.651%) Clustering
2 3 (3.488%) EqualLogic
2 3 (3.488%) Celerra
3 2 (2.326%) CLARiiON
3 2 (2.326%) Replication
3 2 (2.326%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.326%) Firmware
4 1 (1.163%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 46 (53.49%) Windows
2 35 (40.70%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (26.74%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (11.63%) Windows 7
5 4 (4.651%) Windows 2000 Server
5 4 (4.651%) Linux
6 3 (3.488%) Windows XP
7 2 (2.326%) Windows XP Embedded
7 2 (2.326%) Windows Vista
7 2 (2.326%) Android
7 2 (2.326%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (8.140%) Business Development
2 5 (5.814%) Data Management
3 3 (3.488%) Load Balancing
3 3 (3.488%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (2.326%) ITIL
4 2 (2.326%) Service Delivery
4 2 (2.326%) Configuration Management
4 2 (2.326%) Change Control
4 2 (2.326%) High Availability
4 2 (2.326%) Software Deployment
4 2 (2.326%) Build Automation
5 1 (1.163%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (1.163%) Change Management
5 1 (1.163%) Migration
5 1 (1.163%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.814%) SQL
2 2 (2.326%) Shell Script
2 2 (2.326%) Bash shell
3 1 (1.163%) VBScript
3 1 (1.163%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (46.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 24 (27.91%) Citrix Certification
3 22 (25.58%) CCEE
4 18 (20.93%) CCAA
4 18 (20.93%) CCIA
5 17 (19.77%) MCITP
6 12 (13.95%) CCEA
7 11 (12.79%) VCP5
8 10 (11.63%) MCTS
9 8 (9.302%) CCA
10 7 (8.140%) NCDA
10 7 (8.140%) NCIE
11 6 (6.977%) VCDX
11 6 (6.977%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (6.977%) VCAP
12 4 (4.651%) MCSE
13 3 (3.488%) MCP
13 3 (3.488%) HP ASE
14 2 (2.326%) HP MASE
14 2 (2.326%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.326%) SLA
System Software
1 77 (89.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 59 (68.60%) XenApp
3 46 (53.49%) XenServer
4 45 (52.33%) Active Directory
5 43 (50.00%) Hyper-V
6 42 (48.84%) vSphere
7 18 (20.93%) VMware ESX
8 5 (5.814%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (2.326%) ISA Server
9 2 (2.326%) Terminal Server
9 2 (2.326%) Forefront TMG
9 2 (2.326%) IAG
10 1 (1.163%) Terminal Services
10 1 (1.163%) PowerConvert
Systems Management
1 34 (39.53%) SCCM
2 31 (36.05%) SCOM
3 8 (9.302%) SCVMM
4 5 (5.814%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 5 (5.814%) NetBackup
4 5 (5.814%) Backup Exec
5 4 (4.651%) WSUS
6 1 (1.163%) ARCserve
6 1 (1.163%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 79 (91.86%) VMware
2 64 (74.42%) Citrix
3 43 (50.00%) NetApp
4 36 (41.86%) HP
5 35 (40.70%) Microsoft
6 17 (19.77%) Cisco
7 11 (12.79%) 3PAR
8 10 (11.63%) IBM
8 10 (11.63%) Veeam
9 8 (9.302%) Symantec
9 8 (9.302%) Dell
10 6 (6.977%) AppSense
11 5 (5.814%) CommVault
12 4 (4.651%) EMC
12 4 (4.651%) Juniper
13 2 (2.326%) LANDesk
13 2 (2.326%) Remedy
14 1 (1.163%) Veritas
14 1 (1.163%) Avaya
14 1 (1.163%) McAfee
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