The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Blackburn 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 Blackburn 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 14 23 20
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 9 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 13.24% 2.597% 6.098%
As % of the Vendors category 26.47% 7.143% 9.804%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 5
Average salary £21,000 £40,000 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-47.50% +90.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £36,000 £20,700
10% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £44,000 £21,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Vendors
Blackburn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
34 28 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 50.00% 36.36% 62.20%
Number of salaries quoted 32 27 50
Average salary £23,250 £28,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.13% -28.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,700 £18,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £47,000 £44,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
Lancashire

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackburn 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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Salary Histogram

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

Blackburn Citrix Salary Histogram

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
4 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (70.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 6 (60.00%) Internet
6 2 (20.00%) NetApp
6 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (10.00%) HP
7 1 (10.00%) Dell
7 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (10.00%) Sun
7 1 (10.00%) CCSP
7 1 (10.00%) ITIL
7 1 (10.00%) UNIX
7 1 (10.00%) MCSE
7 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
7 1 (10.00%) Cisco
7 1 (10.00%) XenApp
7 1 (10.00%) XenServer
7 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
7 1 (10.00%) VCDX
7 1 (10.00%) vSphere
7 1 (10.00%) NCDA
7 1 (10.00%) NCIE
7 1 (10.00%) VCAP

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Service Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Account Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Sales Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL
1 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (10.00%) Business Development
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) MCSE
1 1 (10.00%) CCSP
1 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (10.00%) MCITP
1 1 (10.00%) VCDX
1 1 (10.00%) NCDA
1 1 (10.00%) NCIE
1 1 (10.00%) VCAP
1 1 (10.00%) VTSP
1 1 (10.00%) CCEE
1 1 (10.00%) CCAA
1 1 (10.00%) CCIA
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (10.00%) XenApp
4 1 (10.00%) XenServer
4 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
4 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) NetApp
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) Sun
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Dell