The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Blackburn region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Blackburn region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 23 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 1.613% 2.985% -
As % of the System Software category 5.000% 66.67% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -4.25%
All System Software
Blackburn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
20 3 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 32.26% 4.478% 23.28%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 27
Average salary £24,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £16,400 £35,000 £21,350
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
XenDesktop
Lancashire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackburn 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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
1 1 (100.00%) VCDX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) NCDA
1 1 (100.00%) NCIE
1 1 (100.00%) VCAP
1 1 (100.00%) CCEE
1 1 (100.00%) CCAA
1 1 (100.00%) CCIA
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) VCDX
1 1 (100.00%) NCDA
1 1 (100.00%) NCIE
1 1 (100.00%) VCAP
1 1 (100.00%) CCEE
1 1 (100.00%) CCAA
1 1 (100.00%) CCIA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware