The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 113 94 107
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +13
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 9 36 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.499% 1.782% 0.917%
As % of the System Software category 5.806% 32.73% 25.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8 34 20
Average salary £51,750 £38,750 £51,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.54% -24.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All System Software
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
155 110 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 8.587% 5.446% 3.624%
Number of salaries quoted 117 101 78
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £70,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenServer
Cambridgeshire

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridge XenServer Salary Histogram

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 15 (83.33%) Citrix
1 15 (83.33%) VMware
1 15 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 15 (83.33%) XenApp
1 15 (83.33%) XenDesktop
1 15 (83.33%) vSphere
2 14 (77.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 13 (72.22%) HP
4 11 (61.11%) MCITP
4 11 (61.11%) Citrix Certification
4 11 (61.11%) CCEE
4 11 (61.11%) CCIA
5 9 (50.00%) CCEA
6 8 (44.44%) NetScaler
7 7 (38.89%) CCAA
7 7 (38.89%) Veeam
7 7 (38.89%) IBM
7 7 (38.89%) Windows
8 6 (33.33%) SAN
8 6 (33.33%) NetApp
8 6 (33.33%) VMware ESX
8 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (33.33%) Unified Communications
9 5 (27.78%) NCDA
9 5 (27.78%) NCIE
9 5 (27.78%) MCTS
9 5 (27.78%) Cisco
10 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
10 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
10 4 (22.22%) Business Development

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2000
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.556%) OpenStack
3 1 (5.556%) Lync
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) NetScaler
2 6 (33.33%) SAN
2 6 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (5.556%) VLAN
4 1 (5.556%) iSCSI
4 1 (5.556%) IPv6
4 1 (5.556%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Consultant
2 7 (38.89%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 5 (27.78%) VMware Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) Citrix Consultant
5 3 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Business Development Executive
6 1 (5.556%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) VMware Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Celerra
1 3 (16.67%) EqualLogic
2 2 (11.11%) CLARiiON
2 2 (11.11%) Clustering
3 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (5.556%) SaaS
3 1 (5.556%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Business Development
2 3 (16.67%) Data Management
2 3 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 2 (11.11%) High Availability
3 2 (11.11%) Validation
4 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
4 1 (5.556%) Web Development
4 1 (5.556%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) C
2 2 (11.11%) C#
2 2 (11.11%) C++
2 2 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 11 (61.11%) MCITP
2 11 (61.11%) Citrix Certification
2 11 (61.11%) CCEE
2 11 (61.11%) CCIA
3 9 (50.00%) CCEA
4 7 (38.89%) CCAA
5 5 (27.78%) NCDA
5 5 (27.78%) NCIE
5 5 (27.78%) MCTS
6 3 (16.67%) VCDX
7 2 (11.11%) VCAP
7 2 (11.11%) CCA
7 2 (11.11%) HP ASE
7 2 (11.11%) HP MASE
8 1 (5.556%) HP AIS
8 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 15 (83.33%) XenApp
1 15 (83.33%) XenDesktop
1 15 (83.33%) vSphere
2 6 (33.33%) VMware ESX
3 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (5.556%) Xen
5 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) NetBackup
1 3 (16.67%) Backup Exec
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
1 3 (16.67%) SCOM
1 3 (16.67%) SCVMM
1 3 (16.67%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Citrix
1 15 (83.33%) VMware
2 13 (72.22%) HP
3 7 (38.89%) Veeam
3 7 (38.89%) IBM
4 6 (33.33%) NetApp
5 5 (27.78%) Cisco
6 3 (16.67%) Symantec
6 3 (16.67%) CommVault
6 3 (16.67%) Dell
6 3 (16.67%) EMC
7 1 (5.556%) AppSense
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