The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 24 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 Cheshire region.

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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 49 46 32
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -14
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 81 94 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.503% 4.681% 6.541%
As % of the Vendors category 9.631% 10.32% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 56 90 82
Average salary £29,500 £35,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.71% -11.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £55,450 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Vendors
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
841 911 702
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 46.75% 45.37% 42.52%
Number of salaries quoted 657 791 593
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,700 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
North West

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Citrix across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire Citrix Salary Histogram

Citrix
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington +17 38 £32,500 -7.14%
Crewe -2 10 £60,000 +71.42%
Runcorn +2 6 £25,750 -20.76%
Wilmslow -6 6 £22,000 -30.15%
Chester -9 5 £32,500 -
Daresbury 0 4 £25,750 +28.75%
Northwich +4 3 £39,000 +20.00%
Nantwich +1 2 - -
Knutsford +10 1 £40,000 -46.66%
Macclesfield -11 1 £45,000 +50.00%
Citrix
North West

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 94 (74.02%) Windows
2 75 (59.06%) VMware
3 50 (39.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (36.22%) Microsoft
5 44 (34.65%) MS Excel
6 39 (30.71%) MS Exchange
7 38 (29.92%) Telecoms
8 37 (29.13%) ITIL
9 32 (25.20%) Cisco
10 31 (24.41%) Windows Server 2003
11 30 (23.62%) Windows Server 2008
12 29 (22.83%) Active Directory
12 29 (22.83%) Finance
13 27 (21.26%) LAN
13 27 (21.26%) WAN
14 26 (20.47%) TCP/IP
14 26 (20.47%) MS Office
14 26 (20.47%) Windows 7
15 25 (19.69%) Incident Management
16 24 (18.90%) SQL
16 24 (18.90%) Avaya
16 24 (18.90%) XenApp
17 21 (16.54%) Service Delivery
17 21 (16.54%) Linux
17 21 (16.54%) SLA
18 19 (14.96%) Fujitsu
18 19 (14.96%) Retail
18 19 (14.96%) Hyper-V
19 17 (13.39%) HP
20 15 (11.81%) Microsoft App-V

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 5 (3.937%) WebSphere
2 3 (2.362%) HTML
2 3 (2.362%) .NET
2 3 (2.362%) SOAP
2 3 (2.362%) XML
2 3 (2.362%) XSLT
2 3 (2.362%) Middleware
3 2 (1.575%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 39 (30.71%) MS Exchange
2 13 (10.24%) IIS
3 8 (6.299%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (3.937%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (3.150%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (3.150%) SharePoint
6 3 (2.362%) Magento
7 1 (0.787%) Lync
7 1 (0.787%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.787%) CICS
Applications
1 44 (34.65%) MS Excel
2 26 (20.47%) MS Office
3 2 (1.575%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.575%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.787%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.26%) LAN
1 27 (21.26%) WAN
2 26 (20.47%) TCP/IP
3 14 (11.02%) SAN
4 7 (5.512%) Firewall
5 6 (4.724%) VoIP
5 6 (4.724%) NAS
6 4 (3.150%) Wireless
6 4 (3.150%) Internet
6 4 (3.150%) WLAN
6 4 (3.150%) VPN
6 4 (3.150%) DNS
6 4 (3.150%) PBX
6 4 (3.150%) NetScaler
6 4 (3.150%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.575%) IP Telephony
7 2 (1.575%) CTI
7 2 (1.575%) Q.931
7 2 (1.575%) QSIG
7 2 (1.575%) DPNSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.299%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.937%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.150%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (3.150%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (2.362%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.787%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.787%) DB2
5 1 (0.787%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.787%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.299%) MSI
General
1 38 (29.92%) Telecoms
2 29 (22.83%) Finance
3 19 (14.96%) Retail
4 5 (3.937%) Banking
5 3 (2.362%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.575%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (1.575%) Marketing
6 2 (1.575%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 22 (17.32%) Consultant
2 19 (14.96%) Support Technician
3 16 (12.60%) Architect
4 13 (10.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (9.449%) Analyst
6 11 (8.661%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 11 (8.661%) Technical Consultant
6 11 (8.661%) IT Support
7 10 (7.874%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (7.874%) Support Engineer
8 9 (7.087%) Support Analyst
8 9 (7.087%) Lead Architect
9 8 (6.299%) Technical Support
10 7 (5.512%) 1st Line Support
10 7 (5.512%) 3rd Line Support
11 6 (4.724%) Support Manager
11 6 (4.724%) Technical Manager
11 6 (4.724%) Applications Support
11 6 (4.724%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (4.724%) Infrastructure Technician
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.512%) Blackberry
2 6 (4.724%) Fat Client
2 6 (4.724%) Thin Client
3 4 (3.150%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.362%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.362%) Handset
5 2 (1.575%) iPhone
5 2 (1.575%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.575%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.575%) Clustering
5 2 (1.575%) IVR
5 2 (1.575%) iPad
5 2 (1.575%) EqualLogic
5 2 (1.575%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.787%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (0.787%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.787%) VSAM
6 1 (0.787%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.787%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 94 (74.02%) Windows
2 31 (24.41%) Windows Server 2003
3 30 (23.62%) Windows Server 2008
4 26 (20.47%) Windows 7
5 21 (16.54%) Linux
6 14 (11.02%) UNIX
7 12 (9.449%) Windows XP
8 8 (6.299%) Windows 8
9 6 (4.724%) Windows Vista
10 4 (3.150%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (3.150%) Windows NT
11 2 (1.575%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (1.575%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.787%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.787%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (29.13%) ITIL
2 25 (19.69%) Incident Management
3 21 (16.54%) Service Delivery
4 8 (6.299%) PRINCE2
5 7 (5.512%) Project Management
5 7 (5.512%) Time Management
6 5 (3.937%) Change Management
6 5 (3.937%) Risk Management
6 5 (3.937%) Migration
6 5 (3.937%) Performance Management
6 5 (3.937%) Problem Management
7 4 (3.150%) E-Commerce
8 3 (2.362%) Waterfall
8 3 (2.362%) UML
8 3 (2.362%) OOA/OOD
8 3 (2.362%) OO
8 3 (2.362%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (2.362%) Test Scripting
9 2 (1.575%) Test Management
9 2 (1.575%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.90%) SQL
2 6 (4.724%) Java
3 4 (3.150%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.150%) VBScript
4 3 (2.362%) VB.NET
4 3 (2.362%) PHP
4 3 (2.362%) C
4 3 (2.362%) C#
5 1 (0.787%) COBOL
5 1 (0.787%) VB
5 1 (0.787%) PowerHouse
5 1 (0.787%) JCL
Qualifications
1 14 (11.02%) SC Cleared
1 14 (11.02%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.449%) MCITP
3 11 (8.661%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.299%) MCTS
5 7 (5.512%) MCP
5 7 (5.512%) MCSE
5 7 (5.512%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (5.512%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (4.724%) CCNA
6 6 (4.724%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (3.937%) CCEE
7 5 (3.937%) CCEA
7 5 (3.937%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (3.150%) HP APS
8 4 (3.150%) CCIA
9 3 (2.362%) CCAA
9 3 (2.362%) CCA
10 2 (1.575%) Degree
11 1 (0.787%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.54%) SLA
2 1 (0.787%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.787%) QA
System Software
1 50 (39.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (22.83%) Active Directory
3 24 (18.90%) XenApp
4 19 (14.96%) Hyper-V
5 15 (11.81%) Microsoft App-V
6 14 (11.02%) XenDesktop
7 8 (6.299%) vSphere
8 5 (3.937%) XenServer
8 5 (3.937%) VMware ESX
9 3 (2.362%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 2 (1.575%) Xen
10 2 (1.575%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.787%) vCloud
11 1 (0.787%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.787%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.787%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (5.512%) SCCM
2 4 (3.150%) SCOM
3 2 (1.575%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.787%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.787%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.787%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (0.787%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.787%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.787%) WSUS
Vendors
1 75 (59.06%) VMware
2 46 (36.22%) Microsoft
3 32 (25.20%) Cisco
4 24 (18.90%) Avaya
5 19 (14.96%) Fujitsu
6 17 (13.39%) HP
7 13 (10.24%) Oracle
8 9 (7.087%) NetApp
9 8 (6.299%) AppSense
10 7 (5.512%) IBM
11 6 (4.724%) Dell
12 5 (3.937%) EMC
12 5 (3.937%) Juniper
13 4 (3.150%) ProCurve
13 4 (3.150%) Mitel
13 4 (3.150%) Red Hat
13 4 (3.150%) Symantec
14 3 (2.362%) Veeam
14 3 (2.362%) SolarWinds
14 3 (2.362%) Siebel
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Salary: £18k - 21k per year + Superb Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Posted: 25 May 2013
Alderley Edge, Cheshire
Search Consultancy are looking for an experienced Service Delivery Manager to work for a highly respectable company based in Cheshire... Ensure all SLA's are being met... Design,...
Search Consultancy
Salary: tbc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, North West
This role is for a 3rd Line Technical Support engineer who has strong Windows OS background and ideally VMWare and Citrix experience... The most successful Technical Support candidates...
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Salary: £30k - 40k per year + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cheshire
The successful Application Systems Engineer (ITIL, Java, MQ, Unix, Linux) will have: - Extensive application support experience (Unix, Linux, Oracle, Java, MQ Messaging, Citrix) - ITIL is a must have -...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
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