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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 117 102 102
Rank change year-on-year
-15 0
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 6 26 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.334% 1.295% 1.030%
As % of the System Software category 4.027% 15.03% 10.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5 26 16
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £61,250 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
149 173 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 8.282% 8.616% 9.691%
Number of salaries quoted 108 160 124
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
North West

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop 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 +7 6 £45,000 +28.57%
XenDesktop
North West

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 14 (100.00%) Citrix
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
1 14 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 14 (100.00%) XenApp
2 9 (64.29%) Windows
3 8 (57.14%) HP
4 7 (50.00%) SQL
5 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
5 5 (35.71%) VMware ESX
5 5 (35.71%) SAN
5 5 (35.71%) NetApp
5 5 (35.71%) XenServer
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
6 4 (28.57%) vSphere
6 4 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (28.57%) CCEE
6 4 (28.57%) CCIA
6 4 (28.57%) NetScaler
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (28.57%) HP APS
6 4 (28.57%) ProCurve
6 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
6 4 (28.57%) Mitel
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (28.57%) MCITP
6 4 (28.57%) Red Hat
6 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) IIS
3 1 (7.143%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) SAN
2 4 (28.57%) NetScaler
2 4 (28.57%) Wireless
2 4 (28.57%) LAN
2 4 (28.57%) PBX
2 4 (28.57%) WLAN
2 4 (28.57%) WAN
3 1 (7.143%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Technical Support Manager
1 4 (28.57%) Technical Manager
1 4 (28.57%) Support Manager
1 4 (28.57%) Consultant
1 4 (28.57%) Technical Support
2 3 (21.43%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Citrix Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Product Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) SCCM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Thin Client
1 1 (7.143%) Fat Client
1 1 (7.143%) Celerra
1 1 (7.143%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.143%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.143%) Business Development
3 1 (7.143%) Load Balancing
3 1 (7.143%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.143%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.143%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 4 (28.57%) VBScript
3 1 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CCEE
1 4 (28.57%) CCIA
1 4 (28.57%) HP APS
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (28.57%) MCITP
1 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (28.57%) CCEA
2 3 (21.43%) CCAA
3 2 (14.29%) MCTS
4 1 (7.143%) CCA
4 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.143%) VCDX
4 1 (7.143%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) ISO 9000
1 1 (7.143%) QA
System Software
1 14 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 14 (100.00%) XenApp
2 5 (35.71%) VMware ESX
2 5 (35.71%) XenServer
2 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
3 4 (28.57%) vSphere
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (7.143%) WSUS
2 1 (7.143%) SCOM
2 1 (7.143%) SCVMM
2 1 (7.143%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Citrix
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) HP
3 5 (35.71%) NetApp
4 4 (28.57%) ProCurve
4 4 (28.57%) Mitel
4 4 (28.57%) Red Hat
5 3 (21.43%) IBM
5 3 (21.43%) Veeam
6 2 (14.29%) AppSense
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 1 (7.143%) Dell
7 1 (7.143%) EMC
7 1 (7.143%) McAfee
7 1 (7.143%) Sophos
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 24 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...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £30k - 40k per year + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013