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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 117 113 112
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 3 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.168% 0.571% 0.241%
As % of the System Software category 2.098% 6.918% 2.500%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 4
Average salary £48,750 £40,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.87% +3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £27,500 £32,250
10% offered a salary of more than £49,750 £65,000 £45,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All System Software
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
143 159 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 7.993% 8.251% 9.656%
Number of salaries quoted 100 146 123
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 £23,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenServer
North West

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenServer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +16 3 £48,750 +39.28%
XenServer
North West

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
1 5 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) vSphere
2 4 (80.00%) MCITP
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (80.00%) HP
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (80.00%) CCEA
2 4 (80.00%) CCEE
2 4 (80.00%) CCIA
2 4 (80.00%) NetScaler
3 3 (60.00%) CCAA
3 3 (60.00%) IBM
3 3 (60.00%) Veeam
4 2 (40.00%) MCTS
4 2 (40.00%) AppSense
5 1 (20.00%) VMware ESX
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (20.00%) CCA
5 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) Dell
5 1 (20.00%) EMC
5 1 (20.00%) SAN
5 1 (20.00%) NetApp
5 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (20.00%) EqualLogic
5 1 (20.00%) Lync

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (20.00%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Product Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) EqualLogic
1 1 (20.00%) Celerra
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Business Development
1 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) MCITP
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (80.00%) CCEA
1 4 (80.00%) CCEE
1 4 (80.00%) CCIA
2 3 (60.00%) CCAA
3 2 (40.00%) MCTS
4 1 (20.00%) CCA
4 1 (20.00%) VCAP
4 1 (20.00%) VCDX
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
1 5 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) vSphere
3 1 (20.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) IBM
3 3 (60.00%) Veeam
4 2 (40.00%) AppSense
5 1 (20.00%) Dell
5 1 (20.00%) EMC
5 1 (20.00%) NetApp