The first table below looks at the demand for MetaFrame skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MetaFrame 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix MetaFrame Server
Rank 316 313 325
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +12
Permanent jobs citing MetaFrame 5 10 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.043% 0.077% 0.039%
As % of the System Software category 0.483% 0.917% 0.664%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 5
Average salary £55,000 £45,250 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.54% +70.75%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All System Software
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1036 1091 904
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 8.881% 8.351% 5.860%
Number of salaries quoted 902 995 821
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £68,100 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
MetaFrame
London

MetaFrame
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London MetaFrame Jobs Demand Trend

MetaFrame
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MetaFrame across the City of London region.

City of London MetaFrame Salary Trend

MetaFrame
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame.

1 12 (100.00%) Citrix
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
3 8 (66.67%) XenApp
4 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
4 7 (58.33%) VMware
5 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (50.00%) LAN
5 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
6 5 (41.67%) WAN
6 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
7 4 (33.33%) Client/Server
7 4 (33.33%) ITIL
7 4 (33.33%) Incident Management
7 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
7 4 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 3 (25.00%) Firewall
8 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (16.67%) CCEA
9 2 (16.67%) DHCP
9 2 (16.67%) DNS
9 2 (16.67%) Cisco
9 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
9 2 (16.67%) MCSE
9 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
9 2 (16.67%) Finance
9 2 (16.67%) AppSense
9 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (16.67%) SAN

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (8.333%) Lync
2 1 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (8.333%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (8.333%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.333%) MS Project
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) LAN
2 5 (41.67%) WAN
3 3 (25.00%) Firewall
4 2 (16.67%) DHCP
4 2 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (16.67%) SAN
5 1 (8.333%) Wireless
5 1 (8.333%) Internet
5 1 (8.333%) DSL
5 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
5 1 (8.333%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Law
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Service Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Services Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
2 1 (8.333%) Clustering
2 1 (8.333%) Replication
2 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
2 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
1 4 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (16.67%) CCEA
2 2 (16.67%) MCSE
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.333%) CCEE
3 1 (8.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (8.333%) Degree
3 1 (8.333%) MCP
3 1 (8.333%) HNC
3 1 (8.333%) HND
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.333%) CCA
3 1 (8.333%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) XenApp
2 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (16.67%) vSphere
5 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) DameWare
1 1 (8.333%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (8.333%) Backup Exec
1 1 (8.333%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Citrix
2 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) AppSense
5 1 (8.333%) Lotus
5 1 (8.333%) Symantec
5 1 (8.333%) IBM
5 1 (8.333%) Sun
5 1 (8.333%) HP
5 1 (8.333%) Dell
City of London
You will have expert knowledge of IT infrastructures and architectures and have working knowledge of the following: Citrix XenApp 5, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, Active Directory 2003/...
DP Connect Ltd
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
You will have expert knowledge of IT infrastructures and architectures and have working knowledge of the following: Citrix XenApp 5, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, Active Directory 2003/...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: negotiable
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills: VMware ESX, ESXi, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, hardware clustering, windows clustering. The role of the VMware specialising technical support is a key role...
Just IT Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, 25 days holiday,
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
In order to succeed in this role it is essential that you have the following skills and experience : Windows Server 2008Exchange 2007/2010Active DirectoryBlackberry Enterprise ServerIdeally you will...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £30000 - £330000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 2 May 2013