The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 267 254 276
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +22
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 53 74 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.457% 0.566% 0.326%
As % of the System Software category 5.086% 6.727% 5.550%
Number of salaries quoted 50 66 49
Average salary £51,250 £52,500 £59,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.38% -11.01%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1042 1100 919
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 8.984% 8.419% 5.882%
Number of salaries quoted 907 1003 836
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 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £68,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
London

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 113 (96.58%) Citrix
2 93 (79.49%) XenApp
3 89 (76.07%) VMware
4 83 (70.94%) Windows
5 59 (50.43%) Active Directory
6 51 (43.59%) VMware Infrastructure
7 49 (41.88%) SAN
8 43 (36.75%) Windows Server 2008
9 42 (35.90%) Microsoft
10 41 (35.04%) EMC
11 40 (34.19%) Windows Server 2003
12 34 (29.06%) NetApp
13 32 (27.35%) HP
13 32 (27.35%) Firewall
14 31 (26.50%) Finance
15 29 (24.79%) VMware ESX
16 28 (23.93%) SQL Server
17 27 (23.08%) Linux
17 27 (23.08%) NAS
18 24 (20.51%) Cisco
19 23 (19.66%) Microsoft Certification
19 23 (19.66%) vSphere
20 22 (18.80%) MCSE
20 22 (18.80%) WAN
20 22 (18.80%) AppSense
21 21 (17.95%) MySQL
21 21 (17.95%) Citrix Certification
22 20 (17.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
23 19 (16.24%) Dell
23 19 (16.24%) MS Exchange

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 5 (4.274%) .NET
2 4 (3.419%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.419%) Middleware
3 2 (1.709%) Application Packaging
3 2 (1.709%) LAMP
4 1 (0.855%) JMS
4 1 (0.855%) J2SE
4 1 (0.855%) COM
Application Platforms
1 19 (16.24%) MS Exchange
2 15 (12.82%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (6.838%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (5.983%) Lotus Notes
4 7 (5.983%) IIS
5 6 (5.128%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (3.419%) Oracle Coherence
6 4 (3.419%) SharePoint
7 3 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (1.709%) Lync
8 2 (1.709%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 18 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 10 (8.547%) MS Office
3 4 (3.419%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.564%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 49 (41.88%) SAN
2 32 (27.35%) Firewall
3 27 (23.08%) NAS
4 22 (18.80%) WAN
5 18 (15.38%) VPN
5 18 (15.38%) NetScaler
6 8 (6.838%) DNS
7 7 (5.983%) DHCP
8 5 (4.274%) LAN
9 4 (3.419%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (3.419%) BIG-IP
9 4 (3.419%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.419%) Internet
10 2 (1.709%) iSCSI
10 2 (1.709%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (1.709%) Unified Communications
10 2 (1.709%) FTP
10 2 (1.709%) HTTP
10 2 (1.709%) SMTP
11 1 (0.855%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (23.93%) SQL Server
2 21 (17.95%) MySQL
3 4 (3.419%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.709%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.855%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.855%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.855%) QlikView
5 1 (0.855%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.709%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.855%) MSI
2 1 (0.855%) JIRA
General
1 31 (26.50%) Finance
2 15 (12.82%) Banking
3 8 (6.838%) Investment Banking
4 6 (5.128%) Law
5 4 (3.419%) Games
5 4 (3.419%) Legal
6 2 (1.709%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 21 (17.95%) Systems Engineer
2 16 (13.68%) Analyst
2 16 (13.68%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 15 (12.82%) Architect
4 12 (10.26%) Consultant
5 10 (8.547%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (7.692%) Infrastructure Architect
7 8 (6.838%) Citrix Engineer
7 8 (6.838%) Support Specialist
8 7 (5.983%) Support Engineer
8 7 (5.983%) Support Analyst
9 6 (5.128%) Virtualisation Specialist
9 6 (5.128%) Technical Consultant
10 5 (4.274%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (4.274%) Desktop Support
11 4 (3.419%) Project Engineer
11 4 (3.419%) Desktop Engineer
12 3 (2.564%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 3 (2.564%) Systems Analyst
12 3 (2.564%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.68%) Social Media
2 8 (6.838%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (4.274%) Blackberry
3 5 (4.274%) Thin Client
3 5 (4.274%) Fat Client
4 4 (3.419%) iSeries
5 3 (2.564%) Clustering
6 1 (0.855%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.855%) CLARiiON
6 1 (0.855%) EMC Centera
6 1 (0.855%) PKI
6 1 (0.855%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.855%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.855%) Celerra
6 1 (0.855%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 83 (70.94%) Windows
2 43 (36.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 40 (34.19%) Windows Server 2003
4 27 (23.08%) Linux
5 17 (14.53%) Windows 7
6 12 (10.26%) Windows XP
7 5 (4.274%) Windows Vista
7 5 (4.274%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.709%) Windows XP Embedded
8 2 (1.709%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.855%) SUSE
9 1 (0.855%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (12.82%) ITIL
2 8 (6.838%) Capacity Management
2 8 (6.838%) Project Management
3 6 (5.128%) Asset Management
3 6 (5.128%) Migration
4 5 (4.274%) Service Management
4 5 (4.274%) Risk Management
4 5 (4.274%) Release Management
5 4 (3.419%) Incident Management
5 4 (3.419%) E-Commerce
5 4 (3.419%) Service Delivery
6 3 (2.564%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (2.564%) ITSM
6 3 (2.564%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (2.564%) Supplier Management
7 2 (1.709%) Build Automation
7 2 (1.709%) Software Deployment
7 2 (1.709%) Change Control
7 2 (1.709%) Load Balancing
7 2 (1.709%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.547%) SQL
2 5 (4.274%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.419%) VBScript
4 1 (0.855%) C#
4 1 (0.855%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (19.66%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (18.80%) MCSE
3 21 (17.95%) Citrix Certification
4 20 (17.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 18 (15.38%) CCA
6 13 (11.11%) CCNA
6 13 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (8.547%) MCITP
8 8 (6.838%) VTSP
9 7 (5.983%) CCIA
10 6 (5.128%) CCEE
10 6 (5.128%) MCP
10 6 (5.128%) CCEA
11 4 (3.419%) VCP4
11 4 (3.419%) MCSA
11 4 (3.419%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (2.564%) VCP5
13 2 (1.709%) NCDA
13 2 (1.709%) NCIE
13 2 (1.709%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.564%) SLA
System Software
1 93 (79.49%) XenApp
2 59 (50.43%) Active Directory
3 51 (43.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (24.79%) VMware ESX
5 23 (19.66%) vSphere
6 17 (14.53%) XenServer
6 17 (14.53%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (7.692%) Hyper-V
8 3 (2.564%) IAG
9 2 (1.709%) vCloud
9 2 (1.709%) NFS
9 2 (1.709%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.855%) Xen
10 1 (0.855%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.855%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.855%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.855%) UAG
Systems Management
1 13 (11.11%) SCCM
2 6 (5.128%) Backup Exec
3 4 (3.419%) SCOM
3 4 (3.419%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 3 (2.564%) AppDNA
5 2 (1.709%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 113 (96.58%) Citrix
2 89 (76.07%) VMware
3 42 (35.90%) Microsoft
4 41 (35.04%) EMC
5 34 (29.06%) NetApp
6 32 (27.35%) HP
7 24 (20.51%) Cisco
8 22 (18.80%) AppSense
9 19 (16.24%) Dell
10 8 (6.838%) F5
11 7 (5.983%) Lotus
12 6 (5.128%) Twitter
12 6 (5.128%) IBM
12 6 (5.128%) Red Hat
12 6 (5.128%) Symantec
13 5 (4.274%) Juniper
13 5 (4.274%) Oracle
14 4 (3.419%) M86 Security
14 4 (3.419%) Blue Coat
14 4 (3.419%) Hitachi
City of London
The Citrix/App-V Engineer will be the subject matter expert (SME) for these two core areas, in particular with a range of Citrix products including XenApp, Pro-...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + banking benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
If you also have experience in solving nasty problems with Microsoft Exchange 2007 & 2010, SQL 2005+, Hyper-V, App-V, AppSense, VMware, Firewalls, and Cisco networking, we will...
Stott & May
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
The successful Desktop Support Engineer will provide 1st and 2nd line systems/application support to users via phone/email and face to face. You will be expected to...
Incisive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent benefits and discretionary bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Virtualisation (VMWare) Citrix (XenApp, Xen Desktop) Backup & Storage (SANs/NAS) Capacity management. SQL Server. Scripting - VB, PowerShell. You will have excellent customer service skills and have experience working...
Refreshing Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £56000 per annum + bens + bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Technical skills and qualification: VMware VCP 4. Citrix CCA - XenApp / XenDesktop / XenServer. Strong understanding of administering Windows 2003 & 2008 server operating systems. Strong understanding of Microsoft Terminal Services (...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
My client a value added distributor of servers, data storage, network security, enterprise software, virtualisation and access infrastructure are currently in the market for Citrix Consultant - Citrix -CCEE -...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Essential) In-Depth knowledge of implementing infrastructure solutions to support VMware ESX and Citrix Xen Desktop Virtualisation... Good understanding of Layer-3 networks including IP and ideally OSPF,...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013