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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 34 43 41
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -2
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 4 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 1.826% 1.017% 1.497%
As % of the System Software category 19.05% 5.882% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £41,500 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Derby
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
21 51 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 9.589% 17.29% 9.880%
Number of salaries quoted 19 50 21
Average salary £28,000 £27,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.81% -26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,500 £20,200
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenDesktop
Derbyshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the Derby region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Derby XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) vSphere
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CCEA
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) MCITP
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) XenServer
3 2 (40.00%) Veeam
3 2 (40.00%) VCDX
3 2 (40.00%) VCAP
3 2 (40.00%) CCAA
4 1 (20.00%) CCIA
4 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
4 1 (20.00%) CCA
4 1 (20.00%) CCEE
4 1 (20.00%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) iSCSI
1 1 (20.00%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (40.00%) MCITP
2 2 (40.00%) VCDX
2 2 (40.00%) VCAP
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCEA
2 2 (40.00%) CCAA
3 1 (20.00%) CCIA
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) CCA
3 1 (20.00%) CCEE
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) vSphere
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) XenServer
4 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
1 1 (20.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Veeam
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) WatchGuard
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec