The first table below looks at the demand for Xen skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Xen over the 3 months to 20 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
XenSource Xen
Rank 225 249 210
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -39
Permanent jobs citing Xen 40 29 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.488% 0.332% 0.610%
As % of the System Software category 4.695% 3.994% 8.407%
Number of salaries quoted 33 25 45
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,300 £36,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £54,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
All System Software
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
852 726 678
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 10.39% 8.314% 7.260%
Number of salaries quoted 761 636 564
Average salary £37,500 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.71% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Xen
England

Xen
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Xen Jobs Demand Trend

Xen
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Xen across the East of England region.

East of England Xen Salary Trend

Xen
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Xen across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East of England Xen Salary Histogram

Xen
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Xen within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 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
Hertfordshire +25 26 £50,000 +51.51%
Cambridgeshire +2 10 £41,000 -18.00%
Essex +36 4 £32,500 -53.57%
Xen
England

Xen
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Xen 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 Xen.

1 64 (73.56%) VMware
2 56 (64.37%) Linux
2 56 (64.37%) Citrix
3 46 (52.87%) SAN
4 42 (48.28%) Windows
5 40 (45.98%) Red Hat
5 40 (45.98%) Microsoft
6 38 (43.68%) VMware Infrastructure
7 36 (41.38%) Active Directory
8 28 (32.18%) ITIL
9 25 (28.74%) MS Exchange
9 25 (28.74%) NAS
10 24 (27.59%) Exchange Server 2007
10 24 (27.59%) Exchange Server 2010
10 24 (27.59%) Exchange Server 2003
11 22 (25.29%) TCP/IP
11 22 (25.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 21 (24.14%) Windows Server 2008
13 19 (21.84%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (21.84%) SQL Server
13 19 (21.84%) Finance
14 18 (20.69%) Oracle
14 18 (20.69%) Perl
14 18 (20.69%) Bash shell
15 16 (18.39%) PCI DSS
16 15 (17.24%) DNS
16 15 (17.24%) MS Excel
16 15 (17.24%) Ethernet
16 15 (17.24%) C
16 15 (17.24%) Device Driver

Xen
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Xen 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 Xen. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (8.046%) LAMP
2 2 (2.299%) Application Packaging
2 2 (2.299%) .NET
2 2 (2.299%) Web Services
3 1 (1.149%) HTML
3 1 (1.149%) J2EE
3 1 (1.149%) SOAP
3 1 (1.149%) Apache CXF
3 1 (1.149%) REST
Application Platforms
1 25 (28.74%) MS Exchange
2 24 (27.59%) Exchange Server 2003
2 24 (27.59%) Exchange Server 2007
2 24 (27.59%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (13.79%) Apache
4 11 (12.64%) SharePoint
4 11 (12.64%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (5.747%) Joomla!
5 5 (5.747%) WordPress
5 5 (5.747%) Magento
5 5 (5.747%) nginx
5 5 (5.747%) Moodle
6 2 (2.299%) OpenStack
6 2 (2.299%) IIS
6 2 (2.299%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (17.24%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.598%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 46 (52.87%) SAN
2 25 (28.74%) NAS
3 22 (25.29%) TCP/IP
4 15 (17.24%) DNS
4 15 (17.24%) Ethernet
5 13 (14.94%) Fibre Channel
6 7 (8.046%) IMAP
6 7 (8.046%) FTP
6 7 (8.046%) LAN
6 7 (8.046%) POP3
6 7 (8.046%) SMTP
6 7 (8.046%) SSL
6 7 (8.046%) Firewall
6 7 (8.046%) SSH
7 5 (5.747%) Internet
7 5 (5.747%) WAN
8 3 (3.448%) DHCP
8 3 (3.448%) LDAP
9 2 (2.299%) HTTP
9 2 (2.299%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (21.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (12.64%) MySQL
3 3 (3.448%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.299%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.149%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (2.299%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.149%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.149%) Ant
2 1 (1.149%) Subversion
2 1 (1.149%) Maven
2 1 (1.149%) Git (software)
General
1 19 (21.84%) Finance
2 2 (2.299%) Banking
3 1 (1.149%) Retail
3 1 (1.149%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 24 (27.59%) Systems Engineer
2 16 (18.39%) Software Engineer
3 15 (17.24%) Software Development Engineer
3 15 (17.24%) C Software Engineer
3 15 (17.24%) Development Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) Designer
4 12 (13.79%) Infrastructure Designer
5 11 (12.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 10 (11.49%) Administrator
6 10 (11.49%) Systems Administrator
7 7 (8.046%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 7 (8.046%) Web Administrator
7 7 (8.046%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (6.897%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.897%) Analyst
8 6 (6.897%) Support Engineer
9 5 (5.747%) Architect
9 5 (5.747%) Infrastructure Architect
10 4 (4.598%) Desktop Analyst
10 4 (4.598%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.24%) Device Driver
1 15 (17.24%) VHDL
1 15 (17.24%) Verilog
2 13 (14.94%) Replication
3 11 (12.64%) Clustering
4 1 (1.149%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 56 (64.37%) Linux
2 42 (48.28%) Windows
3 22 (25.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (24.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 19 (21.84%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (11.49%) UNIX
7 9 (10.34%) CentOS
8 8 (9.195%) Windows 7
9 7 (8.046%) Windows XP
10 3 (3.448%) Debian
10 3 (3.448%) Ubuntu
11 2 (2.299%) Windows 8
11 2 (2.299%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (1.149%) Fedora
12 1 (1.149%) VMS
12 1 (1.149%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.18%) ITIL
2 15 (17.24%) Electronic Design Automation
3 12 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (13.79%) Migration
4 11 (12.64%) PRINCE2
4 11 (12.64%) TOGAF
5 9 (10.34%) Time Management
6 8 (9.195%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.046%) Load Balancing
8 3 (3.448%) Business Continuity
8 3 (3.448%) Change Management
8 3 (3.448%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (2.299%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.299%) Network Management
9 2 (2.299%) High Availability
9 2 (2.299%) Investment Management
10 1 (1.149%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (1.149%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (1.149%) Release Management
10 1 (1.149%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.69%) Perl
1 18 (20.69%) Bash shell
2 15 (17.24%) C
3 13 (14.94%) SQL
4 10 (11.49%) VB
5 7 (8.046%) PHP
6 2 (2.299%) Python
6 2 (2.299%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.299%) VBScript
7 1 (1.149%) Java
7 1 (1.149%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (3.448%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.39%) PCI DSS
2 5 (5.747%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (43.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (41.38%) Active Directory
3 11 (12.64%) Hyper-V
4 7 (8.046%) Sendmail
5 6 (6.897%) XenApp
6 5 (5.747%) Varnish
7 4 (4.598%) VMware ESX
8 3 (3.448%) XenServer
9 2 (2.299%) Postfix
9 2 (2.299%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (2.299%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.149%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (1.149%) VMware Server
10 1 (1.149%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 10 (11.49%) NetBackup
2 5 (5.747%) Backup Exec
2 5 (5.747%) Cacti
2 5 (5.747%) Nagios
3 2 (2.299%) Puppet
4 1 (1.149%) CFEngine
Vendors
1 64 (73.56%) VMware
2 56 (64.37%) Citrix
3 40 (45.98%) Red Hat
3 40 (45.98%) Microsoft
4 18 (20.69%) Oracle
5 14 (16.09%) Cisco
6 13 (14.94%) NetApp
7 10 (11.49%) CommVault
7 10 (11.49%) Postini
8 4 (4.598%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.598%) AppSense
9 1 (1.149%) IBM
9 1 (1.149%) HP
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Infrastructure Support Technician - Cambridge, Stevenage, Chelmsford - Urgent - Windows Server 2008R2, NetApp, Vmware, Xen, Hyper-V - £30,000 - £35,000. A Windows Server 2008R2, NetApp, Vmware, Xen, Hyper-V...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Senior Systems Administrator - Linux, Windows - Cambridge... Experience required Linux (Ubuntu 8.0.4+, CentOS 5+, Debian 5) Microsoft Windows Server (2003+) Virtualization Hypervisors including VMWare ESX(i), Xen &...
Ability Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Pension, BUPA, Share Options
Posted: 13 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Job Title: Infrastructure Designer (Technical Project Lead) Location: Welwyn Garden City Key Skills: Red Hat Linux, Citrix, SQL, Oracle, Storage (Local, SAN, NAS)A new opportunity has arisen...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Essex
Line Support Engineer - Citrix / VMware, you will have experience in: - Windows 2003-2012/VMware/Xen. - Citrix Administration (Presentation Server)... AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP, GPO, LDAP etc...). - At...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013