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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix MetaFrame Server
Rank 809 794 762
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -32
Permanent jobs citing MetaFrame 21 69 97
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.021% 0.061% 0.083%
As % of the System Software category 0.217% 0.707% 1.087%
Number of salaries quoted 18 61 83
Average salary £33,250 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £24,520
10% offered a salary of more than £50,170 £56,400 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -6.66%
All System Software
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
9679 9754 8922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 9.597% 8.587% 7.632%
Number of salaries quoted 8227 8508 7360
Average salary £40,500 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.57% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
MetaFrame
UK

MetaFrame
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England MetaFrame Salary Trend

MetaFrame
Salary Histogram

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

England MetaFrame Salary Histogram

MetaFrame
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MetaFrame within the England 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
London +15 11 £32,750 -22.94%
South East -4 4 £34,250 -2.14%
North West -7 2 £40,500 +55.76%
East of England -8 2 £32,000 -31.91%
South West - 1 £48,100 -
East Midlands - 1 £22,500 -
MetaFrame
UK

MetaFrame
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 77 (97.47%) Citrix
2 65 (82.28%) Windows
3 58 (73.42%) VMware
4 44 (55.70%) Active Directory
4 44 (55.70%) XenApp
5 41 (51.90%) MS Exchange
6 39 (49.37%) VMware Infrastructure
7 38 (48.10%) Windows Server 2008
8 36 (45.57%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 35 (44.30%) Windows Server 2003
10 27 (34.18%) Firewall
10 27 (34.18%) SQL
11 26 (32.91%) SQL Server
12 23 (29.11%) DHCP
12 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
12 23 (29.11%) DNS
13 21 (26.58%) vSphere
14 20 (25.32%) SAN
14 20 (25.32%) LAN
15 19 (24.05%) Finance
16 18 (22.78%) MS Excel
16 18 (22.78%) VPN
16 18 (22.78%) Exchange Server 2010
17 17 (21.52%) Cisco
18 14 (17.72%) WAN
18 14 (17.72%) XenServer
18 14 (17.72%) Hyper-V
19 13 (16.46%) Project Planning
19 13 (16.46%) TCP/IP
19 13 (16.46%) ITIL

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 41 (51.90%) MS Exchange
2 18 (22.78%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (15.19%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (11.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 8 (10.13%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (6.329%) IIS
6 5 (6.329%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (3.797%) Lotus Domino
7 3 (3.797%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (22.78%) MS Excel
2 7 (8.861%) MS Office
3 1 (1.266%) MS Project
3 1 (1.266%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.266%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 27 (34.18%) Firewall
2 23 (29.11%) DNS
2 23 (29.11%) DHCP
3 20 (25.32%) LAN
3 20 (25.32%) SAN
4 18 (22.78%) VPN
5 14 (17.72%) WAN
6 13 (16.46%) TCP/IP
7 11 (13.92%) NetScreen
7 11 (13.92%) iSCSI
8 5 (6.329%) DSL
9 3 (3.797%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (3.797%) Unified Communications
10 2 (2.532%) Internet
10 2 (2.532%) LDAP
11 1 (1.266%) SMS
11 1 (1.266%) Ethernet
11 1 (1.266%) Cisco PIX
11 1 (1.266%) Wireless
11 1 (1.266%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (32.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.266%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.266%) MS Access
2 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 19 (24.05%) Finance
2 7 (8.861%) Games
3 3 (3.797%) Automotive
3 3 (3.797%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.532%) Banking
4 2 (2.532%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.532%) Marketing
5 1 (1.266%) Retail
5 1 (1.266%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 14 (17.72%) Consultant
2 12 (15.19%) Analyst
3 11 (13.92%) Citrix Specialist
4 8 (10.13%) Network Consultant
4 8 (10.13%) Architect
5 7 (8.861%) Technical Architect
6 6 (7.595%) Support Engineer
6 6 (7.595%) Service Analyst
6 6 (7.595%) Service Desk Analyst
6 6 (7.595%) Technical Specialist
7 5 (6.329%) Technical Consultant
7 5 (6.329%) Support Analyst
7 5 (6.329%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (6.329%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 5 (6.329%) Citrix Technical Specialist
8 4 (5.063%) Citrix Support
8 4 (5.063%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.063%) Support Specialist
8 4 (5.063%) Administrator
8 4 (5.063%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.19%) Blackberry
2 7 (8.861%) Client/Server
3 5 (6.329%) Clustering
3 5 (6.329%) Hedge funds
4 4 (5.063%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.532%) CLARiiON
5 2 (2.532%) PDA
6 1 (1.266%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.266%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.266%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.266%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 65 (82.28%) Windows
2 38 (48.10%) Windows Server 2008
3 35 (44.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (11.39%) Windows XP
5 7 (8.861%) Windows 7
6 6 (7.595%) Linux
7 4 (5.063%) Solaris
7 4 (5.063%) NetWare
7 4 (5.063%) Mac OS X
8 3 (3.797%) Windows 2000
8 3 (3.797%) Windows 2000 Server
8 3 (3.797%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (2.532%) UNIX
9 2 (2.532%) Windows Vista
10 1 (1.266%) Windows NT
10 1 (1.266%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.46%) ITIL
1 13 (16.46%) Project Planning
2 12 (15.19%) Business Continuity
3 11 (13.92%) BCP
4 7 (8.861%) Integration Testing
5 6 (7.595%) Incident Management
5 6 (7.595%) Service Delivery
6 4 (5.063%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (3.797%) Project Management
7 3 (3.797%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (2.532%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.532%) Security Testing
8 2 (2.532%) Investment Management
8 2 (2.532%) Risk Management
8 2 (2.532%) Data Entry
8 2 (2.532%) Process Improvement
8 2 (2.532%) Change Control
9 1 (1.266%) Capacity Planning
9 1 (1.266%) Change Management
9 1 (1.266%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 27 (34.18%) SQL
2 2 (2.532%) VBScript
2 2 (2.532%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.266%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (12.66%) MCSE
3 9 (11.39%) Citrix Certification
4 8 (10.13%) Degree
5 7 (8.861%) CCA
6 6 (7.595%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (6.329%) MCITP
7 5 (6.329%) CCEE
8 3 (3.797%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.797%) CCNA
9 2 (2.532%) MCP
9 2 (2.532%) CCEA
9 2 (2.532%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.532%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.266%) HNC
10 1 (1.266%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.797%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (55.70%) Active Directory
1 44 (55.70%) XenApp
2 39 (49.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (45.57%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 21 (26.58%) vSphere
5 14 (17.72%) Hyper-V
5 14 (17.72%) XenServer
6 9 (11.39%) XenDesktop
7 7 (8.861%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (5.063%) VMware ESX
8 4 (5.063%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.266%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (11.39%) WSUS
2 6 (7.595%) Backup Exec
3 5 (6.329%) SCOM
4 4 (5.063%) ZENworks
4 4 (5.063%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (1.266%) MAILsweeper
5 1 (1.266%) DameWare
5 1 (1.266%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (97.47%) Citrix
2 58 (73.42%) VMware
3 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
4 17 (21.52%) Cisco
5 12 (15.19%) AppSense
5 12 (15.19%) SonicWALL
6 11 (13.92%) Juniper
7 6 (7.595%) Symantec
8 5 (6.329%) Lotus
8 5 (6.329%) Apple
9 4 (5.063%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.797%) Red Hat
10 3 (3.797%) NetApp
10 3 (3.797%) HP
11 2 (2.532%) Dell
11 2 (2.532%) EMC
11 2 (2.532%) Oracle
11 2 (2.532%) Novell
11 2 (2.532%) Avaya
11 2 (2.532%) McAfee
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
Essex
Appsense... - Migration from Presentation server to XenApp. - Citrix Performance tuning... - Server Virtualisation and consolidation experience using Citrix XenServer/Metaframe and VMWare (ESX) technologies... AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP,...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
This will include Windows Operating Systems and a broad mix of the following: - Windows Operating Systems (Windows XP, Windows 7, Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2012) - Autonomy/Interwoven (...
Tower Connect Ltd
Salary: Unspecified Very competitive salary + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Systems Engineers are responsible for implementing and maintaining all aspects of our clients’ technology. This includes daily support incidents, desktop and server troubleshooting, hardware/software installation and upgrades,...
I4 Rec
Salary: £30k - 33k per year + overtime
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
Key Skills: - Strong experience with build and configuration of standard operating environment onto PC's, Mac's & Laptops - Provision of client support for Lotus Notes - Technical experience in...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 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