The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 22 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 66 97 89
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -8
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 21 12 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 2.098% 0.858% 0.965%
As % of the System Software category 15.56% 8.333% 8.571%
Number of salaries quoted 21 7 11
Average salary £47,500 £52,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.52% +31.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £50,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- -4.25%
All System Software
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
135 144 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 13.49% 10.29% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 124 121 120
Average salary £40,750 £40,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.87% +3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,000 £25,200
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenServer
East of England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex XenServer Jobs Demand Trend

XenServer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XenServer across the Essex region.

Essex XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex XenServer Salary Histogram

XenServer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenServer within the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Brentwood -11 4 £40,750 -18.50%
XenServer
East of England

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing XenServer 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 XenServer.

1 23 (100.00%) Citrix
2 21 (91.30%) VMware
2 21 (91.30%) VMware ESX
2 21 (91.30%) XenApp
3 19 (82.61%) Finance
3 19 (82.61%) Active Directory
4 18 (78.26%) ITIL
5 17 (73.91%) Windows
5 17 (73.91%) DNS
6 16 (69.57%) AppSense
7 15 (65.22%) Change Management
7 15 (65.22%) Microsoft App-V
7 15 (65.22%) LDAP
7 15 (65.22%) DHCP
7 15 (65.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (47.83%) Publishing
9 10 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
10 8 (34.78%) SAN
11 6 (26.09%) VBScript
11 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
11 6 (26.09%) Load Balancing
12 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
13 2 (8.696%) Clustering
13 2 (8.696%) NetApp
13 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (8.696%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (8.696%) MetaFrame
13 2 (8.696%) Windows 2000
13 2 (8.696%) SolarWinds
13 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Virtual Server

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing XenServer 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 XenServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.348%) Application Packaging
Communications & Networking
1 17 (73.91%) DNS
2 15 (65.22%) LDAP
2 15 (65.22%) DHCP
3 8 (34.78%) SAN
General
1 19 (82.61%) Finance
2 11 (47.83%) Publishing
3 2 (8.696%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Citrix Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Server Support
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Citrix Support
3 4 (17.39%) Citrix Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Citrix Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Citrix Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Server Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Server Support Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (8.696%) Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Technical Leader
5 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Server Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (73.91%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 2000
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) ITIL
2 15 (65.22%) Change Management
2 15 (65.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (26.09%) Load Balancing
4 2 (8.696%) Investment Management
5 1 (4.348%) Change Control
5 1 (4.348%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) VBScript
1 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (91.30%) VMware ESX
1 21 (91.30%) XenApp
2 19 (82.61%) Active Directory
3 15 (65.22%) Microsoft App-V
4 10 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (8.696%) MetaFrame
5 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (8.696%) Xen
6 1 (4.348%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Citrix
2 21 (91.30%) VMware
3 16 (69.57%) AppSense
4 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.696%) NetApp
5 2 (8.696%) SolarWinds
Essex
Server Virtualisation and consolidation experience using Citrix XenServer/Metaframe and VMWare (ESX) technologies. At least two formal IT industry accreditation (Microsoft, CompTIA, Citrix, VMWare etc). Familiarisation of Citrix...
Capital IT Resourcing LTD
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Essex
AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP, GPO, LDAP etc) Extensive experience supporting & configuring Citrix XenApp 4.5, XenApp 5, 6 and 6.5. Support experience of Citrix XenServer and...
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 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... Windows 2000 Clustering Technologies and...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013