The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 94 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 5 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.430% 0.596% -
As % of the System Software category 8.197% 8.333% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
Average salary £40,000 £40,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.23% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
61 60 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 5.250% 7.151% 4.490%
Number of salaries quoted 40 32 34
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,700 £27,000 £26,800
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £39,600 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
Scotland

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (100.00%) XenApp
1 6 (100.00%) XenServer
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
3 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) vSphere
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (50.00%) MCITP
5 2 (33.33%) MCTS
5 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (33.33%) CCA
5 2 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (33.33%) HP
5 2 (33.33%) MCSE
5 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
6 1 (16.67%) SCCM
6 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (16.67%) MCSA
6 1 (16.67%) MS Excel

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 6 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Support Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (50.00%) MCITP
2 2 (33.33%) MCTS
2 2 (33.33%) CCA
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (16.67%) MCSA
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) XenApp
1 6 (100.00%) XenServer
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) vSphere
4 1 (16.67%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) HP
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