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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 139 130 162
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +32
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 6 21 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.244% 0.813% 0.181%
As % of the System Software category 2.765% 9.333% 1.917%
Number of salaries quoted 5 19 6
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,900 £42,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £70,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
217 225 313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 8.836% 8.707% 9.453%
Number of salaries quoted 199 195 241
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,175 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
East of England

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the Hertfordshire 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
Watford +12 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Royston - 1 £32,500 -
XenDesktop
East of England

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 15 (100.00%) Citrix
2 12 (80.00%) XenApp
3 11 (73.33%) Citrix Certification
4 10 (66.67%) VMware
4 10 (66.67%) AppSense
5 9 (60.00%) CCA
5 9 (60.00%) NetScaler
6 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
7 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
8 6 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (33.33%) HP
10 4 (26.67%) MS Exchange
10 4 (26.67%) SAN
10 4 (26.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (26.67%) MCTS
10 4 (26.67%) MCITP
10 4 (26.67%) CCEE
10 4 (26.67%) CCAA
10 4 (26.67%) CCIA
10 4 (26.67%) XenServer
11 3 (20.00%) vSphere
11 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (20.00%) Bond Adapt
11 3 (20.00%) NetApp
11 3 (20.00%) CCEA
11 3 (20.00%) Terminal Services
11 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
11 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
11 3 (20.00%) Windows

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 Development
1 2 (13.33%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) MS Exchange
2 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (13.33%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (6.667%) Lync
4 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) NetScaler
2 4 (26.67%) SAN
3 1 (6.667%) Unified Communications
3 1 (6.667%) iSCSI
3 1 (6.667%) FCoE
3 1 (6.667%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Consultant
2 8 (53.33%) Citrix Consultant
3 4 (26.67%) Implementation Consultant
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (6.667%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Architect
6 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.667%) EqualLogic
2 1 (6.667%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (6.667%) UNIX
3 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.667%) Business Continuity
2 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (6.667%) Project Management
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL
2 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) Bash shell
1 1 (6.667%) Perl
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (60.00%) CCA
3 4 (26.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (26.67%) MCTS
3 4 (26.67%) MCITP
3 4 (26.67%) CCEE
3 4 (26.67%) CCAA
3 4 (26.67%) CCIA
4 3 (20.00%) CCEA
5 1 (6.667%) VCDX
5 1 (6.667%) NCDA
5 1 (6.667%) NCIE
5 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.667%) VCAP
5 1 (6.667%) HP AIS
5 1 (6.667%) HP MASE
5 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 12 (80.00%) XenApp
2 6 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (26.67%) XenServer
4 3 (20.00%) vSphere
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (20.00%) Terminal Services
4 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (13.33%) ISA Server
6 1 (6.667%) Hyper-V
6 1 (6.667%) VMware ESX
6 1 (6.667%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Citrix
2 10 (66.67%) VMware
2 10 (66.67%) AppSense
3 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
4 5 (33.33%) HP
5 3 (20.00%) NetApp
6 2 (13.33%) EMC
6 2 (13.33%) Symantec
7 1 (6.667%) Veeam
7 1 (6.667%) Red Hat
7 1 (6.667%) Dell