The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 135 140 147
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +7
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 5 10 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.203% 0.397% 0.563%
As % of the System Software category 2.315% 4.425% 5.975%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 14
Average salary £50,000 £43,125 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.94% +23.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,750 £41,250 £34,030
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £64,750 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All System Software
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
216 226 318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 8.763% 8.972% 9.428%
Number of salaries quoted 199 195 246
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £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%
XenServer
East of England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +15 3 £52,500 +13.51%
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £50,000 -
Welwyn - 1 £42,500 -
XenServer
East of England

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 9 (75.00%) VMware
1 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Citrix
3 6 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 5 (41.67%) XenApp
4 5 (41.67%) CCEE
4 5 (41.67%) CCAA
4 5 (41.67%) Citrix Certification
4 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 5 (41.67%) MCTS
4 5 (41.67%) MCITP
4 5 (41.67%) Firewall
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (33.33%) Linux
5 4 (33.33%) CCIA
5 4 (33.33%) XenDesktop
6 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 3 (25.00%) HP
6 3 (25.00%) DHCP
6 3 (25.00%) DNS
6 3 (25.00%) CCEA
6 3 (25.00%) CCA
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) EMC
6 3 (25.00%) WSUS
6 3 (25.00%) LANDesk
6 3 (25.00%) Network Security

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 2 (16.67%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (8.333%) Lync
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) DHCP
2 3 (25.00%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) NetScaler
4 1 (8.333%) Unified Communications
4 1 (8.333%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Wintel Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Principal Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Linux Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.333%) SCCM Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Citrix Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Citrix Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) EqualLogic
1 1 (8.333%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (16.67%) AIX
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CCEE
1 5 (41.67%) CCAA
1 5 (41.67%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (41.67%) MCTS
1 5 (41.67%) MCITP
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (33.33%) CCIA
3 3 (25.00%) CCEA
3 3 (25.00%) CCA
4 2 (16.67%) RHCA
4 2 (16.67%) RHCE
5 1 (8.333%) NCDA
5 1 (8.333%) NCIE
5 1 (8.333%) VCAP
5 1 (8.333%) VCDX
5 1 (8.333%) HP AIS
5 1 (8.333%) HP MASE
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (41.67%) XenApp
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (33.33%) XenDesktop
5 2 (16.67%) vSphere
6 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
6 1 (8.333%) Samba
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) WSUS
2 1 (8.333%) Cobbler
2 1 (8.333%) SCCM
2 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) Citrix
3 3 (25.00%) HP
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) EMC
3 3 (25.00%) LANDesk
4 2 (16.67%) AppSense
4 2 (16.67%) Brocade
4 2 (16.67%) PlateSpin
4 2 (16.67%) CommVault
4 2 (16.67%) Hitachi
4 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 2 (16.67%) Symantec
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) IBM
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle
5 1 (8.333%) Dell
5 1 (8.333%) NetApp