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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.619% - -
As % of the System Software category 2.778% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
72 47 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 22.29% 18.01% 1.010%
Number of salaries quoted 68 43 3
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -17.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,750 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £41,900 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
Suffolk

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) XenServer
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) NetApp
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (50.00%) VBScript
3 2 (50.00%) NFS
3 2 (50.00%) XML
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Apache Flex
3 2 (50.00%) VMFS
4 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (25.00%) MCTS
4 1 (25.00%) MCITP
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) Ethernet

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (25.00%) MCTS
1 1 (25.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) XenServer
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) NFS
3 2 (50.00%) VMFS
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) NetApp
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper