The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 122 111 102
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -9
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 22 26 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.851% 1.210% 0.712%
As % of the System Software category 8.365% 12.04% 9.286%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 9
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £20,000 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £52,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -4.25%
All System Software
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
263 216 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 10.17% 10.06% 7.667%
Number of salaries quoted 226 160 112
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £20,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
XenDesktop
West Yorkshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Leeds XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 35 (100.00%) Citrix
1 35 (100.00%) XenApp
2 33 (94.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (94.29%) VMware
3 26 (74.29%) vSphere
4 25 (71.43%) XenServer
5 24 (68.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 21 (60.00%) HP
7 20 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
7 20 (57.14%) CCEE
7 20 (57.14%) CCIA
8 15 (42.86%) CCEA
9 14 (40.00%) NetApp
9 14 (40.00%) Windows
9 14 (40.00%) Cisco
9 14 (40.00%) VMware ESX
10 13 (37.14%) CCA
11 11 (31.43%) Active Directory
11 11 (31.43%) VCDX
11 11 (31.43%) MCITP
12 10 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (28.57%) VCAP
13 9 (25.71%) CCAA
13 9 (25.71%) NetScaler
13 9 (25.71%) SAN
14 8 (22.86%) EMC
14 8 (22.86%) MS Excel
14 8 (22.86%) IBM
14 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
14 8 (22.86%) Veeam

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 4 (11.43%) MS Exchange
2 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2000
3 2 (5.714%) IIS
4 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) NetScaler
1 9 (25.71%) SAN
2 5 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (11.43%) Firewall
3 4 (11.43%) iSCSI
3 4 (11.43%) Unified Communications
3 4 (11.43%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (8.571%) Network Security
4 3 (8.571%) NAS
5 2 (5.714%) OSPF
5 2 (5.714%) H.323
5 2 (5.714%) ISDN
5 2 (5.714%) PBX
5 2 (5.714%) DNS
5 2 (5.714%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (5.714%) VLAN
6 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.571%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 23 (65.71%) Consultant
2 11 (31.43%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 8 (22.86%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (22.86%) Architect
4 7 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
4 7 (20.00%) Citrix Consultant
5 5 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
5 5 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (11.43%) Virtualisation Architect
7 3 (8.571%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 2 (5.714%) Technical Architect
8 2 (5.714%) Microsoft Consultant
8 2 (5.714%) Technical Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.714%) SCCM Consultant
8 2 (5.714%) VMware Architect
9 1 (2.857%) Product Specialist
9 1 (2.857%) VMware Engineer
9 1 (2.857%) Virtualisation Specialist
9 1 (2.857%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
9 1 (2.857%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) SaaS
2 2 (5.714%) IVR
2 2 (5.714%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.714%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.857%) PaaS
3 1 (2.857%) EqualLogic
3 1 (2.857%) Celerra
3 1 (2.857%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.857%) CLARiiON
3 1 (2.857%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 14 (40.00%) Windows
2 10 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (11.43%) Windows 7
4 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.857%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.43%) Technical Architecture
1 4 (11.43%) Business Development
1 4 (11.43%) Load Balancing
2 3 (8.571%) Data Management
3 2 (5.714%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (5.714%) Project Planning
4 1 (2.857%) High Availability
4 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (2.857%) Data Analysis
4 1 (2.857%) Business Continuity
4 1 (2.857%) Service Management
4 1 (2.857%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 20 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
2 20 (57.14%) CCEE
2 20 (57.14%) CCIA
3 15 (42.86%) CCEA
4 13 (37.14%) CCA
5 11 (31.43%) VCDX
5 11 (31.43%) MCITP
6 10 (28.57%) VCAP
7 9 (25.71%) CCAA
8 6 (17.14%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (17.14%) CCNP
8 6 (17.14%) CCDA
9 5 (14.29%) NCDA
9 5 (14.29%) NCIE
10 4 (11.43%) MCTS
11 3 (8.571%) MCSE
11 3 (8.571%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (2.857%) VCP4
12 1 (2.857%) HP ASE
System Software
1 35 (100.00%) XenApp
2 33 (94.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (74.29%) vSphere
4 25 (71.43%) XenServer
5 14 (40.00%) VMware ESX
6 11 (31.43%) Active Directory
7 8 (22.86%) Hyper-V
8 4 (11.43%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (2.857%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (2.857%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (20.00%) SCCM
2 5 (14.29%) SCOM
3 4 (11.43%) SCVMM
4 3 (8.571%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 3 (8.571%) NetBackup
4 3 (8.571%) Backup Exec
5 1 (2.857%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (2.857%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Citrix
2 33 (94.29%) VMware
3 21 (60.00%) HP
4 14 (40.00%) NetApp
4 14 (40.00%) Cisco
5 8 (22.86%) EMC
5 8 (22.86%) IBM
5 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
5 8 (22.86%) Veeam
6 7 (20.00%) PlateSpin
6 7 (20.00%) Dell
7 6 (17.14%) Juniper
7 6 (17.14%) Blue Coat
7 6 (17.14%) DataCore
7 6 (17.14%) FalconStor
8 4 (11.43%) Symantec
9 3 (8.571%) CommVault
10 2 (5.714%) AppSense
10 2 (5.714%) Avaya
10 2 (5.714%) Acme Packet