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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 63 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 3 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 0.763% 0.559% -
As % of the System Software category 7.317% 6.452% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All System Software
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
41 31 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 10.43% 8.659% 6.360%
Number of salaries quoted 38 26 14
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £36,031
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +11.01%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,650 £25,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,400 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenServer
Leicestershire

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

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

Leicester XenServer Salary Histogram

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (100.00%) XenApp
1 4 (100.00%) XenDesktop
2 3 (75.00%) vSphere
2 3 (75.00%) CCAA
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (50.00%) CCEA
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) CCA
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (50.00%) Symantec
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) CCEE
3 2 (50.00%) NCDA
3 2 (50.00%) NCIE
4 1 (25.00%) Lync
4 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Lync
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2000
2 1 (25.00%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Citrix Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Support Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Business Development
1 1 (25.00%) Time Management
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (75.00%) CCAA
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (50.00%) CCEA
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) CCA
3 2 (50.00%) CCEE
3 2 (50.00%) NCDA
3 2 (50.00%) NCIE
4 1 (25.00%) VCAP
4 1 (25.00%) VCDX
4 1 (25.00%) CCIA
4 1 (25.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) XenApp
1 4 (100.00%) XenDesktop
2 3 (75.00%) vSphere
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (25.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (50.00%) Symantec
4 1 (25.00%) Veeam
4 1 (25.00%) WatchGuard
4 1 (25.00%) Dell
4 1 (25.00%) CommVault