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This section looks at the demand for Citrix MetaFrame skills within the London region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MetaFrame over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCitrix MetaFrame
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank544580
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching permanent IT job ads94151
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.063 %
As % of the category below1.649 %2.395 %
Salaries quoted86114
Average minimum salary£40,326£34,798
Average salary£43,343£36,307
% change on same period last year+19.37 %
Average maximum salary£46,360£37,816
UK excluding London average salary£34,528£31,808
% change on same period last year+8.55 %
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
London
Matching permanent IT job ads57016305
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.069 %2.628 %
Salaries quoted48374902
Average minimum salary£39,471£41,129
Average salary£42,235£43,981
% change on same period last year-3.97 %
Average maximum salary£44,999£46,834
UK excluding London average salary£34,419£35,345
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
MetaFrame EnglandMetaFrame
England

MetaFrame
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MetaFrame across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

London MetaFrame Demand Trend

MetaFrame
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MetaFrame across the London region.

London MetaFrame Salary Trend

MetaFrame
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MetaFrame across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London MetaFrame Salary Histogram

MetaFrame
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MetaFrame within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-728£47,500+27.63 %
UxbridgeUp+116£40,750+56.73 %
CroydonNew entry-1--
Docklands, LondonUp+391£31,000-
MetaFrame EnglandMetaFrame
England

MetaFrame
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame.

1252 (99.21 %)Citrix
2192 (75.59 %)Windows
3153 (60.24 %)Windows Server 2003
4116 (45.67 %)Active Directory
5106 (41.73 %)Microsoft
684 (33.07 %)Windows 2000
779 (31.10 %)Microsoft Certification
779 (31.10 %)Citrix Presentation Server
866 (25.98 %)SQL
961 (24.02 %)Finance
1060 (23.62 %)MS Exchange
1158 (22.83 %)MCSE
1252 (20.47 %)IIS
1351 (20.08 %)Windows XP
1450 (19.69 %)SQL Server
1549 (19.29 %)CCA
1549 (19.29 %)Citrix Certification
1645 (17.72 %)HP
1645 (17.72 %)VMware
1743 (16.93 %)Linux
1842 (16.54 %)UNIX
1842 (16.54 %)DNS
1842 (16.54 %)Windows 2000 Server
1940 (15.75 %)MS Office
2038 (14.96 %)CCEA
2137 (14.57 %)MS Excel
2233 (12.99 %)Law
2332 (12.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
2332 (12.60 %)TCP/IP
2332 (12.60 %)SQL Server 2000

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (7.480 %)XML
216 (6.299 %)Middleware
216 (6.299 %)J2EE
312 (4.724 %)Application Packaging
411 (4.331 %)WebServices
53 (1.181 %)XSL
53 (1.181 %).NET
62 (0.787 %)HTML
62 (0.787 %)ASP
62 (0.787 %)COM+
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
160 (23.62 %)MS Exchange
252 (20.47 %)IIS
332 (12.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
419 (7.480 %)Lotus Notes
516 (6.299 %)WebLogic
613 (5.118 %)SharePoint
79 (3.543 %)Tomcat
87 (2.756 %)Exchange Server 2007
92 (0.787 %)Exchange Server 2000
101 (0.394 %)Lotus Domino
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
140 (15.75 %)MS Office
237 (14.57 %)MS Excel
312 (4.724 %)MS PowerPoint
49 (3.543 %)MS Visio
51 (0.394 %)Acrobat
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (4.331 %)SoftGrid
26 (2.362 %)RMDS
32 (0.787 %)Salerio
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
142 (16.54 %)DNS
232 (12.60 %)TCP/IP
330 (11.81 %)Internet
429 (11.42 %)SAN
527 (10.63 %)Firewall
625 (9.843 %)DHCP
79 (3.543 %)Network Security
87 (2.756 %)SMS
96 (2.362 %)VPN
105 (1.969 %)LAN
105 (1.969 %)WAN
114 (1.575 %)PBX
114 (1.575 %)VoIP
114 (1.575 %)Intranet
123 (1.181 %)Wireless
132 (0.787 %)IPsec
132 (0.787 %)SSL
132 (0.787 %)Kerberos
141 (0.394 %)ADSL
141 (0.394 %)3G
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
150 (19.69 %)SQL Server
232 (12.60 %)SQL Server 2000
327 (10.63 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (2.362 %)DB2
46 (2.362 %)TOAD
54 (1.575 %)RDBMS
54 (1.575 %)BusinessObjects
54 (1.575 %)MySQL
63 (1.181 %)SQL Navigator
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (3.543 %)MSI
25 (1.969 %)ClearCase
25 (1.969 %)ClearQuest
34 (1.575 %)Ant
43 (1.181 %)XMLSpy
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
161 (24.02 %)Finance
233 (12.99 %)Law
321 (8.268 %)Banking
417 (6.693 %)Insurance
59 (3.543 %)Health
68 (3.150 %)Pensions
77 (2.756 %)Back Office
86 (2.362 %)Education
86 (2.362 %)Auditing
94 (1.575 %)Investment Banking
94 (1.575 %)Telecoms
103 (1.181 %)Legal
103 (1.181 %)Publishing
112 (0.787 %)Financial Institution
112 (0.787 %)Government
121 (0.394 %)Marketing
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
174 (29.13 %)Analyst
238 (14.96 %)Support Analyst
334 (13.39 %)Citrix Engineer
426 (10.24 %)Support Engineer
426 (10.24 %)Citrix Support
521 (8.268 %)Systems Engineer
618 (7.087 %)Administrator
717 (6.693 %)3rd Line Support
816 (6.299 %)Server Support
913 (5.118 %)Service Analyst
1012 (4.724 %)Applications Support
1012 (4.724 %)Systems Administrator
1012 (4.724 %)Service Desk Analyst
1012 (4.724 %)Technical Specialist
1111 (4.331 %)Consultant
1111 (4.331 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1111 (4.331 %)Desktop Analyst
1210 (3.937 %)Technical Analyst
1210 (3.937 %)Infrastructure Specialist
139 (3.543 %)Windows Administrator
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (3.937 %)Clustering
28 (3.150 %)Client/Server
36 (2.362 %)Blackberry
45 (1.969 %)Thin Client
45 (1.969 %)Fat Client
54 (1.575 %)Video Conferencing
62 (0.787 %)Management Information System
71 (0.394 %)Economics
71 (0.394 %)Mathematics
71 (0.394 %)Computer Science
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1192 (75.59 %)Windows
2153 (60.24 %)Windows Server 2003
384 (33.07 %)Windows 2000
451 (20.08 %)Windows XP
543 (16.93 %)Linux
642 (16.54 %)Windows 2000 Server
642 (16.54 %)UNIX
727 (10.63 %)Solaris
825 (9.843 %)Red Hat Linux
96 (2.362 %)Windows NT
104 (1.575 %)HPUX
113 (1.181 %)Ubuntu
122 (0.787 %)Windows Vista
131 (0.394 %)Windows Mobile
131 (0.394 %)Mac OS X
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
131 (12.20 %)ITIL
217 (6.693 %)Project Management
312 (4.724 %)Configuration Management
312 (4.724 %)Load Balancing
411 (4.331 %)Quality Management
58 (3.150 %)Technical Architecture
65 (1.969 %)Document Management
65 (1.969 %)Service Delivery
74 (1.575 %)Asset Management
83 (1.181 %)Content Management
83 (1.181 %)Incident Management
83 (1.181 %)Problem Management
83 (1.181 %)Security Cleared
92 (0.787 %)Test Scripting
92 (0.787 %)SC Cleared
92 (0.787 %)Security Management
92 (0.787 %)Migration
92 (0.787 %)MOF
92 (0.787 %)Six Sigma
101 (0.394 %)BCP
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
166 (25.98 %)SQL
223 (9.055 %)Java
38 (3.150 %)VB
47 (2.756 %)VBScript
54 (1.575 %)PHP
54 (1.575 %)Shell Script
63 (1.181 %)VB.NET
63 (1.181 %)PL/SQL
63 (1.181 %)C#
71 (0.394 %)VB6
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
179 (31.10 %)Microsoft Certification
258 (22.83 %)MCSE
349 (19.29 %)CCA
349 (19.29 %)Citrix Certification
438 (14.96 %)CCEA
529 (11.42 %)Degree
623 (9.055 %)MCSA
713 (5.118 %)MCP
87 (2.756 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.787 %)ACCA
92 (0.787 %)A+ Certification
101 (0.394 %)CCNA
101 (0.394 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.394 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
101 (0.394 %)ACHDS
101 (0.394 %)ACDT
101 (0.394 %)ACPT
101 (0.394 %)ACSP
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (2.362 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1116 (45.67 %)Active Directory
279 (31.10 %)Citrix Presentation Server
326 (10.24 %)Terminal Services
425 (9.843 %)VMware ESX
513 (5.118 %)ISA Server
612 (4.724 %)VMware Infrastructure
79 (3.543 %)NetBackup
84 (1.575 %)Backup Exec
92 (0.787 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.394 %)VMware Server
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (3.937 %)MOM
27 (2.756 %)OpenView
36 (2.362 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
45 (1.969 %)ARCserve
45 (1.969 %)Tivoli
54 (1.575 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
63 (1.181 %)WSUS
63 (1.181 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
72 (0.787 %)OVSD
72 (0.787 %)Norton AntiVirus
81 (0.394 %)DameWare
81 (0.394 %)Tivoli Monitoring
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1252 (99.21 %)Citrix
2106 (41.73 %)Microsoft
345 (17.72 %)HP
345 (17.72 %)VMware
431 (12.20 %)Oracle
529 (11.42 %)Red Hat
627 (10.63 %)VERITAS
723 (9.055 %)Sybase
819 (7.480 %)Lotus
916 (6.299 %)Cisco
1013 (5.118 %)Bloomberg
1112 (4.724 %)CheckPoint
1112 (4.724 %)Reuters
1112 (4.724 %)BEA
1210 (3.937 %)IBM
1210 (3.937 %)Altiris
139 (3.543 %)Novell
139 (3.543 %)Dell
147 (2.756 %)NetApp
147 (2.756 %)LANDesk