The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 21 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 466 376 397
Rank change year-on-year
-90 +21
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 141 284 241
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.321% 0.527% 0.424%
As % of the System Software category 3.470% 6.339% 6.422%
Number of salaries quoted 129 260 138
Average salary £46,500 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,500 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4063 4480 3753
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 9.241% 8.317% 6.599%
Number of salaries quoted 3475 3937 3066
Average salary £46,500 £45,000 £43,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% +4.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £29,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
XenDesktop
England

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London -15 53 £51,250 -0.48%
Bromley -3 5 £75,000 +114.28%
Hounslow - 2 £30,250 -
Uxbridge - 2 £40,000 -
XenDesktop
England

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 333 (97.08%) Citrix
2 282 (82.22%) XenApp
3 251 (73.18%) VMware
4 240 (69.97%) Windows
5 186 (54.23%) Active Directory
6 183 (53.35%) Microsoft
7 160 (46.65%) VMware Infrastructure
8 128 (37.32%) Windows Server 2008
9 111 (32.36%) SAN
10 104 (30.32%) Windows Server 2003
11 94 (27.41%) MS Exchange
11 94 (27.41%) vSphere
12 91 (26.53%) XenServer
13 89 (25.95%) NetScaler
14 85 (24.78%) MS Excel
14 85 (24.78%) Microsoft App-V
15 79 (23.03%) AppSense
16 76 (22.16%) Finance
17 74 (21.57%) Cisco
18 72 (20.99%) Firewall
19 70 (20.41%) Microsoft Certification
19 70 (20.41%) HP
20 65 (18.95%) EMC
21 64 (18.66%) Citrix Certification
21 64 (18.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
22 63 (18.37%) ITIL
23 62 (18.08%) NetApp
24 61 (17.78%) VMware ESX
25 60 (17.49%) Exchange Server 2010
26 57 (16.62%) SQL

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 15 (4.373%) Application Packaging
2 8 (2.332%) .NET
3 5 (1.458%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.166%) Middleware
5 3 (0.875%) LAMP
6 2 (0.583%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.583%) Web Services
7 1 (0.292%) XML
7 1 (0.292%) COM
7 1 (0.292%) J2SE
7 1 (0.292%) JMS
7 1 (0.292%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 94 (27.41%) MS Exchange
2 60 (17.49%) Exchange Server 2010
3 36 (10.50%) Exchange Server 2007
4 30 (8.746%) SharePoint
5 25 (7.289%) Exchange Server 2003
6 19 (5.539%) IIS
7 14 (4.082%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 11 (3.207%) Lync
9 8 (2.332%) Lotus Notes
10 4 (1.166%) Oracle Coherence
11 2 (0.583%) Windows Azure
11 2 (0.583%) Exchange Server 2000
12 1 (0.292%) WorkSite
Applications
1 85 (24.78%) MS Excel
2 30 (8.746%) MS Office
3 8 (2.332%) Office 365
4 6 (1.749%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.583%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.583%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.458%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 111 (32.36%) SAN
2 89 (25.95%) NetScaler
3 72 (20.99%) Firewall
4 49 (14.29%) DNS
5 45 (13.12%) NAS
6 40 (11.66%) WAN
7 35 (10.20%) DHCP
8 34 (9.913%) TCP/IP
9 27 (7.872%) VPN
10 23 (6.706%) LAN
11 11 (3.207%) Unified Communications
12 9 (2.624%) Internet
12 9 (2.624%) Fibre Channel
13 8 (2.332%) Wireless
14 7 (2.041%) SMTP
14 7 (2.041%) FTP
14 7 (2.041%) HTTP
14 7 (2.041%) iSCSI
14 7 (2.041%) VPLS
15 6 (1.749%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (14.58%) SQL Server
2 26 (7.580%) MySQL
3 12 (3.499%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (1.749%) QlikView
4 6 (1.749%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (0.875%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.875%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.583%) Essbase
7 1 (0.292%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.292%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.292%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (2.624%) InstallShield
2 5 (1.458%) MSI
3 1 (0.292%) JIRA
General
1 76 (22.16%) Finance
2 36 (10.50%) Banking
3 15 (4.373%) Law
3 15 (4.373%) Legal
4 13 (3.790%) Investment Banking
5 7 (2.041%) Advertising
6 4 (1.166%) Games
7 1 (0.292%) Publishing
7 1 (0.292%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.292%) Marketing
7 1 (0.292%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (21.28%) Consultant
2 50 (14.58%) Citrix Engineer
3 40 (11.66%) Analyst
4 33 (9.621%) Architect
5 32 (9.329%) Systems Engineer
6 31 (9.038%) Citrix Consultant
7 27 (7.872%) Technical Consultant
8 23 (6.706%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (6.414%) Support Analyst
10 20 (5.831%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 20 (5.831%) Support Engineer
11 17 (4.956%) Project Engineer
12 15 (4.373%) Virtualisation Consultant
13 14 (4.082%) Support Specialist
13 14 (4.082%) 3rd Line Support
13 14 (4.082%) Infrastructure Architect
14 12 (3.499%) Team Leader
15 11 (3.207%) Citrix Technical Consultant
16 10 (2.915%) Sales Consultant
16 10 (2.915%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.122%) Blackberry
2 16 (4.665%) Social Media
3 15 (4.373%) Fat Client
3 15 (4.373%) Thin Client
4 11 (3.207%) Clustering
4 11 (3.207%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.166%) iSeries
5 4 (1.166%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.875%) CLARiiON
6 3 (0.875%) EMC Centera
6 3 (0.875%) SecurID
6 3 (0.875%) Celerra
6 3 (0.875%) Symmetrix DMX
7 2 (0.583%) Mathematics
7 2 (0.583%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.583%) PKI
8 1 (0.292%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.292%) PDA
8 1 (0.292%) Firmware
8 1 (0.292%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 240 (69.97%) Windows
2 128 (37.32%) Windows Server 2008
3 104 (30.32%) Windows Server 2003
4 50 (14.58%) Windows 7
5 46 (13.41%) Linux
6 26 (7.580%) Windows XP
7 17 (4.956%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (3.207%) Windows Vista
9 10 (2.915%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.166%) Windows 2000
10 4 (1.166%) Windows XP Embedded
11 3 (0.875%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.875%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.583%) Android
12 2 (0.583%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.292%) SUSE
13 1 (0.292%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (18.37%) ITIL
2 21 (6.122%) Migration
3 19 (5.539%) Project Management
3 19 (5.539%) Service Delivery
4 14 (4.082%) Disaster Recovery
4 14 (4.082%) Service Management
5 12 (3.499%) Release Management
6 11 (3.207%) Incident Management
6 11 (3.207%) Time Management
7 10 (2.915%) Business Continuity
8 9 (2.624%) Asset Management
8 9 (2.624%) Capacity Planning
9 8 (2.332%) Change Control
9 8 (2.332%) Capacity Management
9 8 (2.332%) Performance Management
10 7 (2.041%) Validation
10 7 (2.041%) CRM
10 7 (2.041%) Integration Testing
10 7 (2.041%) Project Planning
10 7 (2.041%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 57 (16.62%) SQL
2 10 (2.915%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.915%) VBScript
3 4 (1.166%) C#
4 2 (0.583%) Java
4 2 (0.583%) Perl
4 2 (0.583%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.583%) VB
4 2 (0.583%) VBA
5 1 (0.292%) C
Qualifications
1 70 (20.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 64 (18.66%) Citrix Certification
2 64 (18.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 56 (16.33%) MCSE
4 34 (9.913%) CCA
5 31 (9.038%) CCIA
6 29 (8.455%) CCEE
7 28 (8.163%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (7.289%) CCNA
8 25 (7.289%) CCEA
9 21 (6.122%) MCITP
10 13 (3.790%) CCAA
11 12 (3.499%) MCP
11 12 (3.499%) MCSA
12 10 (2.915%) Degree
13 9 (2.624%) Security Cleared
13 9 (2.624%) VTSP
14 8 (2.332%) MCTS
15 7 (2.041%) CCNP
15 7 (2.041%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.621%) SLA
2 5 (1.458%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.458%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.292%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.292%) QA
System Software
1 282 (82.22%) XenApp
2 186 (54.23%) Active Directory
3 160 (46.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 94 (27.41%) vSphere
5 91 (26.53%) XenServer
6 85 (24.78%) Microsoft App-V
7 61 (17.78%) VMware ESX
8 52 (15.16%) Hyper-V
9 19 (5.539%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 14 (4.082%) Terminal Services
11 11 (3.207%) vCloud
12 10 (2.915%) UAG
13 8 (2.332%) VMware ESXi
14 7 (2.041%) NFS
14 7 (2.041%) MetaFrame
15 6 (1.749%) IAG
16 5 (1.458%) Xen
17 2 (0.583%) Terminal Server
18 1 (0.292%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 43 (12.54%) SCCM
2 16 (4.665%) Backup Exec
3 11 (3.207%) SCOM
4 6 (1.749%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 5 (1.458%) Norton AntiVirus
6 4 (1.166%) AppDNA
7 3 (0.875%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.875%) WSUS
8 2 (0.583%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
8 2 (0.583%) Nagios
8 2 (0.583%) WMI
8 2 (0.583%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.292%) HP Data Protector
9 1 (0.292%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 333 (97.08%) Citrix
2 251 (73.18%) VMware
3 183 (53.35%) Microsoft
4 79 (23.03%) AppSense
5 74 (21.57%) Cisco
6 70 (20.41%) HP
7 65 (18.95%) EMC
8 62 (18.08%) NetApp
9 31 (9.038%) Dell
10 19 (5.539%) Juniper
11 15 (4.373%) Symantec
12 13 (3.790%) IBM
13 11 (3.207%) Red Hat
13 11 (3.207%) F5
14 9 (2.624%) Hyperion
14 9 (2.624%) Veeam
15 8 (2.332%) Lotus
16 7 (2.041%) Blue Coat
16 7 (2.041%) Hitachi
16 7 (2.041%) M86 Security
London
Fundamental to this role:* A good understanding of Windows Infrastructure* An expert understanding of Citrix Virtualization* Exceptional communication skills* Excellent written English* MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK AND...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £78000 per annum + Benefits + Car
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
As a Citrix Support Engineer you must have experience with the following; *Citrix XenApp *Citrix XenDesktop *Microsoft Exchange *Micrososft Active Directory This is a fantastic opportunity for the...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
The Citrix and App-V engineer will also need to be CCEA, CCEE or MCP Certified... *Working knowledge of Citrix XenDesktop 5.6. *Application packaging experience using App-...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £50000.0000 - £55000.0000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The Citrix/App-V Engineer will be the subject matter expert (SME) for these two core areas, in particular with a range of Citrix products including XenApp, Pro-...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + banking benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
South West London
Cisco, CCNA, CCNP, Routers, Switches, Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory, MCSE, MCITP, VMware, vSphere, ESX, Citrix, XenApp, XenDesktop, NAS, SAN, NetApp, Equallogic. My client is a SW London...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
The successful Desktop Support Engineer will provide 1st and 2nd line systems/application support to users via phone/email and face to face. You will be expected to...
Incisive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent benefits and discretionary bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Citrix, Netscaler Appliance Layer, AD, SCCM, SCOM , Appsense, Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, Citrix Access Gateway , Load Balancing, Microsoft, Web Interface, Advanced Access Control, Windows , Citrix Netscalers... -Citrix, Microsoft and...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Bonuses and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Technical skills and qualification: VMware VCP 4. Citrix CCA - XenApp / XenDesktop / XenServer. Strong understanding of administering Windows 2003 & 2008 server operating systems. Strong understanding of Microsoft Terminal Services (...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
VCP, VMware, vSphere, VCAP, VCDX, Virtualisation, VMware View, Citrix, Xenapp, Xendesktop, Professional Services, Channel, Desktop Virtualisation, Consultancy, Netapp, Cisco UCS, Flexpod, Windows Server, AD, NCDA, NCIE, Professional Services... -...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum + bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
City, London
My client a leading manage service organisation are currently in the market for a Pre-sales Infrastructure Architect -VTSP-VDI-Citrix-XenDesktop- XenApp to join their team. On...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will have excellent troubleshooting skills along with experience supporting and installing the following technologies: - Microsoft Desktops & Office - Windows Server 2008 & SBS - Exchange 2007 & 2010 - Active...
Connect Systems
Salary: From £22,000 to £32,000 per annum + company car + overtime.
Posted: 2 May 2013
Bromley, South East
Key Competencies/level Mandatory Skills:Specialist in Directory Services, Certificate Management and Windows System Administration (server and desktop) including AD, ADFS, ADRM, DHCP, PXE, Dirsync,DNS, LDAP, IP...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £70000.00 - £80000.00 per annum + Bonus, Full Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
You must have experience of - Hardware Support (Thin Clients, Desktops, Laptops, Printers, MFPs, Blackberry's etc.) - Citrix Xen Desktop- Operating systems (Windows 7)- Sharepoint- Call Management Software Tools-...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
As the Infrastructure Engineer, you will be working with technologies such as XenApp 6.5, NetScaler, Active Directory, SQL and Exchange... This role involves the design, implementation and...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Overtime, Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013