Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Citrix MetaFrame skills within the Manchester 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCitrix MetaFrame
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank170198
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching permanent IT job ads213
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.743 %3.611 %
Salaries quoted112
Average minimum salary£40,000£27,017
Average salary£42,500£27,700
% change on same period last year+53.42 %
Average maximum salary£45,000£28,383
UK excluding London average salary£40,602£35,033
% change on same period last year+15.89 %
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads269360
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.157 %0.158 %
Salaries quoted232320
Average minimum salary£29,127£34,137
Average salary£31,007£37,524
% change on same period last year-17.36 %
Average maximum salary£32,887£40,912
UK excluding London average salary£35,463£34,984
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
MetaFrame North WestMetaFrame
North West

MetaFrame
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester MetaFrame Salary Trend

MetaFrame
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

16 (100.00 %)Citrix
24 (66.67 %)Active Directory
24 (66.67 %)Windows
24 (66.67 %)MCSE
24 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (66.67 %)VMware
33 (50.00 %)Clustering
33 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (50.00 %)SAN
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server
33 (50.00 %)IIS
33 (50.00 %)MCP
33 (50.00 %)Microsoft
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
33 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (33.33 %)MS Excel
42 (33.33 %)Cisco
51 (16.67 %)WebServices
51 (16.67 %)ITIL
51 (16.67 %)Perl
51 (16.67 %)SQL
51 (16.67 %)VB
51 (16.67 %)HP
51 (16.67 %)Citrix Certification
51 (16.67 %)BMC
51 (16.67 %)CA
51 (16.67 %)Terminal Server
51 (16.67 %)ITIL Certification

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)WebServices
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (50.00 %)IIS
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (50.00 %)SAN
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
13 (50.00 %)Administrator
13 (50.00 %)IT Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Citrix Specialist
21 (16.67 %)Tester
21 (16.67 %)Senior Tester
21 (16.67 %)Technical Specialist
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)Clustering
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (66.67 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (16.67 %)ITIL
21 (16.67 %)Migration
21 (16.67 %)Automated Testing
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)Perl
11 (16.67 %)SQL
11 (16.67 %)VB
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (66.67 %)MCSE
14 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (50.00 %)MCP
31 (16.67 %)ITIL Certification
31 (16.67 %)Citrix Certification
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (66.67 %)Active Directory
21 (16.67 %)Terminal Server
21 (16.67 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (16.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Citrix
24 (66.67 %)VMware
33 (50.00 %)Microsoft
42 (33.33 %)Cisco
51 (16.67 %)AppSense
51 (16.67 %)HP
51 (16.67 %)BMC
51 (16.67 %)CA