The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 17 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 96 89 84
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -5
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 6 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.465% 0.189% 0.212%
As % of the System Software category 4.054% 1.613% 2.899%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 2
Average salary £32,500 £41,250 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.21% -31.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £36,250 £57,600
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £46,250 £62,400
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
148 124 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 11.48% 11.70% 7.302%
Number of salaries quoted 131 101 59
Average salary £39,000 £39,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,750 £54,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenDesktop
Buckinghamshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 24 (100.00%) Citrix
1 24 (100.00%) XenApp
2 17 (70.83%) MCITP
3 16 (66.67%) Windows
4 15 (62.50%) VMware
5 14 (58.33%) SQL Server
5 14 (58.33%) Active Directory
6 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
6 13 (54.17%) Citrix Certification
7 12 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 11 (45.83%) CCEE
8 11 (45.83%) HP
8 11 (45.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (41.67%) MS Exchange
9 10 (41.67%) MCTS
9 10 (41.67%) XenServer
10 9 (37.50%) CCEA
11 8 (33.33%) CCA
12 7 (29.17%) SAN
12 7 (29.17%) Dell
12 7 (29.17%) MCSA
12 7 (29.17%) MS Excel
12 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (29.17%) Firewall
12 7 (29.17%) Hyper-V
12 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 7 (29.17%) CCAA
13 6 (25.00%) CCIA
13 6 (25.00%) vSphere
13 6 (25.00%) Lync

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 2 (8.333%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (41.67%) MS Exchange
2 6 (25.00%) Lync
2 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (8.333%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (4.167%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) SAN
1 7 (29.17%) Firewall
2 6 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 2 (8.333%) Wireless
3 2 (8.333%) MPLS
3 2 (8.333%) OSPF
3 2 (8.333%) VPN
4 1 (4.167%) DNS
4 1 (4.167%) LAN
4 1 (4.167%) DHCP
4 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.167%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MSI
General
1 1 (4.167%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Consultant
1 7 (29.17%) Server Support
2 6 (25.00%) Support Specialist
2 6 (25.00%) Server Support Specialist
2 6 (25.00%) Server Specialist
3 5 (20.83%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 5 (20.83%) Citrix Consultant
4 4 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Administrator
5 3 (12.50%) VMware Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Citrix Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Citrix Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Citrix Architect
6 2 (8.333%) Network Administrator
6 2 (8.333%) Architect
6 2 (8.333%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.167%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (4.167%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Celerra
1 1 (4.167%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 16 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.167%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.333%) ITIL
1 2 (8.333%) Time Management
2 1 (4.167%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) VBScript
1 1 (4.167%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (70.83%) MCITP
2 13 (54.17%) Citrix Certification
3 11 (45.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 11 (45.83%) CCEE
4 10 (41.67%) MCTS
5 9 (37.50%) CCEA
6 8 (33.33%) CCA
7 7 (29.17%) MCSA
7 7 (29.17%) CCAA
7 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (25.00%) CCIA
9 2 (8.333%) VCAP
9 2 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (8.333%) HP AIS
10 1 (4.167%) HP ASE
10 1 (4.167%) HP MASE
10 1 (4.167%) VCDX
10 1 (4.167%) NCDA
10 1 (4.167%) NCIE
10 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (100.00%) XenApp
2 14 (58.33%) Active Directory
3 12 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (41.67%) XenServer
5 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (29.17%) Hyper-V
6 6 (25.00%) vSphere
7 4 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (8.333%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (8.333%) VMware ESX
9 1 (4.167%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) SCCM
2 1 (4.167%) SCOM
2 1 (4.167%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Citrix
2 15 (62.50%) VMware
3 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
4 11 (45.83%) HP
5 7 (29.17%) Dell
6 4 (16.67%) IBM
6 4 (16.67%) Veeam
7 3 (12.50%) AppSense
8 2 (8.333%) Cisco
8 2 (8.333%) Juniper
8 2 (8.333%) NetApp
8 2 (8.333%) EMC