The first table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenApp 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenApp
Rank 209 132 165
Rank change year-on-year
-77 +33
Permanent jobs citing XenApp 34 120 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.473% 1.691% 1.019%
As % of the System Software category 6.719% 16.64% 11.65%
Number of salaries quoted 29 117 65
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,700 £27,500 £23,250
10% offered a salary of more than £44,800 £55,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
506 721 601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.042% 10.16% 8.752%
Number of salaries quoted 395 666 508
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenApp
England

XenApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West XenApp Jobs Demand Trend

XenApp
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XenApp across the North West region.

North West XenApp Salary Trend

XenApp
Salary Histogram

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

North West XenApp Salary Histogram

XenApp
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenApp within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester -55 19 £36,250 +11.53%
Cheshire -27 13 £39,000 +11.42%
Merseyside +5 4 £37,500 -14.77%
Lancashire -2 1 £37,500 -14.77%
XenApp
England

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing XenApp 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 XenApp.

1 97 (97.98%) Citrix
2 90 (90.91%) Windows
3 74 (74.75%) VMware
4 67 (67.68%) Windows Server 2008
5 56 (56.57%) MS Exchange
5 56 (56.57%) Microsoft
6 55 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
7 50 (50.51%) Active Directory
7 50 (50.51%) Windows Server 2003
8 43 (43.43%) XenDesktop
9 37 (37.37%) Exchange Server 2010
10 36 (36.36%) MS Excel
11 34 (34.34%) ITIL
12 31 (31.31%) XenServer
12 31 (31.31%) vSphere
13 27 (27.27%) SAN
13 27 (27.27%) Citrix Certification
14 25 (25.25%) SCCM
15 23 (23.23%) Hyper-V
16 22 (22.22%) MCITP
17 20 (20.20%) DNS
18 18 (18.18%) VMware ESX
18 18 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
18 18 (18.18%) Windows 7
19 17 (17.17%) SCOM
19 17 (17.17%) Exchange Server 2003
19 17 (17.17%) HP
19 17 (17.17%) Microsoft Certification
19 17 (17.17%) SQL Server
20 16 (16.16%) Windows XP

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing XenApp 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 XenApp. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.020%) COM
2 1 (1.010%) XML
Application Platforms
1 56 (56.57%) MS Exchange
2 37 (37.37%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
4 17 (17.17%) Exchange Server 2003
5 11 (11.11%) IIS
5 11 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (6.061%) Lync
7 5 (5.051%) SharePoint
8 3 (3.030%) SAS
9 2 (2.020%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (2.020%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (2.020%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 36 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 6 (6.061%) MS Office
3 2 (2.020%) MS Project
3 2 (2.020%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (27.27%) SAN
2 20 (20.20%) DNS
3 16 (16.16%) WAN
3 16 (16.16%) DHCP
4 13 (13.13%) LAN
4 13 (13.13%) Firewall
5 9 (9.091%) Internet
6 7 (7.071%) TCP/IP
7 6 (6.061%) Wireless
7 6 (6.061%) NetScaler
8 5 (5.051%) NAS
8 5 (5.051%) VPN
9 4 (4.040%) PBX
9 4 (4.040%) WLAN
9 4 (4.040%) Unified Communications
10 2 (2.020%) VoIP
10 2 (2.020%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (2.020%) IP Telephony
10 2 (2.020%) VLAN
11 1 (1.010%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (17.17%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.081%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.010%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 6 (6.061%) Advertising
1 6 (6.061%) Telecoms
1 6 (6.061%) Finance
1 6 (6.061%) Retail
2 5 (5.051%) Law
3 4 (4.040%) Legal
4 2 (2.020%) Banking
5 1 (1.010%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (17.17%) Consultant
2 16 (16.16%) Analyst
3 15 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
5 8 (8.081%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (8.081%) Support Analyst
6 7 (7.071%) Technical Support
6 7 (7.071%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 7 (7.071%) Technical Manager
7 6 (6.061%) Support Manager
7 6 (6.061%) Citrix Consultant
7 6 (6.061%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 5 (5.051%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.040%) Technical Support Manager
9 4 (4.040%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (4.040%) Implementation Consultant
9 4 (4.040%) Service Analyst
9 4 (4.040%) Administrator
9 4 (4.040%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (4.040%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Blackberry
1 12 (12.12%) Clustering
2 4 (4.040%) Thin Client
2 4 (4.040%) Fat Client
3 2 (2.020%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.020%) EqualLogic
3 2 (2.020%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (2.020%) Celerra
4 1 (1.010%) Statistics
4 1 (1.010%) iPad
4 1 (1.010%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 90 (90.91%) Windows
2 67 (67.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 50 (50.51%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (18.18%) Windows 7
5 16 (16.16%) Windows XP
6 9 (9.091%) UNIX
7 8 (8.081%) Solaris
7 8 (8.081%) Linux
8 4 (4.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (3.030%) Windows Vista
9 3 (3.030%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (2.020%) NetWare
10 2 (2.020%) Windows 2000
10 2 (2.020%) Windows XP Embedded
11 1 (1.010%) Apple iOS
11 1 (1.010%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.34%) ITIL
2 10 (10.10%) Problem Management
3 8 (8.081%) Change Management
4 7 (7.071%) Change Control
4 7 (7.071%) ITIL V3
5 6 (6.061%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (4.040%) Project Management
6 4 (4.040%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (4.040%) PRINCE2
6 4 (4.040%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (3.030%) Test Scripting
7 3 (3.030%) Software Deployment
7 3 (3.030%) Business Continuity
8 2 (2.020%) Service Management
8 2 (2.020%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.020%) E-Commerce
8 2 (2.020%) Build Automation
8 2 (2.020%) High Availability
8 2 (2.020%) Asset Management
9 1 (1.010%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.11%) SQL
1 11 (11.11%) VBScript
2 10 (10.10%) VB
3 8 (8.081%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.020%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (27.27%) Citrix Certification
2 22 (22.22%) MCITP
3 17 (17.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (15.15%) CCA
5 13 (13.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (12.12%) MCSE
6 12 (12.12%) MCTS
6 12 (12.12%) CCEE
7 10 (10.10%) CCEA
7 10 (10.10%) CCIA
8 8 (8.081%) MCSA
9 6 (6.061%) SC Cleared
9 6 (6.061%) Security Cleared
10 5 (5.051%) CCAA
11 4 (4.040%) HP APS
11 4 (4.040%) Degree
12 3 (3.030%) VCDX
12 3 (3.030%) VCAP
12 3 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (2.020%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.091%) SLA
2 3 (3.030%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.010%) QA
3 1 (1.010%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 55 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 50 (50.51%) Active Directory
3 43 (43.43%) XenDesktop
4 31 (31.31%) XenServer
4 31 (31.31%) vSphere
5 23 (23.23%) Hyper-V
6 18 (18.18%) VMware ESX
7 14 (14.14%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 9 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (7.071%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (4.040%) Terminal Services
11 2 (2.020%) MetaFrame
11 2 (2.020%) IAG
12 1 (1.010%) VMware Server
12 1 (1.010%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (25.25%) SCCM
2 17 (17.17%) SCOM
3 6 (6.061%) SCVMM
4 3 (3.030%) WSUS
4 3 (3.030%) BladeLogic
5 2 (2.020%) ZENworks
5 2 (2.020%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (2.020%) HP SIM
6 1 (1.010%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (1.010%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (1.010%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 97 (97.98%) Citrix
2 74 (74.75%) VMware
3 56 (56.57%) Microsoft
4 17 (17.17%) HP
5 15 (15.15%) AppSense
5 15 (15.15%) NetApp
6 14 (14.14%) Cisco
7 5 (5.051%) Sun
7 5 (5.051%) Dell
7 5 (5.051%) Symantec
7 5 (5.051%) Remedy
8 4 (4.040%) Red Hat
8 4 (4.040%) EMC
8 4 (4.040%) IBM
8 4 (4.040%) Oracle
8 4 (4.040%) Veeam
8 4 (4.040%) ProCurve
8 4 (4.040%) Mitel
8 4 (4.040%) Fujitsu
9 3 (3.030%) Altiris
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