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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 61 66 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 8 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.210% 0.266% -
As % of the System Software category 11.27% 3.846% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £32,500 £41,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.21% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
71 52 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.74% 6.906% 9.625%
Number of salaries quoted 55 43 69
Average salary £32,500 £36,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.72% +30.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £30,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
East Midlands

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire XenDesktop Salary Trend

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 Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +3 3 £32,500 -21.21%
XenDesktop
East Midlands

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 18 (100.00%) Windows
1 18 (100.00%) Citrix
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 17 (94.44%) Active Directory
2 17 (94.44%) SharePoint
2 17 (94.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (94.44%) Hyper-V
2 17 (94.44%) Lync
3 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
4 14 (77.78%) MS Exchange
4 14 (77.78%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (77.78%) XenServer
4 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (72.22%) vSphere
5 13 (72.22%) UAG
5 13 (72.22%) NAS
5 13 (72.22%) Office 365
5 13 (72.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (72.22%) DHCP
5 13 (72.22%) SQL
5 13 (72.22%) MS Office
5 13 (72.22%) DNS
5 13 (72.22%) Back Office
5 13 (72.22%) Firewall
5 13 (72.22%) SAN
6 5 (27.78%) XenApp
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
7 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 4 (22.22%) HP
7 4 (22.22%) Dell

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 Platforms
1 17 (94.44%) SharePoint
1 17 (94.44%) Lync
2 14 (77.78%) MS Exchange
2 14 (77.78%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.556%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 13 (72.22%) Office 365
1 13 (72.22%) MS Office
2 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) NAS
1 13 (72.22%) DHCP
1 13 (72.22%) DNS
1 13 (72.22%) Firewall
1 13 (72.22%) SAN
2 1 (5.556%) MPLS
2 1 (5.556%) OSPF
2 1 (5.556%) Wireless
2 1 (5.556%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 13 (72.22%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Architect
2 9 (50.00%) Technical Architect
2 9 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 9 (50.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Network Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (72.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.556%) ITIL
1 1 (5.556%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (22.22%) CCEE
1 4 (22.22%) MCTS
1 4 (22.22%) MCITP
2 1 (5.556%) CCEA
2 1 (5.556%) CCA
2 1 (5.556%) CCAA
System Software
1 17 (94.44%) Active Directory
1 17 (94.44%) VMware Infrastructure
1 17 (94.44%) Hyper-V
2 14 (77.78%) XenServer
3 13 (72.22%) vSphere
3 13 (72.22%) UAG
4 5 (27.78%) XenApp
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Citrix
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (22.22%) HP
3 4 (22.22%) Dell
4 1 (5.556%) Juniper