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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 65 70 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 5 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.758% 0.260% -
As % of the System Software category 7.143% 3.704% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £41,250 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- -4.25%
All System Software
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
70 54 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.61% 7.022% 9.375%
Number of salaries quoted 53 45 67
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,750 £30,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
XenServer
East Midlands

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire XenServer Jobs Demand Trend

XenServer
Salary Trend

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

Northamptonshire XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing XenServer 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 XenServer.

1 16 (100.00%) Windows
1 16 (100.00%) Citrix
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
1 16 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 16 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 15 (93.75%) Lync
2 15 (93.75%) XenDesktop
2 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (93.75%) SharePoint
3 14 (87.50%) SQL
4 13 (81.25%) MS Office
4 13 (81.25%) MS Exchange
4 13 (81.25%) DHCP
4 13 (81.25%) DNS
4 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
4 13 (81.25%) Firewall
4 13 (81.25%) Back Office
4 13 (81.25%) SAN
4 13 (81.25%) vSphere
4 13 (81.25%) UAG
4 13 (81.25%) Office 365
4 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2012
4 13 (81.25%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (81.25%) NAS
4 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (12.50%) MCITP
5 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 2 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (12.50%) HP

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing XenServer 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 XenServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 15 (93.75%) Lync
1 15 (93.75%) SharePoint
2 13 (81.25%) MS Exchange
2 13 (81.25%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 13 (81.25%) MS Office
1 13 (81.25%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (81.25%) DHCP
1 13 (81.25%) DNS
1 13 (81.25%) Firewall
1 13 (81.25%) SAN
1 13 (81.25%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (81.25%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Architect
2 9 (56.25%) Technical Architect
2 9 (56.25%) Solutions Architect
2 9 (56.25%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Citrix Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Storage Systems Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2012
2 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Time Management
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (12.50%) MCITP
1 2 (12.50%) CCA
1 2 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (12.50%) CCEA
1 2 (12.50%) CCEE
2 1 (6.250%) CCAA
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.250%) CCNA
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) MCTS
System Software
1 16 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 16 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 15 (93.75%) XenDesktop
3 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
3 13 (81.25%) vSphere
3 13 (81.25%) UAG
4 2 (12.50%) XenApp
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Citrix
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) HP
3 2 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco