The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 74 66 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 8 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.772% 0.313% -
As % of the System Software category 7.767% 3.922% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 0
Average salary £45,000 £58,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.40% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- -4.25%
All System Software
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
103 51 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 9.942% 7.994% 6.076%
Number of salaries quoted 93 44 38
Average salary £44,375 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,900 £28,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
XenServer
Oxfordshire

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford XenServer Salary Histogram

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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%) Citrix
2 13 (81.25%) XenApp
2 13 (81.25%) XenDesktop
3 11 (68.75%) VMware
4 10 (62.50%) NetApp
4 10 (62.50%) Active Directory
4 10 (62.50%) Windows
4 10 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (62.50%) NetScaler
5 8 (50.00%) MS Exchange
5 8 (50.00%) Cisco
5 8 (50.00%) SQL
6 7 (43.75%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (43.75%) SAN
6 7 (43.75%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (43.75%) CCEE
7 6 (37.50%) Hyper-V
7 6 (37.50%) MCITP
7 6 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (37.50%) Clustering
7 6 (37.50%) CCIA
8 5 (31.25%) IaaS
8 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
8 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
8 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (31.25%) CCAA
8 5 (31.25%) SaaS
8 5 (31.25%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (25.00%) EqualLogic

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 Development
1 2 (12.50%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 7 (43.75%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (6.250%) Lync
4 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) NetScaler
2 7 (43.75%) SAN
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Consultant
1 7 (43.75%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Project Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Principal Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (12.50%) Support Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Citrix Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Clustering
2 5 (31.25%) IaaS
2 5 (31.25%) SaaS
3 4 (25.00%) EqualLogic
4 3 (18.75%) Replication
5 1 (6.250%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (25.00%) CRM
2 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Citrix Certification
1 7 (43.75%) CCEE
2 6 (37.50%) MCITP
2 6 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (37.50%) CCIA
3 5 (31.25%) CCAA
4 4 (25.00%) MCTS
4 4 (25.00%) CCEA
5 2 (12.50%) VCDX
5 2 (12.50%) NCDA
5 2 (12.50%) NCIE
5 2 (12.50%) VCAP
5 2 (12.50%) MCSE
5 2 (12.50%) CCA
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (6.250%) CCNP
6 1 (6.250%) CCNA
6 1 (6.250%) HP AIS
6 1 (6.250%) HP MASE
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) XenApp
1 13 (81.25%) XenDesktop
2 10 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 10 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (37.50%) Hyper-V
4 4 (25.00%) vSphere
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (6.250%) VMware ESX
6 1 (6.250%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Citrix
2 11 (68.75%) VMware
3 10 (62.50%) NetApp
4 8 (50.00%) Cisco
5 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
6 4 (25.00%) Dell
7 2 (12.50%) HP
7 2 (12.50%) AppSense
8 1 (6.250%) EMC
8 1 (6.250%) IBM
8 1 (6.250%) Veeam
8 1 (6.250%) ION Trading