The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 22 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 Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.951% - -
As % of the System Software category 17.39% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- -4.25%
All System Software
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
23 11 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 11.22% 5.392% 8.962%
Number of salaries quoted 21 11 18
Average salary £45,000 £51,250 £30,098
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.19% +70.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £21,900 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenServer
Hampshire

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 9 (100.00%) HP
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (100.00%) XenApp
1 9 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 9 (100.00%) vSphere
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (66.67%) NCDA
2 6 (66.67%) NCIE
2 6 (66.67%) Unified Communications
2 6 (66.67%) VMware ESX
2 6 (66.67%) SAN
2 6 (66.67%) NetApp
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) Windows
3 5 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
3 5 (55.56%) CCEE
3 5 (55.56%) CCIA
3 5 (55.56%) MCITP
4 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2000
4 4 (44.44%) Business Development
4 4 (44.44%) Data Management
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (44.44%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 4 (44.44%) NetBackup
4 4 (44.44%) Backup Exec
4 4 (44.44%) Symantec
4 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2000
1 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Unified Communications
1 6 (66.67%) SAN
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (33.33%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Consultant
2 5 (55.56%) Senior Consultant
2 5 (55.56%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 5 (55.56%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (44.44%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) VMware Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Celerra
1 2 (22.22%) EqualLogic
1 2 (22.22%) CLARiiON
1 2 (22.22%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Development
1 4 (44.44%) Data Management
2 2 (22.22%) High Availability
3 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (66.67%) NCDA
2 6 (66.67%) NCIE
3 5 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
3 5 (55.56%) CCEE
3 5 (55.56%) CCIA
3 5 (55.56%) MCITP
4 4 (44.44%) CCEA
5 3 (33.33%) MCTS
5 3 (33.33%) CCAA
6 2 (22.22%) VCDX
6 2 (22.22%) HP ASE
6 2 (22.22%) HP MASE
6 2 (22.22%) CCA
7 1 (11.11%) VCAP
7 1 (11.11%) HP AIS
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (100.00%) XenApp
1 9 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 9 (100.00%) vSphere
2 6 (66.67%) VMware ESX
3 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 4 (44.44%) NetBackup
1 4 (44.44%) Backup Exec
2 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) SCOM
2 2 (22.22%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) HP
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) NetApp
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Symantec
3 4 (44.44%) CommVault
4 3 (33.33%) IBM
4 3 (33.33%) Veeam
5 2 (22.22%) Dell
5 2 (22.22%) EMC