The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix 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 Vendors for the Preston region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Citrix Systems.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 26 29 12
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -17
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 3 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 2.542% 1.575% 4.167%
As % of the Vendors category 4.688% 3.636% 7.143%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
Average salary £27,500 £36,250 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.13% -14.70%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Vendors
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
64 55 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 54.24% 43.31% 58.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58 53 23
Average salary £35,000 £34,750 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.71% +26.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,963 £27,000 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
Lancashire

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Citrix across the Preston region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Preston Citrix Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix
Salary Trend

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

Preston Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston region citing Citrix 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 Citrix.

1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (64.29%) Firewall
3 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
4 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 6 (42.86%) IIS
5 6 (42.86%) ITIL
5 6 (42.86%) Oracle
5 6 (42.86%) VPN
5 6 (42.86%) VMware
5 6 (42.86%) XenApp
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (35.71%) DNS
6 5 (35.71%) DHCP
6 5 (35.71%) MS Exchange
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (28.57%) Windows XP
7 4 (28.57%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (28.57%) MCSE
7 4 (28.57%) MS Office
7 4 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (28.57%) MCITP
7 4 (28.57%) XenServer
7 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (28.57%) iPhone

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) COM
2 1 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) Web Services
2 1 (7.143%) XML
2 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) IIS
2 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (35.71%) MS Exchange
3 2 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (14.29%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Office
2 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 1 (7.143%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) Firewall
2 6 (42.86%) VPN
3 5 (35.71%) DNS
3 5 (35.71%) DHCP
4 2 (14.29%) SAN
4 2 (14.29%) Wireless
4 2 (14.29%) LAN
4 2 (14.29%) VoIP
4 2 (14.29%) WAN
4 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 2 (14.29%) VLAN
5 1 (7.143%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Support Technician
2 3 (21.43%) Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Storage Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Support Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support Manager
4 1 (7.143%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) iPhone
2 2 (14.29%) Clustering
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (7.143%) Fat Client
3 1 (7.143%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (28.57%) Windows XP
3 4 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 4 (28.57%) Windows 8
4 2 (14.29%) Solaris
4 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) Change Management
2 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 2 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (7.143%) Project Governance
3 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
3 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.143%) Workflow
3 1 (7.143%) Data Security
3 1 (7.143%) Security Management
3 1 (7.143%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (28.57%) MCSE
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (28.57%) MCITP
2 3 (21.43%) MCTS
2 3 (21.43%) MCSA
2 3 (21.43%) CCA
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (14.29%) ISEB
4 1 (7.143%) VCDX
4 1 (7.143%) VCAP
4 1 (7.143%) CCEE
4 1 (7.143%) CCAA
4 1 (7.143%) CCIA
4 1 (7.143%) NCDA
4 1 (7.143%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (42.86%) XenApp
3 4 (28.57%) XenServer
3 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (21.43%) vSphere
5 2 (14.29%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (7.143%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
1 2 (14.29%) SCOM
1 2 (14.29%) HP SIM
1 2 (14.29%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Oracle
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) AppSense
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 3 (21.43%) NetApp
4 2 (14.29%) Juniper
4 2 (14.29%) HP
4 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 2 (14.29%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.143%) Business Objects
5 1 (7.143%) SAP