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

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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 71 50 62
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +12
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 90 126 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 2.860% 3.647% 3.014%
As % of the Vendors category 5.675% 7.581% 6.587%
Number of salaries quoted 55 81 75
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £27,650 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Vendors
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1586 1662 1594
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 50.40% 48.10% 45.75%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1155 1187
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Citrix across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Citrix Salary Histogram

Citrix
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -11 30 £32,500 -18.75%
Aberdeen +5 28 £42,500 +17.24%
Edinburgh -3 19 £32,500 -2.98%
North Lanarkshire +2 4 £36,250 +20.83%
Stirling +21 2 £37,500 +25.00%
West Lothian -20 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 £24,500 -
Argyll and Bute - 1 - -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Citrix
UK

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 113 (67.26%) Windows
2 107 (63.69%) VMware
3 105 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 77 (45.83%) Active Directory
5 76 (45.24%) Windows Server 2008
6 71 (42.26%) VMware Infrastructure
7 64 (38.10%) MS Exchange
8 62 (36.90%) Windows Server 2003
9 55 (32.74%) MS Excel
10 45 (26.79%) SAN
11 44 (26.19%) XenApp
12 37 (22.02%) SCCM
13 36 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 36 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
14 32 (19.05%) Cisco
14 32 (19.05%) ITIL
15 26 (15.48%) SQL
15 26 (15.48%) DNS
16 25 (14.88%) vSphere
17 24 (14.29%) Hyper-V
17 24 (14.29%) Windows 7
18 23 (13.69%) Dell
18 23 (13.69%) Exchange Server 2007
18 23 (13.69%) MCITP
18 23 (13.69%) Service Delivery
19 22 (13.10%) Degree
19 22 (13.10%) NetApp
20 21 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
21 20 (11.90%) MCSE
22 19 (11.31%) SLA

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 11 (6.548%) XML
2 10 (5.952%) GWT
2 10 (5.952%) jQuery
2 10 (5.952%) Spring
2 10 (5.952%) J2EE
3 9 (5.357%) XSLT
4 7 (4.167%) Middleware
5 6 (3.571%) AppFuse
6 4 (2.381%) Application Packaging
6 4 (2.381%) .NET
7 1 (0.595%) HTML
7 1 (0.595%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.595%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 64 (38.10%) MS Exchange
2 36 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 23 (13.69%) Exchange Server 2007
4 21 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
5 17 (10.12%) IIS
6 15 (8.929%) SharePoint
7 10 (5.952%) Lync
8 8 (4.762%) Site Server
9 6 (3.571%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (2.976%) Lotus Notes
10 5 (2.976%) Tomcat
10 5 (2.976%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (2.976%) OpenStack
11 4 (2.381%) Office Communications Server
11 4 (2.381%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.595%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.595%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 55 (32.74%) MS Excel
2 12 (7.143%) MS Office
3 1 (0.595%) MS Project
3 1 (0.595%) Open Workbench
3 1 (0.595%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (1.190%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 45 (26.79%) SAN
2 26 (15.48%) DNS
3 17 (10.12%) DHCP
4 13 (7.738%) Firewall
5 10 (5.952%) LAN
6 9 (5.357%) WAN
6 9 (5.357%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.571%) NAS
7 6 (3.571%) Intranet
7 6 (3.571%) Internet
8 5 (2.976%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (2.381%) NetScaler
9 4 (2.381%) VoIP
10 2 (1.190%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.595%) SMS
11 1 (0.595%) VPN
11 1 (0.595%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.595%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.738%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.976%) MySQL
3 4 (2.381%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.190%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.595%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (5.357%) Subversion
2 6 (3.571%) Hudson
2 6 (3.571%) Eclipse
3 5 (2.976%) Ant
3 5 (2.976%) Maven
3 5 (2.976%) JMeter
4 3 (1.786%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.595%) StarTeam
General
1 19 (11.31%) Finance
2 5 (2.976%) Back Office
2 5 (2.976%) Telecoms
3 3 (1.786%) Banking
4 2 (1.190%) Retail
5 1 (0.595%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.595%) Private Banking
5 1 (0.595%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.595%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 33 (19.64%) Consultant
2 23 (13.69%) Analyst
3 21 (12.50%) Architect
4 19 (11.31%) Team Leader
5 18 (10.71%) Technical Consultant
6 17 (10.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (8.929%) Support Engineer
7 15 (8.929%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (7.143%) Support Analyst
9 11 (6.548%) Server Engineer
10 10 (5.952%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 10 (5.952%) IT Consultant
10 10 (5.952%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (5.357%) Developer
11 9 (5.357%) Senior Developer
12 7 (4.167%) Infrastructure Manager
13 6 (3.571%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 6 (3.571%) Administrator
13 6 (3.571%) Infrastructure Team Leader
13 6 (3.571%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.738%) Clustering
2 11 (6.548%) Mainframe
3 7 (4.167%) Blackberry
3 7 (4.167%) Enterprise Storage
4 6 (3.571%) Eucalyptus
5 5 (2.976%) Thin Client
5 5 (2.976%) Fat Client
5 5 (2.976%) iSeries
6 3 (1.786%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.190%) CLARiiON
7 2 (1.190%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.190%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.595%) CMDB
8 1 (0.595%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.595%) PKI
8 1 (0.595%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 113 (67.26%) Windows
2 76 (45.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 62 (36.90%) Windows Server 2003
4 24 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 19 (11.31%) Linux
6 17 (10.12%) Windows XP
7 7 (4.167%) UNIX
8 6 (3.571%) AIX
9 4 (2.381%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.786%) Windows Vista
10 3 (1.786%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.595%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.595%) Solaris
11 1 (0.595%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.595%) Android
11 1 (0.595%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.595%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (19.05%) ITIL
2 23 (13.69%) Service Delivery
3 16 (9.524%) Project Management
4 11 (6.548%) Capacity Management
5 10 (5.952%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (5.952%) SOA
6 9 (5.357%) DSDM
6 9 (5.357%) Service Management
6 9 (5.357%) Scrum
6 9 (5.357%) Capacity Planning
6 9 (5.357%) Waterfall
7 8 (4.762%) Technical Architecture
8 7 (4.167%) PRINCE2
9 6 (3.571%) Performance Management
9 6 (3.571%) Continuous Integration
10 5 (2.976%) RUP
10 5 (2.976%) Test-First Development
10 5 (2.976%) Change Management
11 4 (2.381%) Security Management
11 4 (2.381%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.48%) SQL
2 18 (10.71%) PHP
3 11 (6.548%) Java
4 10 (5.952%) Perl
4 10 (5.952%) Python
5 6 (3.571%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.190%) VBScript
6 2 (1.190%) VB
6 2 (1.190%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.595%) VBA
7 1 (0.595%) C#
7 1 (0.595%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 36 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (13.69%) MCITP
3 22 (13.10%) Degree
4 20 (11.90%) MCSE
5 18 (10.71%) Citrix Certification
6 16 (9.524%) CCA
7 14 (8.333%) CCNA
7 14 (8.333%) MCSA
7 14 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (7.738%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (5.357%) MCTS
10 4 (2.381%) CCAA
10 4 (2.381%) VCP4
10 4 (2.381%) Security Cleared
11 3 (1.786%) MCP
11 3 (1.786%) VCP5
11 3 (1.786%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (1.190%) CCENT
12 2 (1.190%) Server+ Certification
12 2 (1.190%) CNE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.31%) SLA
2 4 (2.381%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 71 (42.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (26.19%) XenApp
4 25 (14.88%) vSphere
5 24 (14.29%) Hyper-V
6 14 (8.333%) XenServer
7 9 (5.357%) XenDesktop
8 5 (2.976%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (2.381%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 4 (2.381%) Terminal Server
10 3 (1.786%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.786%) VMware Server
11 2 (1.190%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (1.190%) VMware ESX
11 2 (1.190%) Xen
12 1 (0.595%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.595%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.595%) NFS
12 1 (0.595%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 37 (22.02%) SCCM
2 12 (7.143%) WSUS
3 10 (5.952%) SCOM
4 9 (5.357%) Backup Exec
5 4 (2.381%) SCVMM
5 4 (2.381%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.786%) NetBackup
6 3 (1.786%) DameWare
7 1 (0.595%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.595%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 1 (0.595%) MOM
7 1 (0.595%) Business Desktop Deployment
7 1 (0.595%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.595%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 107 (63.69%) VMware
2 105 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 32 (19.05%) Cisco
4 23 (13.69%) Dell
5 22 (13.10%) NetApp
6 12 (7.143%) HP
6 12 (7.143%) CommVault
7 11 (6.548%) IBM
8 10 (5.952%) EMC
8 10 (5.952%) Symantec
9 5 (2.976%) Lotus
9 5 (2.976%) McAfee
9 5 (2.976%) Apple
10 3 (1.786%) Juniper
11 2 (1.190%) Altiris
11 2 (1.190%) Fujitsu
11 2 (1.190%) Oracle
11 2 (1.190%) Veritas
11 2 (1.190%) NetIQ
12 1 (0.595%) Borland
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