The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 144 130 148
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +18
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 13 18 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.416% 0.523% 0.255%
As % of the System Software category 5.285% 6.040% 4.245%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 9
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £37,300 £37,000 £43,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,900 £45,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All System Software
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
246 298 212
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 7.872% 8.655% 6.018%
Number of salaries quoted 148 197 157
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenServer
UK

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenServer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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 -17 6 £40,000 -
Aberdeen - 6 £40,000 -
North Lanarkshire +4 1 - -
Stirling - 1 £37,500 -
XenServer
UK

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 14 (100.00%) Citrix
2 13 (92.86%) MS Exchange
2 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (92.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (85.71%) Active Directory
4 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (71.43%) XenApp
5 10 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (50.00%) XenDesktop
6 7 (50.00%) Hyper-V
6 7 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (50.00%) SCCM
6 7 (50.00%) VMware
7 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (35.71%) vSphere
8 5 (35.71%) MCITP
8 5 (35.71%) Change Management
9 4 (28.57%) CCA
9 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (28.57%) SCOM
9 4 (28.57%) Project Management
10 3 (21.43%) MCTS
10 3 (21.43%) IIS
11 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 2 (14.29%) HP
11 2 (14.29%) NetApp
11 2 (14.29%) Windows XP

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 13 (92.86%) MS Exchange
2 10 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (21.43%) IIS
6 1 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (7.143%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
6 1 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) SAN
1 1 (7.143%) LAN
1 1 (7.143%) WAN
1 1 (7.143%) DHCP
1 1 (7.143%) DNS
1 1 (7.143%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Support Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Project Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (7.143%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
1 13 (92.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Vista
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Change Management
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.143%) Migration
4 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) MCITP
2 4 (28.57%) CCA
2 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (21.43%) MCTS
4 2 (14.29%) MCSE
4 2 (14.29%) MCSA
4 2 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (7.143%) VCP4
5 1 (7.143%) VCP5
System Software
1 12 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 10 (71.43%) XenApp
3 7 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 7 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 7 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (35.71%) vSphere
5 1 (7.143%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) SCCM
2 4 (28.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Citrix
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
3 7 (50.00%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) HP
4 2 (14.29%) NetApp
Glasgow, Scotland
Cathcart Associates are working with a hugely successful IT Services company who are looking to recruit an Infrastructure Consultant for a permanent position within their Technical division in...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Car/ Allowance + Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Citrix XenApp / Citrix XenServer / XenDesktop - Design, Implementation and Support. ** Design, Implementation and Support of virtual environments- VMware ** Strong working knowledge of SCCM ** Microsoft HyperV ** Linux - Basic System Installation...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum + + Fantastic Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates are working with one of Scotland's leading Managed Service providers to recruit an Infrastructure Engineer for a permanent opportunity in their Aberdeen Head Quarters. This...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013