The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 17 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 47 62 61
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -1
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 11 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 2.103% 0.319% 0.338%
As % of the System Software category 21.15% 3.571% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 2
Average salary £55,000 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.78% +26.66%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
52 56 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 9.943% 8.946% 2.876%
Number of salaries quoted 47 54 13
Average salary £47,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,600 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenDesktop
South Yorkshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield XenDesktop Jobs Demand Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Trend

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

Sheffield XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region citing XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop.

1 14 (100.00%) Citrix
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
1 14 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 14 (100.00%) XenApp
2 12 (85.71%) vSphere
2 12 (85.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 11 (78.57%) HP
4 10 (71.43%) XenServer
5 9 (64.29%) CCIA
5 9 (64.29%) Citrix Certification
5 9 (64.29%) CCEA
5 9 (64.29%) VMware ESX
5 9 (64.29%) CCEE
6 8 (57.14%) VCAP
6 8 (57.14%) NetApp
6 8 (57.14%) Cisco
6 8 (57.14%) VCDX
7 7 (50.00%) CCA
8 6 (42.86%) Blue Coat
8 6 (42.86%) Dell
8 6 (42.86%) EMC
8 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (42.86%) Juniper
8 6 (42.86%) CCNP
8 6 (42.86%) CCDA
8 6 (42.86%) SaaS
8 6 (42.86%) DataCore
8 6 (42.86%) FalconStor
8 6 (42.86%) PlateSpin
9 3 (21.43%) Windows

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region citing XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) NetScaler
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (14.29%) SAN
2 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Consultant
2 6 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
2 6 (42.86%) Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Virtualisation Architect
4 3 (21.43%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) VMware Architect
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Architect
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Citrix Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Citrix Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Data Management
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (14.29%) Business Development
1 2 (14.29%) Load Balancing
2 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (64.29%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (64.29%) CCEA
2 9 (64.29%) CCEE
2 9 (64.29%) CCIA
3 8 (57.14%) VCAP
3 8 (57.14%) VCDX
4 7 (50.00%) CCA
5 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (42.86%) CCNP
5 6 (42.86%) CCDA
6 3 (21.43%) CCAA
7 2 (14.29%) NCDA
7 2 (14.29%) NCIE
7 2 (14.29%) MCITP
System Software
1 14 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 14 (100.00%) XenApp
2 12 (85.71%) vSphere
3 10 (71.43%) XenServer
4 9 (64.29%) VMware ESX
5 1 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (7.143%) Hyper-V
5 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) NetBackup
1 2 (14.29%) Backup Exec
1 2 (14.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (7.143%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) SCOM
2 1 (7.143%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Citrix
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (78.57%) HP
3 8 (57.14%) Cisco
3 8 (57.14%) NetApp
4 6 (42.86%) Juniper
4 6 (42.86%) Dell
4 6 (42.86%) EMC
4 6 (42.86%) Blue Coat
4 6 (42.86%) PlateSpin
4 6 (42.86%) DataCore
4 6 (42.86%) FalconStor
5 2 (14.29%) Veeam
5 2 (14.29%) IBM
5 2 (14.29%) CommVault
5 2 (14.29%) Symantec
6 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.143%) 3PAR