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

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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 29 25 31
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 22 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 9.016% 7.317% 1.571%
As % of the Vendors category 15.07% 13.64% 3.261%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 0
Average salary £40,000 £29,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.75% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Vendors
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
146 88 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 59.84% 53.66% 48.17%
Number of salaries quoted 98 57 67
Average salary £37,000 £35,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.22% +7.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,860 £27,500 £25,200
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £60,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
West Midlands

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 28 (54.90%) Windows
2 25 (49.02%) MSI
3 22 (43.14%) Finance
4 21 (41.18%) SQL Server
5 20 (39.22%) Telecoms
6 19 (37.25%) Retail
6 19 (37.25%) Microsoft
6 19 (37.25%) Fujitsu
7 18 (35.29%) SCCM
8 17 (33.33%) VMware
8 17 (33.33%) Cisco
9 16 (31.37%) Microsoft App-V
9 16 (31.37%) SCOM
10 15 (29.41%) XenApp
11 14 (27.45%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (27.45%) Windows 7
11 14 (27.45%) SAN
11 14 (27.45%) MS Exchange
12 13 (25.49%) HP
12 13 (25.49%) VMware Infrastructure
13 11 (21.57%) SC Cleared
13 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
13 11 (21.57%) Clustering
14 10 (19.61%) Firewall
14 10 (19.61%) Dell
14 10 (19.61%) XenDesktop
15 9 (17.65%) NAS
15 9 (17.65%) Application Packaging
15 9 (17.65%) Change Control
15 9 (17.65%) CCEE

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 9 (17.65%) Application Packaging
2 7 (13.73%) Software Packaging
3 3 (5.882%) COM
Application Platforms
1 14 (27.45%) MS Exchange
2 8 (15.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (15.69%) SharePoint 2010
2 8 (15.69%) Lync
3 5 (9.804%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (5.882%) IIS
5 2 (3.922%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (27.45%) SAN
2 10 (19.61%) Firewall
3 9 (17.65%) NAS
4 8 (15.69%) Wireless
5 7 (13.73%) NetScaler
6 3 (5.882%) WAN
7 1 (1.961%) DHCP
7 1 (1.961%) DNS
7 1 (1.961%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.961%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (49.02%) MSI
General
1 22 (43.14%) Finance
2 20 (39.22%) Telecoms
3 19 (37.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (52.94%) Consultant
2 16 (31.37%) Technical Consultant
3 9 (17.65%) Citrix Consultant
4 8 (15.69%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) Lead Architect
5 7 (13.73%) SCCM Administrator
5 7 (13.73%) Architect
5 7 (13.73%) Administrator
5 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 6 (11.76%) Cisco Consultant
7 5 (9.804%) Security Architect
8 4 (7.843%) Implementation Consultant
9 3 (5.882%) Technical Support Analyst
9 3 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (5.882%) Windows Support Analyst
9 3 (5.882%) Analyst
9 3 (5.882%) Support Analyst
9 3 (5.882%) Technical Support
10 1 (1.961%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 28 (54.90%) Windows
2 14 (27.45%) Windows Server 2008
2 14 (27.45%) Windows 7
3 9 (17.65%) Windows 8
4 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.961%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.961%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (17.65%) Change Control
2 7 (13.73%) Time Management
2 7 (13.73%) Project Management
3 6 (11.76%) Software Deployment
4 3 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (1.961%) Migration
5 1 (1.961%) Data Protection
5 1 (1.961%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) SQL
2 1 (1.961%) VBScript
2 1 (1.961%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) SC Cleared
1 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.65%) CCEE
2 9 (17.65%) Citrix Certification
3 8 (15.69%) CCIA
4 3 (5.882%) Degree
5 2 (3.922%) MCITP
5 2 (3.922%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (3.922%) CCAA
5 2 (3.922%) MCSE
5 2 (3.922%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.961%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.961%) CCA
6 1 (1.961%) MCP
6 1 (1.961%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.65%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (31.37%) Microsoft App-V
2 15 (29.41%) XenApp
3 13 (25.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (19.61%) XenDesktop
5 5 (9.804%) Active Directory
6 2 (3.922%) vSphere
6 2 (3.922%) XenServer
6 2 (3.922%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.961%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (35.29%) SCCM
2 16 (31.37%) SCOM
3 1 (1.961%) ARCserve
3 1 (1.961%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 19 (37.25%) Microsoft
1 19 (37.25%) Fujitsu
2 17 (33.33%) VMware
2 17 (33.33%) Cisco
3 13 (25.49%) HP
4 10 (19.61%) Dell
5 7 (13.73%) Riverbed
5 7 (13.73%) CheckPoint
6 4 (7.843%) AppSense
7 1 (1.961%) Avaya
7 1 (1.961%) Veritas
7 1 (1.961%) Symantec
7 1 (1.961%) McAfee
7 1 (1.961%) Websense
7 1 (1.961%) Veeam