The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer 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 of the System Software category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 353 342 315
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -27
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 88 96 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.397% 0.404% 0.462%
As % of the System Software category 3.560% 4.299% 4.851%
Number of salaries quoted 75 80 87
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,350 £34,600 £35,900
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £64,700 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- -4.25%
All System Software
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
2472 2233 2144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 11.14% 9.406% 9.524%
Number of salaries quoted 2111 1924 1766
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,550 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
XenServer
England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East XenServer Salary Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +16 40 £45,000 -10.00%
Hampshire +9 26 £40,000 -5.88%
Buckinghamshire -6 16 £45,000 +30.43%
Surrey +7 12 £50,000 +17.64%
Oxfordshire -17 8 £45,000 -5.26%
Middlesex - 8 £55,000 -
West Sussex -12 2 £49,750 +8.15%
XenServer
England

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 184 (92.93%) Citrix
2 153 (77.27%) Windows
3 146 (73.74%) XenApp
4 140 (70.71%) VMware
5 133 (67.17%) XenDesktop
6 124 (62.63%) VMware Infrastructure
7 104 (52.53%) Hyper-V
8 94 (47.47%) Windows Server 2008
8 94 (47.47%) Active Directory
9 89 (44.95%) Microsoft
10 72 (36.36%) vSphere
11 71 (35.86%) SAN
12 70 (35.35%) SQL
13 69 (34.85%) MS Exchange
14 66 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
15 62 (31.31%) HP
16 54 (27.27%) MS Excel
17 53 (26.77%) Firewall
18 50 (25.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 50 (25.25%) MCITP
19 48 (24.24%) CCIA
20 47 (23.74%) Cisco
21 46 (23.23%) CCEE
22 44 (22.22%) DNS
22 44 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
22 44 (22.22%) SQL Server
23 43 (21.72%) CCAA
24 38 (19.19%) Dell
24 38 (19.19%) CCA
24 38 (19.19%) MCTS

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 10 (5.051%) Application Packaging
2 5 (2.525%) .NET
3 2 (1.010%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 69 (34.85%) MS Exchange
2 35 (17.68%) SharePoint
3 31 (15.66%) Exchange Server 2010
4 20 (10.10%) Lync
5 18 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
6 16 (8.081%) Apache
7 9 (4.545%) IIS
8 6 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (2.020%) Exchange Server 2000
10 3 (1.515%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (1.515%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (1.515%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 54 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 16 (8.081%) MS Office
3 15 (7.576%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 71 (35.86%) SAN
2 53 (26.77%) Firewall
3 44 (22.22%) DNS
4 32 (16.16%) DHCP
4 32 (16.16%) NetScaler
5 21 (10.61%) VPN
6 19 (9.596%) TCP/IP
6 19 (9.596%) NAS
7 15 (7.576%) iSCSI
8 12 (6.061%) LAN
8 12 (6.061%) WAN
9 11 (5.556%) NetScreen
10 10 (5.051%) SMTP
10 10 (5.051%) VoIP
10 10 (5.051%) LDAP
11 9 (4.545%) Wireless
11 9 (4.545%) 802.11
12 8 (4.040%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (4.040%) Unified Communications
13 7 (3.535%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.566%) MySQL
3 10 (5.051%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (3.535%) MSI
General
1 18 (9.091%) Back Office
2 7 (3.535%) Games
3 4 (2.020%) Finance
3 4 (2.020%) Publishing
4 3 (1.515%) Marketing
4 3 (1.515%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 88 (44.44%) Consultant
2 42 (21.21%) Technical Consultant
3 29 (14.65%) Citrix Consultant
4 18 (9.091%) Architect
5 17 (8.586%) Analyst
5 17 (8.586%) Senior Consultant
6 16 (8.081%) Virtualisation Consultant
7 14 (7.071%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 14 (7.071%) Technical Manager
7 14 (7.071%) VMware Consultant
8 12 (6.061%) Account Manager
8 12 (6.061%) Technical Architect
8 12 (6.061%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 11 (5.556%) Technical Account Manager
9 11 (5.556%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 11 (5.556%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (5.051%) Administrator
10 10 (5.051%) Technical Engineer
10 10 (5.051%) Citrix Engineer
11 9 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.081%) EqualLogic
2 11 (5.556%) Replication
3 10 (5.051%) Clustering
4 9 (4.545%) IaaS
4 9 (4.545%) SaaS
5 4 (2.020%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.020%) Celerra
6 3 (1.515%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.515%) Fat Client
6 3 (1.515%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.515%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.010%) CLARiiON
7 2 (1.010%) Firmware
7 2 (1.010%) Open Source
7 2 (1.010%) PaaS
7 2 (1.010%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.505%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 153 (77.27%) Windows
2 94 (47.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 44 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 25 (12.63%) Linux
5 20 (10.10%) UNIX
6 15 (7.576%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (3.535%) Windows 7
7 7 (3.535%) CentOS
7 7 (3.535%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.515%) Android
9 2 (1.010%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.505%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.505%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (14.65%) ITIL
2 23 (11.62%) Service Delivery
3 21 (10.61%) Project Planning
4 16 (8.081%) Business Continuity
5 12 (6.061%) Time Management
6 11 (5.556%) BCP
6 11 (5.556%) Information Security
7 10 (5.051%) Data Protection
7 10 (5.051%) Network Architecture
7 10 (5.051%) Software Distribution
8 9 (4.545%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (3.030%) CRM
9 6 (3.030%) Capacity Planning
10 5 (2.525%) Business Development
10 5 (2.525%) Operations Management
10 5 (2.525%) Network Design
10 5 (2.525%) Service Management
11 4 (2.020%) Problem Management
11 4 (2.020%) Data Management
12 3 (1.515%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 70 (35.35%) SQL
2 5 (2.525%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.010%) C++
3 2 (1.010%) Java
3 2 (1.010%) PHP
Qualifications
1 66 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
2 50 (25.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 50 (25.25%) MCITP
3 48 (24.24%) CCIA
4 46 (23.23%) CCEE
5 43 (21.72%) CCAA
6 38 (19.19%) CCA
6 38 (19.19%) MCTS
7 34 (17.17%) CCEA
8 20 (10.10%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (8.081%) MCSE
11 15 (7.576%) CCNA
12 9 (4.545%) VCAP
13 8 (4.040%) NCDA
13 8 (4.040%) NCIE
13 8 (4.040%) Degree
14 7 (3.535%) HP AIS
14 7 (3.535%) HP ASE
15 6 (3.030%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.556%) SLA
2 5 (2.525%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 146 (73.74%) XenApp
2 133 (67.17%) XenDesktop
3 124 (62.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 104 (52.53%) Hyper-V
5 94 (47.47%) Active Directory
6 72 (36.36%) vSphere
7 30 (15.15%) Microsoft App-V
8 25 (12.63%) VMware ESX
9 23 (11.62%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 15 (7.576%) UAG
11 13 (6.566%) MetaFrame
12 7 (3.535%) Sendmail
12 7 (3.535%) Samba
13 6 (3.030%) VMware Server
14 4 (2.020%) VMware ESXi
15 2 (1.010%) VMware Workstation
15 2 (1.010%) Terminal Services
15 2 (1.010%) Xen
Systems Management
1 38 (19.19%) SCCM
2 16 (8.081%) SCOM
3 15 (7.576%) WSUS
4 10 (5.051%) Opalis
4 10 (5.051%) Backup Exec
5 6 (3.030%) Nagios
5 6 (3.030%) Puppet
6 4 (2.020%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 4 (2.020%) NetBackup
6 4 (2.020%) ARCserve
6 4 (2.020%) SCVMM
7 3 (1.515%) WMI
8 1 (0.505%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 184 (92.93%) Citrix
2 140 (70.71%) VMware
3 89 (44.95%) Microsoft
4 62 (31.31%) HP
5 47 (23.74%) Cisco
6 38 (19.19%) Dell
7 24 (12.12%) NetApp
8 18 (9.091%) Veeam
9 17 (8.586%) IBM
10 14 (7.071%) EMC
10 14 (7.071%) AppSense
11 12 (6.061%) Juniper
12 11 (5.556%) SonicWALL
13 10 (5.051%) Oracle
13 10 (5.051%) Symantec
14 9 (4.545%) DataCore
14 9 (4.545%) ProCurve
15 6 (3.030%) Riverbed
16 4 (2.020%) Nimsoft
16 4 (2.020%) CommVault
Thatcham, Berkshire
Technical Skills (all are not essential): VMware, V-Sphere, VDI, Hyper-V Citrix, Citrix XenServer, XenApp, XenDesktop and other virtualisation solutions. Windows, Linux and Unix operating systems and...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £72,000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
This included all Citrix Products, Microsoft platforms, Server Hardware, Desktop's and Thin Clients... The ability to work in any given environment is essential for this role, infrastructure...
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Infrastructure Analyst - Virtualisation / Hyper-V / VMWare / Apache / SQL / MySQL / DNS An Amazing opportunity to join a leading company as Infrastructure Analyst, within one of the fastest growing areas...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per month
Posted: 15 May 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
The IT Support Engineer must have strong Citrix and preferably experience building XenApp servers or similar with installation experience. You should also have Active Directory skills and experience...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £0 - 27k per year + Pension and Training
Posted: 20 May 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
350 users on applications that sit on Citrix Xenapp... Practice hardware and software asset management To control and field all incoming IT calls and e-mails (incidents) in...
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Faringdon, Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire / M4 Corridor. £40k - £50k + Car & Benefits Our prestigious client have an urgent requirement for an experienced Technical Infrastructure Manager to join their business on a permanent...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Proven working knowledge of Incident Management tools Full Driving License Desired Experience/Skills: MCP/MCDST/...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Proven working knowledge of Incident Management tools Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Thorough knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point, Active Directory, LANDesk, Exchange, IIS Web services and related web environment. Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013