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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 200 205 202
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 10 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.191% 0.181% 0.051%
As % of the System Software category 2.387% 2.660% 0.661%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 3
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.38%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All System Software
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
419 376 454
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 7.987% 6.817% 7.745%
Number of salaries quoted 360 326 388
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £49,900
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenServer
England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Somerset - 5 £30,000 -
Devon - 2 £20,000 -
Wiltshire +9 1 £50,000 +5.26%
Gloucestershire +7 1 £45,000 +52.54%
Dorset -7 1 £22,500 -43.75%
XenServer
England

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 27 (100.00%) Citrix
2 23 (85.19%) Windows
3 19 (70.37%) Hyper-V
3 19 (70.37%) XenDesktop
4 18 (66.67%) MS Exchange
5 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
5 15 (55.56%) XenApp
5 15 (55.56%) VMware
6 14 (51.85%) DNS
7 12 (44.44%) HP
8 11 (40.74%) Internet
8 11 (40.74%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
9 9 (33.33%) Symantec
10 8 (29.63%) Terminal Services
10 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
10 8 (29.63%) SSL
10 8 (29.63%) PowerShell
10 8 (29.63%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (29.63%) SonicWALL
10 8 (29.63%) vSphere
10 8 (29.63%) Software Distribution
11 7 (25.93%) SCCM
11 7 (25.93%) Dell
11 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
11 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
11 7 (25.93%) ITIL
12 6 (22.22%) MCSE
12 6 (22.22%) TCP/IP
12 6 (22.22%) CCA

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 1 (3.704%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 18 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (7.407%) CICS
4 2 (7.407%) IIS
4 2 (7.407%) Lotus Notes
4 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (3.704%) Lync
5 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
2 4 (14.81%) MS Visio
3 2 (7.407%) CATIA
Communications & Networking
1 14 (51.85%) DNS
2 11 (40.74%) Internet
3 8 (29.63%) SSL
4 6 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 4 (14.81%) LAN
5 4 (14.81%) DHCP
6 3 (11.11%) NetScaler
6 3 (11.11%) VPN
7 2 (7.407%) PBX
7 2 (7.407%) SAN
7 2 (7.407%) Unified Communications
8 1 (3.704%) VoIP
8 1 (3.704%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) DB2
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (18.52%) Project Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Help Desk Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Systems Support
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Systems Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) IT Support
5 2 (7.407%) Windows Support Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (7.407%) Team Leader
5 2 (7.407%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Clustering
2 3 (11.11%) Firmware
2 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
3 2 (7.407%) Mainframe
3 2 (7.407%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (3.704%) EqualLogic
4 1 (3.704%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 23 (85.19%) Windows
2 8 (29.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (18.52%) UNIX
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Vista
5 2 (7.407%) Windows 7
5 2 (7.407%) AIX
5 2 (7.407%) Windows XP
5 2 (7.407%) zOS
5 2 (7.407%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.704%) Solaris
6 1 (3.704%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Software Distribution
2 7 (25.93%) ITIL
3 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
3 4 (14.81%) Network Load Balancing
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (7.407%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.704%) Software Deployment
6 1 (3.704%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.704%) Workflow
6 1 (3.704%) Migration
6 1 (3.704%) Data Management
6 1 (3.704%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) PowerShell
2 5 (18.52%) Shell Script
3 2 (7.407%) SQL
3 2 (7.407%) VBScript
3 2 (7.407%) VB
3 2 (7.407%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (22.22%) MCSE
2 6 (22.22%) CCA
3 5 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (14.81%) MCP
4 4 (14.81%) MCITP
5 3 (11.11%) CCEE
5 3 (11.11%) CCIA
6 2 (7.407%) NCDA
6 2 (7.407%) NCIE
6 2 (7.407%) MCSA
6 2 (7.407%) CCEA
7 1 (3.704%) MCTS
7 1 (3.704%) VCAP
7 1 (3.704%) CCAA
7 1 (3.704%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.704%) HP AIS
7 1 (3.704%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) QA
2 4 (14.81%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (70.37%) Hyper-V
1 19 (70.37%) XenDesktop
2 15 (55.56%) XenApp
2 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 11 (40.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (29.63%) Terminal Services
4 8 (29.63%) vSphere
5 5 (18.52%) ISA Server
6 2 (7.407%) VMware ESX
6 2 (7.407%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (7.407%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) SCCM
2 4 (14.81%) WSUS
3 3 (11.11%) SCOM
4 2 (7.407%) Backup Exec
5 1 (3.704%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (3.704%) NetBackup
5 1 (3.704%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Citrix
2 15 (55.56%) VMware
3 12 (44.44%) HP
4 9 (33.33%) Symantec
5 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
5 8 (29.63%) SonicWALL
6 7 (25.93%) Dell
7 4 (14.81%) Cisco
7 4 (14.81%) IBM
7 4 (14.81%) NetApp
8 2 (7.407%) Lotus
8 2 (7.407%) McAfee
8 2 (7.407%) AppSense
8 2 (7.407%) Altiris
8 2 (7.407%) Veeam
9 1 (3.704%) LANDesk
9 1 (3.704%) Oracle
9 1 (3.704%) EMC
9 1 (3.704%) Avaya
9 1 (3.704%) CommVault
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