The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 59 83 71
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -12
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 12 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.678% 0.214% 0.239%
As % of the System Software category 10.17% 2.128% 3.636%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 2
Average salary £53,750 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.44% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
118 94 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 16.50% 10.08% 6.579%
Number of salaries quoted 103 79 32
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% +20.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £22,500 £23,400
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
Yorkshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Sheffield +16 12 £53,750 +13.15%
Doncaster +4 6 £53,750 +19.44%
XenDesktop
Yorkshire

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 18 (100.00%) Citrix
1 18 (100.00%) XenApp
2 15 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (83.33%) VMware
3 13 (72.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 13 (72.22%) vSphere
4 11 (61.11%) XenServer
4 11 (61.11%) HP
5 10 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
5 10 (55.56%) CCEE
5 10 (55.56%) CCIA
6 9 (50.00%) VCAP
6 9 (50.00%) CCEA
6 9 (50.00%) NetApp
6 9 (50.00%) Cisco
6 9 (50.00%) VCDX
6 9 (50.00%) VMware ESX
7 7 (38.89%) CCA
7 7 (38.89%) Windows
8 6 (33.33%) Juniper
8 6 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (33.33%) Dell
8 6 (33.33%) EMC
8 6 (33.33%) CCNP
8 6 (33.33%) CCDA
8 6 (33.33%) Blue Coat
8 6 (33.33%) PlateSpin
8 6 (33.33%) DataCore
8 6 (33.33%) FalconStor
8 6 (33.33%) SaaS

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (11.11%) MS Exchange
1 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) NetScaler
2 2 (11.11%) SAN
2 2 (11.11%) Unified Communications
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Consultant
2 6 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) Virtualisation Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Citrix Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) VMware Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) VMware Architect
6 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
6 1 (5.556%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Citrix Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 3 (16.67%) Windows Vista
4 3 (16.67%) Windows XP Embedded
4 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (16.67%) Windows 2000
4 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Build Automation
1 3 (16.67%) Software Deployment
1 3 (16.67%) Change Control
1 3 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (11.11%) Data Management
2 2 (11.11%) Business Development
2 2 (11.11%) Load Balancing
3 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 10 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
2 10 (55.56%) CCEE
2 10 (55.56%) CCIA
3 9 (50.00%) VCAP
3 9 (50.00%) CCEA
3 9 (50.00%) VCDX
4 7 (38.89%) CCA
5 6 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (33.33%) CCNP
5 6 (33.33%) CCDA
6 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (22.22%) MCSE
6 4 (22.22%) CCAA
7 3 (16.67%) NCDA
7 3 (16.67%) NCIE
7 3 (16.67%) MCITP
System Software
1 18 (100.00%) XenApp
2 15 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (72.22%) vSphere
4 11 (61.11%) XenServer
5 9 (50.00%) VMware ESX
6 3 (16.67%) IAG
7 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
8 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
8 1 (5.556%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) SCCM
2 2 (11.11%) NetBackup
2 2 (11.11%) Backup Exec
2 2 (11.11%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (5.556%) SCOM
3 1 (5.556%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Citrix
2 15 (83.33%) VMware
3 11 (61.11%) HP
4 9 (50.00%) NetApp
4 9 (50.00%) Cisco
5 6 (33.33%) Juniper
5 6 (33.33%) Dell
5 6 (33.33%) EMC
5 6 (33.33%) Blue Coat
5 6 (33.33%) PlateSpin
5 6 (33.33%) DataCore
5 6 (33.33%) FalconStor
6 5 (27.78%) Symantec
7 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
8 3 (16.67%) AppSense
8 3 (16.67%) Remedy
9 2 (11.11%) CommVault
9 2 (11.11%) IBM
9 2 (11.11%) Veeam
10 1 (5.556%) 3PAR