The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 52 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 12 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.135% 0.850% -
As % of the System Software category 24.00% 14.29% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 0
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All System Software
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
50 35 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 8.897% 5.952% 6.055%
Number of salaries quoted 40 31 29
Average salary £25,000 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £23,500 £27,850
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenServer
North East

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear XenServer Salary Trend

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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -1 12 £40,000 -5.88%
XenServer
North East

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 28 (100.00%) Citrix
2 26 (92.86%) Linux
3 25 (89.29%) Cisco
4 24 (85.71%) Red Hat
5 22 (78.57%) Firewall
5 22 (78.57%) HP
6 21 (75.00%) CentOS
6 21 (75.00%) MySQL
6 21 (75.00%) Apache
7 20 (71.43%) DHCP
7 20 (71.43%) DNS
8 19 (67.86%) LDAP
9 17 (60.71%) VLAN
9 17 (60.71%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (46.43%) Internet
11 12 (42.86%) Wireless
11 12 (42.86%) Telecoms
11 12 (42.86%) CCNA
12 10 (35.71%) SAN
13 9 (32.14%) Nagios
13 9 (32.14%) OSPF
14 8 (28.57%) BGP
14 8 (28.57%) Validation
14 8 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
14 8 (28.57%) MS Visio
14 8 (28.57%) VPN
15 6 (21.43%) Identity Management
16 5 (17.86%) CCNP
17 4 (14.29%) IPsec
17 4 (14.29%) RHCE

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 Platforms
1 21 (75.00%) Apache
2 2 (7.143%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 22 (78.57%) Firewall
2 20 (71.43%) DHCP
2 20 (71.43%) DNS
3 19 (67.86%) LDAP
4 17 (60.71%) VLAN
5 13 (46.43%) Internet
6 12 (42.86%) Wireless
7 10 (35.71%) SAN
8 9 (32.14%) OSPF
9 8 (28.57%) BGP
9 8 (28.57%) VPN
10 4 (14.29%) IPsec
10 4 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (14.29%) HSRP
11 2 (7.143%) LAN
11 2 (7.143%) WAN
12 1 (3.571%) Broadband
12 1 (3.571%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (75.00%) MySQL
General
1 12 (42.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (82.14%) Administrator
2 22 (78.57%) Systems Administrator
3 18 (64.29%) Linux Administrator
4 17 (60.71%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 6 (21.43%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 3 (10.71%) Senior Linux Administrator
7 2 (7.143%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
7 2 (7.143%) Network Administrator
7 2 (7.143%) Technical Specialist
8 1 (3.571%) Cisco Administrator
8 1 (3.571%) Senior Network Administrator
Operating Systems
1 26 (92.86%) Linux
2 21 (75.00%) CentOS
3 2 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
1 8 (28.57%) Validation
2 6 (21.43%) Identity Management
3 4 (14.29%) Change Control
4 3 (10.71%) Time Management
5 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (3.571%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 17 (60.71%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (42.86%) CCNA
3 5 (17.86%) CCNP
4 4 (14.29%) RHCE
4 4 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (7.143%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.571%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.571%) XenApp
1 1 (3.571%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Citrix
2 25 (89.29%) Cisco
3 24 (85.71%) Red Hat
4 22 (78.57%) HP
5 2 (7.143%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.571%) VMware