The first table below looks at the demand for MetaFrame skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MetaFrame over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix MetaFrame Server
Rank 816 794 791
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -3
Permanent jobs citing MetaFrame 52 91 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.048% 0.076% 0.071%
As % of the System Software category 0.491% 0.832% 0.898%
Number of salaries quoted 38 58 77
Average salary £32,500 £42,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% +26.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £60,000 £52,700
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £42,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
-22.61% +24.44%
All System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
10594 10944 10132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.726% 9.081% 7.892%
Number of salaries quoted 8995 9385 8449
Average salary £40,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.70% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%

MetaFrame
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MetaFrame within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

MetaFrame Jobs Demand Trend

MetaFrame
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MetaFrame within the UK.

MetaFrame Salary Trend

MetaFrame
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MetaFrame over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

MetaFrame Salary Histogram

MetaFrame
Top 20 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MetaFrame within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England 0 45 £32,500 -26.13% 8
London +21 23 £31,500 -25.88% 6
Surrey +26 9 £34,500 +25.45% 1
South East +19 9 £34,500 +25.45% 1
Godalming - 9 £34,500 - 1
City of London -7 8 £55,000 +3.28% 4
Essex +11 6 £32,500 -38.09%
East of England -13 6 £32,500 -30.85%
Yorkshire +12 4 - -
Wales -10 4 £28,500 -28.75%
Hull - 4 - -
East Yorkshire - 4 - -
North West +5 3 £40,000 +48.14%
Manchester -11 3 £40,000 +48.14%
Brentwood - 3 £32,500 -
Wigan +3 1 £45,000 +80.00%
Bridgend -9 1 £28,500 -5.00%
South Wales -15 1 £28,500 -28.75%
Scotland - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 - -

MetaFrame
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame.

1 91 (97.85%) Citrix
2 82 (88.17%) Windows
3 66 (70.97%) VMware
4 52 (55.91%) XenApp
5 47 (50.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 45 (48.39%) Windows Server 2008
7 43 (46.24%) Active Directory
8 42 (45.16%) Windows Server 2003
9 39 (41.94%) MS Exchange
10 36 (38.71%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 35 (37.63%) Microsoft
12 29 (31.18%) SAN
13 28 (30.11%) Firewall
14 27 (29.03%) DNS
15 25 (26.88%) DHCP
15 25 (26.88%) SQL
16 23 (24.73%) SQL Server
16 23 (24.73%) MS Excel
16 23 (24.73%) VPN
17 22 (23.66%) Cisco
17 22 (23.66%) vSphere
18 20 (21.51%) XenServer
18 20 (21.51%) Hyper-V
19 17 (18.28%) Exchange Server 2010
19 17 (18.28%) ITIL
20 16 (17.20%) Finance
21 15 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
22 14 (15.05%) LAN
22 14 (15.05%) Symantec
23 13 (13.98%) Project Planning

MetaFrame
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MetaFrame 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 MetaFrame. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (4.301%) CGI
2 1 (1.075%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.075%) COM
Application Platforms
1 39 (41.94%) MS Exchange
2 17 (18.28%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (11.83%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (10.75%) Exchange Server 2003
5 9 (9.677%) IBM Notes
6 8 (8.602%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (5.376%) IIS
8 3 (3.226%) Lotus Domino
9 2 (2.151%) SharePoint
9 2 (2.151%) Lync
10 1 (1.075%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 23 (24.73%) MS Excel
2 10 (10.75%) MS Office
3 4 (4.301%) Office 365
4 1 (1.075%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.075%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.075%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.075%) 3000 Xtra
1 1 (1.075%) Bloomberg TOMS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (31.18%) SAN
2 28 (30.11%) Firewall
3 27 (29.03%) DNS
4 25 (26.88%) DHCP
5 23 (24.73%) VPN
6 14 (15.05%) LAN
7 12 (12.90%) NetScreen
7 12 (12.90%) TCP/IP
7 12 (12.90%) iSCSI
8 10 (10.75%) WAN
9 8 (8.602%) DSL
10 6 (6.452%) LDAP
11 3 (3.226%) Unified Communications
11 3 (3.226%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (2.151%) Wireless
12 2 (2.151%) Internet
13 1 (1.075%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (1.075%) Cisco PIX
13 1 (1.075%) Ethernet
13 1 (1.075%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (24.73%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.075%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.075%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.075%) Crystal Reports
General
1 16 (17.20%) Finance
2 7 (7.527%) Banking
3 4 (4.301%) Local Government
4 3 (3.226%) Automotive
4 3 (3.226%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.226%) Games
5 2 (2.151%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.075%) Marketing
6 1 (1.075%) Retail
6 1 (1.075%) Advertising
6 1 (1.075%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (15.05%) Citrix Specialist
2 13 (13.98%) Analyst
2 13 (13.98%) Consultant
3 9 (9.677%) Systems Engineer
4 7 (7.527%) Service Desk Analyst
4 7 (7.527%) Systems Administrator
4 7 (7.527%) Administrator
4 7 (7.527%) Service Analyst
5 6 (6.452%) Network Consultant
5 6 (6.452%) Architect
6 5 (5.376%) Technical Specialist
6 5 (5.376%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 5 (5.376%) Citrix Support
6 5 (5.376%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (5.376%) Support Analyst
6 5 (5.376%) Support Specialist
6 5 (5.376%) Technical Consultant
7 4 (4.301%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.301%) Technical Architect
7 4 (4.301%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.90%) Blackberry
2 9 (9.677%) Clustering
3 7 (7.527%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.301%) Client/Server
4 4 (4.301%) Thin Client
4 4 (4.301%) Fat Client
4 4 (4.301%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.226%) CLARiiON
6 2 (2.151%) PDA
7 1 (1.075%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.075%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.075%) Computer Science
7 1 (1.075%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 82 (88.17%) Windows
2 45 (48.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 42 (45.16%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (9.677%) Windows 7
5 8 (8.602%) Mac OS X
6 7 (7.527%) Windows 2000 Server
6 7 (7.527%) UNIX
7 6 (6.452%) Windows XP
7 6 (6.452%) Linux
8 5 (5.376%) Windows 2000
9 3 (3.226%) NetWare
9 3 (3.226%) Solaris
10 2 (2.151%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (2.151%) Windows Vista
11 1 (1.075%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (1.075%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.28%) ITIL
2 13 (13.98%) Project Planning
2 13 (13.98%) Business Continuity
3 12 (12.90%) BCP
4 8 (8.602%) Incident Management
5 5 (5.376%) Service Delivery
6 4 (4.301%) Change Management
6 4 (4.301%) Integration Testing
6 4 (4.301%) Change Control
7 3 (3.226%) Load Balancing
7 3 (3.226%) Investment Management
7 3 (3.226%) Time Management
7 3 (3.226%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.151%) Project Management
8 2 (2.151%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.151%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (2.151%) Security Testing
9 1 (1.075%) Capacity Planning
9 1 (1.075%) Data Entry
9 1 (1.075%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 25 (26.88%) SQL
2 8 (8.602%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.301%) VBScript
4 1 (1.075%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (9.677%) MCSE
2 9 (9.677%) Citrix Certification
3 7 (7.527%) MCITP
3 7 (7.527%) Degree
4 6 (6.452%) CCA
4 6 (6.452%) CCEE
4 6 (6.452%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.452%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.376%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (4.301%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (3.226%) CCEA
7 3 (3.226%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.226%) CCNA
8 2 (2.151%) MCP
9 1 (1.075%) HNC
9 1 (1.075%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.527%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (55.91%) XenApp
2 47 (50.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (46.24%) Active Directory
4 36 (38.71%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 22 (23.66%) vSphere
6 20 (21.51%) XenServer
6 20 (21.51%) Hyper-V
7 9 (9.677%) VMware Server
7 9 (9.677%) XenDesktop
8 7 (7.527%) VMware ESX
9 6 (6.452%) Terminal Services
9 6 (6.452%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (4.301%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 13 (13.98%) Backup Exec
2 11 (11.83%) Norton AntiVirus
3 7 (7.527%) WSUS
4 4 (4.301%) NetBackup
4 4 (4.301%) SCOM
4 4 (4.301%) HP Data Protector
5 3 (3.226%) ZENworks
6 2 (2.151%) SCCM
7 1 (1.075%) MAILsweeper
7 1 (1.075%) DameWare
Vendors
1 91 (97.85%) Citrix
2 66 (70.97%) VMware
3 35 (37.63%) Microsoft
4 22 (23.66%) Cisco
5 14 (15.05%) Symantec
6 13 (13.98%) SonicWALL
7 12 (12.90%) AppSense
7 12 (12.90%) Juniper
8 10 (10.75%) HP
9 9 (9.677%) Lotus
9 9 (9.677%) Apple
10 8 (8.602%) Remedy
11 7 (7.527%) Oracle
12 4 (4.301%) CheckPoint
12 4 (4.301%) McAfee
13 3 (3.226%) SolarWinds
13 3 (3.226%) Brocade
13 3 (3.226%) EMC
14 2 (2.151%) Dell
14 2 (2.151%) Avaya
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