The first part of the table below looks at the demand for XenApp skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenApp over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category.

Citrix XenApp
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank272282378
Rank change year-on-year
Up+10Up+96
Matching permanent IT job ads1095995452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.908 %0.811 %0.473 %
As % of the System Software category10.50 %10.77 %6.871 %
Number of salaries quoted908774365
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000£59,400
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£42,500
% change year-on-year
--5.88 %
IT Job Market, System Software CategoryAll System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1042592356578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.645 %7.532 %6.890 %
Number of salaries quoted898675895345
Average salary£41,000£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,500£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66 %-

XenApp
Demand Trend

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

XenApp Demand Trend

XenApp
Salary Trend

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

XenApp Salary Trend

XenApp
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenApp over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

XenApp Salary Histogram

XenApp
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenApp within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+71028£42,500-
LondonUp+6443£48,750+8.33 %
South EastDown-12233£40,000-11.11 %
City of LondonUp+23134£50,000-6.97 %
North WestUp+28114£35,000-12.50 %
East of EnglandUp+667£42,500+6.25 %
West MidlandsUp+166£41,500+10.66 %
YorkshireUp+558£37,500-6.25 %
SurreyDown-554£40,000-3.03 %
ManchesterUp+1053£32,500-18.75 %
West YorkshireUp+852£35,000-12.50 %
BerkshireDown-1252£42,500-2.85 %
LeedsUp+243£40,000-
CheshireUp+141£35,000-12.50 %
HertfordshireUp+2833£43,250+28.14 %
ScotlandUp+831£42,500-5.55 %
ReadingUp+431£52,500+23.52 %
BirminghamDown-730£42,500+13.33 %
HampshireUp+129£31,500-21.25 %
East MidlandsUp+1627£37,933+18.53 %
BuckinghamshireUp+726£36,000-4.00 %
MerseysideNo change021£44,000+60.00 %
WarringtonDown-2318£35,000-12.50 %
South WestDown-5215£40,000+14.28 %
CreweNew entry-15£35,000-
LeicestershireNew entry-14£35,865-
EdinburghUp+613£45,000+28.57 %
MidlandsDown-313£50,000+25.00 %
SouthamptonDown-2013£42,500+6.25 %
BoltonNew entry-13£32,500-

XenApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing XenApp 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 XenApp.

12127 (98.88 %)Citrix
21567 (72.85 %)Windows
31456 (67.69 %)VMware
41228 (57.09 %)Microsoft
51192 (55.42 %)XenDesktop
61064 (49.47 %)VMware Infrastructure
7983 (45.70 %)Active Directory
8979 (45.51 %)Windows Server 2008
9751 (34.91 %)MS Exchange
9751 (34.91 %)Windows Server 2003
10728 (33.84 %)Citrix Certification
11666 (30.96 %)vSphere
12646 (30.03 %)XenServer
13610 (28.36 %)SAN
14605 (28.13 %)CCA
15519 (24.13 %)Microsoft Certification
16498 (23.15 %)Exchange Server 2010
17468 (21.76 %)Hyper-V
18465 (21.62 %)MS Excel
19442 (20.55 %)MCSE
20431 (20.04 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
21430 (19.99 %)Cisco
22418 (19.43 %)Exchange Server 2007
23415 (19.29 %)MCITP
24407 (18.92 %)HP
25370 (17.20 %)NetScaler
26316 (14.69 %)Firewall
26316 (14.69 %)VMware ESX
27303 (14.09 %)CCEA
28302 (14.04 %)CCEE

XenApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing XenApp 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 XenApp. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
143 (1.999 %)Application Packaging
221 (0.976 %)WSH
320 (0.930 %)Software Packaging
415 (0.697 %)HTML
513 (0.604 %)COM
513 (0.604 %)CSS
513 (0.604 %)Web Services
513 (0.604 %)WebSphere
612 (0.558 %).NET
710 (0.465 %)Forefront TMG
85 (0.232 %)ASP
94 (0.186 %)XML
94 (0.186 %)Middleware
103 (0.139 %)ASP.NET
112 (0.093 %)LAMP
112 (0.093 %)CGI
112 (0.093 %).NET Framework
121 (0.046 %)Velocity
121 (0.046 %)Java RMI
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1751 (34.91 %)MS Exchange
2498 (23.15 %)Exchange Server 2010
3418 (19.43 %)Exchange Server 2007
4217 (10.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
5149 (6.927 %)SharePoint
6147 (6.834 %)IIS
770 (3.254 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
852 (2.417 %)Lync
941 (1.906 %)Lotus Notes
1029 (1.348 %)SharePoint 2010
1120 (0.930 %)BizTalk Server
1215 (0.697 %)Exchange Server 2000
1215 (0.697 %)Office Communications Server
139 (0.418 %)Tomcat
147 (0.325 %)Apache
147 (0.325 %)Site Server
147 (0.325 %)SharePoint Server
155 (0.232 %)SAS
163 (0.139 %)Lotus Domino
163 (0.139 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1465 (21.62 %)MS Excel
2189 (8.787 %)MS Office
335 (1.627 %)MS Visio
421 (0.976 %)Office 365
58 (0.372 %)MS PowerPoint
67 (0.325 %)MS Project
73 (0.139 %)Google Apps
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
131 (1.441 %)SoftGrid
25 (0.232 %)Agresso
34 (0.186 %)Line 500
42 (0.093 %)HFM
51 (0.046 %)SimCorp Dimension
51 (0.046 %)Dynamics NAV
51 (0.046 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.046 %)Oracle iProcurement
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1610 (28.36 %)SAN
2370 (17.20 %)NetScaler
3316 (14.69 %)Firewall
4262 (12.18 %)DNS
5226 (10.51 %)DHCP
6208 (9.670 %)LAN
7202 (9.391 %)WAN
8200 (9.298 %)TCP/IP
9186 (8.647 %)NAS
10127 (5.904 %)VPN
1188 (4.091 %)VoIP
1282 (3.812 %)Wireless
1377 (3.580 %)iSCSI
1467 (3.115 %)VLAN
1563 (2.929 %)Internet
1637 (1.720 %)Fibre Channel
1735 (1.627 %)Cisco ASA
1832 (1.488 %)SSL
1931 (1.441 %)Cisco IOS
2028 (1.302 %)SMS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1278 (12.92 %)SQL Server
281 (3.766 %)SQL Server 2008
377 (3.580 %)SQL Server 2005
431 (1.441 %)SQL Server 2000
510 (0.465 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
68 (0.372 %)SQL Server Integration Services
68 (0.372 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
77 (0.325 %)Crystal Reports
86 (0.279 %)Data Warehouse
86 (0.279 %)MySQL
95 (0.232 %)SQL Server 7
104 (0.186 %)DTS
104 (0.186 %)Oracle 11g
113 (0.139 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
113 (0.139 %)FileMaker
113 (0.139 %)Oracle 8/8i
121 (0.046 %)MS Access
121 (0.046 %)Oracle Reports
121 (0.046 %)Data Mining
121 (0.046 %)Essbase
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
161 (2.836 %)MSI
211 (0.511 %)InstallShield
38 (0.372 %)AdminStudio
38 (0.372 %)Wise Package Studio
42 (0.093 %)WinDbg
51 (0.046 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1256 (11.90 %)Finance
263 (2.929 %)Banking
359 (2.743 %)Retail
442 (1.953 %)Legal
540 (1.860 %)Telecoms
633 (1.534 %)Law
726 (1.209 %)Games
818 (0.837 %)Advertising
916 (0.744 %)Investment Banking
916 (0.744 %)Back Office
1013 (0.604 %)Manufacturing
1110 (0.465 %)Marketing
1110 (0.465 %)Publishing
124 (0.186 %)German Language
133 (0.139 %)Pharmaceutical
133 (0.139 %)Financial Institution
142 (0.093 %)Online Betting
151 (0.046 %)Electronics
151 (0.046 %)French Language
151 (0.046 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1725 (33.71 %)Consultant
2363 (16.88 %)Analyst
3291 (13.53 %)Citrix Consultant
4219 (10.18 %)Technical Consultant
5199 (9.252 %)Architect
6194 (9.019 %)Virtualisation Consultant
7179 (8.322 %)Support Analyst
8168 (7.810 %)Support Engineer
9147 (6.834 %)Infrastructure Engineer
10143 (6.648 %)Citrix Engineer
11109 (5.067 %)3rd Line Support
12100 (4.649 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1396 (4.463 %)Senior Consultant
1494 (4.370 %)Administrator
1585 (3.952 %)Infrastructure Consultant
1663 (2.929 %)Technical Analyst
1663 (2.929 %)Citrix Technical Consultant
1760 (2.789 %)Systems Engineer
1760 (2.789 %)Citrix Architect
1858 (2.696 %)IT Support
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1143 (6.648 %)Clustering
2102 (4.742 %)Blackberry
389 (4.138 %)Thin Client
389 (4.138 %)Fat Client
481 (3.766 %)CLARiiON
548 (2.232 %)EqualLogic
640 (1.860 %)Replication
732 (1.488 %)Cloud Computing
826 (1.209 %)HP StorageWorks
921 (0.976 %)SaaS
921 (0.976 %)Client/Server
1019 (0.883 %)Symmetrix
1019 (0.883 %)Symmetrix DMX
1118 (0.837 %)Video Conferencing
1217 (0.790 %)EMC Centera
1310 (0.465 %)Computer Science
1310 (0.465 %)SecurID
148 (0.372 %)Handset
148 (0.372 %)Management Information System
148 (0.372 %)Enterprise Storage
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11567 (72.85 %)Windows
2979 (45.51 %)Windows Server 2008
3751 (34.91 %)Windows Server 2003
4263 (12.23 %)Windows 7
5240 (11.16 %)Windows XP
6180 (8.368 %)Windows Vista
7127 (5.904 %)Linux
899 (4.603 %)UNIX
955 (2.557 %)Windows 2000 Server
1027 (1.255 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1120 (0.930 %)Windows 2000
1217 (0.790 %)Mac OS
1314 (0.651 %)NetWare
1413 (0.604 %)Windows Mobile
157 (0.325 %)Solaris
164 (0.186 %)AIX
164 (0.186 %)CentOS
173 (0.139 %)Mac OS X
173 (0.139 %)Mac OS X Server
173 (0.139 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1262 (12.18 %)ITIL
290 (4.184 %)Project Management
384 (3.905 %)Disaster Recovery
480 (3.719 %)Migration
569 (3.208 %)Service Delivery
661 (2.836 %)Load Balancing
758 (2.696 %)Project Planning
850 (2.325 %)Change Management
946 (2.139 %)Capacity Planning
1045 (2.092 %)Service Management
1141 (1.906 %)Technical Architecture
1141 (1.906 %)Incident Management
1240 (1.860 %)Change Control
1337 (1.720 %)PRINCE2
1436 (1.674 %)Business Continuity
1535 (1.627 %)CRM
1632 (1.488 %)Validation
1632 (1.488 %)Problem Management
1728 (1.302 %)Time Management
1728 (1.302 %)WAN Optimisation
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1217 (10.09 %)SQL
268 (3.161 %)PowerShell
364 (2.975 %)VBScript
426 (1.209 %)VB
522 (1.023 %)C
613 (0.604 %)C#
712 (0.558 %)JavaScript
89 (0.418 %)T-SQL
95 (0.232 %)Perl
95 (0.232 %)Bash shell
104 (0.186 %)Shell Script
104 (0.186 %)VBA
104 (0.186 %)C++
104 (0.186 %)Korn
113 (0.139 %)Java
113 (0.139 %)Python
122 (0.093 %)AWK
122 (0.093 %)PHP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1728 (33.84 %)Citrix Certification
2605 (28.13 %)CCA
3519 (24.13 %)Microsoft Certification
4442 (20.55 %)MCSE
5431 (20.04 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6415 (19.29 %)MCITP
7303 (14.09 %)CCEA
8302 (14.04 %)CCEE
9213 (9.902 %)Cisco Certification
10203 (9.437 %)CCIA
11171 (7.950 %)MCP
12124 (5.765 %)CCNA
13112 (5.207 %)MCSA
13112 (5.207 %)MCTS
1486 (3.998 %)CCAA
1566 (3.068 %)Security Cleared
1663 (2.929 %)VTSP
1760 (2.789 %)CCSP
1843 (1.999 %)HP AIS
1942 (1.953 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1110 (5.114 %)SLA
210 (0.465 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
38 (0.372 %)QA
44 (0.186 %)ISO 9001
52 (0.093 %)ISO/IEC 27001
61 (0.046 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11192 (55.42 %)XenDesktop
21064 (49.47 %)VMware Infrastructure
3983 (45.70 %)Active Directory
4666 (30.96 %)vSphere
5646 (30.03 %)XenServer
6468 (21.76 %)Hyper-V
7316 (14.69 %)VMware ESX
8228 (10.60 %)Citrix Presentation Server
9146 (6.788 %)VMware ESXi
10112 (5.207 %)Terminal Services
1139 (1.813 %)Xen
1237 (1.720 %)vCloud
1332 (1.488 %)UAG
1430 (1.395 %)MetaFrame
1525 (1.162 %)ISA Server
1619 (0.883 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1715 (0.697 %)VMware Server
1814 (0.651 %)IAG
1912 (0.558 %)Terminal Server
2011 (0.511 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1285 (13.25 %)SCCM
2156 (7.252 %)vCenter
3135 (6.276 %)SCOM
4107 (4.974 %)Backup Exec
556 (2.603 %)WSUS
641 (1.906 %)Norton AntiVirus
641 (1.906 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
737 (1.720 %)NetBackup
828 (1.302 %)SCVMM
925 (1.162 %)HP Data Protector
1024 (1.116 %)HP SIM
1116 (0.744 %)AppDNA
1116 (0.744 %)Opalis
1212 (0.558 %)EMC NetWorker
1311 (0.511 %)McAfee ePO
1311 (0.511 %)Unicenter
149 (0.418 %)EMC TimeFinder
158 (0.372 %)MOM
167 (0.325 %)ChangeBASE
176 (0.279 %)BladeLogic
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12127 (98.88 %)Citrix
21456 (67.69 %)VMware
31228 (57.09 %)Microsoft
4430 (19.99 %)Cisco
5407 (18.92 %)HP
6281 (13.06 %)AppSense
7239 (11.11 %)EMC
8204 (9.484 %)NetApp
9182 (8.461 %)Symantec
10128 (5.951 %)Dell
1168 (3.161 %)Altiris
1265 (3.022 %)Juniper
1364 (2.975 %)IBM
1457 (2.650 %)Brocade
1554 (2.510 %)CheckPoint
1649 (2.278 %)Oracle
1747 (2.185 %)Wyse
1842 (1.953 %)Veeam
1941 (1.906 %)Lotus
2040 (1.860 %)F5