The first part of the table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop 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 XenDesktop
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank376383497
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Up+114
Matching permanent IT job ads696652269
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.577 %0.532 %0.282 %
As % of the System Software category6.676 %7.060 %4.089 %
Number of salaries quoted567438227
Average salary£47,500£47,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+5.55 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£35,000£36,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,600£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£47,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26 %+5.55 %
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 %-

XenDesktop
Demand Trend

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

XenDesktop Demand Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Trend

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

XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

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

XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Top 30 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 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+4655£47,500-
LondonUp+16287£50,000-
South EastDown-32167£45,000-10.00 %
North WestUp+2677£40,000-11.11 %
City of LondonUp+3374£52,500-11.01 %
BerkshireDown-355£45,000-5.26 %
YorkshireDown-240£37,500-6.25 %
West MidlandsDown-1539£50,000+17.64 %
ManchesterUp+1538£35,750-39.40 %
West YorkshireUp+437£35,000-12.50 %
ReadingUp+932£52,500-
SurreyDown-431£40,000-23.80 %
LeedsUp+129£40,000-3.03 %
East of EnglandUp+128£45,000-
CheshireDown-822£35,000-6.66 %
HertfordshireUp+3121£50,000+11.11 %
MerseysideDown-318£44,000+1.14 %
BirminghamDown-1518£50,000+17.64 %
ScotlandUp+717£45,000-
WarringtonDown-1617£35,000-17.64 %
MidlandsDown-314£55,000+37.50 %
BuckinghamshireNo change013£50,000+6.38 %
LiverpoolDown-612£50,000+14.93 %
East MidlandsUp+510£47,500-
HampshireDown-310£42,500+54.54 %
SouthamptonDown-1910£42,500+54.54 %
SolihullNew entry-10--
EdinburghUp+39£45,000-
BoltonNew entry-8£40,750-
NewportNew entry-8£42,500-

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

11300 (96.15 %)Citrix
21192 (88.17 %)XenApp
3992 (73.37 %)VMware
4873 (64.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
5866 (64.05 %)Windows
6741 (54.81 %)Microsoft
7571 (42.23 %)Citrix Certification
8542 (40.09 %)vSphere
9529 (39.13 %)XenServer
10487 (36.02 %)Windows Server 2008
11453 (33.51 %)CCA
12417 (30.84 %)Active Directory
13412 (30.47 %)SAN
14373 (27.59 %)MS Exchange
15369 (27.29 %)Windows Server 2003
15369 (27.29 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16365 (27.00 %)Hyper-V
17331 (24.48 %)NetScaler
18314 (23.22 %)Microsoft Certification
19298 (22.04 %)CCEE
20285 (21.08 %)MCSE
21277 (20.49 %)CCEA
22273 (20.19 %)Exchange Server 2010
23251 (18.57 %)MCITP
24238 (17.60 %)AppSense
25225 (16.64 %)MS Excel
26212 (15.68 %)VMware ESX
27203 (15.01 %)Exchange Server 2007
28198 (14.64 %)NetApp
29194 (14.35 %)EMC

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
126 (1.923 %).NET
224 (1.775 %).NET Framework
321 (1.553 %)WSH
418 (1.331 %)Application Packaging
513 (0.962 %)WCF
68 (0.592 %)Middleware
77 (0.518 %)Web Services
86 (0.444 %)COM
86 (0.444 %)Software Packaging
94 (0.296 %)XML
103 (0.222 %)CSS
103 (0.222 %)Forefront TMG
112 (0.148 %)HTML
112 (0.148 %)ASP
112 (0.148 %)Java RMI
112 (0.148 %)CGI
112 (0.148 %)WPF
112 (0.148 %)jQuery
121 (0.074 %)WebSphere
121 (0.074 %)Velocity
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1373 (27.59 %)MS Exchange
2273 (20.19 %)Exchange Server 2010
3203 (15.01 %)Exchange Server 2007
473 (5.399 %)SharePoint
551 (3.772 %)IIS
645 (3.328 %)Exchange Server 2003
730 (2.219 %)Lync
825 (1.849 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
916 (1.183 %)Lotus Notes
1013 (0.962 %)SharePoint 2010
113 (0.222 %)Oracle Coherence
122 (0.148 %)Site Server
122 (0.148 %)SharePoint Server
131 (0.074 %)Office Project Server
131 (0.074 %)Apache
131 (0.074 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1225 (16.64 %)MS Excel
247 (3.476 %)MS Office
320 (1.479 %)MS Visio
419 (1.405 %)Office 365
58 (0.592 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.074 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.370 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.148 %)HFM
31 (0.074 %)Oracle iProcurement
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1412 (30.47 %)SAN
2331 (24.48 %)NetScaler
3146 (10.80 %)Firewall
4128 (9.467 %)NAS
5112 (8.284 %)LAN
6102 (7.544 %)WAN
778 (5.769 %)DNS
871 (5.251 %)TCP/IP
969 (5.104 %)DHCP
1047 (3.476 %)VPN
1142 (3.107 %)Internet
1237 (2.737 %)iSCSI
1335 (2.589 %)Fibre Channel
1433 (2.441 %)VLAN
1531 (2.293 %)VoIP
1630 (2.219 %)Cisco Nexus
1729 (2.145 %)Wireless
1827 (1.997 %)Unified Communications
1916 (1.183 %)WAAS
2013 (0.962 %)BSS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1132 (9.763 %)SQL Server
241 (3.033 %)SQL Server 2008
335 (2.589 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (0.592 %)SQL Server Integration Services
48 (0.592 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (0.592 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (0.296 %)MySQL
61 (0.074 %)Essbase
61 (0.074 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.074 %)MS Access
61 (0.074 %)Data Mining
61 (0.074 %)QlikView
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (0.370 %)MSI
22 (0.148 %)WinDbg
31 (0.074 %)InstallShield
31 (0.074 %)AdminStudio
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1159 (11.76 %)Finance
236 (2.663 %)Banking
333 (2.441 %)Retail
426 (1.923 %)Telecoms
516 (1.183 %)Games
611 (0.814 %)Investment Banking
710 (0.740 %)Marketing
89 (0.666 %)Legal
98 (0.592 %)Law
105 (0.370 %)Back Office
105 (0.370 %)Advertising
114 (0.296 %)German Language
122 (0.148 %)Publishing
131 (0.074 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.074 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1654 (48.37 %)Consultant
2285 (21.08 %)Citrix Consultant
3208 (15.38 %)Virtualisation Consultant
4185 (13.68 %)Architect
5183 (13.54 %)Technical Consultant
6124 (9.172 %)Analyst
7119 (8.802 %)Citrix Engineer
879 (5.843 %)Infrastructure Consultant
975 (5.547 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1074 (5.473 %)Senior Consultant
1172 (5.325 %)Citrix Technical Consultant
1266 (4.882 %)Support Analyst
1361 (4.512 %)Citrix Architect
1447 (3.476 %)VMware Consultant
1447 (3.476 %)Pre Sales Consultant
1546 (3.402 %)Support Engineer
1639 (2.885 %)3rd Line Support
1737 (2.737 %)Systems Engineer
1737 (2.737 %)Solutions Architect
1835 (2.589 %)Microsoft Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
185 (6.287 %)CLARiiON
263 (4.660 %)Clustering
351 (3.772 %)EqualLogic
446 (3.402 %)Fat Client
446 (3.402 %)Thin Client
533 (2.441 %)Symmetrix
533 (2.441 %)Symmetrix DMX
631 (2.293 %)Blackberry
727 (1.997 %)Celerra
822 (1.627 %)Cloud Computing
917 (1.257 %)Replication
917 (1.257 %)EMC Centera
1014 (1.036 %)Client/Server
1111 (0.814 %)Video Conferencing
127 (0.518 %)Handset
135 (0.370 %)Computer Science
143 (0.222 %)iSeries
143 (0.222 %)Kindle
143 (0.222 %)HP StorageWorks
143 (0.222 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1866 (64.05 %)Windows
2487 (36.02 %)Windows Server 2008
3369 (27.29 %)Windows Server 2003
4171 (12.65 %)Windows 7
5119 (8.802 %)Windows XP
6109 (8.062 %)Windows Vista
722 (1.627 %)Windows 2000 Server
722 (1.627 %)Linux
820 (1.479 %)UNIX
94 (0.296 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.222 %)CentOS
112 (0.148 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
112 (0.148 %)AIX
112 (0.148 %)SUSE
112 (0.148 %)Debian
112 (0.148 %)Gentoo
112 (0.148 %)Fedora
112 (0.148 %)Ubuntu
112 (0.148 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.074 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1116 (8.580 %)ITIL
247 (3.476 %)Project Planning
344 (3.254 %)Project Management
344 (3.254 %)Disaster Recovery
435 (2.589 %)PRINCE2
435 (2.589 %)Migration
533 (2.441 %)Technical Architecture
628 (2.071 %)Service Delivery
727 (1.997 %)CRM
826 (1.923 %)WAN Optimisation
925 (1.849 %)Service Management
925 (1.849 %)Load Balancing
1023 (1.701 %)Data Protection
1121 (1.553 %)Change Control
1216 (1.183 %)Load Testing
1315 (1.109 %)Business Continuity
1414 (1.036 %)Incident Management
1414 (1.036 %)Problem Management
1513 (0.962 %)Integration Testing
1612 (0.888 %)Change Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1107 (7.914 %)SQL
254 (3.994 %)VBScript
346 (3.402 %)PowerShell
416 (1.183 %)C#
511 (0.814 %)C++
610 (0.740 %)JavaScript
78 (0.592 %)C
84 (0.296 %)VB
93 (0.222 %)Java
102 (0.148 %)Perl
102 (0.148 %)PHP
102 (0.148 %)Python
102 (0.148 %)Korn
102 (0.148 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1571 (42.23 %)Citrix Certification
2453 (33.51 %)CCA
3369 (27.29 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4314 (23.22 %)Microsoft Certification
5298 (22.04 %)CCEE
6285 (21.08 %)MCSE
7277 (20.49 %)CCEA
8251 (18.57 %)MCITP
9192 (14.20 %)CCIA
10117 (8.654 %)Cisco Certification
1179 (5.843 %)VTSP
1276 (5.621 %)MCP
1373 (5.399 %)MCTS
1460 (4.438 %)CCSP
1551 (3.772 %)CCAA
1646 (3.402 %)NCIE
1745 (3.328 %)NCDA
1843 (3.180 %)VCAP
1938 (2.811 %)Security Cleared
2035 (2.589 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (2.811 %)SLA
26 (0.444 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
26 (0.444 %)QA
32 (0.148 %)ISO 9001
41 (0.074 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11192 (88.17 %)XenApp
2873 (64.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
3542 (40.09 %)vSphere
4529 (39.13 %)XenServer
5417 (30.84 %)Active Directory
6365 (27.00 %)Hyper-V
7212 (15.68 %)VMware ESX
8155 (11.46 %)VMware ESXi
9116 (8.580 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1055 (4.068 %)Terminal Services
1138 (2.811 %)vCloud
1235 (2.589 %)MetaFrame
1328 (2.071 %)Xen
1418 (1.331 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1513 (0.962 %)IAG
1612 (0.888 %)UAG
1711 (0.814 %)VMware Server
1711 (0.814 %)ISA Server
189 (0.666 %)SRDF
196 (0.444 %)EMC RecoverPoint
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1191 (14.13 %)SCCM
2147 (10.87 %)vCenter
380 (5.917 %)SCOM
441 (3.033 %)SCVMM
532 (2.367 %)Backup Exec
630 (2.219 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
729 (2.145 %)NetBackup
824 (1.775 %)HP Data Protector
921 (1.553 %)Norton AntiVirus
1013 (0.962 %)WSUS
1112 (0.888 %)EMC NetWorker
1211 (0.814 %)Unicenter
139 (0.666 %)EMC TimeFinder
147 (0.518 %)Opalis
156 (0.444 %)HP SIM
165 (0.370 %)BladeLogic
165 (0.370 %)OpenView
173 (0.222 %)BMC PATROL
173 (0.222 %)Control-M
173 (0.222 %)SolarWinds Orion
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11300 (96.15 %)Citrix
2992 (73.37 %)VMware
3741 (54.81 %)Microsoft
4238 (17.60 %)AppSense
5198 (14.64 %)NetApp
6194 (14.35 %)EMC
7193 (14.28 %)HP
8183 (13.54 %)Cisco
986 (6.361 %)Symantec
1051 (3.772 %)Dell
1146 (3.402 %)IBM
1242 (3.107 %)Veeam
1339 (2.885 %)Wyse
1433 (2.441 %)Brocade
1531 (2.293 %)DataCore
1627 (1.997 %)Fujitsu
1724 (1.775 %)Juniper
1823 (1.701 %)3PAR
1922 (1.627 %)Riverbed
2021 (1.553 %)F5