The first 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 20 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 436 376 403
Rank change year-on-year
-60 +27
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 538 719 640
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.487% 0.607% 0.496%
As % of the System Software category 5.006% 6.664% 6.291%
Number of salaries quoted 463 595 452
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,750 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -4.25%
All System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
10748 10790 10174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.731% 9.115% 7.889%
Number of salaries quoted 9132 9250 8499
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +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%

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 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 20 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 -59 502 £45,000 -5.26% 45
London -53 190 £50,000 -3.84% 23
South East -50 102 £44,375 +4.41% 8
East of England +50 71 £40,000 -11.11% 3
City of London -2 67 £47,500 -9.52% 10
West Midlands -15 59 £40,000 -15.78% 3
Berkshire -8 48 £45,000 +12.50%
Birmingham -5 40 £40,000 -12.56% 1
East Midlands +33 39 £45,000 -7.69% 2
Yorkshire +12 38 £47,500 +5.55% 2
Bedfordshire +17 29 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Reading +3 29 £45,000 -14.28%
Nottinghamshire +19 27 £50,000 -4.76% 1
Nottingham +17 27 £50,000 -4.76% 1
Cambridgeshire +29 26 £35,000 -22.22% 2
West Yorkshire -13 25 £51,250 +46.42% 2
Hampshire +17 23 £45,000 +5.88% 2
North West -62 23 £37,500 -11.76% 3
Leeds -11 22 £50,000 +11.11%
Buckinghamshire +9 20 £39,375 -14.86% 1
Dunstable - 20 £55,000 -
Manchester -32 17 £30,000 -25.00% 1
Cambridge +19 16 £35,000 -22.22% 1
Milton Keynes -6 15 £37,500 -18.91%
North Yorkshire +12 13 £40,000 -13.51%
South West +6 13 £35,000 +0.71% 1
Surrey -8 12 £45,000 +12.50% 4
Leicestershire +3 10 £35,000 -26.31%
Leicester -2 10 £35,000 -26.31%
Scotland -13 10 £38,750 -13.88% 3

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 997 (96.98%) Citrix
2 824 (80.16%) XenApp
3 723 (70.33%) VMware
4 664 (64.59%) Windows
5 605 (58.85%) Microsoft
6 557 (54.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 513 (49.90%) XenServer
8 479 (46.60%) Active Directory
9 384 (37.35%) Windows Server 2008
10 369 (35.89%) Hyper-V
11 346 (33.66%) SAN
12 336 (32.68%) MS Exchange
13 299 (29.09%) vSphere
14 293 (28.50%) Citrix Certification
15 283 (27.53%) Firewall
16 249 (24.22%) HP
17 226 (21.98%) Windows Server 2003
18 219 (21.30%) Exchange Server 2010
19 216 (21.01%) CCA
19 216 (21.01%) DNS
20 206 (20.04%) MS Excel
21 201 (19.55%) Microsoft Certification
22 191 (18.58%) Cisco
23 187 (18.19%) NetScaler
24 185 (18.00%) Microsoft App-V
25 183 (17.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
26 182 (17.70%) DHCP
27 177 (17.22%) SQL
28 171 (16.63%) SCCM
29 170 (16.54%) AppSense

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 32 (3.113%) Application Packaging
2 16 (1.556%) .NET
3 9 (0.875%) .NET Framework
4 8 (0.778%) Web Services
4 8 (0.778%) Middleware
5 4 (0.389%) XML
5 4 (0.389%) CGI
6 3 (0.292%) LAMP
7 2 (0.195%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.195%) COM
8 1 (0.097%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.097%) Silverlight
8 1 (0.097%) SOAP
8 1 (0.097%) REST
Application Platforms
1 336 (32.68%) MS Exchange
2 219 (21.30%) Exchange Server 2010
3 147 (14.30%) SharePoint
4 117 (11.38%) Lync
5 86 (8.366%) Exchange Server 2007
6 69 (6.712%) Exchange Server 2003
7 38 (3.696%) IIS
8 24 (2.335%) Office Communications Server
9 22 (2.140%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 13 (1.265%) SharePoint 2010
11 9 (0.875%) IBM Notes
12 4 (0.389%) Apache
12 4 (0.389%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.389%) Exchange Server 2000
13 3 (0.292%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.292%) Oracle Coherence
13 3 (0.292%) Exchange Server 2013
14 2 (0.195%) Lotus Domino
14 2 (0.195%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 206 (20.04%) MS Excel
2 107 (10.41%) MS Office
3 70 (6.809%) Office 365
4 8 (0.778%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (0.486%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.195%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (0.875%) SAP Business One
2 5 (0.486%) HFM
3 3 (0.292%) Bond Adapt
4 2 (0.195%) EMB Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 346 (33.66%) SAN
2 283 (27.53%) Firewall
3 216 (21.01%) DNS
4 187 (18.19%) NetScaler
5 182 (17.70%) DHCP
6 167 (16.25%) NAS
7 79 (7.685%) TCP/IP
8 76 (7.393%) iSCSI
9 67 (6.518%) WAN
10 60 (5.837%) Network Security
11 56 (5.447%) VPN
12 53 (5.156%) Fibre Channel
13 48 (4.669%) LAN
14 31 (3.016%) SSL
15 26 (2.529%) Internet
16 21 (2.043%) Unified Communications
16 21 (2.043%) Wireless
16 21 (2.043%) FTP
16 21 (2.043%) HTTP
17 20 (1.946%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (13.62%) SQL Server
2 42 (4.086%) SQL Server 2008
3 37 (3.599%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (1.946%) MySQL
5 5 (0.486%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.389%) QlikView
7 3 (0.292%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.292%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (0.195%) Essbase
9 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.097%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (0.973%) MSI
2 1 (0.097%) JIRA
General
1 140 (13.62%) Finance
2 46 (4.475%) Back Office
3 38 (3.696%) Banking
4 14 (1.362%) Investment Banking
5 13 (1.265%) Advertising
6 9 (0.875%) Law
6 9 (0.875%) Legal
7 7 (0.681%) Telecoms
8 6 (0.584%) Manufacturing
8 6 (0.584%) Retail
9 4 (0.389%) Automotive
9 4 (0.389%) Local Government
10 3 (0.292%) Games
11 2 (0.195%) Publishing
12 1 (0.097%) Marketing
12 1 (0.097%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.097%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.097%) Electronics
12 1 (0.097%) Military
Job Titles
1 293 (28.50%) Consultant
2 179 (17.41%) Architect
3 118 (11.48%) Citrix Consultant
4 90 (8.755%) Technical Architect
5 89 (8.658%) Analyst
6 87 (8.463%) Technical Consultant
7 76 (7.393%) Virtualisation Consultant
8 71 (6.907%) Citrix Engineer
9 67 (6.518%) Solutions Architect
10 63 (6.128%) Support Engineer
11 55 (5.350%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 52 (5.058%) Systems Engineer
13 49 (4.767%) 3rd Line Support
14 45 (4.377%) Support Analyst
15 41 (3.988%) Infrastructure Architect
16 34 (3.307%) Virtualisation Architect
17 32 (3.113%) Technical Solutions Architect
18 30 (2.918%) Wintel Engineer
19 29 (2.821%) Microsoft Consultant
20 28 (2.724%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.058%) Blackberry
2 28 (2.724%) Clustering
3 26 (2.529%) Fat Client
3 26 (2.529%) Thin Client
4 24 (2.335%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (2.237%) Cloud Computing
6 16 (1.556%) Social Media
7 12 (1.167%) Replication
7 12 (1.167%) SaaS
8 10 (0.973%) EqualLogic
9 9 (0.875%) CLARiiON
9 9 (0.875%) Firmware
10 8 (0.778%) Celerra
10 8 (0.778%) iSeries
11 7 (0.681%) Computer Science
11 7 (0.681%) Management Information System
11 7 (0.681%) EMC Centera
11 7 (0.681%) Client/Server
12 6 (0.584%) IaaS
12 6 (0.584%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 664 (64.59%) Windows
2 384 (37.35%) Windows Server 2008
3 226 (21.98%) Windows Server 2003
4 138 (13.42%) Windows 7
5 84 (8.171%) Windows Server 2012
6 82 (7.977%) Linux
7 66 (6.420%) Windows XP
8 33 (3.210%) Windows Vista
9 27 (2.626%) UNIX
10 18 (1.751%) Windows 8
11 12 (1.167%) Windows 2000
12 11 (1.070%) Solaris
13 10 (0.973%) Windows XP Embedded
13 10 (0.973%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 9 (0.875%) Android
14 9 (0.875%) OpenVMS
15 5 (0.486%) Windows 2000 Server
16 4 (0.389%) Mac OS X
17 1 (0.097%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (10.12%) ITIL
2 73 (7.101%) Project Planning
3 47 (4.572%) Service Delivery
4 37 (3.599%) Migration
5 34 (3.307%) Disaster Recovery
6 30 (2.918%) Project Management
7 29 (2.821%) Service Management
8 27 (2.626%) Change Control
9 26 (2.529%) Validation
10 24 (2.335%) Network Load Balancing
11 20 (1.946%) Software Distribution
11 20 (1.946%) TOGAF
12 18 (1.751%) Configuration Management
12 18 (1.751%) Business Continuity
12 18 (1.751%) Capacity Planning
13 16 (1.556%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (1.459%) Problem Management
14 15 (1.459%) Incident Management
14 15 (1.459%) Enterprise Architecture
15 14 (1.362%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 177 (17.22%) SQL
2 41 (3.988%) PowerShell
3 30 (2.918%) VBScript
4 13 (1.265%) VB
5 7 (0.681%) Shell Script
6 5 (0.486%) Perl
7 3 (0.292%) C#
8 2 (0.195%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.195%) VBA
8 2 (0.195%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.097%) Java
9 1 (0.097%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 293 (28.50%) Citrix Certification
2 216 (21.01%) CCA
3 201 (19.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 183 (17.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 162 (15.76%) MCSE
6 158 (15.37%) CCIA
7 155 (15.08%) CCEE
8 148 (14.40%) MCITP
9 84 (8.171%) CCEA
10 81 (7.879%) MCTS
11 68 (6.615%) CCAA
12 55 (5.350%) MCSA
13 51 (4.961%) Cisco Certification
14 48 (4.669%) MCP
15 46 (4.475%) Security Cleared
16 34 (3.307%) VCP4
17 32 (3.113%) CCNA
18 26 (2.529%) Degree
19 23 (2.237%) CCNP
20 20 (1.946%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.447%) SLA
2 22 (2.140%) PCI DSS
3 10 (0.973%) QA
4 7 (0.681%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.292%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.292%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.195%) ISO/IEC 17799
6 2 (0.195%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 824 (80.16%) XenApp
2 557 (54.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 513 (49.90%) XenServer
4 479 (46.60%) Active Directory
5 369 (35.89%) Hyper-V
6 299 (29.09%) vSphere
7 185 (18.00%) Microsoft App-V
8 110 (10.70%) VMware ESX
9 73 (7.101%) UAG
10 54 (5.253%) Terminal Services
11 33 (3.210%) NFS
12 26 (2.529%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 23 (2.237%) VMware ESXi
14 22 (2.140%) VMware Server
15 17 (1.654%) IAG
15 17 (1.654%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 17 (1.654%) ISA Server
15 17 (1.654%) vCloud
16 10 (0.973%) Xen
17 9 (0.875%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 171 (16.63%) SCCM
2 65 (6.323%) WSUS
3 58 (5.642%) SCOM
4 30 (2.918%) SCVMM
5 26 (2.529%) Backup Exec
6 21 (2.043%) Norton AntiVirus
6 21 (2.043%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 13 (1.265%) NetBackup
8 10 (0.973%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 9 (0.875%) Opalis
9 9 (0.875%) WMI
9 9 (0.875%) ARCserve
10 7 (0.681%) AppDNA
11 4 (0.389%) HP Data Protector
12 3 (0.292%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.292%) Nagios
13 2 (0.195%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
14 1 (0.097%) McAfee ePO
14 1 (0.097%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 997 (96.98%) Citrix
2 723 (70.33%) VMware
3 605 (58.85%) Microsoft
4 249 (24.22%) HP
5 191 (18.58%) Cisco
6 170 (16.54%) AppSense
7 162 (15.76%) NetApp
8 111 (10.80%) EMC
9 78 (7.588%) Dell
10 73 (7.101%) Symantec
11 45 (4.377%) LANDesk
12 37 (3.599%) Juniper
13 35 (3.405%) Veeam
14 33 (3.210%) IBM
15 30 (2.918%) CommVault
16 26 (2.529%) PlateSpin
17 21 (2.043%) Wyse
18 18 (1.751%) Oracle
18 18 (1.751%) 3PAR
19 17 (1.654%) SonicWALL
City, London
Citrix XenApp ? Citrix XenDesktop ? Microsoft App-V ? Microsoft Remote Desktop Services ? Citrix Professional Qualifications - additional accreditations with other vendors desirable Desired Skills needed for this role is: ? Appsense ?...
Computer People
Salary: £48000.00 - £70000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
To be considered for this position you must have a strong technical background most of the following: ** Citrix XenApp ** Citrix XenDesktop ** Citrix XenServer and or VMware/Hyper-V **...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
City, London
My Client is currently recruiting for an experienced customer facing Consultant with strong Virtualisation/Cloud skills. The successful candidate will act as the front line Pre-sales Consultant;...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £5500 - £70000 per annum + 10% Bonus Scheme + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Skills required: *Configuring and troubleshoot Microsoft server platforms *Administering VMware 4... Environments *Supporting and maintaining EMC storage arrays *Global enterprise level Active Directory, GPO and Exchange troubleshooting *Working...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: Bonus, 25 days holiday, health insurance
Posted: 13 June 2013
Staffordshire
VMware, VCP, vSphere, vCenter, ESX, Veeam, Citrix, XenApp, Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange... As a VMware Support Engineer you will have proven support / administration skills in VMware ESX/...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £28,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Surrey
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £28000 - 33000 Per Annum +Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Computer People
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Computer People
Posted: 13 June 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £35k - 42k per year + Car Allowance and Overtime
Posted: 17 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Vadis People
Salary: £27900 - £33750 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Selecture Limited
Salary: £45000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 15 June 2013
London
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
Roc Search
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
Computer Futures
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
ComputaCenter
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
ComputaCenter
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Woking, Surrey or Wetherby
Tectre Limited
Salary: £45,000 Max per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
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