Citrix XenDesktop
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for XenDesktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited XenDesktop over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 703 897 1028
Rank change year-on-year +194 +131 -357
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 205 98 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.096% 0.13%
As % of the System Software category 1.70% 0.63% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 107 88 184
10th Percentile £23,500 £30,853 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £37,750 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% -22.16% +7.78%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,300 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,750 £37,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.89% -16.11% +5.88%

All System Software Skills
UK

XenDesktop is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,056 15,557 28,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.24% 15.32% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,543 10,268 15,675
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,336 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing XenDesktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing XenDesktop.

Salary trend for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing XenDesktop over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +200 199 £36,000 -4.00% 17
London +224 124 £45,000 +20.00% 5
UK excluding London -3 81 £31,750 -15.89% 12
South East +56 49 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Work from Home +98 48 £36,000 -15.29% 5
South West -29 17 £35,625 -1.04% 5
North of England +31 7 £27,000 -32.50% 4
Yorkshire - 7 £27,000 - 1
Scotland -57 6 £65,000 +15.04%
West Midlands +16 2 £24,500 -38.75% 1
Midlands -10 2 £24,500 -37.78% 2

XenDesktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 177 (86.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (13.17%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.39%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (4.39%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 167 (81.46%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (17.07%) Azure
3 13 (6.34%) AWS
3 13 (6.34%) GCP
4 12 (5.85%) OneDrive
5 11 (5.37%) Mimecast
5 11 (5.37%) Nutanix
6 10 (4.88%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.93%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.46%) PaaS
9 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 106 (51.71%) WAN
2 98 (47.80%) Wireless
3 93 (45.37%) Cisco IOS
3 93 (45.37%) SD-WAN
3 93 (45.37%) WebEx
4 26 (12.68%) Firewall
5 19 (9.27%) NetScaler
6 13 (6.34%) LAN
7 8 (3.90%) DHCP
7 8 (3.90%) DNS
8 7 (3.41%) Network Security
8 7 (3.41%) SAN
9 5 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.95%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.95%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
General
1 107 (52.20%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.61%) Finance
3 29 (14.15%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (5.37%) Banking
5 9 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.46%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.98%) Legal
Job Titles
1 93 (45.37%) IT Support
1 93 (45.37%) IT Support Specialist
1 93 (45.37%) Support Specialist
2 27 (13.17%) 2nd Line Support
3 23 (11.22%) Analyst
4 20 (9.76%) 3rd Line Support
5 16 (7.80%) Support Engineer
6 15 (7.32%) 1st Line Support
6 15 (7.32%) Service Analyst
7 14 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (6.83%) Service Desk Analyst
8 13 (6.34%) Citrix Analyst
8 13 (6.34%) Senior
9 12 (5.85%) Citrix Engineer
10 10 (4.88%) IT Analyst
11 9 (4.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 9 (4.39%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (3.90%) Citrix Support
12 8 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
13 7 (3.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 93 (45.37%) Video Conferencing
1 93 (45.37%) Wiki
2 10 (4.88%) iPad
2 10 (4.88%) iPhone
3 7 (3.41%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.95%) Replication
6 3 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.46%) PKI
7 1 (0.49%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 177 (86.34%) Windows
2 150 (73.17%) Windows 10
3 95 (46.34%) Android
4 69 (33.66%) Windows Server
5 47 (22.93%) Windows 8
6 45 (21.95%) Windows 7
7 5 (2.44%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.46%) Linux
8 3 (1.46%) Unix
9 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (51.71%) Mobile Device Management
2 93 (45.37%) Application Virtualisation
2 93 (45.37%) BCP
2 93 (45.37%) Business Continuity
2 93 (45.37%) Business Continuity Planning
2 93 (45.37%) Computer Science
2 93 (45.37%) Contract Negotiation
3 64 (31.22%) ITIL
4 17 (8.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (7.32%) Customer Service
6 13 (6.34%) Server Virtualisation
7 8 (3.90%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (2.93%) Client Onboarding
8 6 (2.93%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (2.93%) Customer Experience
8 6 (2.93%) High Availability
8 6 (2.93%) Investment Management
8 6 (2.93%) Performance Metrics
8 6 (2.93%) Software Deployment
9 5 (2.44%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.44%) SQL
2 14 (6.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 93 (45.37%) Computer Science Degree
1 93 (45.37%) Degree
1 93 (45.37%) Master's Degree
2 18 (8.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (7.80%) MCSE
4 12 (5.85%) Azure Certification
5 11 (5.37%) MCITP
6 9 (4.39%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.39%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.95%) MCP
10 2 (0.98%) CCA
10 2 (0.98%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (0.98%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.95%) SLA
2 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 191 (93.17%) XenApp
2 183 (89.27%) Active Directory
3 101 (49.27%) VMware ESXi
4 93 (45.37%) Microsoft App-V
5 77 (37.56%) VMware Infrastructure
6 62 (30.24%) Hyper-V
7 45 (21.95%) VirtualBox
8 14 (6.83%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.95%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 128 (62.44%) SCCM
2 93 (45.37%) AirWatch
3 17 (8.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (3.90%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.46%) Terraform
7 2 (0.98%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.98%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 2 (0.98%) WSUS
8 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 205 (100.00%) Citrix
2 154 (75.12%) Microsoft
3 108 (52.68%) Cisco
4 80 (39.02%) VMware
5 15 (7.32%) Dell
5 15 (7.32%) Symantec
6 13 (6.34%) Google
6 13 (6.34%) HP
7 11 (5.37%) Ivanti
8 10 (4.88%) Veeam
9 9 (4.39%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.93%) Commvault
10 6 (2.93%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (0.98%) Meraki
11 2 (0.98%) Meru Networks
11 2 (0.98%) N-able
11 2 (0.98%) Sophos
11 2 (0.98%) Veritas
11 2 (0.98%) WatchGuard
11 2 (0.98%) Zscaler