The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 22 May 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 for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 22 8 24
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +16
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 12 20 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 8.696% 20.83% 4.211%
As % of the System Software category 36.36% 66.67% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 4
Average salary £53,750 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.37% +23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- -4.25%
All System Software
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
33 30 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 23.91% 31.25% 5.263%
Number of salaries quoted 29 16 5
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% +23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenServer
West Yorkshire

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing XenServer across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Wakefield XenServer Jobs Demand Trend

XenServer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XenServer across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wakefield XenServer Salary Histogram

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing XenServer 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 XenServer.

1 11 (91.67%) Citrix
1 11 (91.67%) VMware
1 11 (91.67%) XenApp
1 11 (91.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (58.33%) vSphere
2 7 (58.33%) XenDesktop
2 7 (58.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (58.33%) Citrix Certification
2 7 (58.33%) CCEA
2 7 (58.33%) HP
2 7 (58.33%) CCEE
2 7 (58.33%) CCIA
3 6 (50.00%) Dell
3 6 (50.00%) EMC
3 6 (50.00%) CCNP
3 6 (50.00%) CCDA
3 6 (50.00%) Cisco
3 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (50.00%) CCA
3 6 (50.00%) Juniper
3 6 (50.00%) NetApp
3 6 (50.00%) PlateSpin
3 6 (50.00%) VMware ESX
3 6 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 6 (50.00%) SaaS
3 6 (50.00%) DataCore
3 6 (50.00%) FalconStor
3 6 (50.00%) VCAP
3 6 (50.00%) VCDX
4 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing XenServer 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 XenServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) MS Exchange
2 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Office 365
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) DHCP
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 4 (33.33%) DNS
1 4 (33.33%) SAN
1 4 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (8.333%) NetScaler
2 1 (8.333%) VPN
2 1 (8.333%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
1 6 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Virtualisation Architect
3 3 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Architect
4 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Server Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) VMware Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
1 1 (8.333%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 7 (58.33%) Citrix Certification
1 7 (58.33%) CCEA
1 7 (58.33%) CCEE
1 7 (58.33%) CCIA
2 6 (50.00%) CCNP
2 6 (50.00%) CCDA
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (50.00%) CCA
2 6 (50.00%) VCAP
2 6 (50.00%) VCDX
3 5 (41.67%) MCITP
4 4 (33.33%) MCSE
4 4 (33.33%) MCSA
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (8.333%) CCAA
System Software
1 11 (91.67%) XenApp
1 11 (91.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (58.33%) vSphere
2 7 (58.33%) XenDesktop
3 6 (50.00%) VMware ESX
4 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 4 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Citrix
1 11 (91.67%) VMware
2 7 (58.33%) HP
3 6 (50.00%) Dell
3 6 (50.00%) EMC
3 6 (50.00%) Cisco
3 6 (50.00%) Juniper
3 6 (50.00%) NetApp
3 6 (50.00%) PlateSpin
3 6 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 6 (50.00%) DataCore
3 6 (50.00%) FalconStor
4 1 (8.333%) Veeam
4 1 (8.333%) IBM