The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 17 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 Warrington region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 46 49 35
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -14
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 6 17 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 1.690% 3.448% 2.422%
As % of the System Software category 12.50% 28.33% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 7
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £35,000 £39,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £44,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Warrington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
48 60 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 13.52% 12.17% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 31 55 39
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £23,500 £18,400
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenDesktop
Cheshire

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington XenDesktop Jobs Demand Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Trend

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

Warrington XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the Warrington region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Warrington XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington region 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 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (100.00%) XenApp
2 5 (55.56%) XenServer
2 5 (55.56%) Hyper-V
3 4 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (44.44%) vSphere
3 4 (44.44%) CCEE
3 4 (44.44%) CCIA
3 4 (44.44%) NetScaler
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (44.44%) MCITP
3 4 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (44.44%) CCEA
3 4 (44.44%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) HP
4 3 (33.33%) IBM
4 3 (33.33%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) VBScript
4 3 (33.33%) IIS
4 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 3 (33.33%) CCAA
4 3 (33.33%) Veeam
5 2 (22.22%) MCTS
5 2 (22.22%) AppSense
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 1 (11.11%) Active Directory

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington region 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 Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) NetScaler
2 1 (11.11%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) SCCM Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Product Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Celerra
1 1 (11.11%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Business Development
2 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
1 3 (33.33%) VBScript
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (44.44%) CCEA
1 4 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (44.44%) MCITP
1 4 (44.44%) CCEE
1 4 (44.44%) CCIA
2 3 (33.33%) CCAA
3 2 (22.22%) MCTS
4 1 (11.11%) VCDX
4 1 (11.11%) VCAP
4 1 (11.11%) CCA
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (100.00%) XenApp
2 5 (55.56%) XenServer
2 5 (55.56%) Hyper-V
3 4 (44.44%) vSphere
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
1 1 (11.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) HP
3 3 (33.33%) IBM
3 3 (33.33%) Veeam
4 2 (22.22%) AppSense
5 1 (11.11%) NetApp
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) Dell
5 1 (11.11%) EMC
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, North West
This role is for a 3rd Line Technical Support engineer who has strong Windows OS background and ideally VMWare and Citrix experience... The most successful Technical Support candidates...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £30k - 40k per year + Bens
Posted: 7 May 2013