The first table below looks at the demand for XenServer skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenServer over the 3 months to 20 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 40 55 61
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +6
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 4 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 1.418% 0.575% 1.415%
As % of the System Software category 12.90% 6.897% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 6
Average salary £50,000 £46,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% +32.14%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All System Software
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
31 29 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 10.99% 8.333% 8.726%
Number of salaries quoted 30 28 26
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £42,000 £46,700
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenServer
Hertfordshire

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (100.00%) MCTS
1 5 (100.00%) MCITP
1 5 (100.00%) CCEE
1 5 (100.00%) CCAA
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
2 4 (80.00%) XenDesktop
2 4 (80.00%) CCIA
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 3 (60.00%) CCEA
3 3 (60.00%) CCA
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (40.00%) AppSense
4 2 (40.00%) NetScaler
4 2 (40.00%) vSphere
5 1 (20.00%) EqualLogic
5 1 (20.00%) NCDA
5 1 (20.00%) NCIE
5 1 (20.00%) Lync
5 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (20.00%) VCAP
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) VCDX

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 Development
1 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) Lync
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Celerra
1 1 (20.00%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCTS
1 5 (100.00%) MCITP
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (100.00%) CCEE
1 5 (100.00%) CCAA
2 4 (80.00%) CCIA
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (60.00%) CCA
3 3 (60.00%) CCEA
4 1 (20.00%) HP AIS
4 1 (20.00%) HP MASE
4 1 (20.00%) VCDX
4 1 (20.00%) NCDA
4 1 (20.00%) NCIE
4 1 (20.00%) VCAP
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
2 4 (80.00%) XenDesktop
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (40.00%) vSphere
4 1 (20.00%) VMware ESX
4 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) AppSense
4 1 (20.00%) NetApp
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) EMC