The first table below looks at the demand for NetScaler skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NetScaler over the 3 months to 24 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 Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller
Rank 196 172 153
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -19
Permanent jobs citing NetScaler 8 13 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.159% 0.285% 0.551%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.918% 1.796% 3.091%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 4
Average salary £46,250 £53,750 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.95% -10.41%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-17.00% +5.26%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
871 724 744
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.32% 15.88% 17.83%
Number of salaries quoted 708 594 586
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,050 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
NetScaler
England

NetScaler
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing NetScaler across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands NetScaler Jobs Demand Trend

NetScaler
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands NetScaler Salary Trend

NetScaler
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing NetScaler across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands NetScaler Salary Histogram

NetScaler
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NetScaler within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Birmingham -20 7 £46,250 -11.90%
Coventry - 1 £45,000 -
Staffordshire - 1 £55,000 -
NetScaler
England

NetScaler
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler.

1 26 (100.00%) Citrix
2 24 (92.31%) XenApp
3 21 (80.77%) XenDesktop
3 21 (80.77%) Citrix Certification
4 20 (76.92%) CCEE
4 20 (76.92%) CCIA
5 14 (53.85%) XenServer
5 14 (53.85%) VMware
6 12 (46.15%) CCEA
6 12 (46.15%) vSphere
6 12 (46.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (46.15%) MCITP
6 12 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
7 11 (42.31%) HP
7 11 (42.31%) Cisco
8 10 (38.46%) IBM
8 10 (38.46%) CCAA
8 10 (38.46%) Veeam
9 8 (30.77%) Riverbed
9 8 (30.77%) CheckPoint
10 6 (23.08%) MCTS
10 6 (23.08%) CCA
11 5 (19.23%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
12 4 (15.38%) Windows
13 3 (11.54%) VMware ESX
13 3 (11.54%) Load Balancing
14 2 (7.692%) VCDX
14 2 (7.692%) AppSense
14 2 (7.692%) Firewall

NetScaler
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing NetScaler 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 NetScaler. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) Firewall
1 2 (7.692%) LAN
1 2 (7.692%) WAN
1 2 (7.692%) DNS
2 1 (3.846%) SAN
2 1 (3.846%) Unified Communications
General
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (73.08%) Consultant
2 16 (61.54%) Citrix Consultant
3 8 (30.77%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 7 (26.92%) Cisco Consultant
5 5 (19.23%) VMware Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Citrix Specialist
6 2 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Support Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Technical Design Authority
7 1 (3.846%) VMware Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) VMware Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Citrix Support Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Citrix Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) EqualLogic
1 1 (3.846%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.54%) Load Balancing
2 2 (7.692%) Project Management
2 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
3 1 (3.846%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (80.77%) Citrix Certification
2 20 (76.92%) CCEE
2 20 (76.92%) CCIA
3 12 (46.15%) CCEA
3 12 (46.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 12 (46.15%) MCITP
4 10 (38.46%) CCAA
5 6 (23.08%) MCTS
5 6 (23.08%) CCA
6 2 (7.692%) VCDX
6 2 (7.692%) MCSE
6 2 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (7.692%) VCAP
7 1 (3.846%) NCDA
7 1 (3.846%) NCIE
System Software
1 24 (92.31%) XenApp
2 21 (80.77%) XenDesktop
3 14 (53.85%) XenServer
4 12 (46.15%) vSphere
4 12 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (19.23%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
7 3 (11.54%) VMware ESX
8 1 (3.846%) Terminal Services
8 1 (3.846%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Citrix
2 14 (53.85%) VMware
3 11 (42.31%) HP
3 11 (42.31%) Cisco
4 10 (38.46%) IBM
4 10 (38.46%) Veeam
5 8 (30.77%) Riverbed
5 8 (30.77%) CheckPoint
6 2 (7.692%) AppSense
6 2 (7.692%) NetApp
6 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.846%) Dell
7 1 (3.846%) EMC