The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop 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 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 149 151 132
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -19
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 58 38 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.168% 0.844% 0.915%
As % of the System Software category 10.21% 9.360% 9.005%
Number of salaries quoted 37 22 32
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £33,250 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,750 £64,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
568 406 422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 11.44% 9.016% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 495 353 350
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% -5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £61,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
XenDesktop
England

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands XenDesktop Salary Histogram

XenDesktop
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 -2 40 £40,000 -20.00%
Worcestershire - 6 £35,000 -
Coventry -9 5 £45,000 -7.69%
Staffordshire -3 4 £25,000 -15.25%
Wolverhampton - 4 £40,000 -
Warwickshire - 3 £45,000 -
Wednesbury - 2 £35,000 -
Willenhall - 2 £35,000 -
Halesowen - 2 £35,000 -
Solihull -21 1 £45,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £45,000 -
XenDesktop
England

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 110 (82.09%) Citrix
2 108 (80.60%) VMware
3 100 (74.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 88 (65.67%) XenApp
5 76 (56.72%) Windows
6 70 (52.24%) Active Directory
7 68 (50.75%) XenServer
8 67 (50.00%) Microsoft
9 65 (48.51%) Hyper-V
10 59 (44.03%) vSphere
11 58 (43.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 50 (37.31%) NetApp
13 43 (32.09%) HP
14 41 (30.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 40 (29.85%) MS Exchange
16 38 (28.36%) SCCM
17 37 (27.61%) Citrix Certification
18 35 (26.12%) SAN
19 34 (25.37%) SCOM
20 31 (23.13%) Windows Server 2003
20 31 (23.13%) CCEE
21 30 (22.39%) MS Excel
22 29 (21.64%) Cisco
23 27 (20.15%) CCIA
24 25 (18.66%) Exchange Server 2010
24 25 (18.66%) Firewall
25 21 (15.67%) VMware ESX
25 21 (15.67%) SQL
26 20 (14.93%) NetScaler
27 19 (14.18%) CCAA

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 3 (2.239%) Web Services
2 1 (0.746%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 40 (29.85%) MS Exchange
2 25 (18.66%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (11.94%) Lync
3 16 (11.94%) SharePoint
4 10 (7.463%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (5.224%) IIS
6 6 (4.478%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (3.731%) Exchange Server 2000
8 3 (2.239%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (1.493%) Apache
9 2 (1.493%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.746%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 30 (22.39%) MS Excel
2 13 (9.701%) MS Office
2 13 (9.701%) Office 365
3 1 (0.746%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 35 (26.12%) SAN
2 25 (18.66%) Firewall
3 20 (14.93%) NetScaler
4 15 (11.19%) DNS
4 15 (11.19%) DHCP
5 14 (10.45%) NAS
6 9 (6.716%) VPN
7 8 (5.970%) Unified Communications
8 7 (5.224%) Wireless
9 6 (4.478%) IPsec
10 5 (3.731%) MPLS
10 5 (3.731%) Fibre Channel
10 5 (3.731%) iSCSI
10 5 (3.731%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (2.985%) OSPF
11 4 (2.985%) TCP/IP
11 4 (2.985%) LAN
11 4 (2.985%) WAN
12 3 (2.239%) IP Telephony
13 2 (1.493%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.985%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.746%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.746%) MSI
General
1 13 (9.701%) Back Office
2 2 (1.493%) Finance
2 2 (1.493%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 50 (37.31%) Consultant
2 38 (28.36%) Architect
3 33 (24.63%) Technical Architect
4 21 (15.67%) Virtualisation Architect
4 21 (15.67%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
5 19 (14.18%) Citrix Consultant
6 18 (13.43%) Technical Consultant
7 14 (10.45%) Virtualisation Consultant
8 12 (8.955%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 11 (8.209%) VMware Consultant
10 10 (7.463%) Senior Consultant
11 9 (6.716%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (6.716%) Technical Solutions Architect
12 7 (5.224%) Cisco Consultant
13 6 (4.478%) Senior Technical Consultant
14 5 (3.731%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 5 (3.731%) Analyst
14 5 (3.731%) Administrator
14 5 (3.731%) Technical Engineer
15 4 (2.985%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.478%) EqualLogic
2 4 (2.985%) Replication
2 4 (2.985%) Clustering
3 3 (2.239%) Celerra
3 3 (2.239%) Firmware
3 3 (2.239%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.493%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.493%) CLARiiON
4 2 (1.493%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.746%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 76 (56.72%) Windows
2 58 (43.28%) Windows Server 2008
3 31 (23.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (9.701%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (8.955%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.985%) Linux
6 4 (2.985%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (2.239%) Windows XP
7 3 (2.239%) Android
8 2 (1.493%) Windows 2000
8 2 (1.493%) Windows XP Embedded
8 2 (1.493%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (5.970%) Service Delivery
2 7 (5.224%) Business Development
3 5 (3.731%) Data Management
3 5 (3.731%) ITIL
4 3 (2.239%) Configuration Management
4 3 (2.239%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (2.239%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (2.239%) Load Balancing
4 3 (2.239%) Software Deployment
5 2 (1.493%) Change Control
5 2 (1.493%) Build Automation
5 2 (1.493%) High Availability
5 2 (1.493%) Incident Management
6 1 (0.746%) Change Management
6 1 (0.746%) Service Management
6 1 (0.746%) PRINCE2
6 1 (0.746%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (0.746%) Release Management
6 1 (0.746%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (0.746%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (15.67%) SQL
2 2 (1.493%) Shell Script
2 2 (1.493%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 41 (30.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 37 (27.61%) Citrix Certification
3 31 (23.13%) CCEE
4 27 (20.15%) CCIA
5 19 (14.18%) CCAA
6 18 (13.43%) MCITP
7 13 (9.701%) CCEA
8 11 (8.209%) MCTS
8 11 (8.209%) VCP5
9 9 (6.716%) CCA
10 8 (5.970%) NCIE
11 7 (5.224%) NCDA
11 7 (5.224%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (4.478%) VCAP
12 6 (4.478%) VCDX
13 4 (2.985%) HP ASE
13 4 (2.985%) MCSE
14 3 (2.239%) MCP
14 3 (2.239%) HP AIS
14 3 (2.239%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.224%) SLA
System Software
1 100 (74.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 88 (65.67%) XenApp
3 70 (52.24%) Active Directory
4 68 (50.75%) XenServer
5 65 (48.51%) Hyper-V
6 59 (44.03%) vSphere
7 21 (15.67%) VMware ESX
8 14 (10.45%) UAG
9 9 (6.716%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (3.731%) Forefront TMG
11 3 (2.239%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (2.239%) Terminal Services
12 2 (1.493%) ISA Server
12 2 (1.493%) Terminal Server
12 2 (1.493%) IAG
13 1 (0.746%) Xen
13 1 (0.746%) PowerConvert
13 1 (0.746%) NFS
Systems Management
1 38 (28.36%) SCCM
2 34 (25.37%) SCOM
3 8 (5.970%) SCVMM
4 5 (3.731%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 5 (3.731%) NetBackup
4 5 (3.731%) Backup Exec
5 4 (2.985%) WSUS
6 1 (0.746%) ARCserve
6 1 (0.746%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 110 (82.09%) Citrix
2 108 (80.60%) VMware
3 67 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 50 (37.31%) NetApp
5 43 (32.09%) HP
6 29 (21.64%) Cisco
7 12 (8.955%) Veeam
8 11 (8.209%) 3PAR
8 11 (8.209%) IBM
8 11 (8.209%) CheckPoint
9 9 (6.716%) Dell
10 8 (5.970%) Juniper
10 8 (5.970%) Symantec
10 8 (5.970%) Riverbed
11 7 (5.224%) AppSense
12 5 (3.731%) CommVault
12 5 (3.731%) EMC
12 5 (3.731%) SonicWALL
13 3 (2.239%) Apple
13 3 (2.239%) LANDesk
West Midlands
A highly successful global Managed Services and IT solutions Provider with a solid reputation seeks a high-calibre Software and Virtualisation Pre-sales Consultant for a home based...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP55 to GBP65 per annum + Benefits: plus car allowance, bonus and benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Warwickshire
Experience with Windows migration (specifically XP to 7) - Knowledge of Desktop virtualisation, especially Citrix XenDesktop... - Any Microsoft qualifications such as MCP or MCSE will be highly beneficial... 2nd...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Full Driving License Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix certifications would be desirable.
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013