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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenServer
Rank 167 138 165
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +27
Permanent jobs citing XenServer 37 48 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.750% 1.063% 0.171%
As % of the System Software category 6.560% 11.59% 1.675%
Number of salaries quoted 27 30 7
Average salary £45,000 £48,750 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,700 £35,000 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £64,250 £75,900
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All System Software
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
564 414 418
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 11.44% 9.171% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 489 359 348
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 £24,900 £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%
XenServer
England

XenServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands XenServer Salary Trend

XenServer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenServer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands XenServer Salary Histogram

XenServer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenServer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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 -5 29 £40,000 -20.00%
Wolverhampton - 4 £40,000 -
Coventry -12 3 £45,000 -7.69%
Warwickshire - 3 £45,000 -
Worcestershire - 3 £45,000 -
Solihull -21 1 £45,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £45,000 -
XenServer
England

XenServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 82 (98.80%) Citrix
2 71 (85.54%) VMware
3 68 (81.93%) XenDesktop
4 64 (77.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 59 (71.08%) vSphere
6 56 (67.47%) XenApp
6 56 (67.47%) Windows
7 44 (53.01%) Microsoft
8 42 (50.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 42 (50.60%) Windows Server 2008
9 41 (49.40%) HP
10 40 (48.19%) Hyper-V
11 34 (40.96%) Active Directory
12 33 (39.76%) Citrix Certification
13 30 (36.14%) SAN
14 29 (34.94%) MS Exchange
15 27 (32.53%) CCEE
16 25 (30.12%) NetApp
17 23 (27.71%) Windows Server 2003
18 22 (26.51%) SQL
19 21 (25.30%) Firewall
20 20 (24.10%) VMware ESX
21 19 (22.89%) MCITP
21 19 (22.89%) Cisco
21 19 (22.89%) CCAA
21 19 (22.89%) CCIA
22 17 (20.48%) Exchange Server 2010
22 17 (20.48%) MS Excel
23 16 (19.28%) MS Office
23 16 (19.28%) DNS

XenServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 3 (3.614%) Web Services
2 2 (2.410%) COM
Application Platforms
1 29 (34.94%) MS Exchange
2 17 (20.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (19.28%) Lync
4 14 (16.87%) SharePoint
5 5 (6.024%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (4.819%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (4.819%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (3.614%) IIS
7 3 (3.614%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (2.410%) Apache
8 2 (2.410%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (20.48%) MS Excel
2 16 (19.28%) MS Office
3 13 (15.66%) Office 365
4 1 (1.205%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 30 (36.14%) SAN
2 21 (25.30%) Firewall
3 16 (19.28%) DNS
4 15 (18.07%) DHCP
5 14 (16.87%) NAS
6 13 (15.66%) NetScaler
7 8 (9.639%) Unified Communications
8 5 (6.024%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (4.819%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (4.819%) iSCSI
10 3 (3.614%) IP Telephony
11 2 (2.410%) IPsec
11 2 (2.410%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (2.410%) Ethernet
11 2 (2.410%) FTP
11 2 (2.410%) HTTP
11 2 (2.410%) TCP/IP
11 2 (2.410%) VPN
11 2 (2.410%) Cisco PIX
12 1 (1.205%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.66%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.410%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (2.410%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (2.410%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 13 (15.66%) Back Office
2 4 (4.819%) Advertising
3 2 (2.410%) Finance
Job Titles
1 29 (34.94%) Consultant
2 21 (25.30%) Architect
3 13 (15.66%) Technical Architect
4 12 (14.46%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 11 (13.25%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 11 (13.25%) Technical Consultant
5 11 (13.25%) Citrix Consultant
6 9 (10.84%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 9 (10.84%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (10.84%) VMware Consultant
7 7 (8.434%) Senior Consultant
7 7 (8.434%) Analyst
8 5 (6.024%) Support Analyst
8 5 (6.024%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (6.024%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.819%) Pre Sales Consultant
9 4 (4.819%) Sales Consultant
9 4 (4.819%) VMware Engineer
10 3 (3.614%) VMware Technical Consultant
10 3 (3.614%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.024%) Clustering
2 3 (3.614%) Celerra
2 3 (3.614%) EqualLogic
2 3 (3.614%) Firmware
2 3 (3.614%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.410%) Replication
3 2 (2.410%) CLARiiON
4 1 (1.205%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 56 (67.47%) Windows
2 42 (50.60%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (27.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (15.66%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.819%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (3.614%) UNIX
6 3 (3.614%) Android
7 2 (2.410%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (12.05%) ITIL
2 7 (8.434%) Service Delivery
2 7 (8.434%) Business Development
3 5 (6.024%) Data Management
4 3 (3.614%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (3.614%) Configuration Management
4 3 (3.614%) Load Balancing
5 2 (2.410%) Resource Management
5 2 (2.410%) High Availability
5 2 (2.410%) Incident Management
6 1 (1.205%) Data Security
6 1 (1.205%) Change Management
6 1 (1.205%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.205%) Change Control
6 1 (1.205%) Operations Management
6 1 (1.205%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (1.205%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 22 (26.51%) SQL
2 2 (2.410%) Shell Script
2 2 (2.410%) Bash shell
3 1 (1.205%) VBScript
3 1 (1.205%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (50.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 33 (39.76%) Citrix Certification
3 27 (32.53%) CCEE
4 19 (22.89%) CCAA
4 19 (22.89%) CCIA
4 19 (22.89%) MCITP
5 14 (16.87%) CCEA
6 12 (14.46%) MCTS
7 11 (13.25%) VCP5
8 10 (12.05%) CCA
8 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (9.639%) NCIE
10 7 (8.434%) VCAP
10 7 (8.434%) VCDX
10 7 (8.434%) NCDA
10 7 (8.434%) MCSE
11 4 (4.819%) HP ASE
12 3 (3.614%) HP MASE
12 3 (3.614%) MCP
12 3 (3.614%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.229%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (81.93%) XenDesktop
2 64 (77.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (71.08%) vSphere
4 56 (67.47%) XenApp
5 40 (48.19%) Hyper-V
6 34 (40.96%) Active Directory
7 20 (24.10%) VMware ESX
8 16 (19.28%) UAG
9 10 (12.05%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (3.614%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (2.410%) IAG
11 2 (2.410%) Terminal Server
11 2 (2.410%) Terminal Services
12 1 (1.205%) ISA Server
12 1 (1.205%) PowerConvert
12 1 (1.205%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 1 (1.205%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) SCOM
2 8 (9.639%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 8 (9.639%) SCCM
3 6 (7.229%) NetBackup
3 6 (7.229%) Backup Exec
4 4 (4.819%) WSUS
5 3 (3.614%) HP NNM
5 3 (3.614%) CiscoWorks
5 3 (3.614%) SCVMM
6 2 (2.410%) Cacti
6 2 (2.410%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.205%) MAILsweeper
7 1 (1.205%) Nagios
7 1 (1.205%) ARCserve
7 1 (1.205%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 82 (98.80%) Citrix
2 71 (85.54%) VMware
3 44 (53.01%) Microsoft
4 41 (49.40%) HP
5 25 (30.12%) NetApp
6 19 (22.89%) Cisco
7 11 (13.25%) IBM
7 11 (13.25%) 3PAR
8 10 (12.05%) Veeam
9 9 (10.84%) Symantec
10 8 (9.639%) Dell
11 7 (8.434%) EMC
12 6 (7.229%) AppSense
13 5 (6.024%) CommVault
13 5 (6.024%) PlateSpin
14 4 (4.819%) Novell
15 3 (3.614%) CheckPoint
15 3 (3.614%) LANDesk
15 3 (3.614%) SolarWinds
16 2 (2.410%) McAfee
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
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