The first table below looks at the demand for XenDesktop skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XenDesktop over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix XenDesktop
Rank 177 169 172
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 40 41 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.719% 0.776% 0.546%
As % of the System Software category 6.826% 8.135% 6.835%
Number of salaries quoted 33 36 23
Average salary £52,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.52% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.26%
All System Software
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
586 504 395
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 10.54% 9.542% 7.991%
Number of salaries quoted 486 388 320
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,400 £22,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
XenDesktop
England

XenDesktop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire XenDesktop Salary Trend

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XenDesktop across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
West Yorkshire -12 24 £52,500 +50.00%
North Yorkshire +13 19 £45,250 -2.16%
South Yorkshire +15 11 £55,000 +22.22%
East Yorkshire - 4 £51,250 -
XenDesktop
England

XenDesktop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 89 (100.00%) Citrix
1 89 (100.00%) XenApp
2 73 (82.02%) VMware
3 71 (79.78%) XenServer
4 65 (73.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 56 (62.92%) Windows
6 49 (55.06%) HP
7 41 (46.07%) Windows Server 2008
8 38 (42.70%) Microsoft
8 38 (42.70%) Active Directory
9 37 (41.57%) Hyper-V
10 36 (40.45%) Citrix Certification
10 36 (40.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 32 (35.96%) SAN
12 31 (34.83%) vSphere
13 29 (32.58%) Windows 7
13 29 (32.58%) CCA
13 29 (32.58%) Firewall
14 27 (30.34%) CCIA
15 26 (29.21%) MCITP
16 25 (28.09%) CCEE
17 24 (26.97%) MS Exchange
18 22 (24.72%) DNS
18 22 (24.72%) MS Excel
18 22 (24.72%) Finance
19 21 (23.60%) SQL Server
20 20 (22.47%) DHCP
20 20 (22.47%) Microsoft Certification
21 19 (21.35%) CCEA
22 18 (20.22%) NetApp

XenDesktop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (3.371%) ASP
1 3 (3.371%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 24 (26.97%) MS Exchange
2 16 (17.98%) Exchange Server 2007
2 16 (17.98%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (7.865%) Office Communications Server
3 7 (7.865%) Lync
4 5 (5.618%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (4.494%) IIS
6 1 (1.124%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (24.72%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 32 (35.96%) SAN
2 29 (32.58%) Firewall
3 22 (24.72%) DNS
4 20 (22.47%) DHCP
5 16 (17.98%) Network Security
6 15 (16.85%) NAS
7 10 (11.24%) NetScaler
8 9 (10.11%) iSCSI
9 7 (7.865%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (7.865%) Unified Communications
10 4 (4.494%) TCP/IP
10 4 (4.494%) LDAP
11 2 (2.247%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (2.247%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (2.247%) VLAN
11 2 (2.247%) H.323
11 2 (2.247%) OSPF
11 2 (2.247%) ISDN
11 2 (2.247%) PBX
12 1 (1.124%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.60%) SQL Server
2 13 (14.61%) SQL Server 2005
2 13 (14.61%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.371%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.247%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 22 (24.72%) Finance
2 1 (1.124%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (47.19%) Consultant
2 21 (23.60%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 16 (17.98%) Technical Consultant
3 16 (17.98%) Wintel Engineer
4 14 (15.73%) Citrix Consultant
5 8 (8.989%) VMware Consultant
5 8 (8.989%) Senior Consultant
5 8 (8.989%) Architect
5 8 (8.989%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (7.865%) Administrator
6 7 (7.865%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (6.742%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 4 (4.494%) Virtualisation Architect
8 4 (4.494%) Microsoft Consultant
9 2 (2.247%) VMware Architect
9 2 (2.247%) VMware Technical Consultant
9 2 (2.247%) Citrix Technical Consultant
9 2 (2.247%) SCCM Consultant
9 2 (2.247%) Technical Account Manager
9 2 (2.247%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.36%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (7.865%) SaaS
3 3 (3.371%) Thin Client
3 3 (3.371%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.247%) EqualLogic
4 2 (2.247%) Celerra
4 2 (2.247%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.247%) IVR
4 2 (2.247%) CLARiiON
4 2 (2.247%) Clustering
5 1 (1.124%) PaaS
5 1 (1.124%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 56 (62.92%) Windows
2 41 (46.07%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (32.58%) Windows 7
4 10 (11.24%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (4.494%) Windows XP
6 3 (3.371%) Windows 2000
6 3 (3.371%) Windows Vista
6 3 (3.371%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (10.11%) Project Planning
2 7 (7.865%) Network Load Balancing
3 6 (6.742%) Business Development
4 5 (5.618%) Data Management
5 4 (4.494%) Load Balancing
5 4 (4.494%) Performance Management
6 3 (3.371%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (3.371%) Build Automation
6 3 (3.371%) Software Deployment
6 3 (3.371%) Change Control
7 2 (2.247%) High Availability
7 2 (2.247%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (1.124%) ITIL
8 1 (1.124%) Service Management
8 1 (1.124%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (1.124%) Business Continuity
8 1 (1.124%) Validation
8 1 (1.124%) Data Analysis
8 1 (1.124%) Problem Management
8 1 (1.124%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.73%) SQL
2 3 (3.371%) VB
2 3 (3.371%) VB.NET
2 3 (3.371%) VB6
Qualifications
1 36 (40.45%) Citrix Certification
1 36 (40.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 29 (32.58%) CCA
3 27 (30.34%) CCIA
4 26 (29.21%) MCITP
5 25 (28.09%) CCEE
6 20 (22.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (21.35%) CCEA
8 17 (19.10%) MCTS
9 16 (17.98%) MCSE
9 16 (17.98%) CCAA
10 12 (13.48%) MCP
11 11 (12.36%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (12.36%) MCSA
11 11 (12.36%) VCDX
12 10 (11.24%) VCAP
13 7 (7.865%) NCDA
13 7 (7.865%) NCIE
14 6 (6.742%) CCDA
14 6 (6.742%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (100.00%) XenApp
2 71 (79.78%) XenServer
3 65 (73.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (42.70%) Active Directory
5 37 (41.57%) Hyper-V
6 31 (34.83%) vSphere
7 17 (19.10%) VMware ESX
8 12 (13.48%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (7.865%) NFS
10 5 (5.618%) Terminal Services
11 4 (4.494%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 3 (3.371%) IAG
13 1 (1.124%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (20.22%) SCCM
2 17 (19.10%) WSUS
3 11 (12.36%) SCOM
4 7 (7.865%) SCVMM
5 5 (5.618%) NetBackup
5 5 (5.618%) Backup Exec
5 5 (5.618%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 89 (100.00%) Citrix
2 73 (82.02%) VMware
3 49 (55.06%) HP
4 38 (42.70%) Microsoft
5 18 (20.22%) NetApp
6 16 (17.98%) EMC
6 16 (17.98%) Cisco
7 15 (16.85%) LANDesk
8 12 (13.48%) IBM
8 12 (13.48%) CommVault
9 10 (11.24%) PlateSpin
9 10 (11.24%) Dell
10 9 (10.11%) Veeam
11 8 (8.989%) AppSense
11 8 (8.989%) Symantec
12 6 (6.742%) DataCore
12 6 (6.742%) FalconStor
12 6 (6.742%) Blue Coat
12 6 (6.742%) Juniper
13 4 (4.494%) Vizioncore
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Technical Skills Desired (not expecting all): *ACD and PBX technologies to include; oISDN-PRI, H.323, SIP, Analogue trunking oSIP, H.323, analogue and Digital (Avaya DCP) endpoints...
OSM Ltd
Salary: £60000 per annum + negotiable with car allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
You will need to have experience of supporting 200+ servers and ideally have strong experience with Windows (Server 2003/2008), Active Directory, IIS, SQL Server (2005, SQL Server...
Spring Technology
Salary: £27000.00 - £28500 per annum + 25 days Holidays
Posted: 16 May 2013