XenApp Contract Job Trends in England

Citrix XenApp
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring XenApp skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 457 530
Rank change year-on-year -55 +73 +121
Contract jobs citing XenApp 8 65 57
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.028% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 0.22% 1.77% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 42 41
10th Percentile £145 £275 £263
25th Percentile £165 £325 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £380 £365
Median % change year-on-year -34.21% +4.11% -10.43%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £413
90th Percentile £510 £695 £575
UK median daily rate £275 £380 £365
% change year-on-year -27.63% +4.11% -14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £31.00 -
UK median hourly rate £15.33 £26.75 -
% change year-on-year -42.69% - -

All System Software Skills
England

XenApp falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,589 3,680 5,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.64% 11.66% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,306 2,384 3,674
10th Percentile £208 £220 £200
25th Percentile £379 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 79 248
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.80 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.41 £21.86 £18.45
Median hourly rate £32.77 £50.00 £47.67
Median % change year-on-year -34.46% +4.90% +116.66%
75th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £66.30
90th Percentile £88.93 £80.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £44.00 £49.94
% change year-on-year -37.50% -11.89% +127.00%

XenApp
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing XenApp relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

XenApp job vacancy trend in England

XenApp
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XenApp.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XenApp

XenApp
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XenApp in England over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XenApp in England

XenApp
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XenApp.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XenApp

XenApp
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenApp within the England region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -18 5 £170 -60.00% 1
South East -17 2 £375 +7.14% 1
North of England -28 1 £525 +23.53% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £525 - 1
XenApp
UK

XenApp
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) DHCP
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) NetScaler
4 1 (12.50%) FTP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Migration Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 8
4 2 (25.00%) Mac OS X
4 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Server Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Case
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Debt
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) MCP
2 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (12.50%) MCSA
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (25.00%) vSphere
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco
4 2 (25.00%) Adobe
4 2 (25.00%) Autodesk
4 2 (25.00%) Dell
4 2 (25.00%) Draytek
4 2 (25.00%) Google
4 2 (25.00%) HP
4 2 (25.00%) McAfee
4 2 (25.00%) NETGEAR
4 2 (25.00%) Sage
4 2 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (25.00%) Sophos
4 2 (25.00%) Symantec
4 2 (25.00%) Toshiba
4 2 (25.00%) VMware
4 2 (25.00%) WatchGuard
4 2 (25.00%) Webroot
4 2 (25.00%) Wyse