XenDesktop Contract Job Trends in England

Citrix XenDesktop
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring XenDesktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 462 512
Rank change year-on-year -78 +50 +151
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 3 44 53
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 0.076% 1.26% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 30 37
10th Percentile - £274 £294
25th Percentile £425 £314 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £365
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -4.11% -14.12%
75th Percentile £475 £414 £525
90th Percentile - £700 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £350 £365
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.11% -14.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £31.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £31.00 -

All System Software Skills
England

XenDesktop 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 3,925 3,484 4,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.53% 12.00% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,618 2,254 3,307
10th Percentile £213 £205 £195
25th Percentile £400 £373 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £516 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% +3.25% -5.66%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 78 218
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £15.65
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.46 £18.26
Median hourly rate £48.11 £31.75 £42.04
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -24.47% +68.15%
75th Percentile £74.26 £64.88 £66.93
90th Percentile £91.50 £75.00 £76.82
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £28.71 £45.94
% change year-on-year +65.48% -37.52% +83.76%

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

XenDesktop job vacancy trend in England

XenDesktop
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XenDesktop

XenDesktop
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XenDesktop

XenDesktop
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 XenDesktop within the England region over the 6 months to 16 December 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 -20 2 £450 +22.87% 1
North of England -43 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
XenDesktop
UK

XenDesktop
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) NetScaler
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Expert
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCA
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) VMware