XenDesktop Contract Job Trends in London

Citrix XenDesktop
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring XenDesktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 349 384
Rank change year-on-year -19 +35 +159
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 1 20 21
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the System Software category 0.061% 1.28% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 10
10th Percentile - £266 £350
25th Percentile £425 £275 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £366 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% -26.75% +48.15%
75th Percentile £475 £700 £525
90th Percentile - - £537
England median daily rate £450 £350 £365
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.11% -8.75%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,629 1,559 2,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.40% 10.35% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,059 1,030 1,514
10th Percentile £325 £262 £213
25th Percentile £427 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £647 £663 £645
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
England median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 23
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.75 £25.38
Median hourly rate £24.58 £23.80 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -45.71% +66.99%
75th Percentile £26.00 £70.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £56.43 £103.50 £74.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.33
% change year-on-year +46.15% -19.40% +61.30%

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

XenDesktop job vacancy trend in London

XenDesktop
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing XenDesktop

XenDesktop
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing XenDesktop

XenDesktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCA
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix