XenDesktop Contract Job Trends in the South West

Citrix XenDesktop
England > South West

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.20% - 0.063%
As % of the System Software category 1.52% - 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £564 - -
25th Percentile £566 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £616 - -
90th Percentile £621 - -
England median daily rate £513 £350 £370
% change year-on-year +46.43% -5.41% -12.94%

All System Software Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 264 399 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 13.23% 15.87% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 260 294
10th Percentile £215 £225 £198
25th Percentile £341 £460 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -1.83% +6.83%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £691 £700
England median daily rate £500 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 50
10th Percentile £60.13 £12.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £14.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £65.75 £58.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.36% -5.31% +26.34%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.00 £69.62
90th Percentile £95.00 £88.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £31.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +9.68% -34.74% +111.11%

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

XenDesktop job vacancy trend in the South West

XenDesktop
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XenDesktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XenDesktop

XenDesktop
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XenDesktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XenDesktop

XenDesktop
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Bristol - 4 £588 -
XenDesktop
England

XenDesktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) NetScaler
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Debt
3 2 (50.00%) Business Case
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Ivanti
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft