XenDesktop Contracts in the Thames Valley

Citrix XenDesktop
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for XenDesktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XenDesktop over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 145 161
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 -18
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 8 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.18% 0.029%
As % of the System Software category 2.35% 1.40% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile - £495 -
25th Percentile £275 £563 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £600 £388
Median % change year-on-year -49.17% +54.84% -6.06%
75th Percentile £310 - £394
90th Percentile £322 - -
South East median daily rate £305 £310 £475
% change year-on-year -1.61% -34.74% +5.56%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

XenDesktop is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 340 356 524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.83% 12.50% 15.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 266 390
10th Percentile £177 £230 £150
25th Percentile £313 £363 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £453
Median % change year-on-year +14.52% +6.14% +3.43%
75th Percentile £608 £573 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £651
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 13
10th Percentile £16.25 £33.75 £12.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £48.40 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +243.75% -14.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £20.00
90th Percentile - £78.56 £58.00
South East median hourly rate £53.19 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -2.52% +172.80% -9.09%

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing XenDesktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for XenDesktop in the Thames Valley

XenDesktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XenDesktop in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for XenDesktop in the Thames Valley

XenDesktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XenDesktop in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for XenDesktop in the Thames Valley

XenDesktop
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
Berkshire -5 8 £305 -49.17%
XenDesktop
South East

XenDesktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) DHCP
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MSI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 7
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 6 (75.00%) Software Distribution
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Server Building
3 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Release Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) XenApp
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (50.00%) FireEye
2 4 (50.00%) Tanium
3 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
3 3 (37.50%) VMware