XenApp Contracts

Citrix XenApp
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring XenApp skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XenApp over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 533 613
Rank change year-on-year +20 +80 +42
Contract jobs citing XenApp 17 54 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the System Software category 0.45% 1.13% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 36 47
10th Percentile £145 £288 £245
25th Percentile £250 £375 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £481
90th Percentile £542 £506 £615
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £450 £365
% change year-on-year +16.67% +23.29% -12.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £18.43
25th Percentile - £29.50 £19.44
Median hourly rate - £31.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +55.00% -
75th Percentile - £32.50 £21.50
90th Percentile - - £24.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £31.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +55.00% -

All System Software Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,750 4,799 7,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.09% 11.06% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,445 3,308 5,066
10th Percentile £225 £206 £200
25th Percentile £381 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £607 £638
90th Percentile £690 £688 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £479
% change year-on-year - -0.84% +6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 220 255
10th Percentile £14.49 £14.06 £15.21
25th Percentile £16.39 £15.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £23.99 £53.35
Median % change year-on-year +16.72% -55.03% +166.75%
75th Percentile £66.00 £59.20 £66.75
90th Percentile £89.85 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.88 £24.34 £31.00
% change year-on-year +125.45% -21.48% +67.57%

XenApp
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing XenApp as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for XenApp in the UK

XenApp
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XenApp.

Daily rate trend for XenApp in the UK

XenApp
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XenApp over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XenApp in the UK

XenApp
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XenApp.

Hourly rate trend for XenApp in the UK

XenApp
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XenApp within the UK over the 6 months to 2 July 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
England +21 15 £500 +14.29% 31
UK excluding London +26 11 £525 +16.67% 11
South East +38 7 £525 +16.67% 5
London +22 6 £213 -49.25% 24
Work from Home +25 3 £538 +13.26% 9
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
North of England +8 1 £525 +23.53%
West Midlands +7 1 £535 -
Midlands +1 1 £535 -
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -

XenApp
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (35.29%) IIS
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.88%) nginx
3 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.88%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Azure
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.76%) Google Workspace
4 1 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) DNS
2 8 (47.06%) NetScaler
3 5 (29.41%) SMTP
4 3 (17.65%) DHCP
4 3 (17.65%) Firewall
5 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
5 2 (11.76%) VoIP
6 1 (5.88%) FTP
6 1 (5.88%) HTTP
6 1 (5.88%) Internet
6 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.88%) IP Telephony
6 1 (5.88%) LAN
6 1 (5.88%) MPLS
6 1 (5.88%) NAS
6 1 (5.88%) SAN
6 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
6 1 (5.88%) Unified Communications
6 1 (5.88%) WAN
6 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
2 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Electronics
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support
2 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) ICT Support
2 2 (11.76%) ICT Support Technician
2 2 (11.76%) ICT Technician
2 2 (11.76%) IT Support
2 2 (11.76%) Support Technician
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Specialist
3 1 (5.88%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Migration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Clustering
1 5 (29.41%) PKI
2 2 (11.76%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Windows Server
3 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
4 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (17.65%) Windows 8
6 2 (11.76%) Mac OS X
6 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
7 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
7 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
7 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (17.65%) ITIL
1 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
2 2 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (11.76%) Fault Analysis
2 2 (11.76%) IT Strategy
2 2 (11.76%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
2 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
2 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
2 2 (11.76%) Server Management
3 1 (5.88%) Agile
3 1 (5.88%) Change Management
3 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.88%) Security Management
3 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) PowerShell
2 5 (29.41%) Shell Script
3 4 (23.53%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) Perl
4 1 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) A+ Certification
3 2 (11.76%) MCP
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (82.35%) Active Directory
2 11 (64.71%) XenDesktop
3 8 (47.06%) vSphere
4 3 (17.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (5.88%) BitLocker
6 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (35.29%) WSUS
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (23.53%) SCCM
5 2 (11.76%) AirWatch
5 2 (11.76%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (11.76%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (11.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Citrix
2 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
3 9 (52.94%) VMware
4 7 (41.18%) Dell
4 7 (41.18%) HP
5 4 (23.53%) Cisco
6 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
7 2 (11.76%) Adobe
7 2 (11.76%) Aerohive Networks
7 2 (11.76%) Avaya
7 2 (11.76%) AVG
7 2 (11.76%) Canon
7 2 (11.76%) ConnectWise
7 2 (11.76%) ESET
7 2 (11.76%) GFI Software
7 2 (11.76%) McAfee
7 2 (11.76%) Sage
7 2 (11.76%) SAP
7 2 (11.76%) Symantec
7 2 (11.76%) Xerox