XenDesktop Job Trends in England

Citrix XenDesktop
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring XenDesktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 614 592
Rank change year-on-year +8 -22 +312
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 8 102 100
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.018% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the System Software category 0.17% 1.48% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4 100 33
10th Percentile £40,700 £31,700 £33,400
25th Percentile £54,875 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,750 £68,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.99% +63.86% -7.78%
75th Percentile £84,375 £90,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,750 £112,500 £66,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,000 £40,750
% change year-on-year -0.74% +66.87% -9.44%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,707 6,891 8,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.71% 11.29% 17.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,198 4,000 6,701
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% - -

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

XenDesktop job vacancy trend in England

XenDesktop
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing XenDesktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing XenDesktop

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing XenDesktop in England over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for XenDesktop in England

XenDesktop
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the England region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -10 7 £80,000 +6.67% 2
North of England +14 1 £32,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £32,500 - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Acrobat
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (62.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
1 5 (62.50%) VoIP
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 5 (62.50%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Application Packaging
2 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (62.50%) DevSecOps
3 5 (62.50%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 5 (62.50%) ITIL
3 5 (62.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
3 5 (62.50%) Strategic Planning
3 5 (62.50%) Technology Roadmap
3 5 (62.50%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) XenApp
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) SCCM
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (62.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Dell
2 1 (12.50%) VMware