Xen Job Trends

Xen Project
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Xen skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 690 650 825
Rank change year-on-year -40 +175 +165
Permanent jobs citing Xen 1 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.001% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the System Software category 0.022% 0.054% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile - - £73,750
90th Percentile - - £76,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -31.03%

All System Software Skills
UK

Xen 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,456 5,553 11,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.96% 12.91% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,162 3,978 9,731
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,713 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £79,962 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

Xen
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Xen job vacancy trend in the UK

Xen
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Xen.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Xen

Xen
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Xen within the UK over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Work from Home +20 1 - - 1
England -23 1 - - 1
London - 1 - - 1

Xen
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Integrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware