XenDesktop Job Trends

Citrix XenDesktop
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring XenDesktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 642 585
Rank change year-on-year -25 -57 +293
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 9 27 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.059% 0.30%
As % of the System Software category 0.20% 0.45% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8 27 92
10th Percentile £30,875 £31,350 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,625 £27,338
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +45.83% -15.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £79,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -29.41%

All System Software Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,496 5,975 11,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.26% 13.07% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,155 3,898 9,244
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £33,750
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 £80,000 £70,000
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%

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend

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

XenDesktop job vacancy trend in the UK

XenDesktop
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XenDesktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XenDesktop

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing XenDesktop over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XenDesktop within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England -19 9 £57,500 +9.52% 3
London +17 6 £75,000 +28.21%
UK excluding London -9 3 £32,500 - 3
North of England - 3 £32,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £32,500 -

XenDesktop
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Acrobat
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
1 7 (77.78%) Entra ID
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) NetScaler
2 2 (22.22%) IP Telephony
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) VoIP
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) WebEx
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Citrix Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
1 2 (22.22%) Hedge funds
1 2 (22.22%) PKI
1 2 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Unix
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) Application Packaging
4 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
4 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
1 7 (77.78%) Virtual Desktop
1 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (44.44%) vSphere
3 3 (33.33%) XenApp
4 2 (22.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (33.33%) SCCM
3 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Citrix
2 7 (77.78%) VMware
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
4 2 (22.22%) Adobe
4 2 (22.22%) Apple
4 2 (22.22%) Bloomberg
4 2 (22.22%) Dell
4 2 (22.22%) Pure Storage
4 2 (22.22%) Reuters
5 1 (11.11%) Commvault
5 1 (11.11%) Fortinet