XenDesktop Jobs

Citrix XenDesktop
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring XenDesktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited XenDesktop over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 676 884
Rank change year-on-year +5 +208 +133
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 13 211 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.21% 0.099%
As % of the System Software category 0.24% 1.72% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 13 104 90
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,500 £30,890
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,000 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.64% -24.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile - £67,500 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% -11.84% -15.56%

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 5,388 12,269 15,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.33% 12.48% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,933 9,741 10,518
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,915
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

XenDesktop
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing XenDesktop.

Salary trend for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing XenDesktop over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Top 8 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 30 April 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
England -2 13 £37,500 +4.17% 8
London -16 9 £52,500 +16.67% 4
UK excluding London +129 4 £30,000 -10.45% 4
Work from Home +134 2 £30,000 -16.67% 3
South West +102 2 £30,000 -15.79%
North of England +78 1 £28,000 +3.70%
Yorkshire +64 1 £28,000 +3.70%
South East +62 1 £38,500 +28.33% 2

XenDesktop
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 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (38.46%) Azure
3 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 4 (30.77%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) LAN
2 4 (30.77%) WAN
3 2 (15.38%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (15.38%) SAN
4 1 (7.69%) NetScaler
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security
4 1 (7.69%) VoIP
General
1 6 (46.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Services Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
1 2 (15.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 2 (15.38%) Android
3 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (30.77%) Server Virtualisation
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 2 (15.38%) Ticket Management
5 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.69%) High Availability
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Service Management
5 1 (7.69%) Software Deployment
5 1 (7.69%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CCA
1 2 (15.38%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (15.38%) MCP
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) CCENT
2 1 (7.69%) MCITP
2 1 (7.69%) MCSE
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Active Directory
1 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (53.85%) XenApp
3 6 (46.15%) Hyper-V
4 3 (23.08%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) SCCM
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
3 2 (15.38%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Citrix
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 8 (61.54%) VMware
3 6 (46.15%) Dell
3 6 (46.15%) Symantec
4 5 (38.46%) Cisco
4 5 (38.46%) HP
4 5 (38.46%) Nexthink
5 4 (30.77%) Google
6 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
7 2 (15.38%) N-able
7 2 (15.38%) Veeam
7 2 (15.38%) Veritas
8 1 (7.69%) Commvault