Citrix XenDesktop
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for XenDesktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited XenDesktop over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 608 942 901
Rank change year-on-year +334 -41 -286
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 125 148 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 1.38% 0.77% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 32 121 156
10th Percentile £31,450 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £51,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +0.63%

All System Software Skills
UK

XenDesktop is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 9,044 19,198 22,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.72% 15.26% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7,183 12,804 15,878
10th Percentile £28,850 £29,059 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,094 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.89% +5.26% +5.56%

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 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Top 11 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 29 November 2023. 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 +305 124 £40,000 -11.11% 18
London +333 93 £41,500 +5.73% 5
UK excluding London +154 31 £40,000 -11.11% 14
Work from Home +231 12 £40,000 -25.58% 5
North of England +122 12 £40,000 -10.11% 2
Midlands +116 10 £42,125 -6.39% 5
West Midlands +108 10 £42,125 -6.39% 5
South West +71 9 £41,250 +44.74%
South East +139 8 £36,000 -20.00% 6
North West +103 6 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +89 6 £40,000 -13.04% 1

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 89 (71.20%) MS Exchange
2 8 (6.40%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.60%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (1.60%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 107 (85.60%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (13.60%) Azure
3 8 (6.40%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.80%) AWS
5 5 (4.00%) GCP
6 3 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.60%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.60%) Tessian
8 1 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 95 (76.00%) WAN
2 90 (72.00%) Cisco IOS
2 90 (72.00%) Wireless
3 86 (68.80%) SD-WAN
3 86 (68.80%) WebEx
4 11 (8.80%) Firewall
5 10 (8.00%) DHCP
5 10 (8.00%) NetScaler
6 7 (5.60%) LAN
7 6 (4.80%) DNS
7 6 (4.80%) SSL
7 6 (4.80%) VPN
8 5 (4.00%) VLAN
9 4 (3.20%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (2.40%) Internet
11 2 (1.60%) SAN
11 2 (1.60%) VoIP
12 1 (0.80%) Network Security
12 1 (0.80%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.80%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
General
1 94 (75.20%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.60%) Finance
3 6 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.20%) Publishing
5 4 (3.20%) Retail
6 2 (1.60%) Law
7 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.80%) Aviation
7 1 (0.80%) French Language
7 1 (0.80%) Legal
7 1 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 88 (70.40%) IT Support
2 86 (68.80%) IT Support Specialist
2 86 (68.80%) Support Specialist
3 11 (8.80%) Citrix Engineer
4 9 (7.20%) Support Engineer
5 8 (6.40%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (4.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (4.00%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (4.00%) Analyst
8 4 (3.20%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (3.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 4 (3.20%) Senior
8 4 (3.20%) Senior Citrix Engineer
9 3 (2.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 3 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.40%) IT Analyst
9 3 (2.40%) Migration Engineer
9 3 (2.40%) Security Manager
9 3 (2.40%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 3 (2.40%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.80%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 86 (68.80%) Wiki
2 75 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (2.40%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.60%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.80%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.80%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 116 (92.80%) Windows
2 92 (73.60%) Windows 10
3 91 (72.80%) Android
4 20 (16.00%) Windows Server
5 11 (8.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (7.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (5.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (4.00%) Windows 7
8 5 (4.00%) Windows 8
9 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (72.80%) Mobile Device Management
2 86 (68.80%) BCP
2 86 (68.80%) Business Continuity
2 86 (68.80%) Business Continuity Planning
2 86 (68.80%) Computer Science
2 86 (68.80%) Contract Negotiation
3 75 (60.00%) Application Virtualisation
4 16 (12.80%) ITIL
5 7 (5.60%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (5.60%) Task Automation
6 6 (4.80%) ITSM
7 5 (4.00%) Migration
7 5 (4.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (3.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (3.20%) Customer Experience
8 4 (3.20%) Customer Service
8 4 (3.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (3.20%) Mentoring
8 4 (3.20%) Performance Monitoring
8 4 (3.20%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.80%) SQL
2 2 (1.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.80%) VB
Qualifications
1 87 (69.60%) Degree
2 86 (68.80%) Computer Science Degree
2 86 (68.80%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.20%) CCA
3 4 (3.20%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (2.40%) MCSE
4 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.60%) CEH
5 2 (1.60%) CISM
5 2 (1.60%) CISSP
5 2 (1.60%) ISACA
5 2 (1.60%) MCITP
5 2 (1.60%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.60%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.80%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.80%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.80%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.80%) PMP
6 1 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.00%) SLA
2 2 (1.60%) PMO
System Software
1 120 (96.00%) XenApp
2 115 (92.00%) Active Directory
3 91 (72.80%) Microsoft App-V
4 87 (69.60%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (16.80%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (12.00%) Hyper-V
7 5 (4.00%) VirtualBox
8 4 (3.20%) vSphere
9 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.80%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (74.40%) SCCM
2 75 (60.00%) AirWatch
3 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.00%) EdgeSight
5 1 (0.80%) Ansible
5 1 (0.80%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.80%) Puppet
5 1 (0.80%) Terraform
5 1 (0.80%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (100.00%) Citrix
2 116 (92.80%) Microsoft
3 95 (76.00%) Cisco
4 24 (19.20%) VMware
5 11 (8.80%) Apple
5 11 (8.80%) Bloomberg
6 10 (8.00%) Ivanti
7 9 (7.20%) HP
8 6 (4.80%) Dell
9 5 (4.00%) Fortinet
9 5 (4.00%) Google
9 5 (4.00%) Symantec
10 4 (3.20%) Draytek
10 4 (3.20%) SonicWALL
11 3 (2.40%) NetApp
11 3 (2.40%) Remedy
11 3 (2.40%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.80%) Commvault
12 1 (0.80%) McAfee
12 1 (0.80%) NVIDIA