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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 710 816 1055
Rank change year-on-year +106 +239 -268
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 132 71 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.088% 0.13%
As % of the System Software category 1.39% 0.55% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 130 64 179
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £69,500 £43,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £57,250 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% -16.67% +5.88%

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 9,464 12,848 30,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.47% 15.92% 17.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,021 8,994 15,471
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,293 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Top 13 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 26 July 2024. 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 +94 130 £45,000 +20.00% 11
London +130 66 £69,000 +84.00% 4
UK excluding London -17 66 £37,000 -1.33% 7
Work from Home +84 49 £67,500 +52.54% 6
South West +1 23 £35,000 -2.78% 3
Midlands -12 20 £68,000 +60.85%
South East +13 17 £36,000 +2.86% 3
West Midlands 0 14 £68,000 +53.67%
East Midlands -22 6 £40,000 +9.59%
North of England 0 4 £31,250 -21.88% 1
North West -18 3 £32,500 -18.75% 1
Scotland - 2 £62,500 -
Yorkshire - 1 £27,000 -

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 68 (51.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (23.48%) SharePoint
3 18 (13.64%) SharePoint 2010
3 18 (13.64%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 62 (46.97%) Azure
2 61 (46.21%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (27.27%) AWS
4 29 (21.97%) GCP
5 19 (14.39%) Mimecast
6 12 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (9.09%) OneDrive
7 7 (5.30%) Nutanix
8 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.27%) PaaS
10 2 (1.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 34 (25.76%) Firewall
2 30 (22.73%) Remote Desktop
3 26 (19.70%) LAN
4 25 (18.94%) WAN
5 19 (14.39%) DHCP
5 19 (14.39%) DNS
6 13 (9.85%) NetScaler
6 13 (9.85%) SAN
7 5 (3.79%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.52%) VPN
8 2 (1.52%) Wireless
9 1 (0.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.58%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 22 (16.67%) GitLab
2 12 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (52.27%) Finance
2 29 (21.97%) Banking
3 17 (12.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.09%) Investment Banking
6 11 (8.33%) Social Skills
7 9 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (5.30%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.79%) Aerospace
9 5 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.79%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.76%) Law
10 1 (0.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 48 (36.36%) Analyst
2 33 (25.00%) Citrix Analyst
3 32 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (21.97%) 2nd Line Support
5 27 (20.45%) Support Engineer
6 24 (18.18%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (17.42%) Technical Analyst
8 18 (13.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 18 (13.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 18 (13.64%) Citrix Engineer
9 15 (11.36%) Service Analyst
9 15 (11.36%) Technical Engineer
10 14 (10.61%) Service Desk Analyst
11 13 (9.85%) Cloud Technical Analyst
11 13 (9.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 12 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (8.33%) Senior
14 10 (7.58%) Automation Engineer
14 10 (7.58%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (7.58%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.82%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.33%) Public Cloud
2 10 (7.58%) iPad
2 10 (7.58%) iPhone
2 10 (7.58%) Replication
3 9 (6.82%) Driving Licence
4 7 (5.30%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.27%) PKI
7 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 99 (75.00%) Windows
2 69 (52.27%) Windows Server
3 36 (27.27%) Windows 10
4 20 (15.15%) Linux
5 17 (12.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (9.85%) Windows 7
6 13 (9.85%) Windows 8
7 9 (6.82%) Android
7 9 (6.82%) Apple iOS
8 7 (5.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (5.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (32.58%) ITIL
2 35 (26.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (18.94%) DevOps
3 25 (18.94%) Mobile Device Management
3 25 (18.94%) Server Virtualisation
4 21 (15.91%) Infrastructure Automation
5 17 (12.88%) Investment Management
6 15 (11.36%) Task Automation
7 12 (9.09%) Asset Management
8 11 (8.33%) Customer Service
9 10 (7.58%) Platform Engineering
10 9 (6.82%) Identity Access Management
10 9 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (6.82%) Service Management
11 8 (6.06%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 8 (6.06%) Ticket Management
12 5 (3.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 5 (3.79%) Infrastructure as Code
12 5 (3.79%) Proactive Monitoring
12 5 (3.79%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 46 (34.85%) PowerShell
2 22 (16.67%) Python
3 18 (13.64%) SQL
4 12 (9.09%) Bash
4 12 (9.09%) Korn
4 12 (9.09%) Perl
4 12 (9.09%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (18.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (16.67%) MCITP
3 21 (15.91%) MCSE
4 18 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 18 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 12 (9.09%) Citrix Certification
6 11 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (6.06%) CCA
7 8 (6.06%) MCP
8 7 (5.30%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.79%) CCNA
9 5 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.79%) Degree
9 5 (3.79%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.79%) RHCSA
10 4 (3.03%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.06%) SLA
2 5 (3.79%) QA
System Software
1 117 (88.64%) XenApp
2 86 (65.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (64.39%) Active Directory
4 50 (37.88%) Hyper-V
5 22 (16.67%) Docker
6 13 (9.85%) VirtualBox
7 9 (6.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (6.82%) vSphere
8 7 (5.30%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (34.09%) Terraform
2 44 (33.33%) SCCM
3 37 (28.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (16.67%) Ansible
5 17 (12.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (9.09%) Puppet
6 12 (9.09%) Red Hat Satellite
7 9 (6.82%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (6.06%) Backup Exec
8 8 (6.06%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 5 (3.79%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (3.79%) vCenter Server
10 2 (1.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (100.00%) Citrix
2 95 (71.97%) VMware
3 85 (64.39%) Microsoft
4 38 (28.79%) Dell
5 33 (25.00%) Symantec
6 30 (22.73%) Cisco
7 29 (21.97%) Google
8 25 (18.94%) HP
9 19 (14.39%) Ivanti
10 17 (12.88%) Red Hat
11 12 (9.09%) TOWER Software
11 12 (9.09%) Veeam
11 12 (9.09%) Zscaler
12 9 (6.82%) Fortinet
13 8 (6.06%) N-able
13 8 (6.06%) Veritas
14 5 (3.79%) EMC
15 2 (1.52%) Meraki
15 2 (1.52%) Meru Networks
15 2 (1.52%) Sophos