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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 702 710 869
Rank change year-on-year +8 +159 +140
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 7 204 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.20% 0.096%
As % of the System Software category 0.11% 1.70% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7 130 84
10th Percentile £29,950 £23,500 £31,011
25th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% -21.74%
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £44,156
90th Percentile - £69,500 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £34,250 £37,750
% change year-on-year -18.25% -9.27% -16.11%

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 6,212 11,994 15,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.21% 11.61% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,576 9,354 9,841
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,875 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £76,840 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £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 May 2025.

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 30 May 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 -31 7 £37,500 +1.35% 13
London +4 6 £45,000 -33.33% 1
UK excluding London +107 1 £28,000 -18.25% 14
Yorkshire +55 1 £28,000 +3.70%
North of England +46 1 £28,000 +3.70% 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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) NetScaler
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
General
1 4 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (28.57%) Server Virtualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
3 1 (14.29%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
1 1 (14.29%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (42.86%) XenApp
3 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) HP
3 3 (42.86%) Nexthink
4 2 (28.57%) Dell
4 2 (28.57%) Google
4 2 (28.57%) Symantec
5 1 (14.29%) Commvault
5 1 (14.29%) Fortinet