XenDesktop Contracts with Work from Home Options

Citrix XenDesktop
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for XenDesktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XenDesktop over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 429 553
Rank change year-on-year +97 +124 -81
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 9 26 66
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 0.63% 0.85% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 40
10th Percentile £256 £263 £348
25th Percentile £275 - £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £428 £425
Median % change year-on-year -29.91% +0.71% -8.60%
75th Percentile £310 £574 £528
90th Percentile - £600 £588
UK median daily rate £305 £428 £413
% change year-on-year -28.74% +3.69% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.53
25th Percentile - - £16.27
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £26.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +48.57% +39.39%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,423 3,061 5,459
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.66% 12.35% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 2,188 4,065
10th Percentile £272 £300 £319
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £686 £716 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 105 94
10th Percentile - £18.42 £14.55
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +165.31% -24.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £53.44
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.80 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +184.21% -11.63%

XenDesktop
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing XenDesktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

XenDesktop trend for jobs with a WFH option

XenDesktop
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing XenDesktop.

XenDesktop daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

XenDesktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (11.11%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) DHCP
1 5 (55.56%) DNS
2 3 (33.33%) NetScaler
General
1 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Migration Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 6 (66.67%) Software Distribution
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Server Building
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Change Control
5 1 (11.11%) High Availability
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Release Management
5 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) XenApp
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) FireEye
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (33.33%) Tanium
4 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds