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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 682 882 1007
Rank change year-on-year +200 +125 -329
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 210 95 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.096% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 1.75% 0.62% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 119 86 204
10th Percentile £23,500 £31,079 £31,650
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £37,750 £47,915
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% -21.21% +6.48%
75th Percentile £51,500 £45,281 £53,750
90th Percentile £69,500 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £37,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.26% -16.11% +5.88%

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 11,980 15,379 29,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.99% 15.51% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,464 10,075 15,564
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,860 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for XenDesktop in the UK

XenDesktop
Top 12 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 18 May 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 +205 204 £36,000 -4.00% 20
London +216 127 £67,500 +74.19% 10
UK excluding London -19 83 £33,500 -11.26% 11
Work from Home +101 51 £36,000 -18.64% 8
South East +37 47 £30,000 -14.29% 1
South West -24 19 £35,625 +5.63% 3
North of England +40 7 £27,000 -32.50% 4
Yorkshire - 7 £27,000 - 1
Scotland -57 6 £65,000 +15.04%
Midlands -20 4 £38,500 -3.75% 3
West Midlands +10 3 £24,500 -39.21% 3
East Midlands -17 1 £52,500 +43.84%

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
1 175 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.71%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (5.71%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 164 (78.10%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (21.90%) Azure
3 18 (8.57%) GCP
4 16 (7.62%) AWS
5 14 (6.67%) Mimecast
6 12 (5.71%) OneDrive
7 11 (5.24%) Nutanix
8 10 (4.76%) Entra ID
9 9 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.86%) WhatsApp
11 3 (1.43%) PaaS
12 2 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 102 (48.57%) WAN
2 91 (43.33%) Wireless
3 86 (40.95%) Cisco IOS
3 86 (40.95%) SD-WAN
3 86 (40.95%) WebEx
4 30 (14.29%) Firewall
5 19 (9.05%) NetScaler
6 16 (7.62%) LAN
7 11 (5.24%) DHCP
7 11 (5.24%) DNS
8 8 (3.81%) Remote Desktop
8 8 (3.81%) SAN
9 7 (3.33%) Network Security
10 4 (1.90%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.95%) GitLab
1 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
General
1 100 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 40 (19.05%) Finance
3 28 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (6.19%) Banking
5 11 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.38%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 86 (40.95%) IT Support
1 86 (40.95%) IT Support Specialist
1 86 (40.95%) Support Specialist
2 29 (13.81%) 2nd Line Support
2 29 (13.81%) Analyst
3 21 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 19 (9.05%) 3rd Line Support
4 19 (9.05%) Citrix Analyst
5 16 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
6 15 (7.14%) Senior
6 15 (7.14%) Service Analyst
7 14 (6.67%) Citrix Engineer
7 14 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
8 13 (6.19%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 12 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (4.76%) IT Analyst
10 10 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 8 (3.81%) Citrix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.90%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 86 (40.95%) Video Conferencing
1 86 (40.95%) Wiki
2 10 (4.76%) iPad
2 10 (4.76%) iPhone
2 10 (4.76%) Public Cloud
3 6 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.38%) Replication
5 4 (1.90%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.43%) PKI
7 2 (0.95%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 180 (85.71%) Windows
2 145 (69.05%) Windows 10
3 89 (42.38%) Android
4 76 (36.19%) Windows Server
5 45 (21.43%) Windows 8
6 43 (20.48%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.86%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.38%) Linux
9 3 (1.43%) Unix
10 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (48.57%) Mobile Device Management
2 86 (40.95%) Application Virtualisation
2 86 (40.95%) BCP
2 86 (40.95%) Business Continuity
2 86 (40.95%) Business Continuity Planning
2 86 (40.95%) Computer Science
2 86 (40.95%) Contract Negotiation
3 65 (30.95%) ITIL
4 19 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (7.62%) Customer Service
5 16 (7.62%) Server Virtualisation
6 9 (4.29%) Investment Management
7 8 (3.81%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (3.33%) Task Automation
9 6 (2.86%) Client Onboarding
9 6 (2.86%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (2.86%) Data Security
9 6 (2.86%) High Availability
9 6 (2.86%) Performance Metrics
9 6 (2.86%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.90%) SQL
2 20 (9.52%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.95%) Bash
3 2 (0.95%) Korn
3 2 (0.95%) Perl
3 2 (0.95%) Python
3 2 (0.95%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 88 (41.90%) Degree
2 86 (40.95%) Computer Science Degree
2 86 (40.95%) Master's Degree
3 23 (10.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (9.05%) MCSE
5 16 (7.62%) MCITP
6 14 (6.67%) Azure Certification
7 10 (4.76%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.76%) Security Cleared
8 8 (3.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (2.38%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (2.38%) MCP
10 3 (1.43%) CCA
11 2 (0.95%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.95%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.90%) SLA
2 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 196 (93.33%) XenApp
2 183 (87.14%) Active Directory
3 94 (44.76%) VMware ESXi
4 86 (40.95%) Microsoft App-V
5 83 (39.52%) VMware Infrastructure
6 66 (31.43%) Hyper-V
7 43 (20.48%) VirtualBox
8 15 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.90%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.95%) Docker
11 2 (0.95%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 127 (60.48%) SCCM
2 86 (40.95%) AirWatch
3 23 (10.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (5.24%) Terraform
5 8 (3.81%) vCenter Server
6 7 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.43%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.43%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.95%) Ansible
9 2 (0.95%) Puppet
9 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.95%) WSUS
Vendors
1 210 (100.00%) Citrix
2 155 (73.81%) Microsoft
3 104 (49.52%) Cisco
4 89 (42.38%) VMware
5 19 (9.05%) Dell
5 19 (9.05%) Symantec
6 18 (8.57%) Google
7 16 (7.62%) HP
8 14 (6.67%) Ivanti
9 11 (5.24%) Veeam
10 10 (4.76%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.86%) Commvault
11 6 (2.86%) Nimble Storage
11 6 (2.86%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.43%) N-able
12 3 (1.43%) Veritas
13 2 (0.95%) Meraki
13 2 (0.95%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.95%) Sophos
13 2 (0.95%) TOWER Software