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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 714 833 1025
Rank change year-on-year +119 +192 -283
Permanent jobs citing XenDesktop 191 86 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.093% 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 1.57% 0.60% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 136 80 202
10th Percentile £23,750 £31,216 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.00% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,625 £45,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,375 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,500 £38,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.39% -13.89% +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 12,139 14,261 31,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.05% 15.42% 18.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,285 9,600 15,562
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67,250 £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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +138 186 £37,500 - 10
London +178 104 £67,750 +80.67% 1
UK excluding London -32 87 £35,500 -8.39% 9
Work from Home +67 56 £36,000 -18.64% 3
South East +4 42 £30,000 -14.29% 1
South West -34 22 £35,000 -2.78% 3
Midlands -39 11 £68,000 +53.67% 2
West Midlands -7 10 £68,000 +53.67% 2
North of England -1 7 £27,000 -32.50% 3
Scotland -63 5 £65,000 +15.04%
Yorkshire - 5 £27,000 -
North West -40 2 £41,250 +3.13% 3
East Midlands -34 1 £52,500 +14.75%

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
1 143 (74.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (16.75%) SharePoint
3 16 (8.38%) SharePoint 2010
3 16 (8.38%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 11 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 132 (69.11%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (30.89%) Azure
3 26 (13.61%) GCP
4 22 (11.52%) AWS
5 17 (8.90%) Mimecast
6 12 (6.28%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (6.28%) OneDrive
7 11 (5.76%) Nutanix
8 8 (4.19%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.62%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (37.70%) WAN
2 55 (28.80%) Wireless
3 50 (26.18%) Cisco IOS
3 50 (26.18%) SD-WAN
3 50 (26.18%) WebEx
4 36 (18.85%) Firewall
5 23 (12.04%) LAN
6 16 (8.38%) NetScaler
6 16 (8.38%) Remote Desktop
7 14 (7.33%) DHCP
7 14 (7.33%) DNS
8 10 (5.24%) SAN
9 5 (2.62%) Network Security
10 4 (2.09%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.19%) GitLab
1 8 (4.19%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 52 (27.23%) Finance
3 25 (13.09%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (9.95%) Banking
5 15 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.19%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.66%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.57%) Legal
10 1 (0.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 50 (26.18%) IT Support
1 50 (26.18%) IT Support Specialist
1 50 (26.18%) Support Specialist
2 42 (21.99%) Analyst
3 34 (17.80%) 2nd Line Support
4 27 (14.14%) Citrix Analyst
4 27 (14.14%) Support Engineer
5 20 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (9.42%) Citrix Engineer
7 17 (8.90%) 3rd Line Support
7 17 (8.90%) Service Analyst
8 16 (8.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 16 (8.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 16 (8.38%) Senior
8 16 (8.38%) Service Desk Analyst
8 16 (8.38%) Technical Analyst
9 13 (6.81%) 1st Line Support
9 13 (6.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 11 (5.76%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.66%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 50 (26.18%) Video Conferencing
1 50 (26.18%) Wiki
2 12 (6.28%) Public Cloud
3 10 (5.24%) iPad
3 10 (5.24%) iPhone
4 7 (3.66%) Replication
5 6 (3.14%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.62%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.57%) PKI
9 2 (1.05%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 160 (83.77%) Windows
2 109 (57.07%) Windows 10
3 88 (46.07%) Windows Server
4 56 (29.32%) Android
5 40 (20.94%) Windows 8
6 38 (19.90%) Windows 7
7 11 (5.76%) Linux
8 9 (4.71%) Apple iOS
9 8 (4.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.57%) Unix
11 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (37.70%) Mobile Device Management
2 64 (33.51%) ITIL
3 51 (26.70%) Computer Science
4 50 (26.18%) Application Virtualisation
4 50 (26.18%) BCP
4 50 (26.18%) Business Continuity
4 50 (26.18%) Business Continuity Planning
4 50 (26.18%) Contract Negotiation
5 23 (12.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (11.52%) Server Virtualisation
7 16 (8.38%) Customer Service
8 14 (7.33%) Investment Management
9 13 (6.81%) Task Automation
10 11 (5.76%) DevOps
11 7 (3.66%) Data Security
11 7 (3.66%) Identity Access Management
11 7 (3.66%) Infrastructure Automation
11 7 (3.66%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (2.62%) Infrastructure as Code
12 5 (2.62%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 43 (22.51%) SQL
2 31 (16.23%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.19%) Bash
3 8 (4.19%) Korn
3 8 (4.19%) Perl
3 8 (4.19%) Python
3 8 (4.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (28.80%) Degree
2 51 (26.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (26.18%) Master's Degree
4 28 (14.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (11.52%) MCITP
5 22 (11.52%) MCSE
6 13 (6.81%) Azure Certification
7 11 (5.76%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.76%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.71%) Citrix Certification
8 9 (4.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (3.66%) MCP
10 5 (2.62%) CCA
10 5 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (2.09%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (1.05%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.14%) SLA
2 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 178 (93.19%) XenApp
2 154 (80.63%) Active Directory
3 91 (47.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 71 (37.17%) Hyper-V
5 57 (29.84%) VMware ESXi
6 50 (26.18%) Microsoft App-V
7 38 (19.90%) VirtualBox
8 14 (7.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (4.19%) Docker
10 6 (3.14%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (2.09%) vSphere
12 2 (1.05%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 98 (51.31%) SCCM
2 50 (26.18%) AirWatch
3 32 (16.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (13.09%) Terraform
5 10 (5.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (4.19%) Ansible
6 8 (4.19%) Puppet
6 8 (4.19%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (3.66%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.62%) Backup Exec
8 5 (2.62%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (1.05%) WSUS
Vendors
1 191 (100.00%) Citrix
2 132 (69.11%) Microsoft
3 100 (52.36%) VMware
4 74 (38.74%) Cisco
5 27 (14.14%) Dell
5 27 (14.14%) Symantec
6 26 (13.61%) Google
7 22 (11.52%) HP
8 17 (8.90%) Ivanti
9 12 (6.28%) Veeam
10 10 (5.24%) Fortinet
10 10 (5.24%) Zscaler
11 8 (4.19%) Red Hat
11 8 (4.19%) TOWER Software
12 5 (2.62%) N-able
12 5 (2.62%) Nimble Storage
12 5 (2.62%) Veritas
13 4 (2.09%) Commvault
14 2 (1.05%) Sophos
14 2 (1.05%) WatchGuard