XenDesktop Contracts with Work from Home Options

Citrix XenDesktop
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring XenDesktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 333 437 558
Rank change year-on-year +104 +121 -73
Contract jobs citing XenDesktop 8 20 65
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.054% 0.084% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 0.56% 0.68% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 39
10th Percentile £257 £263 £315
25th Percentile £300 £387 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £498 £425
Median % change year-on-year -37.69% +17.06% -8.60%
75th Percentile £375 £600 £531
90th Percentile £420 - £588
UK median daily rate £330 £444 £425
% change year-on-year -25.68% +4.47% +1.49%
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 falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,433 2,944 5,279
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.71% 12.33% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 2,081 3,926
10th Percentile £293 £285 £319
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £633 £625
90th Percentile £686 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 113 87
10th Percentile - £18.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £18.55
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +136.36% +13.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £59.84
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.60 £66.40
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

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
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing XenDesktop over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

XenDesktop daily rate histogram 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 (12.50%) IIS
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) NetScaler
2 4 (50.00%) DHCP
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Migration Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Migration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
3 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Software Distribution
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Release Management
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Server Building
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 1 (12.50%) MCSA
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (87.50%) XenApp
3 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Citrix
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) FireEye
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
3 1 (12.50%) Tanium