The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 23 24 42
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 8 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 4.061% 4.198% 0.402%
As % of the System Software category 19.51% 39.29% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 0
Average daily rate £350 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.52 £33.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-40.84% +37.50%
All System Software
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
41 28 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 20.81% 10.69% 4.418%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 3
Average daily rate £350 £375 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +188.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £12.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -46.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Microsoft App-V
East of England

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Bedfordshire Microsoft App-V Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Dunstable +4 4 £340 +4.61%
Luton - - - -
Microsoft App-V
East of England

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Microsoft App-V also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft App-V.

1 7 (77.78%) XenApp
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) Windows 7
2 6 (66.67%) Citrix
3 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 5 (55.56%) MSI
3 5 (55.56%) AppSense
4 4 (44.44%) Application Packaging
4 4 (44.44%) LANDesk
4 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
4 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 4 (44.44%) HP
4 4 (44.44%) VMware
5 3 (33.33%) Dell
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
6 2 (22.22%) InstallShield
6 2 (22.22%) AdminStudio
6 2 (22.22%) Thin Client
6 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
6 2 (22.22%) Fat Client
6 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 2 (22.22%) DNA
6 2 (22.22%) Adobe
6 2 (22.22%) MS Office

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Microsoft App-V also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft App-V. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MSI
2 2 (22.22%) InstallShield
2 2 (22.22%) AdminStudio
3 1 (11.11%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Thin Client
1 2 (22.22%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) Windows 7
2 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Migration
1 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (22.22%) DNA
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) XenApp
2 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) AppDNA
2 1 (11.11%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Citrix
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) AppSense
3 4 (44.44%) LANDesk
3 4 (44.44%) HP
3 4 (44.44%) VMware
4 3 (33.33%) Dell
5 2 (22.22%) Adobe
6 1 (11.11%) CA
Bedfordshire, South East
Application Packager required for a financial services organisation. Skills/Exp required:- Extensive experience with Microsoft Active directory services in the enterprise.- Experience of App-V technologies in the...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Bedfordshire
We are looking for Packagers with the following skills; *Conventional MSI *Flexera AdminStudio *Citrix XenApp 6.5 and XenApp5.0 *Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 *HP-CA *App-Sense *...
TEKsystems
Posted: 14 June 2013