The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 24 May 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 Chester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 21 - 21
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 4 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 2.878% - 1.840%
As % of the System Software category 12.90% - 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £336 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
- +12.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £45.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +34.69%
All System Software
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
31 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 22.30% 5.128% 7.975%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 3
Average daily rate £358 £390 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -2.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 0
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Microsoft App-V
Cheshire

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the Chester region.

Chester Microsoft App-V Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Migration
1 6 (100.00%) SCCM
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 5 (83.33%) XenApp
2 5 (83.33%) AppSense
2 5 (83.33%) Local Government
2 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 5 (83.33%) Symantec
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (50.00%) Service Management
4 2 (33.33%) McAfee
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
5 1 (16.67%) MSI
5 1 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (16.67%) Software Packaging

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (16.67%) Software Packaging
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MSI
General
1 5 (83.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Migration
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (50.00%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 5 (83.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) AppSense
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix
1 5 (83.33%) Symantec
2 2 (33.33%) McAfee