The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 170 166 238
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +72
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 40 46 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.590% 0.594% 0.130%
As % of the System Software category 7.505% 7.603% 2.285%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 29 8
Average daily rate £330 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £320 £385
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £516
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.52 £33.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-40.84% +37.50%
All System Software
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
533 605 569
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 7.861% 7.816% 5.684%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 353 336
Average daily rate £388 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.89% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 60 85
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.25 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.23% -1.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £33.65 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Microsoft App-V
London

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Microsoft App-V Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 60 (83.33%) Windows
2 45 (62.50%) Citrix
2 45 (62.50%) Windows 7
3 40 (55.56%) MSI
4 33 (45.83%) Microsoft
4 33 (45.83%) AppSense
5 32 (44.44%) Application Packaging
5 32 (44.44%) Active Directory
6 29 (40.28%) SCCM
6 29 (40.28%) XenApp
7 21 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
8 19 (26.39%) PowerShell
9 18 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
10 17 (23.61%) Finance
10 17 (23.61%) User Acceptance Testing
10 17 (23.61%) Banking
11 16 (22.22%) InstallShield
11 16 (22.22%) VB
11 16 (22.22%) ITIL
12 15 (20.83%) Migration
13 14 (19.44%) XenDesktop
14 13 (18.06%) Investment Banking
14 13 (18.06%) System Testing
15 11 (15.28%) VMware
15 11 (15.28%) Law
16 9 (12.50%) Legal
16 9 (12.50%) Altiris
16 9 (12.50%) SC Cleared
16 9 (12.50%) Security Cleared
16 9 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 32 (44.44%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.389%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.556%) IIS
2 2 (2.778%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) Firewall
2 3 (4.167%) SAN
3 2 (2.778%) NAS
4 1 (1.389%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.389%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.389%) VPLS
4 1 (1.389%) Frame Relay
4 1 (1.389%) MPLS
4 1 (1.389%) LAN
4 1 (1.389%) WAN
4 1 (1.389%) HTTP
4 1 (1.389%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.778%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 40 (55.56%) MSI
2 16 (22.22%) InstallShield
3 8 (11.11%) AdminStudio
4 2 (2.778%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (1.389%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 17 (23.61%) Finance
1 17 (23.61%) Banking
2 13 (18.06%) Investment Banking
3 11 (15.28%) Law
4 9 (12.50%) Legal
5 5 (6.944%) Publishing
6 4 (5.556%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.778%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (20.83%) Applications Packager
2 8 (11.11%) Applications Specialist
3 7 (9.722%) Analyst
4 5 (6.944%) Consultant
4 5 (6.944%) Architect
4 5 (6.944%) Applications Support
5 4 (5.556%) Support Analyst
5 4 (5.556%) Team Leader
6 3 (4.167%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (2.778%) Test Analyst
7 2 (2.778%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (2.778%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (2.778%) Senior Support Analyst
7 2 (2.778%) Support Team Leader
7 2 (2.778%) Citrix Engineer
7 2 (2.778%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (2.778%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 1 (1.389%) SCCM Administrator
8 1 (1.389%) Virtualisation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.944%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.389%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.389%) Clustering
2 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.389%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.389%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 60 (83.33%) Windows
2 45 (62.50%) Windows 7
3 21 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (8.333%) Windows XP
6 2 (2.778%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.389%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.389%) SUSE
7 1 (1.389%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.389%) Linux
7 1 (1.389%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (23.61%) User Acceptance Testing
2 16 (22.22%) ITIL
3 15 (20.83%) Migration
4 13 (18.06%) System Testing
5 6 (8.333%) Software Deployment
6 4 (5.556%) Change Management
7 3 (4.167%) Wealth Management
8 2 (2.778%) Regression Testing
8 2 (2.778%) Software Distribution
9 1 (1.389%) Change Control
9 1 (1.389%) Load Balancing
9 1 (1.389%) Workflow
9 1 (1.389%) Business Continuity
9 1 (1.389%) Knowledge Management
9 1 (1.389%) Software Testing
9 1 (1.389%) Penetration Testing
9 1 (1.389%) Asset Management
9 1 (1.389%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.389%) Service Management
9 1 (1.389%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (26.39%) PowerShell
2 16 (22.22%) VB
3 8 (11.11%) VBScript
4 6 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 9 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.333%) MCITP
3 5 (6.944%) Degree
4 3 (4.167%) MCSE
4 3 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.778%) CCA
5 2 (2.778%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (2.778%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.389%) VCAP
6 1 (1.389%) VTSP
6 1 (1.389%) CCEE
6 1 (1.389%) CCIA
6 1 (1.389%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (1.389%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.778%) ISO 9001
1 2 (2.778%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.389%) QA
System Software
1 32 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 29 (40.28%) XenApp
3 14 (19.44%) XenDesktop
4 9 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (5.556%) vSphere
6 2 (2.778%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.389%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.389%) vCloud
7 1 (1.389%) IAG
7 1 (1.389%) UAG
7 1 (1.389%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.389%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (1.389%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.389%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 29 (40.28%) SCCM
2 4 (5.556%) Sysprep
3 2 (2.778%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (1.389%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (1.389%) AppDNA
4 1 (1.389%) SCOM
4 1 (1.389%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 45 (62.50%) Citrix
2 33 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 33 (45.83%) AppSense
3 11 (15.28%) VMware
4 9 (12.50%) Altiris
5 3 (4.167%) HP
5 3 (4.167%) NetApp
6 2 (2.778%) Cisco
6 2 (2.778%) Symantec
6 2 (2.778%) LANDesk
7 1 (1.389%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.389%) Twitter
7 1 (1.389%) Brocade
7 1 (1.389%) Avaya
7 1 (1.389%) EMC
7 1 (1.389%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.389%) Novell
7 1 (1.389%) Red Hat
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