The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 105 110 119
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 9 22 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.421% 0.745% 0.303%
As % of the System Software category 3.082% 7.309% 2.797%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 3
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £289 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £375 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
- +12.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +34.69%
All System Software
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
292 301 286
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 13.65% 10.19% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 116 109
Average daily rate £310 £308 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.81% +11.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £160 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 64 80
Average hourly rate £16.25 £17.43 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.76% +2.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.15 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £38.00 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Microsoft App-V
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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Microsoft App-V Hourly 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Bedfordshire -6 4 £350 -6.66%
Cambridgeshire +7 3 - -
Hertfordshire +6 2 £214 -31.60%
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 28 (87.50%) Windows
2 20 (62.50%) MSI
3 19 (59.38%) Microsoft
4 18 (56.25%) VMware
5 17 (53.13%) SCCM
5 17 (53.13%) Citrix
6 16 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 15 (46.88%) InstallShield
8 14 (43.75%) Windows 7
9 13 (40.63%) VBScript
9 13 (40.63%) VB
10 12 (37.50%) SLA
11 11 (34.38%) Validation
12 9 (28.13%) XenApp
13 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (25.00%) Active Directory
14 7 (21.88%) MCSE
14 7 (21.88%) Terminal Services
14 7 (21.88%) Remedy
15 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (18.75%) AdminStudio
15 6 (18.75%) Application Packaging
15 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
16 5 (15.63%) SQL
17 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
17 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
18 3 (9.375%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
18 3 (9.375%) NetScaler

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 6 (18.75%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
1 3 (9.375%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (6.250%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.125%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.125%) MS Project
2 1 (3.125%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.375%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 20 (62.50%) MSI
2 15 (46.88%) InstallShield
3 6 (18.75%) AdminStudio
4 1 (3.125%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 3 (9.375%) Finance
2 1 (3.125%) Front Office
2 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.125%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (71.88%) Applications Packager
2 4 (12.50%) Software Packager
3 3 (9.375%) Administrator
3 3 (9.375%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (3.125%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (3.125%) Support Analyst
4 1 (3.125%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (3.125%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (3.125%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (3.125%) Rollout Engineer
4 1 (3.125%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (3.125%) Analyst
4 1 (3.125%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) Clustering
1 3 (9.375%) PKI
1 3 (9.375%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.125%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.125%) NHS
2 1 (3.125%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 28 (87.50%) Windows
2 14 (43.75%) Windows 7
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (9.375%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (9.375%) Windows XP
4 3 (9.375%) Linux
5 2 (6.250%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Validation
2 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 3 (9.375%) ITIL
4 2 (6.250%) DNA
4 2 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (6.250%) Migration
5 1 (3.125%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.125%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.125%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.125%) Release Management
5 1 (3.125%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (3.125%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) VBScript
1 13 (40.63%) VB
2 5 (15.63%) SQL
3 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (21.88%) MCSE
3 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.375%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.250%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (3.125%) MCTS
6 1 (3.125%) MCP
6 1 (3.125%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (37.50%) SLA
2 1 (3.125%) QA
System Software
1 16 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (28.13%) XenApp
3 8 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 7 (21.88%) Terminal Services
5 1 (3.125%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.125%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (53.13%) SCCM
2 3 (9.375%) AppDNA
2 3 (9.375%) SCOM
2 3 (9.375%) WSUS
3 1 (3.125%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (56.25%) VMware
3 17 (53.13%) Citrix
4 7 (21.88%) Remedy
5 3 (9.375%) AppSense
5 3 (9.375%) Oracle
5 3 (9.375%) Red Hat
6 2 (6.250%) Lotus
6 2 (6.250%) Dell
7 1 (3.125%) LANDesk
7 1 (3.125%) HP
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
450M+ IT Solutions Company requires as suitably experienced. App-V Application Packager. for their established client based in Dunstable. This will be an initial 3 month contract working...
Kelway Ltd
Rate: From £350 to £350 per day £350 Day Rate
Posted: 23 May 2013
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: 22 May 2013
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
required by my financial services client based in the Dunstable area of Bedfordshire. Essential skills include. 3 + years application packaging which must include strong App-V experience sequencing...
Unite Human Resources
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Essex
AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP, GPO, LDAP etc) Extensive experience supporting & configuring Citrix XenApp 4.5, XenApp 5, 6 and 6.5. Support experience of Citrix XenServer and...
Logic Engagements Ltd
Posted: 24 May 2013