The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of AppSense products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AppSense over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within AppSense Limited.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AppSense
Rank 338 463 515
Rank change year-on-year
+125 +52
Contract jobs citing AppSense 181 95 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.435% 0.178% 0.101%
As % of the Vendors category 0.936% 0.385% 0.219%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 67 29
Average daily rate £393 £375 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.66% -21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £325 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £438 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £353 £313
% change year-on-year
+8.15% +12.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
Average hourly rate £21.00 £29.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.58% +5.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.40 £29.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £30.20 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 - £27.25
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19343 24682 25994
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.53% 46.26% 46.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10648 13062 13369
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1121 1209 1513
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £11.99 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
AppSense
UK

AppSense
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AppSense across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England AppSense Jobs Demand Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AppSense across the England region.

England AppSense Daily Rate Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AppSense across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England AppSense Daily Rate Histogram

AppSense
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AppSense across the England region.

England AppSense Hourly Rate Trend

AppSense
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AppSense across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England AppSense Hourly Rate Histogram

AppSense
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AppSense within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London +55 109 £400 +3.22%
North West +42 29 £240 -
South East +34 22 £375 +6.38%
West Midlands +17 10 £388 +68.47%
East of England +20 9 £400 +35.59%
Yorkshire - 2 £406 -
AppSense
UK

AppSense
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing AppSense 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 AppSense.

1 268 (89.33%) Citrix
2 194 (64.67%) Windows
3 176 (58.67%) XenApp
4 131 (43.67%) XenDesktop
5 130 (43.33%) Microsoft App-V
6 116 (38.67%) Microsoft
7 98 (32.67%) SCCM
8 93 (31.00%) Windows 7
9 92 (30.67%) Active Directory
10 70 (23.33%) VMware
11 67 (22.33%) Windows Server 2008
12 63 (21.00%) PowerShell
13 58 (19.33%) Finance
14 50 (16.67%) Migration
15 46 (15.33%) Citrix Certification
16 43 (14.33%) Banking
17 42 (14.00%) XenServer
18 39 (13.00%) MS Excel
19 38 (12.67%) Firewall
19 38 (12.67%) NetScaler
20 36 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
21 33 (11.00%) Altiris
21 33 (11.00%) ITIL
22 32 (10.67%) VBScript
22 32 (10.67%) CCA
23 31 (10.33%) Wyse
23 31 (10.33%) VMware Infrastructure
24 29 (9.667%) MSI
25 26 (8.667%) MS Office
26 25 (8.333%) Windows XP

AppSense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing AppSense 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 AppSense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (6.000%) Application Packaging
2 6 (2.000%) XML
3 2 (0.667%) ADSI
4 1 (0.333%) Middleware
4 1 (0.333%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.667%) CloudStack
2 6 (2.000%) MS Exchange
3 5 (1.667%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (1.000%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.667%) iPlanet
5 2 (0.667%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.667%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.667%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (13.00%) MS Excel
2 26 (8.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.67%) Firewall
1 38 (12.67%) NetScaler
2 21 (7.000%) TCP/IP
3 12 (4.000%) DNS
4 11 (3.667%) DHCP
5 10 (3.333%) SAN
6 5 (1.667%) WAN
7 4 (1.333%) WLAN
7 4 (1.333%) LAN
7 4 (1.333%) VPN
8 3 (1.000%) Internet
9 2 (0.667%) HTTP
9 2 (0.667%) SSL
9 2 (0.667%) NAS
10 1 (0.333%) SMS
10 1 (0.333%) Extranet
10 1 (0.333%) 3G
10 1 (0.333%) Wireless
10 1 (0.333%) VLAN
10 1 (0.333%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.333%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 29 (9.667%) MSI
2 25 (8.333%) InstallShield
3 6 (2.000%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.667%) Wise Package Studio
4 2 (0.667%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.333%) Ant
5 1 (0.333%) PVCS
General
1 58 (19.33%) Finance
2 43 (14.33%) Banking
3 15 (5.000%) Investment Banking
4 7 (2.333%) Law
4 7 (2.333%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.000%) Financial Institution
5 3 (1.000%) Back Office
5 3 (1.000%) Legal
5 3 (1.000%) Local Government
6 2 (0.667%) Marketing
7 1 (0.333%) Advertising
7 1 (0.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (14.33%) Consultant
2 35 (11.67%) Citrix Engineer
3 28 (9.333%) Architect
4 20 (6.667%) Citrix Specialist
4 20 (6.667%) Citrix Consultant
5 18 (6.000%) Analyst
5 18 (6.000%) Administrator
6 15 (5.000%) Citrix Support
7 14 (4.667%) Citrix Administrator
7 14 (4.667%) Applications Packager
8 12 (4.000%) Support Engineer
8 12 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support
9 10 (3.333%) Support Analyst
10 9 (3.000%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.000%) Citrix Architect
11 8 (2.667%) Support Specialist
11 8 (2.667%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 8 (2.667%) 2nd Line Support
12 7 (2.333%) Technical Consultant
12 7 (2.333%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.000%) Thin Client
1 21 (7.000%) Fat Client
2 7 (2.333%) Blackberry
3 3 (1.000%) PKI
3 3 (1.000%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.667%) iPhone
4 2 (0.667%) Clustering
5 1 (0.333%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.333%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.333%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (0.333%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.333%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 194 (64.67%) Windows
2 93 (31.00%) Windows 7
3 67 (22.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 36 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 25 (8.333%) Windows XP
6 11 (3.667%) Windows 8
7 10 (3.333%) Windows Vista
7 10 (3.333%) Linux
8 6 (2.000%) SUSE
9 3 (1.000%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (16.67%) Migration
2 33 (11.00%) ITIL
3 16 (5.333%) Service Management
4 15 (5.000%) ITIL V3
5 14 (4.667%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (3.667%) Service Delivery
7 10 (3.333%) Project Management
8 9 (3.000%) PRINCE2
8 9 (3.000%) Capacity Planning
8 9 (3.000%) Change Control
8 9 (3.000%) Build Automation
9 7 (2.333%) Load Balancing
10 6 (2.000%) Test Scripting
10 6 (2.000%) System Testing
10 6 (2.000%) Software Deployment
10 6 (2.000%) Test Strategy
10 6 (2.000%) Release Management
11 5 (1.667%) DNA
11 5 (1.667%) Data Analysis
12 4 (1.333%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (21.00%) PowerShell
2 32 (10.67%) VBScript
3 20 (6.667%) VB
4 6 (2.000%) SQL
5 4 (1.333%) Perl
6 1 (0.333%) C
6 1 (0.333%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (15.33%) Citrix Certification
2 32 (10.67%) CCA
3 23 (7.667%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (6.667%) Degree
4 20 (6.667%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.333%) MCITP
6 17 (5.667%) MCSE
7 15 (5.000%) SC Cleared
7 15 (5.000%) CCEE
8 6 (2.000%) CCEA
9 5 (1.667%) Linux+ Certification
9 5 (1.667%) CCIA
10 3 (1.000%) CCAA
11 2 (0.667%) VCP5
11 2 (0.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.667%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.667%) ISEB
12 1 (0.333%) MCP
12 1 (0.333%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.333%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.000%) SLA
2 2 (0.667%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.667%) QA
3 1 (0.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 176 (58.67%) XenApp
2 131 (43.67%) XenDesktop
3 130 (43.33%) Microsoft App-V
4 92 (30.67%) Active Directory
5 42 (14.00%) XenServer
6 31 (10.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 24 (8.000%) Hyper-V
8 22 (7.333%) vSphere
9 20 (6.667%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 20 (6.667%) VMware ESX
10 11 (3.667%) IAG
11 5 (1.667%) UAG
11 5 (1.667%) Terminal Services
12 3 (1.000%) MetaFrame
13 2 (0.667%) Xen
14 1 (0.333%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 98 (32.67%) SCCM
2 18 (6.000%) SCOM
3 11 (3.667%) Sysprep
4 8 (2.667%) AppDNA
5 5 (1.667%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 2 (0.667%) ZENworks
6 2 (0.667%) WSUS
6 2 (0.667%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.333%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.333%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.333%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 268 (89.33%) Citrix
2 116 (38.67%) Microsoft
3 70 (23.33%) VMware
4 33 (11.00%) Altiris
5 31 (10.33%) Wyse
6 15 (5.000%) LANDesk
7 14 (4.667%) Lumension
8 13 (4.333%) HP
9 8 (2.667%) CA
9 8 (2.667%) Symantec
9 8 (2.667%) McAfee
10 7 (2.333%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.000%) NetApp
12 5 (1.667%) Cisco
12 5 (1.667%) Lotus
12 5 (1.667%) Reuters
12 5 (1.667%) Bloomberg
13 3 (1.000%) Juniper
13 3 (1.000%) Riverbed
14 2 (0.667%) Sophos
City of London
You will be responsible for support, troubleshooting, maintenance and administration of Citrix XenApp, AppSense, Windows 2008/AD and Exchange environments... You will be an experienced Citrix/Windows Technical...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
We require a Senior Windows System Administrator to help manage the Production Infrastructure Stack that underpins the new UCL Desktop service, utilising Citrix, Microsoft, and AppSense technologies. Requirements...
University College London
Rate: From £40,216 to £47,441 per annum inclusive of London Allowance
Posted: 29 April 2013
London
We are looking for an experienced Windows System Administrator to help manage the Production Infrastructure Stack that underpins the new UCL Desktop service, utilising Citrix, Microsoft, and AppSense...
University College London
Rate: From £32,375 to £39,132 per annum inclusive of London Allowance
Posted: 29 April 2013
City, London
App-V packaging. - Windows 7 migrations. Including AppSense and App-v - Desktop build engineering and updates on a regular basis and enforcing desktop standard policies. - Application packaging and...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
For our client, a huge global consultancy company, we are looking for a Citrix Senior Engineer to work on a 3 month (possibly rolling) paying up to £425...
Computer Futures
Rate: £400 - £425 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Windows 7 System Administrator - App-sense, App-V, Packaging Consultant - City Global Investment Banking Client... This role is City based and a strong knowledge of Windows Systems Administration...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Rate: £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hastings, East Sussex
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. - Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities - Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
FPSG Connect
Posted: 13 May 2013