Microsoft App-V Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 22 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 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 263 353 430
Rank change year-on-year
+90 +77
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 278 224 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.659% 0.413% 0.246%
As % of the System Software category 6.895% 5.155% 3.403%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 130 75
Average daily rate £340 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £402 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £286
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £26.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.92% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £24.45 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £37.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +34.69%
All System Software
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 4032 4345 3996
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 9.552% 8.009% 7.214%
Number of daily rates quoted 1969 2106 1780
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 601 607
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Microsoft App-V
UK

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 England region.

England Microsoft App-V Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Microsoft App-V Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +42 106 £355 +1.42%
South East +77 88 £325 -13.33%
North West +23 32 £306 -3.62%
West Midlands +2 19 £370 +13.84%
South West +12 10 £318 +10.43%
Midlands - 8 £375 -
East of England 0 7 £268 -23.57%
East Midlands -3 6 £445 +36.92%
Yorkshire +1 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
Microsoft App-V
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Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 395 (75.10%) Windows
2 311 (59.13%) Microsoft
3 292 (55.51%) SCCM
4 290 (55.13%) Windows 7
5 288 (54.75%) Citrix
6 233 (44.30%) MSI
7 158 (30.04%) Active Directory
8 153 (29.09%) XenApp
9 131 (24.90%) AppSense
10 130 (24.71%) Windows XP
11 124 (23.57%) Application Packaging
12 112 (21.29%) Windows Server 2008
13 107 (20.34%) InstallShield
14 99 (18.82%) Migration
15 86 (16.35%) VMware
16 81 (15.40%) MS Excel
17 79 (15.02%) Security Cleared
18 78 (14.83%) XenDesktop
18 78 (14.83%) VBScript
19 74 (14.07%) VMware Infrastructure
20 70 (13.31%) Windows Server 2003
21 68 (12.93%) Finance
22 59 (11.22%) SC Cleared
22 59 (11.22%) Wise Package Studio
23 58 (11.03%) ITIL
24 57 (10.84%) VB
24 57 (10.84%) PowerShell
25 54 (10.27%) Microsoft Certification
26 41 (7.795%) AdminStudio
27 40 (7.605%) QA

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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
1 124 (23.57%) Application Packaging
2 33 (6.274%) Software Packaging
3 9 (1.711%) WSH
4 7 (1.331%) XML
5 5 (0.951%) JSP
6 3 (0.570%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.570%) .NET
7 2 (0.380%) HTML
7 2 (0.380%) COM
7 2 (0.380%) CSS
7 2 (0.380%) WinForms
8 1 (0.190%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 20 (3.802%) MS Exchange
2 17 (3.232%) IIS
3 12 (2.281%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.091%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (1.521%) CloudStack
6 6 (1.141%) Lotus Notes
6 6 (1.141%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.760%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.760%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.380%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.190%) Lync
9 1 (0.190%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.190%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.190%) Apache
Applications
1 81 (15.40%) MS Excel
2 31 (5.894%) MS Office
3 7 (1.331%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.190%) MS Project
4 1 (0.190%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.380%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.190%) assyst
2 1 (0.190%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.703%) Firewall
2 23 (4.373%) SAN
3 15 (2.852%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.662%) Internet
5 12 (2.281%) DNS
6 11 (2.091%) LAN
6 11 (2.091%) WAN
7 9 (1.711%) VPN
8 8 (1.521%) Ethernet
9 7 (1.331%) NetScaler
10 6 (1.141%) NAS
11 4 (0.760%) DHCP
11 4 (0.760%) SMS
11 4 (0.760%) Extranet
11 4 (0.760%) Intranet
12 3 (0.570%) DSL
12 3 (0.570%) WLAN
12 3 (0.570%) SSL
13 2 (0.380%) HTTP
13 2 (0.380%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.471%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.141%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (0.760%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (0.380%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.190%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 233 (44.30%) MSI
2 107 (20.34%) InstallShield
3 59 (11.22%) Wise Package Studio
4 41 (7.795%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.380%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (0.380%) WinRunner
5 2 (0.380%) TestDirector
5 2 (0.380%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (0.380%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.380%) Bugzilla
5 2 (0.380%) Selenium
5 2 (0.380%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 68 (12.93%) Finance
2 30 (5.703%) Banking
3 27 (5.133%) Law
4 21 (3.992%) Legal
5 16 (3.042%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.281%) Local Government
6 12 (2.281%) Investment Banking
7 7 (1.331%) Publishing
8 5 (0.951%) Retail
9 3 (0.570%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.570%) Back Office
9 3 (0.570%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.570%) Advertising
10 2 (0.380%) Marketing
11 1 (0.190%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.190%) Front Office
11 1 (0.190%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 208 (39.54%) Applications Packager
2 53 (10.08%) Analyst
3 37 (7.034%) Consultant
4 25 (4.753%) Architect
5 24 (4.563%) Citrix Engineer
6 16 (3.042%) Support Engineer
6 16 (3.042%) Service Analyst
6 16 (3.042%) Service Desk Analyst
7 14 (2.662%) Technical Architect
8 12 (2.281%) Administrator
9 11 (2.091%) Support Analyst
9 11 (2.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (2.091%) Citrix Support
10 10 (1.901%) Applications Specialist
11 9 (1.711%) SCCM Consultant
11 9 (1.711%) 3rd Line Support
11 9 (1.711%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (1.711%) Citrix Specialist
11 9 (1.711%) Team Leader
12 8 (1.521%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.612%) Blackberry
2 14 (2.662%) Thin Client
2 14 (2.662%) Fat Client
3 10 (1.901%) Clustering
4 7 (1.331%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (0.951%) Computer Science
5 5 (0.951%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.760%) SaaS
7 3 (0.570%) PKI
8 2 (0.380%) CMDB
8 2 (0.380%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.380%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.190%) PaaS
9 1 (0.190%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.190%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.190%) IaaS
9 1 (0.190%) PDA
9 1 (0.190%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.190%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 395 (75.10%) Windows
2 290 (55.13%) Windows 7
3 130 (24.71%) Windows XP
4 112 (21.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 70 (13.31%) Windows Server 2003
6 25 (4.753%) Windows Vista
7 12 (2.281%) Windows 8
8 11 (2.091%) Linux
9 6 (1.141%) Windows 2000
9 6 (1.141%) Mac OS X
9 6 (1.141%) SUSE
10 5 (0.951%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.951%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.760%) Windows NT
12 3 (0.570%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.190%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (18.82%) Migration
2 58 (11.03%) ITIL
3 32 (6.084%) User Acceptance Testing
4 28 (5.323%) Service Management
5 26 (4.943%) Software Distribution
6 23 (4.373%) Software Deployment
7 20 (3.802%) Validation
8 17 (3.232%) Service Delivery
9 9 (1.711%) Test Scripting
9 9 (1.711%) System Testing
9 9 (1.711%) DNA
10 8 (1.521%) Incident Management
11 7 (1.331%) Root Cause Analysis
11 7 (1.331%) Compatibility Testing
12 6 (1.141%) Workflow
12 6 (1.141%) Test Strategy
13 5 (0.951%) Data Protection
13 5 (0.951%) TQM
13 5 (0.951%) HOOD
13 5 (0.951%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (14.83%) VBScript
2 57 (10.84%) VB
2 57 (10.84%) PowerShell
3 27 (5.133%) SQL
4 4 (0.760%) Shell Script
5 3 (0.570%) VB.NET
5 3 (0.570%) C
5 3 (0.570%) C#
6 2 (0.380%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (15.02%) Security Cleared
2 59 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 54 (10.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (4.753%) Degree
5 24 (4.563%) MCITP
6 22 (4.183%) MCSE
7 20 (3.802%) MCP
7 20 (3.802%) Citrix Certification
8 16 (3.042%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.281%) CCA
10 10 (1.901%) CCEE
11 9 (1.711%) MCSA
12 6 (1.141%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.951%) MCTS
13 5 (0.951%) Linux+ Certification
14 4 (0.760%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.760%) CCIA
15 3 (0.570%) CCEA
16 2 (0.380%) ISEB
16 2 (0.380%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.605%) QA
2 26 (4.943%) SLA
3 5 (0.951%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.760%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.190%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.190%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 158 (30.04%) Active Directory
2 153 (29.09%) XenApp
3 78 (14.83%) XenDesktop
4 74 (14.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 29 (5.513%) Hyper-V
6 24 (4.563%) XenServer
7 17 (3.232%) Terminal Services
8 14 (2.662%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 13 (2.471%) vSphere
10 11 (2.091%) VMware ESX
11 6 (1.141%) IAG
11 6 (1.141%) UAG
12 4 (0.760%) MetaFrame
12 4 (0.760%) vCloud
13 2 (0.380%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.380%) VMware ESXi
14 1 (0.190%) Xen
14 1 (0.190%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 292 (55.51%) SCCM
2 31 (5.894%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 19 (3.612%) SCOM
4 15 (2.852%) AppDNA
5 11 (2.091%) WSUS
6 8 (1.521%) ZENworks
7 6 (1.141%) Unicenter
7 6 (1.141%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.760%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.760%) Sysprep
8 4 (0.760%) ChangeBASE
9 3 (0.570%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 3 (0.570%) MOM
10 2 (0.380%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.380%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.380%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.190%) HP SIM
11 1 (0.190%) Plesk
11 1 (0.190%) Opalis
11 1 (0.190%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 311 (59.13%) Microsoft
2 288 (54.75%) Citrix
3 131 (24.90%) AppSense
4 86 (16.35%) VMware
5 39 (7.414%) HP
6 38 (7.224%) Altiris
7 18 (3.422%) CA
8 16 (3.042%) Remedy
9 15 (2.852%) Lumension
10 13 (2.471%) Symantec
11 12 (2.281%) Cisco
12 11 (2.091%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.521%) NetApp
13 8 (1.521%) Novell
14 7 (1.331%) FrontRange
14 7 (1.331%) Dell
15 6 (1.141%) EMC
15 6 (1.141%) Royalblue
15 6 (1.141%) Lotus
16 5 (0.951%) Wyse
App-V Application Packager
London
The Packaging will consist of building silent installation packages in a MSI/MST format and performing initial installation testing on Windows 7 before hand off to the client...
I.T. Skillfinder
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
Application Packager - App-V
South East England
Job Title: Applications PackagerDuration: 6 monthsLocation: South EastApplications Packager / AppV SpecialistROLE:Working on a high profile global programme. Windows7 migration.Certification and Packaging of PC Desktop and Server...
Rate: £300 - £385 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Application Packager
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
Application Packager - App-V - MSI - Bedfordshire
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
Server / Windows Engineer- SCCM / SCOM / Config Manager
Staines, Middlesex
Very strong SCCM and SCOM skills are required for the roles, the Server Engineer should have excellent experience throughout their previous roles. Essential experience for the Server Engineer...
ComputAppoint
Rate: market rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Application Packager / App-V
South East England
Job Title: Applications PackagerDuration: 6 monthsLocation: South EastApplications Packager / AppV SpecialistROLE:Working on a high profile global programme. Windows7 migration.Certification and Packaging of PC Desktop and Server...
Rate: £300 - £385 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Windows 7 Sys Admin, App-sense, App-V, Packaging-City Investment Bank
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
APPV Packaging Consultant (App-v MSI)
City, London
APP-V Packaging Consultant - Surrey - 6 Months Rolling Contract. App-V - APP V - MSI - Windows 7 migration - XP - Admin Studio - Wise Packaging - Virtulised Roc Search are recruiting for...
Roc Search
Posted: 16 May 2013
Windows 7 - SCCM - Technical Consultant - CONTRACT Vacancy
London
Windows 7, App-sense, App-V, MDT, MDOP, Technical Consultant, Architect, MCITP, MCTS, Contract, Interim, VDI, Desktop transformation, Virtualisation, SCVMM, SCOM, Windows Server 2008... -SCCM, SCOM or SCVMM. -...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day + strong possibility to extend
Posted: 16 May 2013
SCCM SUPPORT ENGINEER - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
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 (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
Application Packager APP V 4.5, 4.6 (MSI, WISE)
Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
Skills: Wise, MSI, APPV, ORCA, Packaging, Enterprise Desktop Deployment, AdminStudio, InstallSheild, Windows 7, SCCM, SCOM... * Good knowledge of VB Scripting and Citrix... * MCDST qualification essential, MCITP / MCSE qualification...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Rate: From £250 to £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Application Packager App-V, 4.5, 4.6 (wise msi)
Preston, Lancashire
Skills: Wise, MSI, APPV, ORCA, Packaging, Enterprise Desktop Deployment, AdminStudio, InstallSheild, Windows 7, SCCM, SCOM... * Good knowledge of VB Scripting and Citrix... * MCDST qualification essential, MCITP / MCSE qualification...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Rate: From £250 to £300 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / 2ND LINE SUPPORT - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
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 (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
Citrix Consultants - London - Ad-hoc / interim
West London
The Citrix Consultant will have advanced knowledge of XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer and would ideally also be very familiar with other Citrix products like AppV, Access Gateway, Netscaler etc...
Orderwork
Rate: Competitive dayrates
Posted: 6 May 2013
Rollout Technical / Project Lead
Blackpool, North West
This is a contract position working to roll out Active Directory and SCCM across the estate.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active...
Rate: £20.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 25 April 2013
Microsoft Windows Client Platform Specialist, Staines
Staines, Middlesex
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 \ 2008 \ 2012. Microsoft Windows 7 \ 8. Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager 2012... Microsoft Windows Client Unattended Builds. Microsoft SCCM Software Distribution. Microsoft SCOM and...
EarthStream Global
Rate: From £350 to £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Application Migration Lead
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
It would also be beneficial to have experience in working with 3rd party offsite packaging resources and knowledge of CAD applications. The role will involve managing all application...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Competitive rates on application
Posted: 16 May 2013
1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Reading, Berkshire
TECHNICAL SKILLS Sound understanding of Service Desk toolsets (VMWare Service Manager (VSM), Touchpaper, CA Unicentre, RoyalBlue, Frontrange, Remedy, etc.) Practical experience in supporting at a 1st line level,...
Experis IT
Posted: 17 May 2013
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