The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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 32 - 41
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 6 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.214% - 1.376%
As % of the System Software category 17.65% - 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £310 - £438
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 - £408
10% offered a daily rate of more than £322 - £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
- +12.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +34.69%
All System Software
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
34 33 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 12.55% 5.124% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 19
Average daily rate £500 £400 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +77.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £195 £167
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £450 £457
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
Average hourly rate £10.25 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.75% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.65 £20.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.85 £22.70 £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Microsoft App-V
South West

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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
Cheltenham - 3 £310 -
Gloucester - 1 - -
Microsoft App-V
South West

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 10 (90.91%) Windows
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
1 10 (90.91%) Windows 7
2 9 (81.82%) DV Cleared
3 8 (72.73%) Windows XP
3 8 (72.73%) MSI
4 7 (63.64%) Application Packaging
4 7 (63.64%) PowerShell
5 6 (54.55%) Software Packaging
6 5 (45.45%) Service Management
6 5 (45.45%) ITIL
6 5 (45.45%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
7 4 (36.36%) Altiris
8 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
8 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
8 3 (27.27%) Finance
8 3 (27.27%) Citrix
9 2 (18.18%) TestDirector
9 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (18.18%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
9 2 (18.18%) DSL
9 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
9 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
9 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
9 2 (18.18%) VB
9 2 (18.18%) VMware
9 2 (18.18%) VMware ESX
9 2 (18.18%) Windows Vista

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 7 (63.64%) Application Packaging
2 6 (54.55%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DSL
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) MSI
2 2 (18.18%) TestDirector
2 2 (18.18%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Retail Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Applications Packager
2 2 (18.18%) Tester
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Tester
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
1 10 (90.91%) Windows 7
2 8 (72.73%) Windows XP
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Vista
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (9.091%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Service Management
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL
1 5 (45.45%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
2 2 (18.18%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) PowerShell
2 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
2 2 (18.18%) VB
3 1 (9.091%) C
3 1 (9.091%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 9 (81.82%) DV Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.091%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) VMware ESX
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.091%) XenApp
2 1 (9.091%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) Altiris
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) VMware