The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 87 91 103
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 16 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.048% 0.189% 0.108%
As % of the System Software category 7.048% 1.807% 1.117%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £270 £243 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.34% -11.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £237 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £249 £283
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
- +12.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 £33.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +34.69%
All System Software
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
227 166 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 14.88% 10.43% 9.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 83 67
Average daily rate £325 £339 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.05% +4.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £214 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £466 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 43 38
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.30 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £31.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Microsoft App-V
South East

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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
Havant - 9 - -
Farnborough - 3 - -
Microsoft App-V
South East

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 15 (53.57%) Windows
2 14 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (50.00%) SCCM
3 13 (46.43%) Citrix
4 12 (42.86%) MSI
5 10 (35.71%) SAN
5 10 (35.71%) Application Packaging
5 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
5 10 (35.71%) Windows 7
6 9 (32.14%) VBScript
7 8 (28.57%) MS Excel
8 7 (25.00%) Validation
9 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (21.43%) ITIL
9 6 (21.43%) Software Distribution
10 5 (17.86%) Lotus Notes
10 5 (17.86%) MCSA
10 5 (17.86%) Lotus
10 5 (17.86%) Windows XP
10 5 (17.86%) Intranet
10 5 (17.86%) Internet
10 5 (17.86%) Finance
10 5 (17.86%) Service Management
10 5 (17.86%) Degree
10 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
10 5 (17.86%) Incident Management
11 4 (14.29%) Back Office
11 4 (14.29%) InstallShield
11 4 (14.29%) AdminStudio

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (35.71%) Application Packaging
2 1 (3.571%) XML
2 1 (3.571%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (3.571%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (35.71%) SAN
2 5 (17.86%) Intranet
2 5 (17.86%) Internet
Development Applications
1 12 (42.86%) MSI
2 4 (14.29%) InstallShield
2 4 (14.29%) AdminStudio
3 2 (7.143%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Back Office
3 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
3 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Analyst
1 10 (35.71%) Applications Packager
1 10 (35.71%) Service Analyst
1 10 (35.71%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (10.71%) Desktop Support
2 3 (10.71%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (7.143%) Administrator
3 2 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (7.143%) SCCM Specialist
4 1 (3.571%) Desktop Technician
4 1 (3.571%) Technical Architect
4 1 (3.571%) Architect
4 1 (3.571%) Support Technician
4 1 (3.571%) Support Engineer
4 1 (3.571%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (3.571%) Citrix Administrator
4 1 (3.571%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (3.571%) Desktop Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (10.71%) SaaS
3 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.571%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Windows 7
3 5 (17.86%) Windows XP
4 3 (10.71%) Windows 8
4 3 (10.71%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Validation
2 6 (21.43%) ITIL
2 6 (21.43%) Software Distribution
3 5 (17.86%) Service Management
3 5 (17.86%) Incident Management
4 3 (10.71%) ERP
4 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Workflow
5 2 (7.143%) Software Deployment
6 1 (3.571%) Security Architecture
6 1 (3.571%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.571%) Migration
6 1 (3.571%) Document Management
6 1 (3.571%) Compatibility Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) VBScript
2 4 (14.29%) VB
2 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.143%) Shell Script
3 2 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (17.86%) MCSA
3 5 (17.86%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.571%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.571%) MCSE
5 1 (3.571%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.143%) Terminal Services
2 2 (7.143%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (7.143%) AppDNA
3 1 (3.571%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (3.571%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (46.43%) Citrix
3 5 (17.86%) Lotus
4 3 (10.71%) Remedy
5 2 (7.143%) Altiris
5 2 (7.143%) AppSense