The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 21 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 Hertfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 57 69 66
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 2 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.306% 0.312% 0.236%
As % of the System Software category 3.175% 5.172% 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £214 £313 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.60% -7.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £283 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £343 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £286
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +37.50%
All System Software
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
63 58 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 9.633% 6.023% 9.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 24 30
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £199 £161
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £380 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 14
Average hourly rate £16.24 £12.50 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.88% -60.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.65 £11.35 £11.86
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £34.25 £35.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Microsoft App-V
East of 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) MSI
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Lotus
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (25.00%) MS Project
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) MCP
4 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) VMware