The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 20 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 Kent 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 29 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 11 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 3.667% 1.852% -
As % of the System Software category 16.92% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 0
Average daily rate £280 £259 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.31% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £319 £288
% change year-on-year
+1.96% +10.86%
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
65 30 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.67% 11.11% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 20 37
Average daily rate £438 £265 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+65.09% -11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £138 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 2
Average hourly rate £14.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.09% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £19.10 £14.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £59.50 £23.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Microsoft App-V Daily 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 20 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
Maidstone +3 4 £275 -12.14%
Microsoft App-V
South East

Microsoft App-V
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 20 (100.00%) MSI
1 20 (100.00%) SCCM
1 20 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 20 (100.00%) Wise Package Studio
2 16 (80.00%) Migration
2 16 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (80.00%) VBScript
2 16 (80.00%) MCP
2 16 (80.00%) QA
3 14 (70.00%) Windows XP
4 7 (35.00%) Finance
4 7 (35.00%) Local Government
5 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 1 (5.000%) ISO 9001
6 1 (5.000%) Summit
6 1 (5.000%) ISO 14001

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Summit
Development Applications
1 20 (100.00%) MSI
1 20 (100.00%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
1 7 (35.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 14 (70.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) MCP
1 16 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (80.00%) QA
2 1 (5.000%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.000%) ISO 14001
Systems Management
1 20 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft