The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 17 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 Middlesex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.914% - -
As % of the System Software category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £288
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +11.30%
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
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
18 20 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 8.612% 6.173% 6.534%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 6
Average daily rate £375 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £303 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £400 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) MSI
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) AppSense
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) SCCM
3 2 (40.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) vSphere
4 1 (20.00%) Lumension
4 1 (20.00%) ChangeBASE
4 1 (20.00%) SCOM
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Perl
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) NetApp
4 1 (20.00%) Symantec
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) NetBackup

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 2 (40.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Applications Packager
2 2 (40.00%) MSI Packager
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Perl
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) SCOM
2 1 (20.00%) ChangeBASE
2 1 (20.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) AppSense
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Lumension
3 1 (20.00%) NetApp
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec
3 1 (20.00%) VMware