The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 22 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 Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 4.678% - -
As % of the System Software category 44.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
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 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +34.69%
All System Software
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
18 17 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 10.53% 6.227% 4.985%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 1
Average daily rate £325 £375 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -21.05%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
Microsoft App-V
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Midlands Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft App-V
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) SCCM
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 6 (75.00%) QA
3 6 (75.00%) HP
3 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (75.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 6 (75.00%) MSI
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) SLA
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Opalis
4 1 (12.50%) VB
4 1 (12.50%) SCOM
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (12.50%) Software Distribution
4 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 1 (12.50%) XenApp
4 1 (12.50%) XenServer
4 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MSI
2 1 (12.50%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Applications Packager
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM Consultant
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Information Security
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
1 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
1 1 (12.50%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) XenApp
1 1 (12.50%) XenServer
1 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) SCCM
2 6 (75.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Opalis
3 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix