The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 18 June 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 North East 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 31 50 43
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.331% 0.184% 0.659%
As % of the System Software category 3.448% 1.493% 8.824%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £286
% change year-on-year
+6.15% +13.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.52 £33.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-40.84% +37.50%
All System Software
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
29 67 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 9.603% 12.32% 7.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 29 15
Average daily rate £330 £350 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +21.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £116
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £495 £512
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £324 £310
% change year-on-year
+0.30% +4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 4
Average hourly rate £11.00 £12.00 £11.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +1.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.08 £9.84
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £25.50 £21.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) MSI
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) CAD

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 (50.00%) Application Packaging
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
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