Microsoft App-V Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 76 119 121
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 42 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.802% 0.418% 0.164%
As % of the System Software category 18.18% 5.098% 1.984%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 1
Average daily rate £315 £318 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.94% -20.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
- +12.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +34.69%
All System Software
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 231 255 252
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 9.910% 8.197% 8.262%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 102 115
Average daily rate £275 £313 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +22.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 39 42
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% +18.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.63 £11.52 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the North West region.

North West Microsoft App-V Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Microsoft App-V Hourly Rate Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire +17 22 £311 -2.35%
Lancashire - 17 £325 -
Manchester +5 2 £450 -
Cumbria - 1 £285 -
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 52 (72.22%) Windows
2 46 (63.89%) Citrix
3 42 (58.33%) Windows 7
4 35 (48.61%) SCCM
5 34 (47.22%) XenApp
5 34 (47.22%) Microsoft
6 31 (43.06%) Windows XP
7 30 (41.67%) MSI
8 24 (33.33%) Security Cleared
8 24 (33.33%) Application Packaging
9 23 (31.94%) SC Cleared
10 21 (29.17%) InstallShield
10 21 (29.17%) AppSense
11 17 (23.61%) Migration
12 14 (19.44%) AdminStudio
12 14 (19.44%) Active Directory
13 13 (18.06%) Finance
13 13 (18.06%) Software Deployment
14 12 (16.67%) VBScript
14 12 (16.67%) VB
15 11 (15.28%) MS Excel
15 11 (15.28%) Windows Vista
16 10 (13.89%) Wise Package Studio
16 10 (13.89%) MS Office
16 10 (13.89%) CA
17 9 (12.50%) Blackberry
17 9 (12.50%) SLA
17 9 (12.50%) Lumension
18 8 (11.11%) XenDesktop
18 8 (11.11%) Software Packaging

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 24 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 8 (11.11%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.389%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.167%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.389%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 11 (15.28%) MS Excel
2 10 (13.89%) MS Office
3 3 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.389%) NAS
1 1 (1.389%) Wireless
1 1 (1.389%) SAN
1 1 (1.389%) DSL
1 1 (1.389%) DHCP
1 1 (1.389%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 30 (41.67%) MSI
2 21 (29.17%) InstallShield
3 14 (19.44%) AdminStudio
4 10 (13.89%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 13 (18.06%) Finance
2 6 (8.333%) Banking
3 5 (6.944%) Local Government
4 1 (1.389%) Marketing
4 1 (1.389%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (38.89%) Applications Packager
2 12 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 9 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (12.50%) Analyst
4 8 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (8.333%) Citrix Engineer
6 5 (6.944%) Consultant
7 4 (5.556%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.556%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.556%) Software Packager
7 4 (5.556%) Citrix Support
8 3 (4.167%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 2 (2.778%) Desktop Analyst
9 2 (2.778%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 2 (2.778%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (2.778%) Desktop Engineer
9 2 (2.778%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.778%) Technical Consultant
9 2 (2.778%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 2 (2.778%) Virtualisation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.50%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.389%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.389%) NHS
3 1 (1.389%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 52 (72.22%) Windows
2 42 (58.33%) Windows 7
3 31 (43.06%) Windows XP
4 11 (15.28%) Windows Vista
5 7 (9.722%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (23.61%) Migration
2 13 (18.06%) Software Deployment
3 6 (8.333%) ITIL
4 5 (6.944%) PRINCE2
5 4 (5.556%) TQM
5 4 (5.556%) Data Analysis
6 3 (4.167%) Service Management
7 2 (2.778%) Validation
7 2 (2.778%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (2.778%) Business Analysis
8 1 (1.389%) Information Management
8 1 (1.389%) Compatibility Testing
8 1 (1.389%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.67%) VBScript
1 12 (16.67%) VB
2 4 (5.556%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.389%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.94%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.389%) CCEE
4 1 (1.389%) CCIA
4 1 (1.389%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.389%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (1.389%) CCEA
4 1 (1.389%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) SLA
2 3 (4.167%) QA
3 1 (1.389%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 34 (47.22%) XenApp
2 14 (19.44%) Active Directory
3 8 (11.11%) XenDesktop
4 6 (8.333%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 5 (6.944%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (4.167%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 35 (48.61%) SCCM
2 4 (5.556%) ZENworks
3 1 (1.389%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 46 (63.89%) Citrix
2 34 (47.22%) Microsoft
3 21 (29.17%) AppSense
4 10 (13.89%) CA
5 9 (12.50%) Lumension
6 7 (9.722%) Symantec
7 5 (6.944%) VMware
7 5 (6.944%) Novell
8 2 (2.778%) McAfee
9 1 (1.389%) Fujitsu
9 1 (1.389%) HP
9 1 (1.389%) Dell
9 1 (1.389%) Cisco
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