The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 42 55 48
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 7 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.620% 0.469% 0.901%
As % of the System Software category 8.434% 6.250% 8.511%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
Average daily rate £340 £338 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.74% +68.75%
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
83 48 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 19.21% 7.500% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 9 8
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 27
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.70% +6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £16.50 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.10 £22.05 £26.50
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford +8 7 £340 +13.33%
Microsoft App-V
South East

Microsoft App-V
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 15 (93.75%) Windows
1 15 (93.75%) SCCM
1 15 (93.75%) Windows Server 2008
2 14 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
4 8 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (12.50%) VMware
6 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (6.250%) Application Packaging
6 1 (6.250%) Citrix
6 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
6 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (6.250%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
1 15 (93.75%) Windows Server 2008
2 14 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (93.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (6.250%) Citrix