The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 19 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 Scotland 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 90 93 98
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 29 16 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.158% 0.595% 0.492%
As % of the System Software category 16.20% 7.729% 6.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 8
Average daily rate £364 £260 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.26% +0.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £231 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £353 £305
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
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
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
179 207 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 7.149% 7.698% 7.900%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 89 64
Average daily rate £361 £295 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.45% +7.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £160 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £408 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 20
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.45 £16.20 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £35.00 £100.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Microsoft App-V
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Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Microsoft App-V Daily 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +6 14 £278 +11.00% 2
Aberdeen - - - -
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Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 36 (85.71%) Windows
2 28 (66.67%) SCCM
3 27 (64.29%) Windows 7
4 20 (47.62%) PowerShell
5 14 (33.33%) Migration
5 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 13 (30.95%) Windows XP
6 13 (30.95%) Citrix
6 13 (30.95%) VMware
6 13 (30.95%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (28.57%) VBScript
8 11 (26.19%) MSI
9 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
10 8 (19.05%) Application Packaging
10 8 (19.05%) AdminStudio
11 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (16.67%) Finance
11 7 (16.67%) C#
11 7 (16.67%) VB.NET
11 7 (16.67%) .NET
11 7 (16.67%) MCSE
11 7 (16.67%) XML
11 7 (16.67%) XML Schema
11 7 (16.67%) SQL
11 7 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
11 7 (16.67%) .NET Framework
11 7 (16.67%) Taxonomies
11 7 (16.67%) Document Management
11 7 (16.67%) Cryptography
11 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 8 (19.05%) Application Packaging
2 7 (16.67%) .NET
2 7 (16.67%) XML
2 7 (16.67%) XML Schema
2 7 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
2 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.381%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.381%) Lync
3 1 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) MS Excel
1 5 (11.90%) MS Office
2 1 (2.381%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.524%) TCP/IP
2 3 (7.143%) SMS
3 2 (4.762%) Internet
3 2 (4.762%) SAN
4 1 (2.381%) DNS
Development Applications
1 11 (26.19%) MSI
2 8 (19.05%) AdminStudio
3 4 (9.524%) Wise Package Studio
3 4 (9.524%) InstallShield
General
1 7 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (7.143%) Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (52.38%) Applications Packager
2 4 (9.524%) Build Engineer
2 4 (9.524%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (9.524%) Analyst
3 3 (7.143%) Architect
3 3 (7.143%) Applications Specialist
4 2 (4.762%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (4.762%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (2.381%) Consultant
5 1 (2.381%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (2.381%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.381%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.381%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.381%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.381%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (2.381%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (2.381%) Support Consultant
5 1 (2.381%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (2.381%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (2.381%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Taxonomies
1 7 (16.67%) Cryptography
2 6 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.381%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 36 (85.71%) Windows
2 27 (64.29%) Windows 7
3 13 (30.95%) Windows XP
4 2 (4.762%) UNIX
5 1 (2.381%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Migration
2 7 (16.67%) Document Management
2 7 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 6 (14.29%) Information Security
4 5 (11.90%) Software Deployment
5 4 (9.524%) Service Management
6 2 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.381%) Project Management
7 1 (2.381%) ITIL
7 1 (2.381%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.381%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (47.62%) PowerShell
2 12 (28.57%) VBScript
3 7 (16.67%) C#
3 7 (16.67%) VB.NET
3 7 (16.67%) SQL
4 4 (9.524%) VB
5 2 (4.762%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (16.67%) MCSE
2 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.29%) CISSP
3 6 (14.29%) MCP
4 1 (2.381%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.762%) QA
System Software
1 13 (30.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (14.29%) XenApp
3 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.381%) VMware ESX
4 1 (2.381%) vSphere
4 1 (2.381%) XenDesktop
4 1 (2.381%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (66.67%) SCCM
2 4 (9.524%) ZENworks
3 2 (4.762%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 1 (2.381%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (2.381%) SCOM
4 1 (2.381%) WSUS
4 1 (2.381%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.95%) Citrix
2 13 (30.95%) VMware
3 4 (9.524%) Novell
4 2 (4.762%) HP
5 1 (2.381%) CommVault
5 1 (2.381%) Apple
5 1 (2.381%) Dell
5 1 (2.381%) Intel
5 1 (2.381%) Adobe
5 1 (2.381%) LANDesk
5 1 (2.381%) Google
5 1 (2.381%) Fujitsu
Glasgow, Scotland
Very strong experience working in an Intel support role.- Experience working in a data centre environment a significant advantage.Experience working in a global organization an advantage.Technical...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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