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

The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the South 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 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 South 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 142 217 239
Rank change year-on-year
+75 +22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 82 30 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.049% 0.295% 0.124%
As % of the System Software category 8.471% 3.513% 1.384%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 17 9
Average daily rate £325 £368 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.56% +33.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £237 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £288
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +11.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 £33.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +37.50%
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 968 854 939
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 12.39% 8.407% 8.986%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 348 349
Average daily rate £340 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 144 139
Average hourly rate £18.25 £16.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.60% -10.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £41.50 £40.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Microsoft App-V Hourly 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 South East 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
Berkshire +22 18 £425 -5.55%
Surrey +32 14 £250 -40.47%
Hampshire +5 13 £300 +23.71%
Kent +4 11 £280 +8.31%
Buckinghamshire +17 8 £350 -
Oxfordshire +13 7 £340 +0.74%
West Sussex +20 4 £469 -
Middlesex - 4 £350 -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

1 127 (82.47%) Windows
2 113 (73.38%) Microsoft
3 105 (68.18%) Windows 7
4 85 (55.19%) SCCM
5 72 (46.75%) Citrix
6 68 (44.16%) MSI
7 50 (32.47%) Windows XP
8 45 (29.22%) Active Directory
9 34 (22.08%) Migration
10 32 (20.78%) Windows Server 2008
11 30 (19.48%) Wise Package Studio
11 30 (19.48%) AppSense
12 29 (18.83%) XenApp
13 28 (18.18%) Security Cleared
14 27 (17.53%) VBScript
15 25 (16.23%) Finance
15 25 (16.23%) InstallShield
16 23 (14.94%) MS Excel
16 23 (14.94%) Microsoft Certification
17 22 (14.29%) XenDesktop
18 20 (12.99%) SC Cleared
19 18 (11.69%) Application Packaging
20 17 (11.04%) QA
20 17 (11.04%) MCP
21 15 (9.740%) Service Management
21 15 (9.740%) VMware
22 13 (8.442%) Windows Server 2003
22 13 (8.442%) VMware Infrastructure
22 13 (8.442%) XenServer
23 12 (7.792%) Hyper-V

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 18 (11.69%) Application Packaging
2 7 (4.545%) XML
3 4 (2.597%) Software Packaging
4 3 (1.948%) .NET
4 3 (1.948%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.299%) CSS
5 2 (1.299%) HTML
5 2 (1.299%) WinForms
6 1 (0.649%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.195%) CloudStack
2 4 (2.597%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (2.597%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (1.299%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.299%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.649%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.649%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (14.94%) MS Excel
2 9 (5.844%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.649%) Summit
1 1 (0.649%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.494%) SAN
2 8 (5.195%) Internet
3 7 (4.545%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.896%) LAN
4 6 (3.896%) WAN
5 4 (2.597%) VPN
5 4 (2.597%) Intranet
6 3 (1.948%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.948%) WLAN
6 3 (1.948%) Firewall
7 1 (0.649%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.649%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.597%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.948%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.649%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 68 (44.16%) MSI
2 30 (19.48%) Wise Package Studio
3 25 (16.23%) InstallShield
4 12 (7.792%) AdminStudio
5 2 (1.299%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.299%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 25 (16.23%) Finance
2 8 (5.195%) Local Government
3 4 (2.597%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.948%) Back Office
4 3 (1.948%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.299%) Banking
5 2 (1.299%) Retail
6 1 (0.649%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 85 (55.19%) Applications Packager
2 15 (9.740%) Analyst
3 13 (8.442%) Service Analyst
3 13 (8.442%) Service Desk Analyst
4 10 (6.494%) Architect
5 8 (5.195%) Technical Architect
6 7 (4.545%) Test Manager
7 6 (3.896%) Technical Specialist
8 4 (2.597%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (2.597%) Consultant
8 4 (2.597%) Citrix Specialist
9 3 (1.948%) Applications Manager
9 3 (1.948%) Project Manager
9 3 (1.948%) Desktop Support
9 3 (1.948%) Technical Project Manager
9 3 (1.948%) Support Engineer
9 3 (1.948%) Technical Manager
9 3 (1.948%) Help Desk Support
10 2 (1.299%) Technical Support
10 2 (1.299%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.247%) Computer Science
2 4 (2.597%) Blackberry
3 3 (1.948%) SaaS
4 2 (1.299%) Clustering
5 1 (0.649%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.649%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.649%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.649%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.649%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 127 (82.47%) Windows
2 105 (68.18%) Windows 7
3 50 (32.47%) Windows XP
4 32 (20.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (8.442%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (5.195%) Windows 8
7 6 (3.896%) Windows Vista
8 3 (1.948%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.948%) Windows 2000
8 3 (1.948%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.649%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.649%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (22.08%) Migration
2 15 (9.740%) Service Management
3 9 (5.844%) ITIL
3 9 (5.844%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (5.195%) Software Distribution
5 7 (4.545%) Validation
6 6 (3.896%) Incident Management
6 6 (3.896%) DNA
6 6 (3.896%) Test Scripting
6 6 (3.896%) Test Strategy
7 4 (2.597%) Service Delivery
8 3 (1.948%) Project Management
8 3 (1.948%) ERP
8 3 (1.948%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (1.948%) Supplier Management
8 3 (1.948%) WAN Optimisation
8 3 (1.948%) Software Deployment
9 2 (1.299%) Test Management
9 2 (1.299%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (1.299%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.53%) VBScript
2 9 (5.844%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.247%) SQL
4 3 (1.948%) C#
4 3 (1.948%) VB
4 3 (1.948%) VB.NET
5 2 (1.299%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.299%) C
6 1 (0.649%) Perl
Qualifications
1 28 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (12.99%) SC Cleared
4 17 (11.04%) MCP
5 5 (3.247%) MCSA
5 5 (3.247%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (3.247%) Degree
6 3 (1.948%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.299%) MCSE
7 2 (1.299%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.649%) CCEA
8 1 (0.649%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.649%) CCEE
8 1 (0.649%) CCIA
8 1 (0.649%) CCNA
8 1 (0.649%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.649%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.04%) QA
2 3 (1.948%) SLA
3 1 (0.649%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.649%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 45 (29.22%) Active Directory
2 29 (18.83%) XenApp
3 22 (14.29%) XenDesktop
4 13 (8.442%) XenServer
4 13 (8.442%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (7.792%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.597%) vSphere
7 3 (1.948%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (1.299%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.649%) VMware ESX
9 1 (0.649%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 85 (55.19%) SCCM
2 8 (5.195%) AppDNA
3 6 (3.896%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 4 (2.597%) ChangeBASE
5 3 (1.948%) SCOM
5 3 (1.948%) Unicenter
6 2 (1.299%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.649%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 113 (73.38%) Microsoft
2 72 (46.75%) Citrix
3 30 (19.48%) AppSense
4 15 (9.740%) VMware
5 9 (5.844%) Lumension
6 6 (3.896%) Remedy
6 6 (3.896%) HP
7 5 (3.247%) Cisco
8 4 (2.597%) CA
8 4 (2.597%) Lotus
8 4 (2.597%) FrontRange
9 3 (1.948%) Riverbed
9 3 (1.948%) NetApp
9 3 (1.948%) Juniper
9 3 (1.948%) Royalblue
10 2 (1.299%) Dell
10 2 (1.299%) Symantec
10 2 (1.299%) Clearswift
10 2 (1.299%) Altiris
11 1 (0.649%) Brocade
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