The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the South 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 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 South 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 94 99 109
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 7 33 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.348% 1.055% 0.628%
As % of the System Software category 3.057% 15.94% 7.851%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 21 7
Average daily rate £317 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £288 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £425 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.01 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.52 £33.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-40.84% +37.50%
All System Software
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
229 207 242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 11.40% 6.620% 7.995%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 99 108
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £200 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 33
Average hourly rate £15.50 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.50% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £15.10 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £23.00 £37.00
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South 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 South West region.

South West Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Gloucestershire +24 4 £317 +76.11%
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Bristol - - - - 1
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 17 (80.95%) Windows 7
3 15 (71.43%) Security Cleared
4 14 (66.67%) DV Cleared
4 14 (66.67%) Windows XP
5 13 (61.90%) PowerShell
5 13 (61.90%) MSI
6 10 (47.62%) ITIL
7 8 (38.10%) Telecoms
7 8 (38.10%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
7 8 (38.10%) SCCM
8 7 (33.33%) Application Packaging
9 6 (28.57%) Software Packaging
9 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
9 6 (28.57%) Citrix
10 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
10 5 (23.81%) JSP
10 5 (23.81%) Service Management
10 5 (23.81%) Compatibility Testing
10 5 (23.81%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (23.81%) Software Distribution
11 4 (19.05%) Altiris
11 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (14.29%) Finance
12 3 (14.29%) VMware
12 3 (14.29%) VMware ESX
13 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
13 2 (9.524%) OpenView Configuration Management
13 2 (9.524%) Shell Script

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 7 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 6 (28.57%) Software Packaging
3 5 (23.81%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) DSL
1 2 (9.524%) DNS
2 1 (4.762%) SAN
2 1 (4.762%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (61.90%) MSI
2 2 (9.524%) TestDirector
2 2 (9.524%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 8 (38.10%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (4.762%) Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Retail
3 1 (4.762%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Applications Packager
2 2 (9.524%) Systems Tester
2 2 (9.524%) Tester
3 1 (4.762%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (4.762%) Consultant
3 1 (4.762%) Citrix Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) CMDB
2 1 (4.762%) Fat Client
2 1 (4.762%) Thin Client
2 1 (4.762%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 17 (80.95%) Windows 7
3 14 (66.67%) Windows XP
4 8 (38.10%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (9.524%) Windows Vista
7 1 (4.762%) Windows 8
7 1 (4.762%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) ITIL
2 5 (23.81%) Service Management
2 5 (23.81%) Compatibility Testing
2 5 (23.81%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) Software Distribution
3 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
3 2 (9.524%) Test Scripting
3 2 (9.524%) Software Deployment
4 1 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.762%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (4.762%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.524%) Shell Script
2 2 (9.524%) VBScript
2 2 (9.524%) VB
3 1 (4.762%) C
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 14 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) VMware ESX
3 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.524%) XenApp
4 1 (4.762%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.762%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) SCCM
2 2 (9.524%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 2 (9.524%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (4.762%) HP SIM
3 1 (4.762%) SCOM
3 1 (4.762%) WSUS
3 1 (4.762%) ZENworks
3 1 (4.762%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 6 (28.57%) Citrix
2 4 (19.05%) Altiris
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (4.762%) Cisco
4 1 (4.762%) CA
4 1 (4.762%) HP
4 1 (4.762%) Dell
4 1 (4.762%) EMC
4 1 (4.762%) Novell
4 1 (4.762%) Sophos
4 1 (4.762%) Wyse
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