The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staines 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 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 Staines 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 6.061% - -
As % of the System Software category 36.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £325 £285
% change year-on-year
+5.76% +14.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.01 £33.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-39.37% +37.50%
All System Software
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
22 7 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 16.67% 5.109% 8.642%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £375 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
Microsoft App-V
Surrey

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines 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 Staines region.

Staines Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 21 (95.45%) Citrix
2 18 (81.82%) AppSense
3 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 16 (72.73%) Windows
4 14 (63.64%) XenApp
5 12 (54.55%) XenDesktop
6 11 (50.00%) Windows 7
7 10 (45.45%) XenServer
7 10 (45.45%) Hyper-V
8 8 (36.36%) CloudStack
9 7 (31.82%) Lumension
9 7 (31.82%) Service Management
10 5 (22.73%) Windows 8
11 4 (18.18%) XML
11 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (13.64%) Project Management
12 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
12 3 (13.64%) LAN
12 3 (13.64%) WLAN
12 3 (13.64%) WAN
12 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
12 3 (13.64%) Cisco
12 3 (13.64%) Juniper
12 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
12 3 (13.64%) Firewall
12 3 (13.64%) Migration
12 3 (13.64%) Supplier Management
12 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
12 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 4 (18.18%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (36.36%) CloudStack
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) LAN
1 3 (13.64%) WLAN
1 3 (13.64%) WAN
1 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
1 3 (13.64%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (13.64%) Technical Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Citrix Specialist
2 3 (13.64%) Applications Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Test Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Technical Manager
3 2 (9.091%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Technical Support
4 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Architect
4 1 (4.545%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Support
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 1 (4.545%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Architect
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Support Specialist
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 16 (72.73%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (22.73%) Windows 8
4 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Service Management
2 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
2 3 (13.64%) Migration
2 3 (13.64%) Supplier Management
2 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting
2 3 (13.64%) Test Strategy
2 3 (13.64%) WAN Optimisation
2 3 (13.64%) Project Management
3 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) PowerShell
System Software
1 14 (63.64%) XenApp
2 12 (54.55%) XenDesktop
3 10 (45.45%) XenServer
3 10 (45.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.545%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) SCCM
1 1 (4.545%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Citrix
2 18 (81.82%) AppSense
3 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
4 7 (31.82%) Lumension
5 3 (13.64%) Cisco
5 3 (13.64%) Riverbed
5 3 (13.64%) Juniper
6 1 (4.545%) NetApp
6 1 (4.545%) VMware