The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 63 91 -
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 15 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.230% 0.436% -
As % of the System Software category 10.07% 5.882% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 0
Average daily rate £250 £369 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.20% -
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
149 119 176
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 12.21% 7.405% 9.493%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 55 75
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £120 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £513 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 23 23
Average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -9.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.10 £10.75 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £33.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Farnham - - - -
Guildford - - - -
Weybridge - - - -
Woking - - - -
Microsoft App-V
South East

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 39 (86.67%) Windows
2 37 (82.22%) Microsoft
3 33 (73.33%) Windows 7
4 22 (48.89%) Citrix
5 21 (46.67%) Active Directory
5 21 (46.67%) SCCM
6 20 (44.44%) Windows XP
6 20 (44.44%) MSI
7 19 (42.22%) InstallShield
8 18 (40.00%) AppSense
9 15 (33.33%) XenApp
10 13 (28.89%) XenDesktop
11 10 (22.22%) XenServer
11 10 (22.22%) Hyper-V
12 8 (17.78%) CloudStack
13 7 (15.56%) Lumension
13 7 (15.56%) Service Management
14 5 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (11.11%) Migration
14 5 (11.11%) Windows 8
15 4 (8.889%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (8.889%) XML
16 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
16 3 (6.667%) LAN
16 3 (6.667%) WLAN
16 3 (6.667%) WAN
16 3 (6.667%) TCP/IP
16 3 (6.667%) Cisco
16 3 (6.667%) Juniper
16 3 (6.667%) Project Management

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 (8.889%) XML
2 1 (2.222%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.78%) CloudStack
Applications
1 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.222%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.667%) LAN
1 3 (6.667%) WLAN
1 3 (6.667%) WAN
1 3 (6.667%) TCP/IP
1 3 (6.667%) Firewall
2 1 (2.222%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 20 (44.44%) MSI
2 19 (42.22%) InstallShield
General
1 1 (2.222%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (44.44%) Applications Packager
2 6 (13.33%) Technical Specialist
3 4 (8.889%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Test Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Technical Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Citrix Specialist
4 3 (6.667%) Applications Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) Senior Technical Support
6 1 (2.222%) Network Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Server Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Senior Technical Specialist
6 1 (2.222%) Deployment Project Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) Network Project Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Citrix Support
6 1 (2.222%) Citrix Support Specialist
6 1 (2.222%) Citrix Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 39 (86.67%) Windows
2 33 (73.33%) Windows 7
3 20 (44.44%) Windows XP
4 5 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (11.11%) Windows 8
5 4 (8.889%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (15.56%) Service Management
2 5 (11.11%) Migration
3 3 (6.667%) Project Management
3 3 (6.667%) Service Delivery
3 3 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (6.667%) Test Scripting
3 3 (6.667%) Test Strategy
3 3 (6.667%) Supplier Management
3 3 (6.667%) WAN Optimisation
4 2 (4.444%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.222%) Project Planning
5 1 (2.222%) Wealth Management
5 1 (2.222%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.222%) DNA
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.222%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.222%) CCEE
1 1 (2.222%) CCIA
1 1 (2.222%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (2.222%) CCEA
System Software
1 21 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 15 (33.33%) XenApp
3 13 (28.89%) XenDesktop
4 10 (22.22%) XenServer
4 10 (22.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (46.67%) SCCM
2 1 (2.222%) SCOM
2 1 (2.222%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 37 (82.22%) Microsoft
2 22 (48.89%) Citrix
3 18 (40.00%) AppSense
4 7 (15.56%) Lumension
5 3 (6.667%) Cisco
5 3 (6.667%) Juniper
5 3 (6.667%) Riverbed
6 1 (2.222%) VMware
6 1 (2.222%) NetApp
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