Microsoft App-V Contracts in the West Midlands
 
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 West Midlands 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 20 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 West Midlands 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 76 73 86
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 19 30 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.143% 1.333% 0.322%
As % of the System Software category 10.92% 17.86% 3.509%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 3
Average daily rate £370 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £265 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £387 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £319 £288
% change year-on-year
+1.96% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £27.50 - £24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +37.50%
All System Software
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 174 168 171
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.47% 7.463% 9.169%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 64 59
Average daily rate £270 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £108 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £406 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 43 44
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +11.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £23.40 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Shropshire -3 10 £378 +31.30%
Birmingham +4 3 £450 +20.00%
Coventry - 2 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 26 (86.67%) SCCM
2 19 (63.33%) Microsoft
3 18 (60.00%) MSI
4 17 (56.67%) Windows
5 16 (53.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 12 (40.00%) Software Packaging
7 10 (33.33%) HP
8 8 (26.67%) Windows 7
9 7 (23.33%) QA
9 7 (23.33%) Citrix
10 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (16.67%) Migration
12 4 (13.33%) Application Packaging
12 4 (13.33%) VMware
12 4 (13.33%) XenApp
13 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
13 3 (10.00%) XenDesktop
13 3 (10.00%) SCOM
13 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
14 2 (6.667%) Windows XP
14 2 (6.667%) Active Directory
14 2 (6.667%) SQL
14 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
14 2 (6.667%) InstallShield
14 2 (6.667%) VMware ESX
14 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (6.667%) Degree
14 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
14 2 (6.667%) Software Deployment

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 12 (40.00%) Software Packaging
2 4 (13.33%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) DHCP
1 1 (3.333%) DNS
1 1 (3.333%) Firewall
1 1 (3.333%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (60.00%) MSI
2 2 (6.667%) InstallShield
General
1 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Applications Packager
2 3 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (6.667%) Administrator
3 2 (6.667%) SCCM Administrator
4 1 (3.333%) Server Support Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (3.333%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (3.333%) Wintel Support
4 1 (3.333%) Server Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Wintel Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Wintel Server Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Wintel Support Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) SCCM Consultant
4 1 (3.333%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.333%) Server Support
4 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (3.333%) Architect
4 1 (3.333%) Analyst
4 1 (3.333%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 17 (56.67%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Windows 7
3 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (6.667%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.333%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Migration
2 2 (6.667%) Software Deployment
3 1 (3.333%) Software Distribution
3 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
3 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.333%) Supplier Management
3 1 (3.333%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.667%) Degree
1 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.333%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.333%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) XenApp
2 3 (10.00%) XenDesktop
2 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.667%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.667%) VMware ESX
4 1 (3.333%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.333%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 26 (86.67%) SCCM
2 16 (53.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 3 (10.00%) SCOM
4 1 (3.333%) MOM
4 1 (3.333%) ZENworks
4 1 (3.333%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (3.333%) NetBackup
4 1 (3.333%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) HP
3 7 (23.33%) Citrix
4 4 (13.33%) VMware
5 1 (3.333%) Novell
5 1 (3.333%) Symantec
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