The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 87 - 73
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 1 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.080% - 0.533%
As % of the System Software category 0.870% - 7.595%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £431
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
- +12.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £33.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-42.42% +34.69%
All System Software
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
115 112 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 9.163% 7.157% 7.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 36 25
Average daily rate £250 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -16.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 26 17
Average hourly rate £16.50 £12.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.41% -39.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £10.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Microsoft App-V
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wakefield - 1 - -
Microsoft App-V
Yorkshire

Microsoft App-V
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Wyse
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) MCSA
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
2 1 (25.00%) HNC
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Rollout Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) MCSA
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
1 1 (25.00%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Wyse