Microsoft App-V Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Microsoft App-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 451 570
Rank change year-on-year +115 +119 -141
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 5 17 45
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.068% 0.10%
As % of the System Software category 0.35% 0.55% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 32
10th Percentile £394 £351 £400
25th Percentile £414 £391 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -7.83%
75th Percentile £542 £570 £623
90th Percentile £551 £576 £649
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.53
25th Percentile - - £16.27
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -73.48%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft App-V is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,438 3,118 5,423
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.54% 12.43% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,056 2,232 4,034
10th Percentile £273 £300 £322
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £688 £718 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 101 103
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.88 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -38.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £54.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £65.91
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -2.44%

Microsoft App-V
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft App-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft App-V trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft App-V.

Microsoft App-V daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Microsoft App-V daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft App-V.

Microsoft App-V hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft App-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Packager
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Application Discovery
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) RBAC
2 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Smoke Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) XenApp
1 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Citrix
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Altiris
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) McAfee
2 1 (20.00%) OpenText
2 1 (20.00%) Symantec
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Wyse