The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 116 113 111
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 6 23 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.326% 1.064% 0.402%
As % of the System Software category 3.922% 11.44% 4.348%
Number of salaries quoted 5 23 4
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £32,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,700 £68,000 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £46,750 £43,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year
+8.72% -3.37%
All System Software
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
153 201 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 8.315% 9.297% 9.242%
Number of salaries quoted 106 184 132
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £24,150
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Microsoft App-V
North West

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Microsoft App-V Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft App-V
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Microsoft App-V Salary Trend

Microsoft App-V
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V within the Cheshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warrington +3 6 £39,000 +11.42%
Chester - 2 £39,000 -
Northwich - 2 £39,000 -
Microsoft App-V
North West

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft App-V.

1 14 (100.00%) Citrix
2 12 (85.71%) Windows
3 8 (57.14%) Windows 7
3 8 (57.14%) Windows 8
3 8 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 8 (57.14%) Finance
3 8 (57.14%) MSI
3 8 (57.14%) Retail
3 8 (57.14%) Fujitsu
4 5 (35.71%) XenApp
5 4 (28.57%) VMware
6 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
6 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (21.43%) XenDesktop
7 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
7 2 (14.29%) Symantec
7 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
7 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
7 2 (14.29%) SQL
7 2 (14.29%) VBScript
7 2 (14.29%) IIS
7 2 (14.29%) MS Office
7 2 (14.29%) ITIL
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
7 2 (14.29%) SCCM
7 2 (14.29%) Project Management
8 1 (7.143%) MCTS
8 1 (7.143%) MCITP

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft App-V. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 8 (57.14%) MSI
General
1 8 (57.14%) Telecoms
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
1 8 (57.14%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Consultant
1 9 (64.29%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 8 (57.14%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 2 (14.29%) Support Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Product Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Product Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Marketing Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Product Marketing Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Citrix Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.143%) VMware Consultant
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Windows 7
2 8 (57.14%) Windows 8
3 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) ITIL
1 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
1 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
1 2 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (7.143%) Product Marketing
2 1 (7.143%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
1 2 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) MCTS
1 1 (7.143%) MCITP
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (7.143%) CCA
1 1 (7.143%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (7.143%) CCEA
1 1 (7.143%) CCEE
1 1 (7.143%) CCAA
1 1 (7.143%) CCIA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) XenApp
2 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (21.43%) XenDesktop
3 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (14.29%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (7.143%) XenServer
4 1 (7.143%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Citrix
2 8 (57.14%) Fujitsu
3 4 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) Symantec
5 1 (7.143%) HP
5 1 (7.143%) IBM
5 1 (7.143%) Veeam
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