The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 3 months to 22 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 271 286 315
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 42 47 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.358% 0.354% 0.079%
As % of the System Software category 3.962% 4.219% 1.351%
Number of salaries quoted 26 47 11
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +23.52%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+7.95% -7.36%
All System Software
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1060 1114 888
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 9.029% 8.394% 5.852%
Number of salaries quoted 922 1016 809
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +3.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,500 £27,950
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £69,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft App-V
London

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Microsoft App-V Salary Trend

Microsoft App-V
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Microsoft App-V Salary Histogram

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 77 (86.52%) Windows
2 60 (67.42%) Windows 7
3 47 (52.81%) Application Packaging
4 44 (49.44%) MSI
5 43 (48.31%) Citrix
6 41 (46.07%) Microsoft
7 38 (42.70%) Windows XP
7 38 (42.70%) XenApp
8 35 (39.33%) Active Directory
9 33 (37.08%) Hyper-V
10 30 (33.71%) VMware
11 29 (32.58%) VB
12 27 (30.34%) WSH
12 27 (30.34%) Wise Package Studio
13 25 (28.09%) AppSense
14 24 (26.97%) VMware Infrastructure
15 22 (24.72%) Citrix Certification
15 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Certification
16 20 (22.47%) MCSE
16 20 (22.47%) XenDesktop
17 19 (21.35%) CCA
17 19 (21.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 18 (20.22%) Windows Server 2008
19 17 (19.10%) XenServer
19 17 (19.10%) SCCM
20 15 (16.85%) InstallShield
21 14 (15.73%) MS Excel
21 14 (15.73%) NetScaler
21 14 (15.73%) Windows Vista
22 11 (12.36%) vSphere

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 47 (52.81%) Application Packaging
2 27 (30.34%) WSH
3 4 (4.494%) Software Packaging
4 2 (2.247%) .NET
4 2 (2.247%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (10.11%) MS Exchange
2 4 (4.494%) IIS
2 4 (4.494%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.494%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.247%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (2.247%) Lync
4 1 (1.124%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 14 (15.73%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.618%) MS Office
3 3 (3.371%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.371%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.73%) NetScaler
2 11 (12.36%) SAN
3 6 (6.742%) VLAN
4 4 (4.494%) DNS
5 3 (3.371%) NAS
5 3 (3.371%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.371%) DHCP
6 2 (2.247%) SMTP
6 2 (2.247%) FTP
6 2 (2.247%) HTTP
7 1 (1.124%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.124%) Network Security
7 1 (1.124%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.124%) VPN
7 1 (1.124%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.124%) SSL
7 1 (1.124%) LAN
7 1 (1.124%) LDAP
7 1 (1.124%) Firewall
7 1 (1.124%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.494%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.124%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.124%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.124%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (49.44%) MSI
2 27 (30.34%) Wise Package Studio
3 15 (16.85%) InstallShield
4 1 (1.124%) AdminStudio
General
1 8 (8.989%) Law
2 7 (7.865%) Finance
3 6 (6.742%) Legal
4 5 (5.618%) Banking
5 4 (4.494%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (40.45%) Applications Packager
2 17 (19.10%) Consultant
3 7 (7.865%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (7.865%) Analyst
4 6 (6.742%) Desktop Analyst
5 5 (5.618%) Team Leader
6 4 (4.494%) Support Team Leader
6 4 (4.494%) Citrix Engineer
6 4 (4.494%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.494%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (3.371%) Virtualisation Consultant
7 3 (3.371%) Applications Support
7 3 (3.371%) Support Consultant
7 3 (3.371%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (3.371%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 2 (2.247%) PC Support
8 2 (2.247%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 2 (2.247%) PC Support Engineer
8 2 (2.247%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (2.247%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.742%) Replication
1 6 (6.742%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.124%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.124%) Hedge funds
2 1 (1.124%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.124%) Celerra
2 1 (1.124%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.124%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (1.124%) Thin Client
2 1 (1.124%) EMC Centera
2 1 (1.124%) Clustering
2 1 (1.124%) PKI
2 1 (1.124%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 77 (86.52%) Windows
2 60 (67.42%) Windows 7
3 38 (42.70%) Windows XP
4 18 (20.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (15.73%) Windows Vista
6 11 (12.36%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (5.618%) Linux
8 1 (1.124%) UNIX
8 1 (1.124%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (10.11%) ITIL
2 8 (8.989%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (7.865%) Migration
4 3 (3.371%) Software Deployment
4 3 (3.371%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (3.371%) Validation
5 2 (2.247%) Project Planning
5 2 (2.247%) Configuration Management
5 2 (2.247%) System Testing
5 2 (2.247%) Software Distribution
6 1 (1.124%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.124%) CRM
6 1 (1.124%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.124%) Change Management
6 1 (1.124%) Practice Management
6 1 (1.124%) Document Management
6 1 (1.124%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (1.124%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (32.58%) VB
2 8 (8.989%) PowerShell
3 6 (6.742%) SQL
4 3 (3.371%) VBA
5 1 (1.124%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (24.72%) Citrix Certification
1 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (22.47%) MCSE
3 19 (21.35%) CCA
3 19 (21.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (8.989%) MCP
4 8 (8.989%) MCITP
5 7 (7.865%) CCIA
6 6 (6.742%) CCEE
7 3 (3.371%) MCTS
7 3 (3.371%) CCEA
8 2 (2.247%) Degree
9 1 (1.124%) VCP4
9 1 (1.124%) CCAA
9 1 (1.124%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.124%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.124%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.124%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.124%) CCNP
9 1 (1.124%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.247%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.247%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.124%) SLA
2 1 (1.124%) QA
System Software
1 38 (42.70%) XenApp
2 35 (39.33%) Active Directory
3 33 (37.08%) Hyper-V
4 24 (26.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (22.47%) XenDesktop
6 17 (19.10%) XenServer
7 11 (12.36%) vSphere
8 10 (11.24%) VMware ESX
9 6 (6.742%) VMware Server
10 4 (4.494%) Terminal Services
10 4 (4.494%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (1.124%) IAG
11 1 (1.124%) UAG
11 1 (1.124%) vCloud
11 1 (1.124%) NFS
11 1 (1.124%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 17 (19.10%) SCCM
2 5 (5.618%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (4.494%) AppDNA
4 3 (3.371%) SCOM
5 2 (2.247%) WSUS
6 1 (1.124%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (1.124%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 43 (48.31%) Citrix
2 41 (46.07%) Microsoft
3 30 (33.71%) VMware
4 25 (28.09%) AppSense
5 11 (12.36%) Novell
6 5 (5.618%) IronPort
6 5 (5.618%) Cisco
7 4 (4.494%) Altiris
7 4 (4.494%) EMC
8 3 (3.371%) Vizioncore
8 3 (3.371%) Adobe
8 3 (3.371%) Wyse
8 3 (3.371%) LANDesk
8 3 (3.371%) PlateSpin
9 2 (2.247%) Twitter
10 1 (1.124%) Bloomberg
10 1 (1.124%) Symantec
10 1 (1.124%) NetApp
10 1 (1.124%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.124%) Apple
City of London
The Citrix/App-V Engineer will be the subject matter expert (SME) for these two core areas, in particular with a range of Citrix products including XenApp, Pro-...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + banking benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
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If you also have experience in solving nasty problems with Microsoft Exchange 2007 & 2010, SQL 2005+, Hyper-V, App-V, AppSense, VMware, Firewalls, and Cisco networking, we will...
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Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
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