The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 3 months to 18 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 549 519 593
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +74
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 317 397 296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.307% 0.351% 0.243%
As % of the System Software category 3.145% 3.909% 3.058%
Number of salaries quoted 273 360 197
Average salary £47,750 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+7.95% -2.22%
All System Software
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
10078 10157 9681
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 9.771% 8.990% 7.951%
Number of salaries quoted 8630 8803 8091
Average salary £41,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.52% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £62,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
Microsoft App-V
UK

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Microsoft App-V Salary Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 18 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
London -22 132 £55,000 +22.22% 14
South East +9 78 £45,000 -14.28% 6
East of England 0 39 £47,500 +18.75% 6
North West -7 21 £39,000 +9.09% 1
West Midlands -27 16 £60,000 +60.00% 7
South West +11 15 £38,250 +9.28% 1
East Midlands +9 12 £47,750 -
Yorkshire -10 8 £45,250 +13.12% 2
Midlands - 3 £50,000 -
Microsoft App-V
UK

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 464 (75.20%) Windows
2 387 (62.72%) Citrix
3 372 (60.29%) Microsoft
4 282 (45.71%) VMware
5 271 (43.92%) XenApp
6 259 (41.98%) Windows 7
7 258 (41.82%) SCCM
8 240 (38.90%) Active Directory
9 219 (35.49%) VMware Infrastructure
10 190 (30.79%) MSI
11 179 (29.01%) Application Packaging
12 168 (27.23%) Windows Server 2008
12 168 (27.23%) XenDesktop
13 163 (26.42%) AppSense
14 155 (25.12%) Hyper-V
15 149 (24.15%) MS Excel
16 135 (21.88%) Microsoft Certification
17 125 (20.26%) Windows XP
17 125 (20.26%) XenServer
18 120 (19.45%) ITIL
19 113 (18.31%) MS Exchange
20 109 (17.67%) MCSE
21 107 (17.34%) Finance
22 104 (16.86%) Windows Server 2003
23 94 (15.24%) MCITP
24 92 (14.91%) Citrix Certification
24 92 (14.91%) DNS
25 84 (13.61%) DHCP
26 83 (13.45%) Exchange Server 2010
27 81 (13.13%) vSphere

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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
1 179 (29.01%) Application Packaging
2 42 (6.807%) Software Packaging
3 28 (4.538%) WSH
4 6 (0.972%) COM
5 5 (0.810%) .NET
6 2 (0.324%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.324%) Web Services
6 2 (0.324%) SAML
6 2 (0.324%) WebSphere MQ
6 2 (0.324%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.324%) MSMQ
7 1 (0.162%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 113 (18.31%) MS Exchange
2 83 (13.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 46 (7.455%) Exchange Server 2007
4 34 (5.511%) SharePoint
5 28 (4.538%) Lync
6 26 (4.214%) Office Communications Server
7 20 (3.241%) IIS
8 4 (0.648%) CMS
8 4 (0.648%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.486%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (0.486%) Apache
10 2 (0.324%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.324%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.324%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.324%) Windows Azure
10 2 (0.324%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 149 (24.15%) MS Excel
2 30 (4.862%) MS Office
3 10 (1.621%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.297%) MS Project
5 4 (0.648%) Office 365
6 2 (0.324%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.324%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (0.162%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (3.404%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.162%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 92 (14.91%) DNS
2 84 (13.61%) DHCP
3 76 (12.32%) SAN
4 71 (11.51%) NetScaler
5 52 (8.428%) Firewall
6 47 (7.618%) TCP/IP
7 38 (6.159%) NAS
8 36 (5.835%) VPN
9 34 (5.511%) iSCSI
10 28 (4.538%) LDAP
11 26 (4.214%) Network Security
12 20 (3.241%) SMTP
13 19 (3.079%) LAN
14 18 (2.917%) FTP
15 17 (2.755%) Ethernet
16 16 (2.593%) Wireless
17 10 (1.621%) VLAN
17 10 (1.621%) Unified Communications
17 10 (1.621%) WAN
18 6 (0.972%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.51%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.728%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (3.566%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (1.621%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (1.135%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (0.486%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.162%) MySQL
7 1 (0.162%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.162%) Crystal Enterprise
Development Applications
1 190 (30.79%) MSI
2 51 (8.266%) InstallShield
3 44 (7.131%) AdminStudio
4 35 (5.673%) Wise Package Studio
5 1 (0.162%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.162%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.162%) Rational Functional Tester
5 1 (0.162%) WinDbg
5 1 (0.162%) InstallAnywhere
General
1 107 (17.34%) Finance
2 41 (6.645%) Banking
3 23 (3.728%) Publishing
4 15 (2.431%) Law
5 11 (1.783%) Investment Banking
6 10 (1.621%) Retail
6 10 (1.621%) Telecoms
7 6 (0.972%) Legal
8 5 (0.810%) Back Office
9 4 (0.648%) Advertising
10 1 (0.162%) Local Government
10 1 (0.162%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 156 (25.28%) Consultant
2 131 (21.23%) Applications Packager
3 45 (7.293%) Analyst
4 44 (7.131%) Architect
4 44 (7.131%) Technical Consultant
5 43 (6.969%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 39 (6.321%) Wintel Engineer
6 39 (6.321%) Citrix Engineer
7 35 (5.673%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (4.376%) Citrix Consultant
8 27 (4.376%) Administrator
9 26 (4.214%) 3rd Line Support
10 25 (4.052%) Support Engineer
11 20 (3.241%) Infrastructure Architect
11 20 (3.241%) Desktop Engineer
12 18 (2.917%) Technical Architect
13 16 (2.593%) Desktop Analyst
13 16 (2.593%) Citrix Support
13 16 (2.593%) Microsoft Consultant
14 15 (2.431%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.890%) Thin Client
1 24 (3.890%) Fat Client
2 19 (3.079%) Clustering
3 15 (2.431%) Blackberry
4 10 (1.621%) PMI
5 8 (1.297%) Replication
6 7 (1.135%) PKI
7 6 (0.972%) Client/Server
7 6 (0.972%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.648%) iPad
9 3 (0.486%) Symmetrix DMX
9 3 (0.486%) CMDB
9 3 (0.486%) Celerra
9 3 (0.486%) EMC Centera
9 3 (0.486%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.486%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.324%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.162%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.162%) Firmware
11 1 (0.162%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 464 (75.20%) Windows
2 259 (41.98%) Windows 7
3 168 (27.23%) Windows Server 2008
4 125 (20.26%) Windows XP
5 104 (16.86%) Windows Server 2003
6 59 (9.562%) Windows Vista
7 42 (6.807%) UNIX
8 35 (5.673%) Solaris
9 24 (3.890%) Linux
10 22 (3.566%) Windows Server 2012
11 21 (3.404%) OpenVMS
12 14 (2.269%) Windows 8
13 13 (2.107%) Windows 2000
14 10 (1.621%) AIX
15 4 (0.648%) SUSE
16 3 (0.486%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.486%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.324%) Windows 2000 Server
18 1 (0.162%) Mac OS
18 1 (0.162%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (19.45%) ITIL
2 50 (8.104%) Migration
3 49 (7.942%) Service Delivery
4 37 (5.997%) Validation
5 29 (4.700%) Project Management
5 29 (4.700%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (3.728%) Data Protection
6 23 (3.728%) PRINCE2
7 22 (3.566%) Change Management
7 22 (3.566%) Network Load Balancing
8 18 (2.917%) User Acceptance Testing
8 18 (2.917%) Time Management
9 17 (2.755%) Software Distribution
9 17 (2.755%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (2.431%) Process Management
11 13 (2.107%) Project Planning
11 13 (2.107%) Software Deployment
11 13 (2.107%) Fault Management
12 12 (1.945%) High Availability
13 11 (1.783%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (12.16%) PowerShell
2 54 (8.752%) VB
3 46 (7.455%) SQL
4 44 (7.131%) VBScript
5 18 (2.917%) C
6 5 (0.810%) VBA
7 3 (0.486%) Perl
7 3 (0.486%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.324%) C#
9 1 (0.162%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.162%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 135 (21.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 109 (17.67%) MCSE
3 94 (15.24%) MCITP
4 92 (14.91%) Citrix Certification
5 73 (11.83%) CCA
6 68 (11.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 62 (10.05%) Security Cleared
8 44 (7.131%) SC Cleared
8 44 (7.131%) CCIA
9 43 (6.969%) MCP
9 43 (6.969%) MCTS
10 41 (6.645%) CCEE
11 37 (5.997%) CCEA
12 29 (4.700%) MCSA
12 29 (4.700%) DV Cleared
13 20 (3.241%) CCAA
14 10 (1.621%) PMI Certification
15 9 (1.459%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (1.297%) VCP4
16 8 (1.297%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.321%) SLA
2 24 (3.890%) QA
3 15 (2.431%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.486%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.162%) GxP
System Software
1 271 (43.92%) XenApp
2 240 (38.90%) Active Directory
3 219 (35.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 168 (27.23%) XenDesktop
5 155 (25.12%) Hyper-V
6 125 (20.26%) XenServer
7 81 (13.13%) vSphere
8 73 (11.83%) VMware ESX
9 40 (6.483%) VMware ESXi
10 29 (4.700%) Terminal Services
10 29 (4.700%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 24 (3.890%) NFS
12 18 (2.917%) UAG
13 10 (1.621%) IAG
14 8 (1.297%) Forefront TMG
14 8 (1.297%) PowerHA
14 8 (1.297%) VMware Server
15 5 (0.810%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 5 (0.810%) ISA Server
16 4 (0.648%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 258 (41.82%) SCCM
2 71 (11.51%) SCOM
3 56 (9.076%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 52 (8.428%) WSUS
5 29 (4.700%) SCVMM
6 16 (2.593%) Backup Exec
7 11 (1.783%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 8 (1.297%) Norton AntiVirus
9 6 (0.972%) Opalis
10 5 (0.810%) AppDNA
11 3 (0.486%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.324%) BMC Marimba
12 2 (0.324%) WMI
12 2 (0.324%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.324%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
12 2 (0.324%) Sysprep
13 1 (0.162%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.162%) ZENworks
13 1 (0.162%) BladeLogic
13 1 (0.162%) DameWare
Vendors
1 387 (62.72%) Citrix
2 372 (60.29%) Microsoft
3 282 (45.71%) VMware
4 163 (26.42%) AppSense
5 75 (12.16%) HP
6 49 (7.942%) Cisco
7 47 (7.618%) LANDesk
8 35 (5.673%) EMC
9 30 (4.862%) Symantec
10 22 (3.566%) CommVault
11 21 (3.404%) SAP
11 21 (3.404%) Novell
12 18 (2.917%) Altiris
12 18 (2.917%) Oracle
13 17 (2.755%) NetApp
14 15 (2.431%) PlateSpin
15 14 (2.269%) Dell
16 13 (2.107%) Vizioncore
17 11 (1.783%) Wyse
18 10 (1.621%) Adobe
England
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within an extremely fast growing Consultancy Practice for an experienced Windows 7 Technical Architect. This role will have a strong focus...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Competitive Salary + Car
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Citrix XenApp ? Citrix XenDesktop ? Microsoft App-V ? Microsoft Remote Desktop Services ? Citrix Professional Qualifications - additional accreditations with other vendors desirable Desired Skills needed for this role is: ? Appsense ?...
Computer People
Salary: £48000.00 - £70000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Experience required: * Experienced in Microsoft AppV and AppSense * Experience of SCCM * Knowledge of Citrix Technology (ZenAPP6.5) * Strong technical understanding of technologies involved across the Group eg networking,...
Reed Technology
Salary: £35000 - £41000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure technologies and architectures (including Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View) - hypervisor technologies (Citrix XenServer, Hyper-V, VMware) - application virtualisation technologies (Citrix XenApp, App-V and VMware...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum Corporate Benefits Package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Desktop deployment experience - mass rollouts of Windows 7, XP and Vista ?... Microsoft Active Directory and Server knowledge ? Desktop virtualisation - Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, VMware View ? MS Exchange / SharePoint / Office...
Computer People
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £55000 to £65000 per annum - Bonus + Corporate Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Hatfield, nr Welwyn Garden City, St Albans,...
Satigo
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + car, health, life, pension
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
ComputaCenter
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
ComputaCenter
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hatfield, nr Welwyn Garden City, St Albans,...
Satigo
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + car, health, life, pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Capital IT Resourcing LTD
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum Bonus, Pension & Other benefits.
Posted: 12 June 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Selecture Limited
Salary: £45000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 15 June 2013
South West London
London Borough of Wandsworth
Salary: From £37,851 to £45,807 per annum plus performance related pay
Posted: 5 June 2013
Essex
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Connectus
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
City, London
NDK Consulting.co.uk ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Plus excellent benefits & Bonus
Posted: 16 June 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £35,000 to £65,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum dep on exp, plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £45,000 to £75,000 per annum (dep on exp), bonus & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013