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 21 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 583 533 581
Rank change year-on-year
-50 +48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 273 353 286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.269% 0.310% 0.247%
As % of the System Software category 2.779% 3.587% 3.244%
Number of salaries quoted 229 320 204
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -3.74%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £36,450
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+7.95% -7.36%
All System Software
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
9823 9842 8816
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 9.667% 8.651% 7.628%
Number of salaries quoted 8363 8564 7279
Average salary £41,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.38% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
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 21 May 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 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -65 93 £52,500 +16.66%
South East +10 77 £45,000 -7.69%
East of England -1 35 £47,500 +18.75%
West Midlands -29 16 £60,000 +44.57%
South West +11 14 £38,500 +10.00%
North West -18 14 £39,000 +11.42%
East Midlands +11 12 £48,000 -
Yorkshire -7 9 £41,000 +2.50%
Midlands - 7 £50,000 -
Microsoft App-V
UK

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 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.

1 453 (73.90%) Windows
2 399 (65.09%) Citrix
3 370 (60.36%) Microsoft
4 281 (45.84%) XenApp
5 272 (44.37%) VMware
6 271 (44.21%) SCCM
7 258 (42.09%) Windows 7
8 239 (38.99%) Active Directory
9 208 (33.93%) VMware Infrastructure
10 190 (31.00%) MSI
11 186 (30.34%) XenDesktop
12 175 (28.55%) Hyper-V
13 171 (27.90%) Application Packaging
14 170 (27.73%) Windows Server 2008
15 151 (24.63%) AppSense
16 144 (23.49%) MS Excel
17 129 (21.04%) Microsoft Certification
18 128 (20.88%) XenServer
19 125 (20.39%) ITIL
20 114 (18.60%) MS Exchange
21 108 (17.62%) Windows XP
22 106 (17.29%) MCSE
23 103 (16.80%) Finance
24 100 (16.31%) Citrix Certification
25 99 (16.15%) Windows Server 2003
26 94 (15.33%) Exchange Server 2010
27 91 (14.85%) HP
28 90 (14.68%) vSphere
28 90 (14.68%) SCOM
29 89 (14.52%) MCITP

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 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
1 171 (27.90%) Application Packaging
2 42 (6.852%) Software Packaging
3 27 (4.405%) WSH
4 7 (1.142%) COM
5 5 (0.816%) XML
6 4 (0.653%) .NET
7 2 (0.326%) SAML
7 2 (0.326%) Web Services
7 2 (0.326%) HTML
7 2 (0.326%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.326%) XML Schema
8 1 (0.163%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 114 (18.60%) MS Exchange
2 94 (15.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 53 (8.646%) Exchange Server 2007
4 38 (6.199%) SharePoint
5 35 (5.710%) Lync
6 28 (4.568%) IIS
6 28 (4.568%) Office Communications Server
7 7 (1.142%) SharePoint 2010
7 7 (1.142%) Exchange Server 2003
7 7 (1.142%) Lotus Notes
8 4 (0.653%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.489%) Apache
10 2 (0.326%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.326%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.163%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.163%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 144 (23.49%) MS Excel
2 42 (6.852%) MS Office
3 15 (2.447%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.794%) MS Project
5 4 (0.653%) Office 365
6 2 (0.326%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.326%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (0.163%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (3.426%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 81 (13.21%) DNS
2 76 (12.40%) SAN
3 72 (11.75%) DHCP
4 65 (10.60%) NetScaler
5 56 (9.135%) Firewall
6 44 (7.178%) NAS
7 39 (6.362%) TCP/IP
8 35 (5.710%) iSCSI
9 31 (5.057%) Network Security
10 29 (4.731%) VPN
11 20 (3.263%) LDAP
12 14 (2.284%) LAN
13 11 (1.794%) SMTP
13 11 (1.794%) FTP
14 10 (1.631%) WAN
14 10 (1.631%) Wireless
15 8 (1.305%) Ethernet
15 8 (1.305%) Fibre Channel
16 7 (1.142%) Unified Communications
16 7 (1.142%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.93%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.383%) SQL Server 2008
3 28 (4.568%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (1.631%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.653%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (0.489%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.326%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.163%) Crystal Enterprise
8 1 (0.163%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.163%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 190 (31.00%) MSI
2 59 (9.625%) InstallShield
3 41 (6.688%) AdminStudio
4 35 (5.710%) Wise Package Studio
5 2 (0.326%) InstallAnywhere
6 1 (0.163%) Rational Functional Tester
6 1 (0.163%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.163%) LoadRunner
General
1 103 (16.80%) Finance
2 40 (6.525%) Banking
3 25 (4.078%) Law
4 18 (2.936%) Legal
4 18 (2.936%) Publishing
5 13 (2.121%) Investment Banking
6 10 (1.631%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.305%) Retail
8 5 (0.816%) Back Office
9 4 (0.653%) Advertising
10 1 (0.163%) Local Government
10 1 (0.163%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 154 (25.12%) Consultant
2 132 (21.53%) Applications Packager
3 45 (7.341%) Technical Consultant
4 43 (7.015%) Citrix Engineer
5 42 (6.852%) Analyst
5 42 (6.852%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 39 (6.362%) Architect
7 38 (6.199%) Citrix Consultant
7 38 (6.199%) Wintel Engineer
8 29 (4.731%) Administrator
9 28 (4.568%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (3.915%) Support Engineer
11 23 (3.752%) Infrastructure Architect
11 23 (3.752%) Desktop Engineer
12 22 (3.589%) 3rd Line Support
13 18 (2.936%) Microsoft Consultant
14 17 (2.773%) Systems Administrator
15 16 (2.610%) Citrix Support
15 16 (2.610%) Technical Specialist
16 15 (2.447%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.426%) Fat Client
1 21 (3.426%) Thin Client
2 14 (2.284%) Blackberry
2 14 (2.284%) Clustering
3 10 (1.631%) PMI
4 9 (1.468%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.305%) Management Information System
6 6 (0.979%) Client/Server
6 6 (0.979%) Replication
7 5 (0.816%) Hedge funds
8 4 (0.653%) PKI
8 4 (0.653%) CMDB
8 4 (0.653%) iPad
9 3 (0.489%) Celerra
9 3 (0.489%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.489%) Symmetrix DMX
9 3 (0.489%) EMC Centera
10 2 (0.326%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.326%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.163%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 453 (73.90%) Windows
2 258 (42.09%) Windows 7
3 170 (27.73%) Windows Server 2008
4 108 (17.62%) Windows XP
5 99 (16.15%) Windows Server 2003
6 46 (7.504%) UNIX
7 37 (6.036%) Windows Vista
8 34 (5.546%) Solaris
9 24 (3.915%) Linux
10 21 (3.426%) OpenVMS
11 20 (3.263%) Windows Server 2012
12 14 (2.284%) Windows 8
13 10 (1.631%) AIX
14 6 (0.979%) SUSE
15 4 (0.653%) Windows 2000
16 3 (0.489%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.489%) Mac OS X
17 1 (0.163%) Apple iOS
17 1 (0.163%) Windows Mobile
17 1 (0.163%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (20.39%) ITIL
2 58 (9.462%) Service Delivery
3 49 (7.993%) Migration
4 40 (6.525%) Validation
5 31 (5.057%) Data Protection
6 29 (4.731%) Project Management
7 24 (3.915%) PRINCE2
8 23 (3.752%) Network Load Balancing
9 21 (3.426%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (3.263%) Software Distribution
11 19 (3.100%) Time Management
11 19 (3.100%) User Acceptance Testing
12 17 (2.773%) Change Management
13 16 (2.610%) Software Deployment
13 16 (2.610%) Disaster Recovery
14 14 (2.284%) Configuration Management
14 14 (2.284%) Process Management
14 14 (2.284%) Fault Management
15 13 (2.121%) Information Security
16 12 (1.958%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (11.91%) PowerShell
2 56 (9.135%) VB
2 56 (9.135%) SQL
3 49 (7.993%) VBScript
4 17 (2.773%) C
5 8 (1.305%) VBA
6 3 (0.489%) Perl
7 2 (0.326%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.326%) C#
7 2 (0.326%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.163%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.163%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 129 (21.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 106 (17.29%) MCSE
3 100 (16.31%) Citrix Certification
4 89 (14.52%) MCITP
5 82 (13.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 75 (12.23%) CCA
7 58 (9.462%) Security Cleared
8 49 (7.993%) CCEE
9 47 (7.667%) CCIA
9 47 (7.667%) MCTS
10 39 (6.362%) CCEA
11 36 (5.873%) MCP
11 36 (5.873%) SC Cleared
12 27 (4.405%) MCSA
13 24 (3.915%) CCAA
14 20 (3.263%) DV Cleared
15 10 (1.631%) PMI Certification
16 9 (1.468%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (1.142%) VCP4
17 7 (1.142%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.993%) SLA
2 22 (3.589%) QA
3 17 (2.773%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.489%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.489%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.489%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.163%) GxP
System Software
1 281 (45.84%) XenApp
2 239 (38.99%) Active Directory
3 208 (33.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 186 (30.34%) XenDesktop
5 175 (28.55%) Hyper-V
6 128 (20.88%) XenServer
7 90 (14.68%) vSphere
8 65 (10.60%) VMware ESX
9 30 (4.894%) VMware ESXi
10 28 (4.568%) NFS
11 24 (3.915%) Terminal Services
12 23 (3.752%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 17 (2.773%) UAG
14 10 (1.631%) Forefront TMG
15 9 (1.468%) IAG
16 8 (1.305%) PowerHA
17 6 (0.979%) VMware Server
18 5 (0.816%) Terminal Server
19 4 (0.653%) vCloud
20 2 (0.326%) Xen
Systems Management
1 271 (44.21%) SCCM
2 90 (14.68%) SCOM
3 56 (9.135%) WSUS
4 37 (6.036%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 33 (5.383%) SCVMM
6 15 (2.447%) Backup Exec
7 12 (1.958%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 10 (1.631%) Opalis
9 7 (1.142%) AppDNA
9 7 (1.142%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.489%) ZENworks
11 2 (0.326%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 2 (0.326%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
12 1 (0.163%) Sysprep
12 1 (0.163%) Plesk
12 1 (0.163%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.163%) Cacti
12 1 (0.163%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 399 (65.09%) Citrix
2 370 (60.36%) Microsoft
3 272 (44.37%) VMware
4 151 (24.63%) AppSense
5 91 (14.85%) HP
6 56 (9.135%) Cisco
7 52 (8.483%) LANDesk
8 40 (6.525%) EMC
9 24 (3.915%) Symantec
10 23 (3.752%) CommVault
10 23 (3.752%) NetApp
11 21 (3.426%) SAP
12 20 (3.263%) Novell
12 20 (3.263%) Altiris
13 16 (2.610%) Dell
14 15 (2.447%) Adobe
15 14 (2.284%) PlateSpin
16 12 (1.958%) Vizioncore
17 11 (1.794%) Veeam
17 11 (1.794%) Wyse
London
They have some of the best consultants in the UK and often provide services alongside Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, Appsense, Liquidware, 1E and many others . My client is one...
Satigo
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Car, Health, Life, Pension
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
App-V packaging. - Windows 7 migrations. Including AppSense and App-v - Desktop build engineering and updates on a regular basis and enforcing desktop standard policies. - Application packaging and...
Mortimer Spinks
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Korus are currently working with one of the UK's Citrix Platinum partners who have been established in the market place for over 20 years.Our client are...
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
Leading a team that functions as second line escalation of problems, with an unknown underlying cause and incidents that have not been successfully rectified by the Service Desk...
Salary: £35000.00 - £42000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
City, London
The Citrix and App-V engineer will also need to be CCEA, CCEE or MCP Certified... *Working knowledge of Citrix XenDesktop 5.6. *Application packaging experience using App-...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £50000.0000 - £55000.0000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
A highly successful global Managed Services and IT solutions Provider with a solid reputation seeks a high-calibre Software and Virtualisation Pre-sales Consultant for a home based...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP55 to GBP65 per annum + Benefits: plus car allowance, bonus and benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
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
Bracknell, Berkshire
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 20 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bromley, South East
Key Competencies/level Mandatory Skills:Specialist in Directory Services, Certificate Management and Windows System Administration (server and desktop) including AD, ADFS, ADRM, DHCP, PXE, Dirsync,DNS, LDAP, IP...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £70000.00 - £80000.00 per annum + Bonus, Full Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
Desktop Engineering Analyst - Packaging - App-V - AppSense... The successful candidate will be joining an expanding team and have experience working with Deployment & Packaging, Windows 7 Migration, App-V,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT SPECIALISTThis is a contract position working to roll out with AppV and SCCM.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active Directory...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25.00 - £35.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
This is a contract position working to roll out with APPV and SCCM.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active Directory 2008, Exchange...
Salary: £20.00 - £25.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
Skills required are Active Directory, MS Exchange, TCP/IP networking and infrastructure management, SAN experience and/or NetApps, experience with aspects such as VOIP, an understanding for security...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £42000.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Essex
AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP, GPO, LDAP etc) Extensive experience supporting & configuring Citrix XenApp 4.5, XenApp 5, 6 and 6.5. Support experience of Citrix XenServer and...
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013