The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 3 months to 24 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 189 165 142
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 3 8 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.073% 0.221% 0.708%
As % of the System Software category 1.079% 2.174% 9.003%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 24
Average salary £60,000 £35,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+71.42% -41.66%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+7.95% -7.36%
All System Software
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
278 368 311
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 6.789% 10.15% 7.865%
Number of salaries quoted 225 346 278
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £59,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Microsoft App-V Salary Trend

Microsoft App-V
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) MCP
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCP
1 3 (75.00%) MCITP
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
1 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
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