Microsoft App-V Jobs

The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

Location

3 months to
24 May 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)

Rank

579

545

590

Rank change year-on-year

-34

+45

Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V

298

387

300

As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK

0.276%

0.321%

0.241%

As % of the System Software category

2.878%

3.669%

3.169%

Number of salaries quoted

250

334

202

Average salary

£48,000

£45,000

£46,750

Average salary % change year-on-year

+6.66%

-3.74%

90% offered a salary of more than

£35,000

£36,150

10% offered a salary of more than

£60,000

£66,500

£60,000

UK excluding London average salary

£47,500

£44,000

£47,500

% change year-on-year

+7.95%

-7.36%

Search 56 Microsoft App-V jobs

All System Software
UK

Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category

10354

10549

9467

As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK

9.580%

8.741%

7.609%

Number of salaries quoted

8721

9090

7789

Average salary

£40,000

£41,500

£40,000

Average salary % change year-on-year

-3.61%

+3.75%

90% offered a salary of more than

£26,000

£26,500

£25,000

10% offered a salary of more than

£60,000

UK excluding London average salary

£38,500

£39,000

£37,500

% change year-on-year

-1.28%

+4.00%

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Microsoft App-V
Salary Trend

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

Microsoft App-V
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England	-51	272	£47,500	+5.55%
London	-46	94	£52,500	+16.66%
South East	+17	75	£45,000	-14.28%
City of London	-5	41	£52,500	-4.54%
Hampshire	+29	36	£40,000	-9.09%
East of England	-6	35	£47,500	+18.75%
Berkshire	+22	30	£48,750	-4.87%
Southampton	-	20	£45,000	-
Essex	+31	17	£47,500	+47.28%
Reading	+6	17	£60,000	+17.07%
West Midlands	-29	16	£60,000	+50.00%
North West	-7	15	£39,000	+11.42%
South West	+10	13	£38,500	+10.00%
East Midlands	+9	13	£48,000	-
Surrey	+13	12	£50,000	-17.69%
Nottinghamshire	+6	12	£48,000	-
Nottingham	+5	12	£48,000	-
Gloucestershire	-	12	£38,500	-
Bedfordshire	-4	11	£35,000	-26.31%
Yorkshire	+2	9	£41,000	+2.50%
Dunstable	-	9	£29,000	-
Cirencester	-	7	£38,500	-
Warrington	+20	6	£39,000	+11.42%
Cheshire	0	6	£39,000	+11.42%
Buckinghamshire	-18	6	£55,000	+22.22%
Fareham	-	6	£40,000	-
Midlands	-	6	£50,000	-
Lancashire	+5	5	£39,250	+12.14%
Birmingham	-19	5	£60,000	+14.28%
Blackpool	-	5	£39,250	-

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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	485 (73.48%)	Windows
2	419 (63.48%)	Citrix
3	407 (61.67%)	Microsoft
4	304 (46.06%)	SCCM
5	301 (45.61%)	VMware
6	289 (43.79%)	XenApp
7	280 (42.42%)	Windows 7
8	259 (39.24%)	Active Directory
9	225 (34.09%)	VMware Infrastructure
10	194 (29.39%)	XenDesktop
10	194 (29.39%)	Hyper-V
11	191 (28.94%)	MSI
12	178 (26.97%)	Windows Server 2008
13	174 (26.36%)	Application Packaging
14	170 (25.76%)	MS Excel

15	164 (24.85%)	AppSense
16	158 (23.94%)	Microsoft Certification
17	141 (21.36%)	XenServer
18	135 (20.45%)	MCSE
19	129 (19.55%)	ITIL
20	119 (18.03%)	Windows XP
21	118 (17.88%)	MCITP
22	116 (17.58%)	MS Exchange
23	112 (16.97%)	SCOM
24	111 (16.82%)	HP
25	109 (16.52%)	Finance
26	99 (15.00%)	Citrix Certification
27	98 (14.85%)	Windows Server 2003
28	96 (14.55%)	Exchange Server 2010
29	91 (13.79%)	vSphere

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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	174 (26.36%)	Application Packaging
2	42 (6.364%)	Software Packaging
3	26 (3.939%)	WSH
4	7 (1.061%)	COM
5	5 (0.758%)	XML
6	4 (0.606%)	.NET
7	2 (0.303%)	SAML
7	2 (0.303%)	Web Services
7	2 (0.303%)	ASP.NET
8	1 (0.152%)	XML Schema
8	1 (0.152%)	HTML
8	1 (0.152%)	ODBC
8	1 (0.152%)	Middleware

Application Platforms
1	116 (17.58%)	MS Exchange
2	96 (14.55%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	56 (8.485%)	Exchange Server 2007
4	35 (5.303%)	SharePoint
5	33 (5.000%)	Lync
6	28 (4.242%)	Office Communications Server
7	24 (3.636%)	IIS
8	10 (1.515%)	Exchange Server 2003
9	6 (0.909%)	Lotus Notes
10	5 (0.758%)	SharePoint 2010
11	4 (0.606%)	Exchange Server 2013
12	3 (0.455%)	Apache
13	2 (0.303%)	Windows Azure
13	2 (0.303%)	Tomcat
14	1 (0.152%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
14	1 (0.152%)	SharePoint Server

Applications
1	170 (25.76%)	MS Excel
2	41 (6.212%)	MS Office
3	14 (2.121%)	MS Visio
4	10 (1.515%)	MS Project
5	4 (0.606%)	Office 365
6	2 (0.303%)	MS PowerPoint
6	2 (0.303%)	Acrobat
7	1 (0.152%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	21 (3.182%)	SAP Business One

Communications & Networking
1	88 (13.33%)	DNS
2	86 (13.03%)	SAN
3	72 (10.91%)	DHCP
4	64 (9.697%)	NetScaler
5	57 (8.636%)	Firewall
6	43 (6.515%)	NAS
7	38 (5.758%)	TCP/IP
8	35 (5.303%)	iSCSI
9	34 (5.152%)	Network Security
10	32 (4.848%)	VPN
11	21 (3.182%)	LDAP
12	17 (2.576%)	LAN
13	13 (1.970%)	WAN
13	13 (1.970%)	Wireless
14	11 (1.667%)	SMTP
14	11 (1.667%)	FTP
15	10 (1.515%)	VoIP
16	8 (1.212%)	Ethernet
17	7 (1.061%)	HTTP
17	7 (1.061%)	Unified Communications

Database & Business Intelligence
1	69 (10.45%)	SQL Server
2	36 (5.455%)	SQL Server 2008
3	31 (4.697%)	SQL Server 2005
4	10 (1.515%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	4 (0.606%)	Oracle 8/8i
6	3 (0.455%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	2 (0.303%)	SQL Server 2000
8	1 (0.152%)	Data Mining
8	1 (0.152%)	Crystal Enterprise
8	1 (0.152%)	MySQL

Development Applications
1	191 (28.94%)	MSI
2	52 (7.879%)	InstallShield
3	40 (6.061%)	AdminStudio
4	34 (5.152%)	Wise Package Studio
5	2 (0.303%)	InstallAnywhere
6	1 (0.152%)	TestDirector
6	1 (0.152%)	LoadRunner
6	1 (0.152%)	Rational Functional Tester

General
1	109 (16.52%)	Finance
2	41 (6.212%)	Banking
3	19 (2.879%)	Publishing
3	19 (2.879%)	Law
4	13 (1.970%)	Legal
4	13 (1.970%)	Investment Banking
5	11 (1.667%)	Telecoms
6	9 (1.364%)	Retail
7	5 (0.758%)	Back Office
8	3 (0.455%)	Advertising
9	2 (0.303%)	Marketing
10	1 (0.152%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	181 (27.42%)	Consultant
2	134 (20.30%)	Applications Packager
3	56 (8.485%)	Technical Consultant
4	49 (7.424%)	Analyst
5	43 (6.515%)	Virtualisation Consultant
6	42 (6.364%)	Wintel Engineer
6	42 (6.364%)	Architect
7	41 (6.212%)	Citrix Engineer
8	36 (5.455%)	Citrix Consultant
9	28 (4.242%)	Infrastructure Engineer
9	28 (4.242%)	Administrator
10	26 (3.939%)	Support Engineer
11	24 (3.636%)	3rd Line Support
12	23 (3.485%)	Infrastructure Architect
13	22 (3.333%)	Desktop Engineer
13	22 (3.333%)	Support Analyst
14	18 (2.727%)	Microsoft Consultant
15	16 (2.424%)	Technical Specialist
15	16 (2.424%)	Systems Administrator
16	15 (2.273%)	Technical Architect

Miscellaneous
1	27 (4.091%)	Clustering
2	19 (2.879%)	Thin Client
2	19 (2.879%)	Fat Client
3	14 (2.121%)	Blackberry
4	10 (1.515%)	PMI
5	9 (1.364%)	Enterprise Software
6	7 (1.061%)	Management Information System
7	6 (0.909%)	Replication
7	6 (0.909%)	Client/Server
8	5 (0.758%)	Hedge funds
9	4 (0.606%)	PKI
9	4 (0.606%)	CMDB
9	4 (0.606%)	iPad
10	3 (0.455%)	EMC Centera
10	3 (0.455%)	Celerra
10	3 (0.455%)	Video Conferencing
10	3 (0.455%)	Symmetrix DMX
11	2 (0.303%)	Cloud Computing
11	2 (0.303%)	Enterprise Storage
11	2 (0.303%)	Mainframe

Operating Systems
1	485 (73.48%)	Windows
2	280 (42.42%)	Windows 7
3	178 (26.97%)	Windows Server 2008
4	119 (18.03%)	Windows XP
5	98 (14.85%)	Windows Server 2003
6	45 (6.818%)	UNIX
7	43 (6.515%)	Windows Vista
8	34 (5.152%)	Solaris
9	23 (3.485%)	Linux
10	21 (3.182%)	OpenVMS
10	21 (3.182%)	Windows Server 2012
11	14 (2.121%)	Windows 8
12	10 (1.515%)	AIX
13	5 (0.758%)	Windows 2000
13	5 (0.758%)	SUSE
14	3 (0.455%)	Mac OS X
14	3 (0.455%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15	1 (0.152%)	Apple iOS
15	1 (0.152%)	Windows Mobile
15	1 (0.152%)	Windows 2000 Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	129 (19.55%)	ITIL
2	60 (9.091%)	Service Delivery
3	58 (8.788%)	Migration
4	44 (6.667%)	Validation
5	40 (6.061%)	Data Protection
6	30 (4.545%)	Disaster Recovery
7	29 (4.394%)	Project Management
8	24 (3.636%)	PRINCE2
9	23 (3.485%)	Network Load Balancing
10	22 (3.333%)	Software Distribution
11	21 (3.182%)	Change Management
11	21 (3.182%)	Continuous Improvement
12	20 (3.030%)	High Availability
13	19 (2.879%)	Time Management
13	19 (2.879%)	Project Planning
14	18 (2.727%)	User Acceptance Testing
15	16 (2.424%)	Service Management
16	15 (2.273%)	Software Deployment
17	14 (2.121%)	Fault Management
17	14 (2.121%)	Process Management

Programming Languages
1	75 (11.36%)	PowerShell
2	54 (8.182%)	VB
2	54 (8.182%)	SQL
3	49 (7.424%)	VBScript
4	18 (2.727%)	C
5	7 (1.061%)	VBA
6	4 (0.606%)	Perl
7	2 (0.303%)	T-SQL
7	2 (0.303%)	C#
8	1 (0.152%)	JavaScript
8	1 (0.152%)	Shell Script
8	1 (0.152%)	Bash shell

Qualifications
1	158 (23.94%)	Microsoft Certification
2	135 (20.45%)	MCSE
3	118 (17.88%)	MCITP
4	99 (15.00%)	Citrix Certification
5	81 (12.27%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6	73 (11.06%)	CCA
7	67 (10.15%)	MCTS
8	59 (8.939%)	Security Cleared
9	49 (7.424%)	CCIA
9	49 (7.424%)	CCEE
10	41 (6.212%)	MCP
11	38 (5.758%)	CCEA
12	36 (5.455%)	SC Cleared
13	33 (5.000%)	MCSA
14	22 (3.333%)	CCAA
15	20 (3.030%)	DV Cleared
16	10 (1.515%)	PMI Certification
17	9 (1.364%)	ITIL Certification
17	9 (1.364%)	Degree
18	7 (1.061%)	VCP4

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	49 (7.424%)	SLA
2	21 (3.182%)	QA
3	17 (2.576%)	PCI DSS
4	3 (0.455%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
5	1 (0.152%)	GxP

System Software
1	289 (43.79%)	XenApp
2	259 (39.24%)	Active Directory
3	225 (34.09%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	194 (29.39%)	XenDesktop
4	194 (29.39%)	Hyper-V
5	141 (21.36%)	XenServer
6	91 (13.79%)	vSphere
7	65 (9.848%)	VMware ESX
8	31 (4.697%)	VMware ESXi
9	27 (4.091%)	UAG
9	27 (4.091%)	NFS
10	26 (3.939%)	Terminal Services
11	23 (3.485%)	Citrix Presentation Server
12	22 (3.333%)	Forefront TMG
13	8 (1.212%)	PowerHA
13	8 (1.212%)	Terminal Server
14	7 (1.061%)	IAG
15	6 (0.909%)	VMware Server
16	5 (0.758%)	vCloud
17	2 (0.303%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	304 (46.06%)	SCCM
2	112 (16.97%)	SCOM
3	62 (9.394%)	WSUS
4	45 (6.818%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
5	43 (6.515%)	SCVMM
6	26 (3.939%)	Backup Exec
7	12 (1.818%)	Opalis
7	12 (1.818%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
8	7 (1.061%)	AppDNA
9	6 (0.909%)	NetBackup
10	3 (0.455%)	Norton AntiVirus
11	2 (0.303%)	McAfee ePO
11	2 (0.303%)	Tivoli Endpoint Manager
11	2 (0.303%)	ZENworks
11	2 (0.303%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
12	1 (0.152%)	Sysprep
12	1 (0.152%)	Plesk
12	1 (0.152%)	Cacti
12	1 (0.152%)	HP Quality Center

Vendors
1	419 (63.48%)	Citrix
2	407 (61.67%)	Microsoft
3	301 (45.61%)	VMware
4	164 (24.85%)	AppSense
5	111 (16.82%)	HP
6	72 (10.91%)	Cisco
7	50 (7.576%)	LANDesk
8	42 (6.364%)	EMC
9	37 (5.606%)	Symantec
10	25 (3.788%)	Dell
11	24 (3.636%)	CommVault
11	24 (3.636%)	NetApp
12	21 (3.182%)	SAP
13	20 (3.030%)	Novell
13	20 (3.030%)	Altiris
14	14 (2.121%)	PlateSpin
15	13 (1.970%)	Adobe
16	12 (1.818%)	Vizioncore
17	11 (1.667%)	Wyse
17	11 (1.667%)	Veeam

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