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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 44 64 35
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 6 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 1.648% 1.336% 1.434%
As % of the System Software category 13.04% 10.45% 8.163%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 4
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £32,500 £40,750
10% offered a salary of more than £41,100 £42,000 £46,750
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+7.95% -7.36%
All System Software
Warrington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
46 67 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 12.64% 12.79% 17.56%
Number of salaries quoted 32 62 39
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft App-V
Cheshire

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Microsoft App-V Salary Trend

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 15 (100.00%) Citrix
2 13 (86.67%) Windows
3 8 (53.33%) Windows 7
3 8 (53.33%) Windows 8
3 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
3 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 8 (53.33%) MSI
3 8 (53.33%) Retail
3 8 (53.33%) Fujitsu
4 6 (40.00%) XenApp
5 5 (33.33%) VMware
6 4 (26.67%) Hyper-V
6 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (26.67%) XenDesktop
7 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 3 (20.00%) SQL
7 3 (20.00%) VBScript
7 3 (20.00%) IIS
8 2 (13.33%) MS Office
8 2 (13.33%) ITIL
8 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
8 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
8 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
8 2 (13.33%) Project Management
8 2 (13.33%) SCCM
8 2 (13.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (13.33%) Symantec
9 1 (6.667%) Product Marketing
9 1 (6.667%) XenServer

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 3 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) MSI
General
1 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
1 8 (53.33%) Retail
2 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Consultant
1 9 (60.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 8 (53.33%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support
3 2 (13.33%) Support Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Desktop Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Marketing Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Product Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Product Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Product Marketing Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Citrix Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Manager
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Windows 7
2 8 (53.33%) Windows 8
3 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL
2 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (13.33%) Project Management
3 1 (6.667%) Product Marketing
3 1 (6.667%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
1 3 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) CCEE
1 1 (6.667%) CCAA
1 1 (6.667%) CCIA
1 1 (6.667%) CCA
1 1 (6.667%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (6.667%) CCEA
1 1 (6.667%) MCTS
1 1 (6.667%) MCITP
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) XenApp
2 4 (26.67%) Hyper-V
2 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (26.67%) XenDesktop
3 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (6.667%) XenServer
4 1 (6.667%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Citrix
2 8 (53.33%) Fujitsu
3 5 (33.33%) VMware
4 2 (13.33%) Symantec
5 1 (6.667%) Veeam
5 1 (6.667%) HP
5 1 (6.667%) IBM
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: 25 May 2013