The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft App-V skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 182 166 156
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 17 24 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.338% 0.520% 0.368%
As % of the System Software category 2.962% 5.621% 3.580%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 15
Average salary £60,000 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% +11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £44,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+7.95% -7.36%
All System Software
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
574 427 419
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 11.41% 9.252% 10.29%
Number of salaries quoted 498 371 350
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £61,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Birmingham -13 5 £60,000 +14.28%
Coventry - 5 £60,000 -
Shropshire - 3 - -
Worcestershire - 1 £32,500 -
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 42 (76.36%) Microsoft
2 37 (67.27%) SCCM
3 29 (52.73%) Citrix
3 29 (52.73%) SCOM
4 28 (50.91%) Windows
5 25 (45.45%) Windows 7
6 21 (38.18%) MCITP
7 20 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (34.55%) MS Excel
8 19 (34.55%) MSI
9 16 (29.09%) MCSE
9 16 (29.09%) Solaris
9 16 (29.09%) UNIX
10 14 (25.45%) VMware
11 13 (23.64%) SQL
11 13 (23.64%) Windows Server 2008
11 13 (23.64%) Hyper-V
12 11 (20.00%) XenApp
12 11 (20.00%) MS Exchange
12 11 (20.00%) DNS
13 10 (18.18%) DHCP
13 10 (18.18%) SQL Server
13 10 (18.18%) Service Delivery
13 10 (18.18%) XenServer
13 10 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
13 10 (18.18%) Windows 8
14 9 (16.36%) XenDesktop
14 9 (16.36%) SCVMM
14 9 (16.36%) Data Protection

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (14.55%) Software Packaging
2 4 (7.273%) COM
3 2 (3.636%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 11 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 10 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (14.55%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.636%) Lync
5 1 (1.818%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.818%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.818%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (1.818%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 19 (34.55%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.818%) Office 365
2 1 (1.818%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (14.55%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.00%) DNS
2 10 (18.18%) DHCP
3 7 (12.73%) Firewall
4 5 (9.091%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.818%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (1.818%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.818%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 19 (34.55%) MSI
General
1 8 (14.55%) Telecoms
1 8 (14.55%) Finance
1 8 (14.55%) Retail
2 1 (1.818%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 32 (58.18%) Consultant
2 12 (21.82%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 10 (18.18%) Architect
4 9 (16.36%) Technical Consultant
5 8 (14.55%) Administrator
5 8 (14.55%) Technical Specialist
5 8 (14.55%) Infrastructure Architect
5 8 (14.55%) SCCM Administrator
6 4 (7.273%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (7.273%) Citrix Consultant
7 3 (5.455%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 3 (5.455%) Technical Architect
8 2 (3.636%) VMware Consultant
8 2 (3.636%) Microsoft Consultant
9 1 (1.818%) SCCM Specialist
9 1 (1.818%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
9 1 (1.818%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 1 (1.818%) Senior Technical Analyst
9 1 (1.818%) Pre Sales Consultant
9 1 (1.818%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.818%) PDA
1 1 (1.818%) Fat Client
1 1 (1.818%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 28 (50.91%) Windows
2 25 (45.45%) Windows 7
3 16 (29.09%) Solaris
3 16 (29.09%) UNIX
4 13 (23.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (18.18%) Windows 8
6 8 (14.55%) Linux
6 8 (14.55%) AIX
6 8 (14.55%) OpenVMS
7 7 (12.73%) Windows Vista
7 7 (12.73%) Windows XP
8 4 (7.273%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (3.636%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 9 (16.36%) Data Protection
3 7 (12.73%) Software Deployment
4 6 (10.91%) Security Architecture
5 5 (9.091%) TOGAF
5 5 (9.091%) Migration
6 4 (7.273%) ITIL
7 2 (3.636%) Practice Management
8 1 (1.818%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (1.818%) Incident Management
8 1 (1.818%) Resource Management
8 1 (1.818%) Change Control
8 1 (1.818%) ITIL V3
8 1 (1.818%) Customer Engagement
8 1 (1.818%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (23.64%) SQL
2 1 (1.818%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.818%) VBScript
2 1 (1.818%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (38.18%) MCITP
2 20 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (29.09%) MCSE
4 8 (14.55%) Citrix Certification
4 8 (14.55%) CCEA
4 8 (14.55%) CCIA
4 8 (14.55%) CCEE
5 7 (12.73%) MCTS
6 6 (10.91%) CCA
6 6 (10.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (10.91%) CCAA
7 5 (9.091%) MCP
8 3 (5.455%) SC Cleared
8 3 (5.455%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.818%) CCSE
9 1 (1.818%) NCIE
9 1 (1.818%) Microsoft Certified Master
9 1 (1.818%) HP AIS
9 1 (1.818%) HP ASE
9 1 (1.818%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.636%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (23.64%) Hyper-V
2 11 (20.00%) XenApp
3 10 (18.18%) XenServer
3 10 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (16.36%) XenDesktop
5 8 (14.55%) PowerHA
5 8 (14.55%) vSphere
6 7 (12.73%) Active Directory
7 2 (3.636%) Terminal Services
7 2 (3.636%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (3.636%) UAG
8 1 (1.818%) IAG
Systems Management
1 37 (67.27%) SCCM
2 29 (52.73%) SCOM
3 9 (16.36%) SCVMM
4 5 (9.091%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.818%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (1.818%) WSUS
5 1 (1.818%) Cacti
Vendors
1 42 (76.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (52.73%) Citrix
3 14 (25.45%) VMware
4 8 (14.55%) SAP
4 8 (14.55%) Fujitsu
5 7 (12.73%) HP
6 5 (9.091%) Veeam
6 5 (9.091%) IBM
6 5 (9.091%) NetApp
7 4 (7.273%) AppSense
8 3 (5.455%) Cisco
9 2 (3.636%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.636%) EMC
10 1 (1.818%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.818%) Symantec
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