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 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Application Virtualisation (formerly Softricity SoftGrid)
Rank 190 167 152
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 17 22 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.342% 0.489% 0.434%
As % of the System Software category 2.993% 5.419% 4.265%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 17
Average salary £60,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+10.46% -9.47%
All System Software
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
568 406 422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 11.44% 9.016% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 495 353 350
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% -5.33%
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 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
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 17 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 17 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
Coventry - 5 £60,000 -
Birmingham -26 4 £60,000 +14.28%
Shropshire - 3 - -
Warwickshire - 1 £52,500 -
Worcestershire - 1 £32,500 -
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 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 41 (75.93%) Microsoft
2 36 (66.67%) SCCM
3 29 (53.70%) Citrix
3 29 (53.70%) SCOM
4 27 (50.00%) Windows
5 24 (44.44%) Windows 7
6 20 (37.04%) MCITP
7 19 (35.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (35.19%) MSI
8 18 (33.33%) MS Excel
9 16 (29.63%) Solaris
9 16 (29.63%) UNIX
10 15 (27.78%) MCSE
11 14 (25.93%) VMware
12 13 (24.07%) SQL
12 13 (24.07%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (24.07%) Hyper-V
13 11 (20.37%) XenApp
13 11 (20.37%) MS Exchange
13 11 (20.37%) DNS
14 10 (18.52%) DHCP
14 10 (18.52%) SQL Server
14 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
14 10 (18.52%) XenServer
14 10 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
14 10 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
14 10 (18.52%) Windows 8
15 9 (16.67%) XenDesktop
15 9 (16.67%) SCVMM
15 9 (16.67%) Data Protection

Microsoft App-V
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 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 (14.81%) Software Packaging
2 4 (7.407%) COM
3 2 (3.704%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 11 (20.37%) MS Exchange
2 10 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (14.81%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.704%) Lync
5 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.852%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 18 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.852%) Office 365
2 1 (1.852%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (14.81%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.37%) DNS
2 10 (18.52%) DHCP
3 7 (12.96%) Firewall
4 5 (9.259%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.852%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (1.852%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.852%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 19 (35.19%) MSI
General
1 8 (14.81%) Telecoms
1 8 (14.81%) Finance
1 8 (14.81%) Retail
2 1 (1.852%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 31 (57.41%) Consultant
2 12 (22.22%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 10 (18.52%) Architect
4 9 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
5 8 (14.81%) Administrator
5 8 (14.81%) Technical Specialist
5 8 (14.81%) Infrastructure Architect
5 8 (14.81%) SCCM Administrator
6 4 (7.407%) Citrix Consultant
6 4 (7.407%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (5.556%) Technical Architect
7 3 (5.556%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 2 (3.704%) VMware Consultant
8 2 (3.704%) Microsoft Consultant
9 1 (1.852%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
9 1 (1.852%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 1 (1.852%) VMware Technical Consultant
9 1 (1.852%) SCCM Specialist
9 1 (1.852%) Analyst
9 1 (1.852%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.852%) Thin Client
1 1 (1.852%) PDA
1 1 (1.852%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 27 (50.00%) Windows
2 24 (44.44%) Windows 7
3 16 (29.63%) Solaris
3 16 (29.63%) UNIX
4 13 (24.07%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (18.52%) Windows 8
6 8 (14.81%) OpenVMS
6 8 (14.81%) Linux
6 8 (14.81%) AIX
7 6 (11.11%) Windows XP
7 6 (11.11%) Windows Vista
8 4 (7.407%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (3.704%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
2 9 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 7 (12.96%) Software Deployment
4 6 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 5 (9.259%) Migration
5 5 (9.259%) TOGAF
6 4 (7.407%) ITIL
7 2 (3.704%) Practice Management
8 1 (1.852%) Identity Management
8 1 (1.852%) Incident Management
8 1 (1.852%) Resource Management
8 1 (1.852%) ITIL V3
8 1 (1.852%) Change Control
8 1 (1.852%) Customer Engagement
8 1 (1.852%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) SQL
2 1 (1.852%) VBScript
2 1 (1.852%) VB
2 1 (1.852%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (37.04%) MCITP
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (27.78%) MCSE
4 8 (14.81%) Citrix Certification
4 8 (14.81%) CCEA
4 8 (14.81%) CCEE
4 8 (14.81%) CCIA
5 7 (12.96%) MCTS
6 6 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (11.11%) CCAA
6 6 (11.11%) CCA
7 4 (7.407%) MCP
8 3 (5.556%) SC Cleared
8 3 (5.556%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.852%) HP AIS
9 1 (1.852%) HP ASE
9 1 (1.852%) HP MASE
9 1 (1.852%) NCIE
9 1 (1.852%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (1.852%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (24.07%) Hyper-V
2 11 (20.37%) XenApp
3 10 (18.52%) XenServer
3 10 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (16.67%) XenDesktop
5 8 (14.81%) vSphere
5 8 (14.81%) PowerHA
6 7 (12.96%) Active Directory
7 2 (3.704%) Terminal Services
7 2 (3.704%) UAG
7 2 (3.704%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (1.852%) IAG
Systems Management
1 36 (66.67%) SCCM
2 29 (53.70%) SCOM
3 9 (16.67%) SCVMM
4 4 (7.407%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.852%) WSUS
5 1 (1.852%) Cacti
5 1 (1.852%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 41 (75.93%) Microsoft
2 29 (53.70%) Citrix
3 14 (25.93%) VMware
4 8 (14.81%) Fujitsu
4 8 (14.81%) SAP
5 7 (12.96%) HP
6 5 (9.259%) NetApp
6 5 (9.259%) Veeam
6 5 (9.259%) IBM
7 4 (7.407%) AppSense
8 3 (5.556%) Cisco
9 2 (3.704%) EMC
9 2 (3.704%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.852%) Symantec
10 1 (1.852%) SolarWinds
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
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
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM, Exchange,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013