Microsoft App-V Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft App-V skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 466 542
Rank change year-on-year -54 +76 +157
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 23 40 21
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.075% 0.13% 0.054%
As % of the System Software category 0.60% 1.12% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 10
10th Percentile £330 £400 £374
25th Percentile £363 £432 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £527
90th Percentile £585 £580 £541
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £55.87 £34.25
Median hourly rate - £56.75 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year - +64.48% -42.50%
75th Percentile - £57.62 £34.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £56.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year - +64.48% -1.43%

All System Software Skills
England

Microsoft App-V falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,860 3,570 4,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.58% 11.77% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,550 2,287 3,419
10th Percentile £213 £212 £195
25th Percentile £400 £380 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £618
90th Percentile £688 £723 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 79 231
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £15.50
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.46 £18.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £50.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £74.26 £66.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £91.50 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £33.39 £31.75 £43.75
% change year-on-year +5.15% -27.43% +75.00%

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft App-V relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Microsoft App-V job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft App-V.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft App-V

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft App-V in England over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft App-V in England

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft App-V.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft App-V

Microsoft App-V
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V within the England region over the 6 months to 2 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +13 10 £525 +10.53% 1
South West +2 8 £345 -36.11%
South East -15 3 £500 +2.56%
Midlands - 2 - - 2
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
Microsoft App-V
UK

Microsoft App-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) Confluence
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
3 4 (17.39%) Azure
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (8.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) DNS
2 8 (34.78%) DHCP
3 6 (26.09%) NetScaler
4 3 (13.04%) Internet
5 2 (8.70%) Firewall
5 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
5 2 (8.70%) VLAN
5 2 (8.70%) WAN
6 1 (4.35%) HTTP
6 1 (4.35%) SMTP
6 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (4.35%) VPN
6 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 14 (60.87%) MSI
2 7 (30.43%) InstallShield
3 5 (21.74%) AdminStudio
4 1 (4.35%) GCC
4 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Applications Engineer
1 7 (30.43%) Deployment Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Citrix Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Lead
3 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix Support
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix Support Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) BYOD
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.35%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Application Packaging
2 7 (30.43%) ITIL
3 5 (21.74%) Batch Scripting
3 5 (21.74%) Load Balancing
3 5 (21.74%) Software Delivery
4 4 (17.39%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) DevOps
5 3 (13.04%) Change Management
5 3 (13.04%) Containerisation
6 2 (8.70%) Application Discovery
6 2 (8.70%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security
6 2 (8.70%) Compatibility Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
6 2 (8.70%) Desktop Virtualisation
6 2 (8.70%) Robotic Process Automation
6 2 (8.70%) Threat Management
6 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (4.35%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) PowerShell
2 10 (43.48%) VBScript
3 2 (8.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) MCSA
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 19 (82.61%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.35%) XenApp
3 1 (4.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (73.91%) SCCM
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.35%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (34.78%) Citrix
3 1 (4.35%) Nexthink
3 1 (4.35%) Zscaler