Microsoft App-V Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Microsoft App-V skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.76% - -
As % of the System Software category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £230 - -
25th Percentile £238 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile £291 - -
North West median daily rate £268 - -

All System Software Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 24 18 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.13% 9.73% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 9
10th Percentile £185 £334 £107
25th Percentile £205 £391 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £525 £183
Median % change year-on-year -45.71% +187.67% -49.83%
75th Percentile £513 £615 £200
90th Percentile £575 - £818
North West median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 7
10th Percentile £41.22 - £23.42
25th Percentile £41.94 - £31.94
Median hourly rate £58.47 - £40.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.79%
75th Percentile £74.26 - £46.18
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £82.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -9.99% +365.58% -11.40%

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Microsoft App-V job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Microsoft App-V
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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
Preston - 2 £268 -
Microsoft App-V
North West

Microsoft App-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Packager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Discovery
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler