Microsoft App-V Contract Job Trends in London

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

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 357 378
Rank change year-on-year -91 +21 +48
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 11 14 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.054% 0.10% 0.093%
As % of the System Software category 0.59% 0.91% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 7
10th Percentile £500 - £380
25th Percentile £525 £425 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £700 £568 -
90th Percentile £705 £585 £480
England median daily rate £588 £500 £441
% change year-on-year +17.50% +13.38% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
England median hourly rate - - £56.75
% change year-on-year - - +64.48%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,857 1,531 1,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.06% 11.44% 10.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,280 953 1,137
10th Percentile £260 £300 £256
25th Percentile £425 £420 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £730 £713 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.17% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 32 15
10th Percentile £16.85 £22.00 £21.52
25th Percentile £22.66 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.75 £24.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +7.29% +0.84% -60.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.75 £43.34
90th Percentile £55.00 £50.13 £104.20
England median hourly rate £62.50 £34.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +83.82% +9.68% -34.74%

Microsoft App-V Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Microsoft App-V job vacancy trend in London

Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft App-V Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft App-V in London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft App-V in London

Microsoft App-V Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft App-V Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Central London -20 4 £625 +38.89%
West London - 1 £450 -
Microsoft App-V
England

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

System Software

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Active Directory72.7%8
2BitLocker27.3%3
2Docker27.3%3
2Hyper-V27.3%3
2Terminal Services27.3%3
2Virtual Desktop27.3%3
2VMware ESXi27.3%3
2VMware Infrastructure27.3%3