Microsoft App-V Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Microsoft App-V skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the System Software category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £464 - -
25th Percentile £466 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £516 - -
90th Percentile £521 - -
England median daily rate £580 £535 £525
% change year-on-year +8.41% +1.90% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 542 254 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.28% 12.89% 9.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 171 195
10th Percentile £180 £160 £150
25th Percentile £306 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +26.67% -11.50%
75th Percentile £571 £613 £500
90th Percentile £657 £700 £600
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 9
10th Percentile £15.71 £15.22 £15.30
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.13 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.72% -2.00% +4.40%
75th Percentile £26.00 £29.85 £19.95
90th Percentile £47.50 £37.86 £23.73
England median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £27.38
% change year-on-year +4.62% +18.69% -28.88%

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft App-V job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Microsoft App-V
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
West Midlands - 4 £488 - 2
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MSI
2 3 (75.00%) InstallShield
General
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Applications Packager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Packager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Application Packaging
2 3 (75.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) VBScript
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft