Microsoft App-V Contract Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston 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 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.20% - -
As % of the System Software category 13.33% - -
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 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £268 - -

All System Software Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 15 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 16.48% 6.67% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £185 £253 £229
25th Percentile £195 - £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 £350 £750
Median % change year-on-year -23.57% -53.33% +62.60%
75th Percentile £504 £538 £881
90th Percentile £575 - £945
Lancashire median daily rate £285 £525 £183
% change year-on-year -45.71% +187.67% -49.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £40.50 - -
25th Percentile - - £37.63
Median hourly rate £41.94 - £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.98%
75th Percentile £45.84 - -
90th Percentile £62.89 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £58.47 - £40.25
% change year-on-year - - -22.79%

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Microsoft App-V job vacancy trend in Preston

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Microsoft App-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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