Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Microsoft App-V skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft App-V over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 483 | 576 | 650 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +93 | +74 | +73 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V | 36 | 24 | 63 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.055% | 0.11% |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.98% | 0.51% | 0.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 11 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £380 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £434 | £438 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £544 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.75% | +5.26% | -2.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £554 | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | £591 | £575 | £583 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £548 | £551 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.54% | +10.10% | -6.98% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £23.80 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All System Software Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 3,664 | 4,691 | 7,882 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.53% | 10.76% | 13.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,498 | 3,206 | 5,629 |
| 10th Percentile | £214 | £198 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £331 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £488 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £460 | £483 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.26% | -4.69% | +7.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 90 | 233 | 280 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.99 | £14.06 | £14.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £15.50 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.72 | £22.50 | £53.43 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.20% | -57.88% | +167.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.50 | £60.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | £77.90 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.50 | £22.00 | £41.88 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.55% | -47.46% | +131.16% |
Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Microsoft App-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft App-V.
Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Microsoft App-V
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft App-V.
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Top 10 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +80 | 31 | £563 | +7.14% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +60 | 19 | £548 | -0.54% | 3 |
| South East | +54 | 13 | £575 | +4.45% | 2 |
| London | +39 | 12 | £563 | +15.38% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +51 | 7 | £413 | -13.16% | |
| South West | +45 | 2 | - | - | |
| North of England | +29 | 2 | £275 | -54.17% | |
| Scotland | +6 | 2 | £475 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £275 | - | |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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