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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 489 | 576 | 652 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +87 | +76 | +77 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V | 35 | 24 | 64 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.056% | 0.11% |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.96% | 0.51% | 0.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 27 | 11 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £380 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £469 | £438 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +5.26% | -2.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £554 | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | £593 | £575 | £583 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £575 | £551 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.45% | +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 | 3,643 | 4,664 | 7,771 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.42% | 10.81% | 13.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,484 | 3,192 | 5,549 |
| 10th Percentile | £214 | £200 | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £338 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £495 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.06% | -5.71% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £616 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £476 | £460 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.37% | -4.17% | +6.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 90 | 233 | 277 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.99 | £14.06 | £15.23 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.49 | £15.50 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.97 | £22.50 | £54.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.31% | -58.33% | +170.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.50 | £60.75 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | £79.60 | £75.20 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.50 | £20.98 | £44.93 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.88% | -53.31% | +148.01% |
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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.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.
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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 6 May 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% | 5 |
| UK excluding London | +57 | 18 | £575 | +4.45% | 5 |
| South East | +47 | 13 | £575 | +4.45% | 1 |
| London | +40 | 12 | £563 | +15.38% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +48 | 7 | £413 | -13.16% | |
| South West | +36 | 2 | - | - | |
| North of England | +18 | 2 | £275 | -54.17% | |
| Scotland | +5 | 1 | £500 | - | 3 |
| 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: