Microsoft App-V Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 339 460
Rank change year-on-year +42 +121 +122
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 7 6 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.039% 0.066%
As % of the System Software category 0.60% 0.41% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 12
10th Percentile - £394 £351
25th Percentile £400 £414 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% -5.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £513 £542 £570
90th Percentile £550 £551 £576
UK median daily rate £544 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +8.75% +5.26% -2.06%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,169 1,452 3,207
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.80% 9.46% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 1,058 2,296
10th Percentile £358 £263 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -3.84% -
75th Percentile £625 £618 £633
90th Percentile £775 £677 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 34 101
10th Percentile £25.25 £15.50 £19.00
25th Percentile £52.44 £15.88 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.50 £43.32 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.20% -33.35% +165.31%
75th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £70.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £84.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

Microsoft App-V
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft App-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft App-V trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft App-V.

Microsoft App-V daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft App-V daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft App-V.

Microsoft App-V hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft App-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MSI
2 2 (28.57%) AdminStudio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Applications Packager
2 2 (28.57%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Application Packager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Application Packaging
2 3 (42.86%) Software Deployment
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Server Virtualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) BitLocker
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) SCCM
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (28.57%) ThinApp
4 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
4 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Ivanti
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp