Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft App-V skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 789 958 1134
Rank change year-on-year +169 +176 -268
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 122 41 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.040% 0.050%
As % of the System Software category 1.00% 0.26% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 20 38 72
10th Percentile £31,809 - £42,500
25th Percentile £38,168 £31,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £77,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.29% +55.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £55,750 £78,750 £67,813
90th Percentile £58,075 - £82,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,500 £32,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -31.58% +11.76%

All System Software Skills
UK

Microsoft App-V is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,178 15,845 28,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.36% 15.30% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,651 10,473 15,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft App-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft App-V.

Salary trend for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft App-V over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft App-V in the UK

Microsoft App-V
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft App-V within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +175 121 £45,000 -41.94% 10
London +202 101 £49,750 -35.81% 2
UK excluding London -8 21 £45,500 +40.00% 7
Work from Home +67 10 £55,500 -28.39% 6
South West -13 8 £46,000 -8.00% 2
North of England +30 7 £35,000 +7.69%
Yorkshire +85 6 £34,128 +5.01%
South East +19 4 £55,500 +11.00% 4
Midlands +15 1 £45,000 -41.94%
West Midlands +14 1 £45,000 -41.94%
North West +11 1 £45,000 -41.94%
Scotland -66 1 £57,500 +1.77%

Microsoft App-V
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:

Application Platforms
1 98 (80.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 102 (83.61%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (4.10%) Azure
3 2 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 97 (79.51%) Cisco IOS
1 97 (79.51%) SD-WAN
1 97 (79.51%) WAN
1 97 (79.51%) WebEx
1 97 (79.51%) Wireless
2 1 (0.82%) DHCP
2 1 (0.82%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.64%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) MSI
2 4 (3.28%) AdminStudio
2 4 (3.28%) InstallShield
General
1 105 (86.07%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (6.56%) Aerospace
4 5 (4.10%) Law
5 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.64%) Games
6 2 (1.64%) Publishing
7 1 (0.82%) Banking
7 1 (0.82%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (80.33%) IT Support
2 97 (79.51%) IT Support Specialist
2 97 (79.51%) Support Specialist
3 8 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (5.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 6 (4.92%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (4.92%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 5 (4.10%) Senior
7 4 (3.28%) Applications Packager
7 4 (3.28%) SC Cleared Application Packager
8 3 (2.46%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (2.46%) Lead
9 2 (1.64%) Administrator
9 2 (1.64%) Consultant
9 2 (1.64%) Functional Consultant
9 2 (1.64%) IT Engineer
9 2 (1.64%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (1.64%) Senior Applications Engineer
9 2 (1.64%) Systems Administrator
9 2 (1.64%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.38%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.64%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 97 (79.51%) Video Conferencing
1 97 (79.51%) Wiki
2 6 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.28%) Shadow IT
4 2 (1.64%) iSeries
4 2 (1.64%) Life Science
5 1 (0.82%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 111 (90.98%) Windows
2 105 (86.07%) Windows 10
3 97 (79.51%) Android
4 4 (3.28%) Windows 7
5 3 (2.46%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.46%) Linux
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (87.70%) Application Virtualisation
2 97 (79.51%) BCP
2 97 (79.51%) Business Continuity
2 97 (79.51%) Business Continuity Planning
2 97 (79.51%) Computer Science
2 97 (79.51%) Contract Negotiation
2 97 (79.51%) Mobile Device Management
3 15 (12.30%) ITIL
4 9 (7.38%) Application Packaging
5 8 (6.56%) Compatibility Testing
5 8 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (6.56%) Software Testing
6 7 (5.74%) Agile
6 7 (5.74%) Migration
7 6 (4.92%) Service Management
7 6 (4.92%) Software Distribution
7 6 (4.92%) Workload Management
8 4 (3.28%) Software Deployment
8 4 (3.28%) Task Automation
8 4 (3.28%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.11%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.28%) C#
2 4 (3.28%) VB
3 2 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (82.79%) Degree
2 97 (79.51%) Computer Science Degree
2 97 (79.51%) Master's Degree
3 12 (9.84%) DV Cleared
3 12 (9.84%) Security Cleared
4 10 (8.20%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.64%) CCA
5 2 (1.64%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 108 (88.52%) Active Directory
2 99 (81.15%) XenApp
3 97 (79.51%) VMware ESXi
3 97 (79.51%) XenDesktop
4 6 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (1.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 114 (93.44%) SCCM
2 97 (79.51%) AirWatch
3 5 (4.10%) WSUS
4 3 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.64%) SysTrack
5 2 (1.64%) ThinApp
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.82%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.82%) WMI
Vendors
1 116 (95.08%) Microsoft
2 108 (88.52%) Citrix
3 97 (79.51%) Cisco
4 8 (6.56%) VMware
5 4 (3.28%) Autodesk
5 4 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.46%) Ivanti
7 2 (1.64%) Oracle
7 2 (1.64%) Splunk