Microsoft App-V Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Application Virtualisation (AppV) formerly Softricity SoftGrid
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft App-V skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 160 195
Rank change year-on-year -37 +35 +45
Contract jobs citing Microsoft App-V 2 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.045% 0.18% 0.020%
As % of the System Software category 0.32% 1.47% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £414
Median % change year-on-year - -3.38% -25.74%
England median daily rate £475 £450 £423
% change year-on-year +5.56% +6.51% -6.11%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 619 476 741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.00% 11.99% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 293 525
10th Percentile £200 £200 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +7.95% -1.07%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £550
90th Percentile £610 £643 £645
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 47
10th Percentile - £17.09 £15.75
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.94 £22.09 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.28% +16.26% -11.63%
75th Percentile £32.05 £24.18 £27.50
90th Percentile £70.76 £68.50 £53.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £52.75 £43.75
% change year-on-year -43.13% +20.57% +86.17%

Microsoft App-V
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Microsoft App-V job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft App-V
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft App-V.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft App-V

Microsoft App-V
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft App-V.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft App-V

Microsoft App-V
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Microsoft App-V
England

Microsoft App-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Packager
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Migration Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (100.00%) Application Virtualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft