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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 783 939 1119
Rank change year-on-year +156 +180 -238
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft App-V 115 41 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.041% 0.052%
As % of the System Software category 0.95% 0.26% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 20 38 75
10th Percentile £31,809 - £41,750
25th Percentile £38,168 £31,250 £46,875
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 £68,125
90th Percentile £58,075 - £81,000
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 12,052 15,490 28,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.15% 15.33% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,552 10,272 15,625
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +176 114 £45,000 -41.94% 7
London +190 94 £49,750 -35.81% 1
UK excluding London -8 21 £45,500 +40.00% 5
Work from Home +53 10 £55,500 -28.39% 4
South West -13 8 £46,000 -8.00% 1
North of England +43 7 £35,000 +7.69%
Yorkshire +83 6 £34,128 +5.01%
South East +13 4 £55,500 +11.00% 3
North West +3 1 £45,000 -41.94%
West Midlands -2 1 £45,000 -41.94%
Midlands -17 1 £45,000 -41.94%
Scotland -60 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 91 (79.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 95 (82.61%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (4.35%) Azure
3 2 (1.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 90 (78.26%) Cisco IOS
1 90 (78.26%) SD-WAN
1 90 (78.26%) WAN
1 90 (78.26%) WebEx
1 90 (78.26%) Wireless
2 1 (0.87%) DHCP
2 1 (0.87%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.74%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (6.96%) MSI
2 4 (3.48%) AdminStudio
2 4 (3.48%) InstallShield
General
1 98 (85.22%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (6.96%) Aerospace
4 5 (4.35%) Law
5 4 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.74%) Games
6 2 (1.74%) Publishing
7 1 (0.87%) Banking
7 1 (0.87%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 91 (79.13%) IT Support
2 90 (78.26%) IT Support Specialist
2 90 (78.26%) Support Specialist
3 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (6.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 6 (5.22%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (5.22%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 5 (4.35%) Senior
7 4 (3.48%) Applications Packager
7 4 (3.48%) SC Cleared Application Packager
8 3 (2.61%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (2.61%) Lead
9 2 (1.74%) Administrator
9 2 (1.74%) Consultant
9 2 (1.74%) Functional Consultant
9 2 (1.74%) IT Engineer
9 2 (1.74%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (1.74%) Senior Applications Engineer
9 2 (1.74%) Systems Administrator
9 2 (1.74%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.83%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.74%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 90 (78.26%) Video Conferencing
1 90 (78.26%) Wiki
2 6 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.48%) Shadow IT
4 2 (1.74%) iSeries
4 2 (1.74%) Life Science
5 1 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 104 (90.43%) Windows
2 98 (85.22%) Windows 10
3 90 (78.26%) Android
4 4 (3.48%) Windows 7
5 3 (2.61%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.61%) Linux
6 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (86.96%) Application Virtualisation
2 90 (78.26%) BCP
2 90 (78.26%) Business Continuity
2 90 (78.26%) Business Continuity Planning
2 90 (78.26%) Computer Science
2 90 (78.26%) Contract Negotiation
2 90 (78.26%) Mobile Device Management
3 15 (13.04%) ITIL
4 9 (7.83%) Application Packaging
5 8 (6.96%) Compatibility Testing
5 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (6.96%) Software Testing
6 7 (6.09%) Agile
6 7 (6.09%) Migration
7 6 (5.22%) Service Management
7 6 (5.22%) Software Distribution
7 6 (5.22%) Workload Management
8 4 (3.48%) Software Deployment
8 4 (3.48%) Task Automation
8 4 (3.48%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.48%) C#
2 4 (3.48%) VB
3 2 (1.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (81.74%) Degree
2 90 (78.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 90 (78.26%) Master's Degree
3 12 (10.43%) DV Cleared
3 12 (10.43%) Security Cleared
4 10 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.74%) CCA
5 2 (1.74%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 101 (87.83%) Active Directory
2 92 (80.00%) XenApp
3 90 (78.26%) VMware ESXi
3 90 (78.26%) XenDesktop
4 6 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.74%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (1.74%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 107 (93.04%) SCCM
2 90 (78.26%) AirWatch
3 5 (4.35%) WSUS
4 3 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.74%) SysTrack
5 2 (1.74%) ThinApp
6 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.87%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.87%) WMI
Vendors
1 109 (94.78%) Microsoft
2 101 (87.83%) Citrix
3 90 (78.26%) Cisco
4 8 (6.96%) VMware
5 4 (3.48%) Autodesk
5 4 (3.48%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.61%) Ivanti
7 2 (1.74%) Oracle
7 2 (1.74%) Splunk