The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 27 - 21
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSI 1 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.629% - 4.124%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.33% - 72.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £305
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £298 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-52.55% +14.16%
All Development Applications
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
3 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.887% 1.587% 5.670%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
Scotland

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MSI across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Aberdeen MSI Jobs Demand Trend

MSI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MSI across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen MSI Daily Rate Trend

MSI
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MSI also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MSI.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) InstallShield
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MSI also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MSI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) InstallShield
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft