The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 22 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 Bedfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSI 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.047% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 11.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
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
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
17 12 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 8.901% 4.301% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 15
Average daily rate £350 £330 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £348 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £34.13 £190.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-82.03% +1166.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
East of England

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire MSI Daily Rate Trend

MSI
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) AdminStudio
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (50.00%) AppDNA
2 1 (50.00%) VBScript
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (50.00%) AppSense
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) DNA
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) AdminStudio
2 1 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
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%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) DNA
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) AppDNA
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) AppSense
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
required by my financial services client based in the Dunstable area of Bedfordshire. Essential skills include. 3 + years application packaging which must include strong App-V experience sequencing...
Unite Human Resources
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013