The first table below looks at the demand for InstallShield skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited InstallShield over the 3 months to 23 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 Berkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Flexera InstallShield
Rank 116 126 118
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -8
Contract jobs citing InstallShield 5 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.208% 0.381% 0.562%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.923% 6.593% 5.380%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
Average daily rate £340 £280 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £290 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+38.68% +14.16%
All Development Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
260 182 316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 10.83% 5.776% 10.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 65 104
Average daily rate £375 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £228 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £28.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.42% -37.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
InstallShield
South East

InstallShield
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire InstallShield Jobs Demand Trend

InstallShield
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire InstallShield Daily Rate Trend

InstallShield
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing InstallShield across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire InstallShield Hourly Rate Trend

InstallShield
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing InstallShield within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +6 4 - -
InstallShield
South East

InstallShield
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing InstallShield 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 InstallShield.

1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) VBScript
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) MSI
3 4 (44.44%) VB
3 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
3 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Software Packaging
4 3 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 3 (33.33%) XenApp
4 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (33.33%) Citrix
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 2 (22.22%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
5 2 (22.22%) Software Deployment
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 2 (22.22%) VB6
6 1 (11.11%) Altiris
6 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (11.11%) Wise Package Studio
6 1 (11.11%) WiX
6 1 (11.11%) MSBuild
6 1 (11.11%) Web Services

InstallShield
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing InstallShield 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 InstallShield. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) Software Packaging
2 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MSI
2 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (11.11%) WiX
2 1 (11.11%) MSBuild
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Applications Packager
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) VB Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Build Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Consultant
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Validation
1 2 (22.22%) Software Deployment
1 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) VBScript
2 4 (44.44%) VB
3 2 (22.22%) VB6
4 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 3 (33.33%) XenApp
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Altiris
3 1 (11.11%) HP