MSI Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MSI 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 MSI over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 118 112 95
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -17
Contract jobs citing MSI 7 23 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.283% 0.737% 1.127%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.622% 12.78% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 3
Average daily rate - £285 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -18.57%
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
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 267 180 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 10.81% 5.769% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 61 98
Average daily rate £375 £315 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £395 £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% -
MSI
South East

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire MSI Daily Rate Trend

MSI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MSI Hourly Rate Trend

MSI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 -4 6 - -
Bracknell - 1 - -
MSI
South East

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) VBScript
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
3 10 (62.50%) Citrix
4 9 (56.25%) XenApp
5 8 (50.00%) VB
6 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
6 7 (43.75%) Validation
6 7 (43.75%) VMware
7 6 (37.50%) Altiris
8 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (31.25%) Change Management
8 5 (31.25%) InstallShield
8 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
8 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
8 5 (31.25%) QA
9 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (25.00%) Wise Package Studio
9 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
9 4 (25.00%) Publishing
10 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
10 3 (18.75%) Finance
10 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
10 3 (18.75%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (18.75%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
10 3 (18.75%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
11 2 (12.50%) SCCM
12 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) LAN
1 1 (6.250%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) InstallShield
2 4 (25.00%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 4 (25.00%) Publishing
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Applications Packager
2 1 (6.250%) Systems Developer
2 1 (6.250%) MSI Packager
2 1 (6.250%) Developer
2 1 (6.250%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
3 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Validation
2 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
3 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.250%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) VBScript
2 8 (50.00%) VB
3 1 (6.250%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) XenApp
2 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
3 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (18.75%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 2 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (6.250%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (62.50%) Citrix
3 7 (43.75%) VMware
4 6 (37.50%) Altiris
5 1 (6.250%) Autodesk
5 1 (6.250%) HP
5 1 (6.250%) Sybase
5 1 (6.250%) SAP
5 1 (6.250%) LANDesk
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