The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSI 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.456% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 6.897% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £15.00 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-56.20% +14.16%
All Development Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
29 47 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 6.606% 7.568% 9.552%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 33
Average daily rate £438 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.61% +16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £265 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £388 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
Average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £65.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
West Midlands

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham MSI Hourly Rate Trend

MSI
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Software Distribution
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESX
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Novell
2 1 (50.00%) ZENworks

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Software Distribution
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Novell