The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 - 48 -
Contract jobs citing MSI 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - 0.482% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 2.857% -
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 £16.25 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-52.55% +14.16%
All Development Applications
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
29 70 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 8.631% 16.87% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 28 12
Average daily rate £315 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £360 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 8
Average hourly rate £40.50 £36.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.72% +90.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £35.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.65 £47.00 £32.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
Cambridgeshire

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge MSI Hourly Rate Trend

MSI
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) InstallShield
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
3 2 (50.00%) SCCM
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) VBScript
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) MCP
4 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (25.00%) MCDST
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (25.00%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) InstallShield
2 2 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
2 1 (25.00%) MCDST
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft