The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 53 56 57
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs citing MSI 1 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.175% 1.103% 0.319%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.587% 8.511% 2.817%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £270 £295 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.47% +7.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £278
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-30.65% +14.16%
All Development Applications
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
63 94 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 11.01% 12.97% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 42 36
Average daily rate £350 £335 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% +11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 16
Average hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% +8.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £35.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £48.10 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
MSI
East of England

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire MSI Hourly Rate Trend

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 13 (81.25%) Microsoft App-V
3 12 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (75.00%) InstallShield
3 12 (75.00%) VMware
3 12 (75.00%) VB
4 11 (68.75%) VBScript
4 11 (68.75%) SLA
4 11 (68.75%) Validation
5 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (50.00%) MCSE
7 7 (43.75%) Terminal Services
7 7 (43.75%) Remedy
7 7 (43.75%) Citrix
7 7 (43.75%) SCCM
8 5 (31.25%) AdminStudio
9 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
10 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
10 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
10 2 (12.50%) LAN
10 2 (12.50%) WAN
10 2 (12.50%) MCP
11 1 (6.250%) MS Office
11 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
11 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
11 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (6.250%) MCDST
11 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
11 1 (6.250%) Application Packaging

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (6.250%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 12 (75.00%) InstallShield
2 5 (31.25%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Applications Packager
2 4 (25.00%) Software Packager
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Validation
2 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) VB
2 11 (68.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) MCP
4 1 (6.250%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (68.75%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft App-V
2 12 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (43.75%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (75.00%) VMware
3 7 (43.75%) Remedy
3 7 (43.75%) Citrix