MSI Contracts in Cheshire
 
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 Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 47 60 69
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +9
Contract jobs citing MSI 16 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.177% 0.745% 0.719%
As % of the Development Applications category 19.51% 8.333% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
Average daily rate £270 £303 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.74% +89.06%
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 82 72 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.16% 8.944% 5.550%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 36 30
Average daily rate £375 £316 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -2.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £274 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £355 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £33.75 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.75 £30.00 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.75 £30.00 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
North West

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Crewe +9 8 £270 -10.74%
Runcorn - 6 - -
Knutsford - 3 £226 -
Chester - 1 £315 -
MSI
North West

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 23 (88.46%) Microsoft App-V
2 19 (73.08%) Application Packaging
3 17 (65.38%) InstallShield
3 17 (65.38%) Windows
4 14 (53.85%) Security Cleared
5 13 (50.00%) SC Cleared
5 13 (50.00%) Windows 7
5 13 (50.00%) VB
5 13 (50.00%) AdminStudio
6 12 (46.15%) VBScript
6 12 (46.15%) Windows XP
7 10 (38.46%) Wise Package Studio
7 10 (38.46%) SCCM
8 8 (30.77%) XenApp
8 8 (30.77%) Software Packaging
8 8 (30.77%) Citrix
9 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
9 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
9 7 (26.92%) Finance
10 6 (23.08%) Migration
11 5 (19.23%) Software Deployment
12 4 (15.38%) XenDesktop
12 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
12 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
12 4 (15.38%) ZENworks
12 4 (15.38%) VMware
12 4 (15.38%) Banking
12 4 (15.38%) Data Analysis
12 4 (15.38%) Novell
13 3 (11.54%) QA

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 19 (73.08%) Application Packaging
2 8 (30.77%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) DHCP
1 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.846%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (65.38%) InstallShield
2 13 (50.00%) AdminStudio
3 10 (38.46%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Applications Packager
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Software Packager
4 2 (7.692%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) Windows
2 13 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 12 (46.15%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Migration
2 5 (19.23%) Software Deployment
3 4 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.692%) Business Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) Validation
5 1 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.846%) Information Management
5 1 (3.846%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (3.846%) Software Distribution
5 1 (3.846%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) VB
2 12 (46.15%) VBScript
3 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 13 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.846%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
2 1 (3.846%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 23 (88.46%) Microsoft App-V
2 8 (30.77%) XenApp
3 4 (15.38%) XenDesktop
3 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.846%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (38.46%) SCCM
2 4 (15.38%) ZENworks
3 1 (3.846%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Citrix
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 4 (15.38%) VMware
3 4 (15.38%) Novell
4 1 (3.846%) HP
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