The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 20 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 East of England 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 109 118 124
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs citing MSI 9 17 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.401% 0.570% 0.143%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.169% 5.502% 1.159%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
Average daily rate £325 £295 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.16% -1.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £284
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +5.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £34.63 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-30.65% +14.16%
All Development Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
284 309 345
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 12.64% 10.37% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 141 134
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £275 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 47 55
Average hourly rate £33.00 £36.00 £35.98
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +0.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £32.50 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.30 £45.50 £38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
MSI
England

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire +18 2 £268 -14.40% 2
MSI
England

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 26 (89.66%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 20 (68.97%) Microsoft App-V
3 14 (48.28%) VMware
4 13 (44.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (41.38%) Validation
5 12 (41.38%) VBScript
5 12 (41.38%) VB
5 12 (41.38%) InstallShield
5 12 (41.38%) Citrix
6 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (37.93%) SLA
7 10 (34.48%) SCCM
7 10 (34.48%) Windows 7
8 9 (31.03%) AdminStudio
8 9 (31.03%) MCSE
9 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
10 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
10 7 (24.14%) Remedy
10 7 (24.14%) Terminal Services
11 6 (20.69%) XenApp
12 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
12 5 (17.24%) LAN
13 4 (13.79%) MS Office
13 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
13 4 (13.79%) Application Packaging
14 3 (10.34%) AppSense
14 3 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
14 3 (10.34%) AppDNA
14 3 (10.34%) XenDesktop

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 4 (13.79%) Application Packaging
2 1 (3.448%) Middleware
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
2 4 (13.79%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) LAN
2 2 (6.897%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (41.38%) InstallShield
2 9 (31.03%) AdminStudio
3 2 (6.897%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 2 (6.897%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Legal
2 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) Applications Packager
2 4 (13.79%) Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) Software Packager
2 4 (13.79%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (3.448%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Thin Client
1 2 (6.897%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.448%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 26 (89.66%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Windows 7
3 3 (10.34%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Validation
2 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
3 3 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (10.34%) DNA
4 2 (6.897%) Migration
5 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.448%) ETL
5 1 (3.448%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) VBScript
1 12 (41.38%) VB
2 2 (6.897%) SQL
2 2 (6.897%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (31.03%) MCSE
3 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.897%) MCP
6 1 (3.448%) MCDST
6 1 (3.448%) Degree
6 1 (3.448%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (37.93%) SLA
2 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft App-V
2 13 (44.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (24.14%) Terminal Services
4 6 (20.69%) XenApp
5 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
6 3 (10.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) SCCM
2 3 (10.34%) AppDNA
3 1 (3.448%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 14 (48.28%) VMware
3 12 (41.38%) Citrix
4 7 (24.14%) Remedy
5 3 (10.34%) AppSense
5 3 (10.34%) HP
6 2 (6.897%) Adobe
6 2 (6.897%) CA
6 2 (6.897%) LANDesk
7 1 (3.448%) Dell
7 1 (3.448%) Business Objects
Bedfordshire
We are looking for Packagers with the following skills; *Conventional MSI *Flexera AdminStudio *Citrix XenApp 6.5 and XenApp5.0 *Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 *HP-CA *App-Sense *...
TEKsystems
Posted: 14 June 2013
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