East of England MSI Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire London Middlesex North West Pudsey Reading Rotherham Runcorn Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	129	145
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	5	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	2.242 %	1.434 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£350	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£268
% change on same period last year	+24.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£25.33
Average hourly rate	£33.75	£25.33
% change on same period last year	+33.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.50	£25.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.45	£21.45
% change on same period last year	+46.67 %
Development Applications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	223	558
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.362 %	0.609 %
Daily rates quoted	68	197
Average minimum daily rate	£262	£298
Average daily rate	£287	£316
% change on same period last year	-9.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£311	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£311	£324
% change on same period last year	-3.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	64
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£32.89
Average hourly rate	£36.35	£34.23
% change on same period last year	+6.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.69	£35.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.65	£30.81
% change on same period last year	-0.51 %
MSI England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MSI across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MSI across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MSI across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MSI across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

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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 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+11	5	£350	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, 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 29 (78.38 %) Windows 2 22 (59.46 %) Windows XP 3 17 (45.95 %) InstallShield 4 15 (40.54 %) SMS 5 14 (37.84 %) Microsoft 6 8 (21.62 %) XML 7 7 (18.92 %) SQL 7 7 (18.92 %) SharePoint 8 6 (16.22 %) Active Directory 8 6 (16.22 %) ASP.NET 8 6 (16.22 %) .NET 8 6 (16.22 %) Workflow 9 5 (13.51 %) SQL Server 9 5 (13.51 %) COM+ 9 5 (13.51 %) WebServices

9 5 (13.51 %) WCF 9 5 (13.51 %) WF 10 4 (10.81 %) Continuous Integration 10 4 (10.81 %) PowerShell 10 4 (10.81 %) VBScript 10 4 (10.81 %) VB 10 4 (10.81 %) XSD 10 4 (10.81 %) Health 10 4 (10.81 %) Configuration Management 10 4 (10.81 %) Windows Server 2003 10 4 (10.81 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 11 3 (8.108 %) Intranet 11 3 (8.108 %) VMware 11 3 (8.108 %) MS Excel 11 3 (8.108 %) DNS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, 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 8 (21.62 %) XML 2 6 (16.22 %) .NET 2 6 (16.22 %) ASP.NET 3 5 (13.51 %) COM+ 3 5 (13.51 %) WebServices 3 5 (13.51 %) WCF 3 5 (13.51 %) WF 4 4 (10.81 %) XSD 5 3 (8.108 %) XML Schema 5 3 (8.108 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 7 (18.92 %) SharePoint 2 1 (2.703 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 3 (8.108 %) MS Excel 2 1 (2.703 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 15 (40.54 %) SMS 2 3 (8.108 %) DHCP 2 3 (8.108 %) DNS 2 3 (8.108 %) Intranet 2 3 (8.108 %) LAN 3 2 (5.405 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (13.51 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 17 (45.95 %) InstallShield 2 2 (5.405 %) Ant
General 1 4 (10.81 %) Health 2 2 (5.405 %) Manufacturing 2 2 (5.405 %) Local Government 2 2 (5.405 %) Government 3 1 (2.703 %) Telecoms 3 1 (2.703 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 9 (24.32 %) Applications Packager 2 8 (21.62 %) Analyst 3 4 (10.81 %) Systems Support 3 4 (10.81 %) Installations Engineer 4 3 (8.108 %) Desktop Support 5 2 (5.405 %) Server Support 5 2 (5.405 %) Applications Support 5 2 (5.405 %) Desktop Analyst 5 2 (5.405 %) Deployment Engineer 5 2 (5.405 %) Desktop Engineer 6 1 (2.703 %) Implementation Analyst 6 1 (2.703 %) PC Support 6 1 (2.703 %) PC Support Engineer 6 1 (2.703 %) MSI Packager 6 1 (2.703 %) PC Engineer 6 1 (2.703 %) Applications Consultant 6 1 (2.703 %) 3rd Line Support 6 1 (2.703 %) Infrastructure Engineer 6 1 (2.703 %) Desktop Support Engineer 6 1 (2.703 %) Consultant
Operating Systems 1 29 (78.38 %) Windows 2 22 (59.46 %) Windows XP 3 4 (10.81 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (5.405 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (2.703 %) Windows NT 5 1 (2.703 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (16.22 %) Workflow 2 4 (10.81 %) Continuous Integration 2 4 (10.81 %) Configuration Management
Programming Languages 1 7 (18.92 %) SQL 2 4 (10.81 %) VBScript 2 4 (10.81 %) VB 2 4 (10.81 %) PowerShell 3 2 (5.405 %) C	Qualifications 1 1 (2.703 %) MCSE 1 1 (2.703 %) ISEB 1 1 (2.703 %) Microsoft Certification
System Software 1 6 (16.22 %) Active Directory 2 2 (5.405 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Systems Management 1 4 (10.81 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 2 (5.405 %) ZENworks 3 1 (2.703 %) SCCM 3 1 (2.703 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 14 (37.84 %) Microsoft 2 3 (8.108 %) Citrix 2 3 (8.108 %) VMware 2 3 (8.108 %) IBM 3 2 (5.405 %) HP 4 1 (2.703 %) Novell 4 1 (2.703 %) Altiris